The Washington times., 1920-05-20
ILL WEEK, LEAVES
$4,000 TODOCTOR
AGED Woman In Whose Flat Mil
Iionair Lived to Get $4,000
Insurance.

NEW YORK, May 2O.-Mystery sur
rounds the death on May OF Joseph
Auditore, millionaire stevedore OF
Brooklyn, a member OF James Audi
tore G. Co, Inc. He died suddenly in
the apartment of Miss Jennie Lebon-
sky.
He had been i'll less than a week
and was attended by DR.. A. Monae-
lesser, Miss Lebonsky's physician.
Death was due to pneumonia, II was
reported.
Morris and James Auditorc. Joseph's
brothers, and Mrs. Auditore. the
widow. yesterday laid stress on the
| fact that two days before Joseph died.
he drew a will in which he left $4,000
in cash to DR.. Monaelesser. almost
stranger to him. and with strict or
| ders that this sum be paid the physi-
clan within two months.
The will disposes OF an estate valued
at 81 500, 900. Morris and James, the
brothers. are not named in the Will.
although il is said they were on the
| best of terms with Joseph.
A further complication is the fact
that Auditore left a $50 900 insurance
policy in favor of Miss Lebonsky.
Brothers Seek Prosecutor.
When the facts became known yes
terday Morris and James Auditore
called upon District Attorney Lewis,
Of Kings. and requested that their
brothers body be Immediately eN-
humed for careful study OF the
exact cause of death. The district at
Itorney said last night that he might
apply to court today 1or PERMISSION
to open the grave.
Franklin TAYLOR, attorney for Mrs.
Auditore and the brothers, has an
nounced that he will seek to prevent
DR.. MonaeIesser and Miss Lebonsky
from obtaining their legacies on the
ground that Auditore was unconscious
and incompetent to draw a Will two
days before he died, and that he sign
ed document of which he had no
knowledge.
Almost Immediately following Audi
torres death Miss Lebonsky moved
from her Seventy-second street ad-
dress without leaving a forwarding
address DR.. Monaelesser refused to
| talk last evening. He said. however,
| that the $SO, 900 had been left TO him
ito pass on ito Others" but declined
| to say whether he had been instructed
to hand it over to Miss Lebonsky.
Barred From His Bedside.
The Auditore brothers said that
they had made repeated efforts to see
Joseph, but had been refused admit
| tance to Miss Lebonsky's apartment.
Joseph's wife and children said he
was barred by order OF the doctor and
a nurse in attendance, and that in a
discussion with both he heard Joseph
| cry:
Let him in. He is my brother"
Mr.. Taylor said that Joseph's coun-
| sci. Charles Aphel, the doctor and
one other are named as executors OF
| estate. with authority to represent
the widow and her four minor chill
dren.
The provisions of the will take the
| estate entirely out of the hands OF
| the brothers, one of whom, Frank
was a partner OF Joseph.
Lawyers said last night that with
| an estate of this size, it is unusual
| for an attorney to be named as cx-
| ecutor after he has himself drawn
the document
widow to Get Half.
In the third provision of the will,
Auditorc beQueaths one-half OF his
estate. after paying all debts and
the specific gift to DR.. Monaelesser,
| to his wife, and the residue is left in
| trust with the executors for his four
| children.
At the Seventy-second street ad-
dress the superintendent said that he
always thought that Miss Lebonsky
her apartment was the scene of
many brilliant parties, at all of
which, he said. Mr.. Auditore was pres
ent.
He added that she was noted for
her lavish expenditure of money and
her costly mode of dressing.