The Washington times., 1919-11-07

the Golden Steal of the l. I. /. Deals.
Advised Suit For Millions.
can intimate friend of my father
urged him, before my fathers death,
to sue Shonts and his associates for
the millions they cheated my father
out of by Shonts making up books,
etc. All this information>is published
- often urged my brother-in-law to
lsve one of the relatives bring suit
9e says one of the grandchildren can
sring the action any time, and they
ire so incensed over Shonts' mean
Il eatment of(hy brother and his son
before his death that they are talk
ing of bringing the matter to court.
>"He has been mean enough to cut
tbc allowance, but just let him have
plenty of rope. / also heard from a
friend that the woman was in
one of the Fifth avenue millinery
shops buying expensive articles.
HE drove the poor children from
the Plaza and the duchess had a tenn
perature of 102. She was so i'll when
she reached Asheville that she had to
go To bed, and was not able to get
out for week. He never had very
kind heart, but he is getting more
cruel and meaner all the while"
Mr.. and Mrs. Shonts separated In
| May, 1911, some time after the mar
riage of their daughter, Theodore, to
the Due de Chaulnes. The Due died
suddenly in Paris six weeks after the
| marriage.
Taken Ill In Opium Club.
1t was announced death resulted
| from a rupture of the heart, but it
was later learned he was taken i'll
| in a fashionable opium club and had
been taken to his apartment just be-
fore the end came. A posthumous son
| was born to the duchess November
| Is. 1908. She remained in Paris and
| was Joined by her mother.
In July, 1911. Mrs. Shonts had
| papers served on her husband in q
| suit for separation. The separation
never was granted, for the lawyers or
both sides got together and arranged
an income for Mrs. Shonts and hel
daughters. The story told then was
| that Mrs. Shonts had been receiving
$4,000 a month from her husband anc
| that the children had been receiving
$4,000 a month between them. Mr.
Shonts suddenly cut his wife's allow
ance to 5000 a month. She was unable
to meet her bills with this amount
Rent on the expensive apartment
she occupied in Paris came due ant
she was unable to pay it. Mr.. Shont'
was appealed to and he laid dowr
the ultimatum that unless his wife
and daughters returned to New Yorl
he would not foot their bills. Ther
came the conference of the lawyer!
and Mr.. Shonts' agreement to pro
vide a certain income.
Bitter Toward the Duchess.
Mrs. Mary Matsinger, a close frient
of Mrs. Shonts. who visited the lat
ter and her daughters in Paris II
1911. said on her return to New
York:
"Mr. Shonts seems to be especial.
bitter at Theodore. He was i'm
placably opposed to the marriage t
the Due de Chaulnes, and l don
blame him. How a good, sensibl
girl like Theodore could marry tha
man 1 cannot understand. In tha
respect, and that alone, | sympa
thize with Mr.. Shonts. Part of hi
controversy with the other member
! of the family arose over the allow
ance Which he was finally induced t
grant the Due over his marriag e
} with Theodore. The dot or dowry wa
paid by Mrs. Shonts. who was orig
inally worth about half million"
Mr.. and Mrs. Shonts were marriet
in 1882. She was Miss Harriet Ameli!
Drake, daughter of Governor Drak
of Iowa. Mr.. Shonts father, DR.. Henr,
} ID. Shonts, a physician for fifty year
in Eyansburg, Pa, died in Chicago il
1910, at eighty seven. Mr.. Shonts ha
two sisters, both of whom live il
Chicago.
Mr.. Shonts, an eminent engineer
was appointed chairman of the 18th
mian Canal Commission by Presiden
Roosevelt in 1905. He resigned tha