New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-09

respectable and upimpescbed wiussses. thss n.
cedent frequently in conversation declared H., -.
Vas Der son, and addressed him ~ her soa.
Anthony Marriott says "Fsrrie called her u,As,.
g When | met her, she a.ked ne somsaaS, 49,
:" Fsrrie. anc sometimes hos Is my son."
John I. Bernard says: Il have heard Ma. ,
" Lux speak OF Ferrle, she somstines saos.
9 business, some'imee Of her son; shs s~ked k.-
!" her son, bad seea him lately" ''see hssT 49,
: him her soB-never called hi n nephes
William Diblee says; II have heard No.
" con Of hers VS. q wild chsp and that she 80
" nothing with him Il have heard h., .se
" bin ~ her nephew but | took II n vS,s
" h,rs, knowing she was very secsntric; 49,
think she spoke most trequ.ntly Of hin q nsr ,Os
" She said Der son wac Silo f.llow ssd .hs -,
" DO nothing with him; she said in speaking 20 49,.
people, she wished her con Fsrrie va. !. ,r,....
"boy a. wss."
BsnIah j. Frochlict ssy,: 81 have Ae.,a IA.
pu Lux speak OF bin sometimes a. her 900, -
"somsiimes as her nephew"
Doro'hea Du Eau, acquainted With tia dsca.,.,.,
years sgo, ststes: "lhst in ls21 Ma Dp r..
showed her handful OF gold. saying that .hs ~.
going TO send it 10 Borceapx for Der con 4" . ~.
SAID the father Of MAT young man vss dead, AZ
old rot say snytti ing about her husband 10 Frs..s
che told me that hs f,ther died on the road ~
tween Toulouse and Spain that he dealt in horss
"sDo mules; that he wss XII ed, selling mules; ~
said be va killed on the road
AIisnne Prevail tesiifes: That Mde. Da "a,
frequently vsited her house; thai on one cccassa
speaking abou. her property snd sbou, makas -
will she ssid, That che hsd q nephew NAM
/" Ferrie who lived in CINCINNATI; any husss,l
ssio be cid not knew that she hsd any rslsnyv
" here; sbe said, Yes "a the world goes, they Nv
be is my SON.; my husband ssid II he ws her ~
" il was shame for any woman 10 deny Il; che ssa
" il was a shame that he had offended her and ~
81 calico MIN her nephew; NY husband sald, Bat
will you be able TO prove that she said There
d" are enough witpesses--they could apply u T.
:" Duqueue. who knew all about him; che said she
" old lot mean TO leave ell to hun; out 81 the same
time. il che did die without will, he VA the oaly
person belonging TO her, and the only one 10
claim il
julia Bsuvsus, who lived sbout three years in the
same bouss it'll the deceased states as follows: she
" said sbe hsd never had but one child, and int
" was hoy; tina. she had him in France she said
4" she left him at nurses in France w3en she cane
" over" "She said when shs came to ny
A" bouse, that Nv F-rre her 500, and she looked
" ye,y much excited" She told ms abe bed
" brought him fom where he WAS at nurse, end
- brought bin 10 q halter at Bordeaux that ha ~
I" born a. a place called 81 Girons. When
- she told me be was her SOD, Sked Why she calA
" bin Der nephew; she said because ne was disob<
- dent 10 her.
Nav Riey says: "Ihsve frequently hoard her pesk
" OF MIR Ferrie A. Der nephew; heard ner cay whes
" he was on here or years sgo, tnst siter ne vent
- back 10 Cincinnati he wrote letters TO her &kins
j, for moIey and in one of those letters she vas a.
i. d,oss.d a. hi. mother" T" l spoke 10 her az
" the necessity Of arranging her business and making
- her last will; and said: lfyou do no, 90 %, The
" Public Administrator will come III ana take Pot
- session of all your effects and property. S0
j. seemed very indignant at my expression, ard ssf
!. in A yer, deter mined mspner: No; my nephew
"a from Cincinnati will come here and take pose
- sion Of all >" "When the conversation tarned
" upon making will she always mentioned Mr.. Pse
RE a. her beir
Ana Creighton knew the decedent 23 years. She
testjfies: ~ knew NJ. Ferie; Mde Du Lux b.
60 frequently talked With me about NJ. Fert
- che thought he wac upgratefu for oil the kind.
q" pess che had done for him, and taking moth
% er Of him; she said she had one child vhse
" she WIS quite youpg she said she was ms1A
very Young and this child born about fifteen; sc
90 said the child boy born 10 France before he
Z. cane 10 this country" "When she spoke u
I" her mMrisge che referred 10 NJ. Du Lux: she ssd
" she was married in New York. she said she
was very young, about IA or IS, when her son Wa
% born; she lever spoke OF Fenie rs her son; she
" raid she LOST her son sbout that time undeusose
" h. he desd; that this Ferrie was her nephes
Henry MsriiB, who became acquainted with Mde.Ds
Lux in 1924 ssys: Sometimes she spoke OF Fsrrie
- ny son. more often my son; sometimes ny
:" neI hew;' soWetimes, when very angry, ana
IL would say lie was not her con
" She told me Ferrie was born in her No
" tive place; she never said how old he va,
80 or whether che was married when no was bora
' 81 wss speaking to her OF the s,me accent th@
A" she and FerIie had, che ,sid, oh, yes, we eee
horn in the came province in France; Isad 10 her,
{, III no ia your ,on-h. "A the same voice and er
. vi, 10 70 Jv"i ~ - ~ - -
" preesloD, she ssio, EVer)pooy eoys DO WAS
" Ike me-of course be IL my son.
Msdelina Crieser hired APARTMENTS Of Mde Da
''"oo -, -. aa,,.....,o. Ia
her, She rays: 4" hsye txo children; | hd COZ
VAR aflon with her about children she did not like
a 49, atia.an IN ,ts bou..'" 4 ala. vas
10 nave chnoien III .no po"soi seN' wv
lever sot children. Va, yes, you are Ms
tsken-I bad one in France, when | w@ very
xoung, She said had 10 send money to support hs
rht be wss ct purse;' che ssked If msnis1
.. his couptry or in France; I said wu manisl
Frsnce :, she said was married In france too In u
R,voInton time, ,hs ssd 10 me she was married van
and she hsd the child when she wa very yoaas tso
a. tbst wa, IN. Ease sbe had no more She ssd az
opsy t France for her sonr When she wsS sch IN ~
the last time she married France In he ~
DpqusDs who became acquainted Win K.dsos o: Ia.