The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-07
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MIS- 1uclllG AluSSSJG AlllSOu,
80, the fve-day bride-widow of
the late James A. Allison, will
fight to the finish against the
$2,000,000 alienation of affec-
tions suit filed against her Mon.
day by Mrs. Sara G. Allison, Sc,
the first wife, The Times
learned from an authoritative
source today.
Mrs. Lucille Allison still was at
the beautiful Allison estate, River
dale Springs, Cold Spring Rd., un-
strung from the death Of her hus-
bands funeral, held Monday after
noon, and the experience Of facing
the first wife's suit.
The younger Mrs. Allison main
tained a frozen silence regarding the
suit. Servants quietly but firmly in
formed all who approached that the
new mistress of the elaborate estate
was in bed, seeing no one and would
not talk with any one.
Will Fight to Finish
Nevertheless, it was learned that
she has made up her mind to
bring every resource at her COM
mand to bear in the fight to protect
what she regards as much of an at
tack upon her late husbands good
name as an effort to take from her
about half the millions he left.
The complaint recites a story of
deliberate pillage of the love of Mr..
Allison from his wife, who had
helped him build up his wealth and
power.
This presaged a legal battle the
like of which conservative Indian
apolis never before has seen Just
what attorneys would be nlarshaled
by the defense was not known.
A powerful offensive was assured
by the fact that Eph Inman, veteran
of nearly every big legal battle
staged in Indianapolis in the last
score of years, is chief of staff for
the plaintiff, Mrs. Allison. Inman
was the original attorney for D. G.
Stephenson in his murder trial, but
his connection with the former
grand dragon was severed during
preparation of the appeal.
With Inman is H. Reynolds Samp-
son Of Miami, Fla. These two at
torneys wo1 the divorce and finan-
cial settlement granted Mrs. Allison
No. from Mr.. Allison in Miami,
June 27.
Defense Scores First
The defense already stands the
victor in the first skirmish In the
alienation suit. Mrs. Sara G. ALI
sons attorneys had been led to be-
lieve that Mrs. Lucille Allison
planned to leave the city soon after
Mr.. Allison's funeral Monday after
noon.
The suit was filed in Superior
Court -Four in the middle Of the
afternoon. Two deputy sheriffs
were despatched to the Allison es-
tate. There they found Mrs. ALI
son was in retirement. The funeral
was to start at p. m.
The deputies insisted they must
see Mrs. Allison personally, but
finally Lem H. Trotter, business as
sociate of Mr.. Allison, persuaded
them to leave, with the promise that
he would read the summons to Mrs.
Allison.
Friends of the defense declared
that this does not constitute per-
sonal service upon Mrs. Allison and
that therefore she so far has no
legal knowledge that the suit has
been filed.
Return Date Is Sept. 10
The return date in the case is
Sept. 10. Whether another attempt
to get personal service on the de-
fendant will be made was not indi-
Gated by the plaintiff attorneys.
Mrs. Allison had breakfast in bed
shortly after s o'clock and an
nounced she would not arise until
later in the day.
Trotter was an early morning
caller. He said it is very
unlikely that Mrs. Allison's silence
on the suit will be broken until the
case goes to trial, probably this fall,
before Superior Judge Byron K.
Elliott
Only evidence today of the death
of Allison, after honeymoon Of
five days with his former secretary,
was the hushed tones of servants,
as they moved quietly about the
palatiai home.
Sees No One
The few callers we're told cour-
teously and firmly that Mrs. Alli-
son would see no one today, that
she is weary and will rest through
out the day.
Filing of the suit a few minutes
before the Allison funeral on his
pretentious estate was one of Sc
ries of sensational events Of the
last two months involving the Alli-
son millions.
A deliberate and wicked" plot to
steal her husband, starting in 1919
or 1920, when Miss Mussett became
secretary to Allison, is laid to the
young widow by the first wife, whose
divorce decree was granted in