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...superintendent that "Mrs. Erlanger issued instructions she was not to be disturbed." They then called on Mr. Erlanger's brother, former New York Supreme Court Justice Mitchell Louis Erlanger. Said he: "There is no Mrs. Erlanger. There is no widow." On the same evening, shrewd Lawyer Max D. Steuer announced that he had been retained as counsel for "Mrs. Erlanger." Said he: "There is not the slightest difficulty in proving that there is a Mrs. Erlanger...
...Manhattan apartment of Tammany's crafty Boss Curry. When news of this got out Manhattan newspapers pictured a worried Tammany with its back against a closed door from behind which came the querulous voice of Horse Doctor Doyle saying: "I don't want to go to jail." Max D. Steuer, one of Tammany's slickest and most willing legal henchman, quickly announced that it was he who had telephoned from the Curry apartment. He had, he said, telephoned to his wife at Loon Lake. But the New York Telephone Co. declared that calls-to Loon Lake never go through Lake...
...Bertha Steuer...
...Wife of slick, shrewd Lawyer Max D. Steuer, who prosecuted the Bank of U. S. officials. She had an account of $54,117.45 in the bank. The day before the bank closed, she drew this out, but forgot the $.45. Widespread is the story that an official almost talked Mrs. Steuer out of withdrawing her account, that she telephoned her doubts to her husband, who replied: "Listen, Bertha, did you go to the bank to hear conversation or to get out your money...
...mere political enmity that made the air vibrant between Mr. Steuer and Mr. Kresel. Sixteen years ago, in 1915, the late Abraham Lincoln Erlanger (theatre magnate) accused Mr. Steuer of blackmailing him in the trial for breach of contract brought by an actress. After the accusation Mr. Kresel brought disbarment proceedings against Mr. Steuer. Mr. Steuer was not disbarred but he may not have forgotten the incident. Today Mr. Kresel is counsel for the Erlanger estate, defending it from the claims of Charlotte Fixel (who asserts she was Erlangers common law wife) and Mr. Steuer is Mrs. Pixel...