Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-08
MRS. MLEAN SUES
FOR MAINTENANCE
Wife of Publisher Asks for
$4,000 Month and
Counsel Fees.


ton Post, 70 support his wife and three
minor children was filed today in the
District Supreme Court by Mrs. Evalyn
Lucille Walsh Mclean. Mrs. Mclean
wants $4,000 per month in addition
TO suit money, including counsel fees
to enable her to conduct her case. She
alSe asks that Mclean be restrained
from receiving any further income from
the estate Of his father. the late John
r. Mclean, until proper provision has
been made for the maintenance Of his
wife and children.
Mrs. Mclean names as defendant
also the American Security & Trust Co.,
which, with her husband, are the
trustees OF the John r. Mclean estate
married in 1907 in Denver, Colos and
has had four children, three boys and
one girl. The eldest child, Vincent
Walsh Mclean, was killed May Is.
1919. The three living children are
John Randolph Mclean born January
81, 1916; Edward Beale Mclean, IT,,
born July 2S, 1918. and Emily Beale
Mclean, born November 10, 1921. The
two boys are now in boarding school
at Aiken, S. c. and the daughter is at
Friendship with her mother and Is
being instruoen6 by a governess,
Million a Year Income Claimed.
Although Mr.. Mclean has an income
ranging as high as 81 100000 a year,
the wife says, he has failed and refused
to maintain her and the children. al
though able to do so. Mrs. Mclean
says she has spent $4,000 Of her own
money in the improvement OF Friend
ship. the family residence ON Wisconsin
avenue,
Mrs. Mclean informs the court that
her husband Is entitled under his
fathers VIII TO the free use OF three
completely furnished private residences
ana I street, another at 1909 II street
and the property known as Friendship.
She says her husband lived with her
and children at Friendship until June.
1929, when he left and took up separate
residence In the II street house and has
never since lived with her and the chill
dren.
The expense for the education, cloth
ing. medical services and other reason
able requirements Of the children IN
their usual station Of life averages
about 81 900 per month, the wife says,
The cost Of the upkeep Of Friendship
and the adjacent grounds averages
about 81, 500 b month";. as the place
comprises rs acres. The residence at
Friendship the wife says, Is in very bad
condition and much in need OF repair5
and she has spent large sums Of none
in an attempt to improve 1t.
Alleges Payments Omitted.
Beginning July 1, 1925, and ending
March 3, 1880, Mr. Mclean paid to his
wife for maintenance $500 per month.
Nothing whatever was paid from March
3, 1880, until July 8, 1880. the wife
said, when she received $500. No
further payment was made until Sep
TENDER 3, 1880, when she received $4,000,
and from the last-named date has had
nothing from her husband for the
maintenance and education Of their
three children. she alleges
Mrs. Mclean says she has been COM
PEELED to meet the deficits by encroaeHi-
ing on the principal and income Of her
separate estate, including the sale OF
some OF her securities at q sacrifice on
a falling market. She has not sum-
Client income at this time, she asserts,
to continue such payments.
In addition to the use of the three
residences, the husband has been In re-
ceipt of a fixed annual income Of S25,-
900 from his fathers estate, and also Of
the entire income from the residue OF
the estate. He owns a stock farm OF
about 1900 acras near Leesburg, Va.
estimated at 5000 0O0, and has bIoodeo
horses and cattle of an estimated value
Of $780, 900, the wife states. Her hus-
band purchased the Leesburg property
with money which he received from his
mothers estate, she tells the court II
addition Mr. Mclean owns a ducking
camp on the Potomac River worth $780,
600. and about two years ago received
5000 900 from the estate of a deceased
relative, which later amount he sent b
New York for safekeeping, the wife az
serts.
He received outright all of his father
jewelry and other articles Of personal
use, which are of great value. He Is
the president and publisher of tho
Washington Post newspaper and Is cor
nected with the Cincinnati Inquire.
both of which plants belong to h.s
fathers estate, the court is informed.
Left Friendship In 1929.
Mr.. Mclean left Friendship in jun.
1929, end took up his residence at 1867
H street, which was followed by visit
to Los Angeles, Calf, where he MAIN
tanned an establishment for some
months During the Winter Of 192g-3O
he went TO Palm Beach, Fla, where n
also maintained an establishment and
spent the Summer of 1880 at Atlantic
City.
The wife also declares that her nus.
band has an apartment at the Ritz
Hotel, New York City; has two Rolls
Royce, one Packard and one Dusen-
berg automobiles, the latter costing
$4,000. He also owns a private rail-
road car which. with its equipment, the
wife estimates TO be worth $4,000. He
employs large number of servants,
who attend to his personal require
mentS.
Mrs. Mclean tells the court that ne,
husband has recently told her that he
will not pay her any more money for the
maintenance of herself and the minor
children that he will fight with every
weapon in the world" any effort on her
part to compel him to do so.
Through Attorneys Frank j. Hogan,
Nelson T. Harrison, Edmund l.. Jones
and A. A. Hoehling Mrs. Mclean asks
the court to restrain her husband from
disposing of any of his property to
evade his duty to maintain his wife
and minor children, or to avoid the
collection of such allowances as may
be made to her by the court Should
Mr.. Mclean fail to meet the require
mei1ts of the court in reference to the
maintenance of herself and children,
Mrs. Mclean requests that his properly
may be seuuestrated and the income
thereof applied to their maintenance.
Justice william Hitz this afternoon
iss1ed rule on Mclean and the
American Security a. Trust Co. to show
cause on Thursday, November Is, why
the petition of Mrs. Mclean should not
be granted.