New-York tribune., 1920-03-21
Dr.C. w. .Jacoby
Sued on Behalf
Vt Incompetent
Alienist Alleged to Have
Induced Woman, 81, to
Sign Satisfaction of Two
Mortgages for $4,000
An Injunction Is Asked
Nephew and Trust Company
Assert Transaction En-
tailed No Consideration

DR.. George w. Jacoby, an alienise,
president Of the New York Neurology
cal Society and consulting neurologist
Of several hospitals. yesterday was
made defendant in the Supreme Court
in proceeding alleging that he had
Mrs. Serena Wronkow, an eighty-two-
year old patient in Bloomingdale Asy-
lum, sign satisfaction of two mort
cages for $4,000 on property of which
the physician was the principal owner,
without any financial consideration.
The action was brought by Kenneth
Mott, assistant engineer for the Tran
sit Construction Commissioner, Il
United States Trust Company. as COM
mittee of the property of the Bloom
ingdale patient They applied TO the
court for an injunction restraining DR..
George w. Jacoby, DR.. Ralph Jacoby
an office associate, at "A West Seventy
second Street, and the Clifford Park
Realty Company, from disposing of
certain cash and mortgage.
Dr. George j. Jacoby and DR.. ]. Ralph
Jacoby are president and secretary, re-
spectively, of the Clifford Park Com
pany and, it is alleged, the chief stock
holders. 1t is alleged that the Drs.
Jacoby were able, through the signing
of the satisfaction of mortgages by Mrs.
Wrinkow, to dispose of certain West
chester property owned by the Clifford
Park corporation.
Jacoby's Attorneys Reserve Evidence
Mr.. Mott and the United States Trust
Company learned of the paper signed by
their mentally incompetent ward, but
could not find that any money had been
paid. Their attorneys wrote to DR..
George W. Jacoby for information and
ne referred them to his attorneys. The
latter explained that Mrs. Wronkow
had consented to the satisfaction of the
mortgages. DR.. Jacoby's attorneys
wrote: "As there have been various in
timations which have reached DR..
Jacoby Of hostile action against him on
the part of Mrs. Wronkow's committee,
we have advised him to give you no
further information, but to reserve his
evidence to meet anN attack the COM
mittee may make upon him."
Mr.. Mott, in an affidavit, said that
when the payments of interest on the
mortgages his aunt had held, ceased
being made, he questioned Mrs. Wron-
kow. She said she had "signed some
thing for DR.. Jacoby but did not
know what it was" Mr.. Mott could nou
find any consideration for the act of
Mrs. Wronkow in satisfying the mort
cages.
The complaint in The case alleges
that the Drs. Jacoby "conspired by
fraud and decit practiced on Serena
Wronkow, and by taking advantage IF
her mental condition and their close
and confidential relations with her, to
obtain the delivery by her to the
Clifford Park Realty Company of Ger
tain satisfaction of two mortgages,
and, having thus enhanced the value Of
the property, they were able to sell it
to the Missionary Society of the Sle-
sian Congregation for more than
100000"
DR.. George W. Jacoby is member
OF several medical societies and presi-
dent Of the Association of Physicians
and Surgeons of the Lenox Hill Hospi-
tai. He was one of the alienists re-
tanned by the mother of Harry X.
Thaw when the latter was tried for
the killing of Stanford White. Dr..
Jacoby's attorneys said yesterday they
had complete defense in the action
against him.