New-York tribune., 1920-04-02

part or all Of his wealth, and with the
deliberate intent of defeating the chill
dren, who were the natural objects of
his love and affection, of the bounty
which their father had heretofore be-
slowed upon them.''
The complaint, upon information
and belief, says that the representa-
tons and pretentions made by the de-
fendant to Richard Croker sr. were
false and untrue; that your orator
has learned that the defendant is not
blood or of the Prince Sequoyah; that
the defendant was not person OF cul-
ture, refinement and good character.
but, on the contrary, was a person
lacking IN refinement, culture and rep
utatlon, and had prior TO the said mar
rlage received the intimate attentions
and pecuniary support of other men,
and falsely and untruthfuly repre-
sented them to other persons to be
relatives to deceive such other persons
as to the true, existing relationship
between them; that the defendant was
not twenty-three years of age, as
claimed by her at the time of her
marriage, but was about the age of
thirty one years"
Dependent on Friends
Succeeding paragraphs of the com
plant aver that Bu!a +. Croker, prior
to her marriage. was without financial
resources and was dependent in large
measure upon the assistance of her
friends; that after her marriage. "and
in furtherance of her fraudulent
scheming and connivance," she worked
herself into the confidence of her hus-
band, who by reason of the weakness
and feeblcness of mind and by her
undue influence, soon became helpless
under her power"
A specification alleges that during
1917 and 1918 the defendant had SO
practiced upon the enfecbed mind Of
her husband and so poisoned him
against his children that he wrote 10
them, at the instance of his wife. vari-
Gus false scandaIous, and libelous
letters, among other things accusing
his son Richard Croker ir. of having
del irauded him and his brother and
SISTERS OF large sulps OF money
1hs complaint Registers the charge
that Bula +. Croker, "by reason of the
practices and devices employed by her.
has traudulently and by undue in
huencc succeeded in obtaining control
and management of all the property,
real and personal, of the said Richard
Croker ST., and has caused him to de
i''ei W Iier l0TSc sums OF money, and
has permitted her to invest and rein
vest the same. ostensibly for his bcnc-
ut, but actually with the intent and
purpose Of ultimately getting control
and possession thereof for her sole
use and benefit; that the defendant
has caused large amounts of real prop
erty at Palm Beach. Fla, purchased
with the funds of tho said Richard
Croker ST., TO be taken in the Joint
names of the defendant and the said
Richard Croker ST.. and has caused
certain other real property to be taken
and decided in her own name
Believed to Have Money
Your orator further alleges upon
Information and belief, that the de
fcndant has in her possession a large
amount of cash and securities belong
ing TO the said Richard Croker 81.
which she unjustly retains, and which
she has from time TO time sccreted
and transferred out of this jurisdiction
in order to prevent lawful process to
reach the same within this state; that
the said defendant has large sums of
money deposited in banks in her own
name within the county of Palm Beach
and elsewhere, which sums of money
rightfully belong to her husband. and
that from time to time she has with.