The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-09

The court battle FOR the great
Peter family fortune today settled
down to An aristocrats' tug of-war
with Armistead Peter, il, of his
toric old Tudor Place, Georgetown.
On one end cf The rope, and
AIMS Peter, his wife. On the other
end ach pulling for ! prize 81
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Meanwhile. to insure fair play
Chic Justice Waltsr & Mccoy ci
the District Supreme Court today
directed that the fortune. consist
ing Of stocks, bonds, cash. Jewels,
and negotiable notes, Be kept II
the District Of Columbia within
the jurisdiction Of the court. This
morning he signed an injunction
forbidding Armistead Peter from
removing the fortune.
HIS Answer Defiant
The Injunction. made ~ agree.
ment OF opposing sides. was issued
. few minutes after Armistead had
filed his answer before the court
to his wife's suit against him Tor
the fortune.
not one word Of compromise or con-
citation.
Contrary to the expectations that
A .4e.ArS
take their fight out OF the public
courts, the document filed today de-
clares the positive intention OK the
husband to fight his wife TO the
last issue over possession OF the
money.
Armistead Peter is fighting for
his son, Armistead Sd, the last OF
the oldest and one OF the most
renowned American families.
He is determined to preserve the
fortune for his son ana heirs.
It is stock secret in the inner
circles OF Washington society that
Anna Peter is fighting for some
thing quite different, that she wants
the fortune for some other use than
to donate to her only child.
Whatever this may be, and what
ever dts revelation threatens to the
.thus-far stainless name OF the Peter
family. Armistead Peter will dare
IL necessary to protect his sons m
heritance, according to the papers
which he filed in the court today.
The papers filed today actually
do not answer Anna Peters suit
for an accounting.
They constitute merely a dilatory
answer. designed to postpone as
long as it is possible the revela-
ton to the court-and to the world
--of Armistead. Peters real reason
for secretly removing the vast for
tune from his wife's safety vault In
the American Security and Trust
Company and secreting 1t else
where.
Briefly, his answer today stated
that the interrogatories which Anna
filed with her suit, demanding her
husband to name the hiding place
of the fortune, are improper in
terrogatories.
That this information is not neces-
sary to the prosecution of her suit
against him.
That this information would be
needed by her only il, after, the
trial court had decided she should
have the fortune.
Furthermore, the husband an
swer assures the court, the fortune
is safe in Armistead Peters posses
sion, and will be kept safe pending
the outcome of the litigation.
That is all, except that 1t adds a
last yelled warning to Anna Peter,
of her husbands determination to
fight to the end.
Text Of His Reply
The papers OF today state:
Defendant (Armistead Peter. jr.)
at the appropriate time. in his
answer to be filed herein. will seek
to have this court in this case
adiudicate fully and completely all
questions relating to the owner
ship, administration, management,
custody. possession and handling of
the property which Is this suits
subject matter. ana this defendant
now here so informs this court;
ITO the end that this court may
adjudicate said matters this de-
PENDANT desires the retention in the
District Of CoTum0It and w1ehfn