The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-05
ANNOYER ARRESTED
AT wendell HOME
Taken IntO' Custody on Third
Effort to See One Of Heirs
to S6O.sOO.OOO.
HERE FROM
Has Letter Which Miss GcOr-
giana Mcndel Had Refused
to Receive.

Stribos r. Stilanos, Greek inter-
prefer who has lived in Seattle and
Tacoma. Wash. and in Alask, at various
times In the last thirteen years, tried
three times 20 gain admittance to the
old Wendell home, at ii2 Fifth avenue.
yesterday to see Miss Georgiana q. r.
Wendell. one OF the three sisters who in
herited the sso.ooOooo fortune left by
John q. Wendell. on his third visit a
policeman who had been called to the
house arrested Stilanos for disorderly
conduct when he insisted that he must
see Miss Wendell
Apparently tn man wanted to get
money. He refused to te! the police
why he tried 20 see the spinster heir
ess. But displayed an unopened regis
tered letter which he had sent to the
Wendell homa recently from Juneau.
Alaska. 1t had been returned to him
marked Refused" on the flap OF the
envelope Lieut. Morgan Of the West
Thir;ieth street station found this ad-
dress: st. AIMS Hospital. Juneau,
Alaska" Stilanos offered no cxplana-
tiou of its contents. however. and the
police did not open II.
Arrested on Third Visit.
Stilanos first called at the Wendell
home in the morning and was told that
Miss Wendell was not al home. AS a
matter of fact. Miss Wendell is i'll and
is the only one of the family In town.
shortly before s O'Clock Stilanos re-
turned. this time going to the servants
entrance on Thirty ninth street. \ maid.
Nora Carroll. answered his ring. she
had not seen him on his first visit. He
| asked for Miss Wendell again. The maid
said she was away. He talked eNcitedly.
81 must see her" he said. Shell
help me-
To get rid OF him the maid suggested
that he return later and slammed the
door II was just two hours later when
he rang the front door bell on the F1ftn
avenue side. Nora Carroll merely opened
/ the door as far as the chain lock would
permit. Policeman Michael Walker. who
! had been sent 10 watch the house. was
across the street. When he saw stilanos
arguing With the maid he crossed the
street and stood near the door In his
complaint Walker charged that Stilanos
1 had threatened to harm the maid II she
| did not let him In TO see mss Wendei
!, Then Walker arrested hiu's' az. .-s,.S..
! Stiianos is 2S years old and well
built, dark. smooth shaven man, rather
well dressed. He wore a cap yesterday
! He told the police that he came to the
/ city from Alaska on Saturday and in
! tended to sail for Europe on Tuesday
Meanwhile he had rented room som'
place in West Thirty-sixth street, be
tween Sixth and Seventh avenues. HI
could not give the number of the house
| Produced Registered Letter.
He voluntarily produced the registered
letter, and admitted that he had called
at the Wendell home three times. Lieut.
Morgan snet hi INTO the night court.
The Wendell house at Fifth avenue and
Thirty-ninth street is A big. red bricf
structure with a brownstone front. Il
is one OF the parcels OF real estate a,
quired years ago by John G. Wendell
who died on December II. last year. q
Santa Monica, Cal. The enormou.
Wendell estate antedates that OF th'
Astors. The three Wendell sisters. Mar,
T.. A., l.. Won +. and Georgiana G. I,
Wendell. have lived In seclusion benin
Its walls. and few outsiders ever crossed
It's threshold.
Miss Georgiana Wendell was taken q
the psychopathic ward at Bellevue Hos
pital in 1899, after she had gone TO tn
Park Avenue Hotel from Irvington
where the Wendell country house i
located.
Her brother took her back to Irving
ton and later request was made 4
have her adjudged insane. A Sheriff
Jury declared her Incompetent, but Jus
. tice Marean released her on the groun
that her commitment had been uncon
stitutional. Miss GeorSiana then sue
her brother for $4,000 damages, bu
, reconciliation was effected.
Nora Carroll, the maid. who re
fused to make complaint herself, sal
that thousands OF letters appealin
for monetary aid have come to tn
, Wendell home since the death Of John
Wendell.