The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-04
JULIA ARTHUR'S
HUSBAND Is SUED
Banking Concern Here Seeks
81. 9OO-BOstOn Hotel
Wants 100000.
STOCK LOSSES RUMORED

The fact that Benjamin Pierce Cheney
Of Boston VAS sued on u $4,000 note
when he came to New York to witness
the return Of his wife. Miss Julia Ar
thur. In The Eternal Magdalene" be-
came known yesterday when papers In
the case we're ;iled In the supreme Court.
Both Miss Arthur and her managers
rave insisted that her return to the stage
was strictly a spoons to the call Of
the theatre, from which she retired at
the time of her marriage to Mr.. Cheney
in 1897.
brought by the Royal Company, a pri-
yate banking concern al 90 Nassau
street. Frederick 8. Pussy and Daniel
II. Willard arc named as codefendants.
The complaint states that on tune 3 last,
In Boston. Mr.. Cheney made a promis-
sorry note for $4,000, payable AT the
Shawmut National Bank. Boston. II
was Endorsed by Pussy and Willard and
finally came into the possession of the
plaintiffs, who allegc that Mr.. Cheney
failed to make payment when requested
t. do so.
Mr. NncneN. VINO was graduated from
Harvard IN 1890, inherited half the estate
Of his father. benjamin Pierce Cheney,
Sr, banker and capitalist, who died IN
1880. Under the will the son received
100000 at once and Sf50.Uo0 in 1896,
when he wac 80 years old. 49, was TO
receive 10000 on his ~thirty-6fth,
fortieth, forty-flfth and nftieth birthdays.
The last instalmcnt would he payable,
under the will. e year. Mr.. Cheney
g,,.nAalaI NE satkAs aa ltrA1tn- - -.A..
financial institutions and railway COM
panies.
At the Frohmsn offces in this city il
was said YESTERDAY that when Daniel
Frohman went to Boston last t%pril to
arrange tho annual heneht in hehalf Of
tho Actors Fund he induced Miss Arthur
to appear Her rendition az the bal
cony scene from Romeo and Julie vas
more than generously g~oceivei b. tie
audience.
Mr.. Frohran. Impressed by Nc sue.
cess. strongly urged Miss NihAr to
renew her professional career iud finally
obtained Mr.. Cheney's consent. Charles
t'roh0ran, who was associated with his
brother. agreed 20 and a suitable part
fo- her during his Intended visits 20
Paris and London this year. After
Charles FTohman's death In the Liis'-
taniA disaster Darrell Froh'nan ar
'"'ie'' = N.' CIV 80 WIS aNT-
thurs appearance In The Eerrsi Mag
dalene"
BosToS. Nuc. Sine report from
New York that Benjamin p. Cheney.
husband ~ Julia Arthur, tho art ross.
IL being sued IN tina. city. caused no
great surprise here. During Tho last
few weeks several suits have been en-
tered against him here, chiefly for al
legged Indebtedness.
The latest action against him in Bos-
ton was a suit for $4,000 brought by
the J. Reed Whipplc Company, proprio-
tor OF Iourg's and the Touraine hotels
and the Parker House.
Mr.. aN Mrs. Cheney long had a suite
of rooms az the Parker House, and II
was only IN september that they left
there. According TO the manager Of the
company the sui. was brought to recover
for hotel charges, Mr.. chcncy's account
ran along for a considerable time and
finally reached such a largo sum that
further credit was refused. ,;nssip AZ
the hotel is that MIR. Cheney lost q large
amount Of money on tho stock market
after the start OF the European war.
Mr., Cheney Il n beneficiary under y
larC" trust fund established by his
father and tho Whipplc company. as
we'll as Others. Is endeavoring 10 reach
this fund to satisfy its claims. II -
not known here whether Mr.. ChcurH's
tina ncial affairs had ANYTHING 80 do with
the return of his wife T. the stage or
not