Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-12
CROCKER'S HORSES KEPT
HIM, EX-BOSS STATES
Wife Also Bluffed in $4,000, He
Declares. Former "Tiger" Tells
of Sons Ingratitude.

West Palm Beach, Fla, April 12.---
Richard Croker yesterday went into
details of his domes tic and financial
affairs. Referring to his first wife he said
he agreed with her, through their son,
Richard, who represented them both,
that they would permanently disagree,
and that he would allow her and their
children S35, 900 year. He said he turned
over to his son as trustee at this time Sc
curities that would produce an an
nual income of about 5000 and the
remaining $1,000 year was made up
by him Before Mrs. Crokers death,
he added, the strain to keep up these
payments was so great he called upon
his attorneys for an opinion as to what
position he would be in if he could no
longer make them.
For ten years after that" said Mr..
Croker today, IL lived absolutely upon
the earnings of my stables. Except
for my investment in Glencairn, / had
turned almost everything / had over
to my family and if it had not been
for Orby, my Derby winner, / could not
have lived
'Ethel's divorce alone cost me $780,
900. ] not only put up this money but
] went to the Archbishop and got her
permission to be remarked TO the nice
boy she now has for husband.
''After doing all this for her the way
she takes of repaying me Is to furnish
Howard with a long affidavit attacking
my mentality and attacking my wife.
WOULDN'T LEND HIM $4,000.
"My son Frank, who was killed at
Ormond, is the only one of my boys
/ can feel really wanted to use me right.
The last words he ever said to me were
that it was the ambition of his life 10
repay me the money ! had loaned
him with which to go into business.
Speaking of the various gifts have made
to my children, in addition to the $4,000
nv attorney told of the other day, will
say these gifts were going on all the tim
and | did not attempt to keep track of
them. Only this morning | ran across
cancelled check for $500 that
gave Richard TO return home on when
he came TO Ireland to see me and said
he did not have anything to get back
with.
II remember Richard writing me
TO ask If he could not give Ethel and
Howard a couple of thousand dollars
q year more. as they did not have enough
TO live comfortably on IN the city.
and that they would repay this out Of
their mothers estate when il was settled.
told hun to 20 ahead, and later, when
was getting short and the estate was
settled, | asked that these advances be
repaid. The way he carried on he seemed
to think it was terrible should suggest It.
"On one occasion j made $4,000
profit IN a business transaction, got
a draft for IL and sent him that to in-
vest. don't know what become of il.
after ! married and got down to
Palm Beach there was one time when
didn't have cent | could put my
hands on and / wrote Richard and
asked him to advance me $4,000. He
wouldn't do it.
Didn't you pay any personal at
tentfon to your financial af1aus?' MIR.
Mr.. Croker was asked.
WAS LUCKY IN RACING.
Not much" he answered. "At the
time | bad settlement with my family
through Richard ard / simply turned
about everything ] had over TO him
for him to manage and then ! we 1t TO
Vantage, England. The next year |
went over to Ireland and built. | was
lucky and for the most part lived from
nv stables Orby alone earned me from
SIC, 900 TO s25, 900 every year.
In view ow the fact that be told the
present Mrs Croker at the time of
their marriage that he had no fortune,
Mr.. Croker was requested to explain