New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
Croker's Wife
Wins Cirlh0Od
Chums' Praise
Continued from pass one

and when he came back from Ireland
he made me deed all the property back
10 MIN. | do not want, nor do any Of
my family want, any of his money. |
want to bring him into court and prove
to him that in handling the estate of
my mother for the rest OF the children
l did what was honest
Well, l said: Richard, if YOU .aic
that to your father there is no cues
t1on but that you and he would get
along all right But l thought that
ried. i! want to tell you Dick Croker
your father did many smart things.
put the smartest one he ever did was
the day he married the present Mrs.
"Then described the companion-
ship which exists between Mr.. and Mrs.
Croker: the loveliest in the world.
Since Dick got married to her if YOU
ma DICK YOU find his wife. Once /
any one. Finally / went around to
the side and there they were both up
a ladder. painting the house. That
VIII show what I mean, both working
together. That's what cali being
happy, and if now these boys want to
nave q commission appointed and him
taken away from her in his old age,
when he needs her worst, I want to
say tor one 1t amt going to be done.
III those two boys, Howard and Dick
1r.. come down here any more we're 60
ing to give 'em a dose of their own
medicine. There's a lot Of good citi-
Gems around this place that are mighty
fond Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Croker
ST., and we're going to have the state
examiner for the insane come here and
find out why it is that those two young
fellows are so mind-wandering. If any
body thinks that Richard Croker sr. is
not of sound mind let him try to sell
him something or take something from
him, and there amt no question about
it but that that guy will find out that
he's sane.
Put yourself in his place. What a
foolish thing it would be for him to be
wandering around the world and have
no woman looking after him. l always
claimed he was q lucky man. When he
got married to this one she got 20 per
cent and he got about so. She is good
looking and has a lovely disposition. If
old man Croker didn't have q lot Of
money these two kids Of his would not
be down here looking after his in
sanity, that's sure. Why, he bought
ioHu OVWu hCIc ~ YGC W pau a iIOul
foot that he's been selling for 5000
and $3.50. And he didn't buy a hun
dred feet of it; he bought from three
to four miles. That's insanity, amt it
"And all these other allegations,
about his wife not being this and not
being that, make me think the more
I do think of it, with everybody know
ing to the contrary, that these two boys
Of his must be plum crazy. The whole
matter is the biggest joke that was
ever brought into a court.
"About their contentious concerning
Mrs. Croker, l think these boys are
this thing will finish. Old Dick licked
young Dick once. and I wouldn't put
it past him to do it again. Young Dick
said he was going to lick his pop. and
he went over to Ireland for it. He
walked right up to his old man and he
hit him in the jaw. Old Dick swung
back and the boy went sprawling. He
dropped him twice. III say that old
Dick has the same fighting ability
to-day.
In an affidavit made to-day after de-
scribing his long acquaintance with
Richard Croker, and particularly the
d%ef e.s business record in Palm
has made profits Of more than $1,000, 900
from scores Of real estate transactions
since his second marriage, Mr.. Corners
states: "Of my own personal knowl-
edge all Of these investments have been
handled by him and at his direction.
From forty years Of intimate %associ-
alton with him l now swear positively
that his mind and judgment are at the
present time as keen and sound as at
any time during his entire career. I
VA~- Me- Ru.V~ all
Of refinement and high character, and
I have never known Of the slightest dis
agreement between her and Mr.. Croker.