The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-02

In witness vfersc have hsrsunto ses ny hsad ana
this sa'A day Of 'u Sias g Ne ls
The trsso'nR instrument, In TIRES Sheets YES sus
s.Isa sbs d.y sss. 81 ID. su ~
o. IN The prsse:cs Of us ana e.cn o rs tss s'sssor
ut the tire Of bis mskinR said inscription and he Of
fxpR 81 such SEAL eeciares aasve 20 sa
scibed BY him TO be hi. last oil ssd amsnt cod vs
request the ssd Ssisos Robssoo ne .sd YES
tanr in tis presence and in the Il esca other
s,rumsnt ve have subsc ioed upon the
sir of each halt sheet Of the said ins ruaeet
FEM r. s GGxs 9, me city city n.
CHARLES JONES, Of the city of Br ooKlyn.
ltIdersel The isst win and tes Ament Of Nesoa Rob
Curious VIII Case In scr.nce-R,ny 60 a Han.
| dItd millions Of Fssscs ia Dispuse.
| From Gshgpams Messenger, March IL
The Civil Tribunal has during tie last six se~ks beo
oecu.ied several Gays with new case reaive 70 the
in mense fortune OF the late brothers Michel whose
lanes and career are well knosn 10 all who have lived
II e following Is an outline Of the CASE
Byaw dated the letn April, 1851, the younger OF
ttfse Msbels reqnea bed al bis fortune ~,thou.
the dmirution q to lis elder brother and BY
win datec the 18Th March. 1888 the sder AZ mskias
ns bis wsshh, mad. his younger Sroshs. bis re-
81 usry iesstes The elesr oisd in in MAr,h 1885, the
BY rev will iefs neNy tue whole Of hi.
| own great fortune and shs: ieherited from hts
sas y.s real, s p.
gitima,e by female Lsjeupe. Attempts
subsequent made to have rbs fortuns or part Of t.
averred from thu yeurR man, On the gToand hat tn,
Will vas tor various reasons rot good in lag; ont the
corrts decided in his favor The new brorgat
fore the avf tribunal another attempt OF this lied
and the form It tok Was demand 70 have codicll
puIsorDg to have been made by tue elder Michel to h
will OF The 18th March, 1888 da'ed tw, days ate-
declared va 10, though 4 not previously kn
in existence and taough turned uuot oy accident
q reccmmt nd my soul to God Not beieg able 70
brig myself to eLinherit ny family, give aud be-
mu'h to the children living Or having represen..
tis.s Of ny lats sister as much to my corsin Vic
.aassr ii :. sso s .ssd ay s. in Dents I'll.
army. baaueath the remainder TO my brother
With reversitn to the little Marc Antoine scaei I+jeuns
WHO has been declared bis godson bequeA.h moreover
100 ecot TO Mile Scolastlqne kjeure, ,noh"r of that
csd; also 40 oeof to tie Of Witty Seine and
tie anne sum to their church only maiutsin il my
last win tie bequests not contrary to these"
Tie s,osy roio ebout the oeicil vas this :
about fortnight before hia dea the elder Mi hsl de-
posted It sealed in sheet OF papec in the hands Of
an Able Iafono, secretary to his brother but with d.
Who was then In very de gate state Of health and who
would probably have been pain uly ssc ed BY When
the and the n
followed be said noting about 1t. A,out fortnight
biz his, &c which Sl ss h.
it 10 yourg femsle named Marie Rinqueeacn,
who atteneed on him ana she placed it in
Of last year creditor OF the Abo Lafont had cessation 70
inquire about the property lett by him, but to his
4
Ing been to that Marie Rtpquebsch had attended him in
his last Illness, he sought her out demanded the
She led tina. he bac given her anything supse-
My mbe red that be had confded sa'ed
paper sno On SEEKING found II 2: me bottom Of her
knowing the ue of the docuuen she communicated
it to 'esier in second hand things, named Jsquinot,
and showed him copy Of il. Lejeuue treated Il a.
fraue ard tn ned to have hin, arrested he would
made the yourg woman deposit, toe cooc in the hands
OF notary, and mum ated with the persons bene
fitted by it They led Lj-me to the codic
By giving up tie portion Ct the elder M,caes property
mentioned in it. but he refused and thy brought their
ion The cole qresti n therefore, which the aisu1al
had to decide was whe her or not the cocn was autaen
tic. The parties benefited by coateadsd that i. must
be corsi sersd, or thu &c asoEs:--
First that it Natural tpat the testAtor should,
biz siateIs ether relatives he had ali hts
tie been separated, and should desire to them
pcien in ifs that the idea CT all his fortune and
that Of bis brother, TOO, ing to Lejenns must have
knew that Iejenne net only the illegmate Of
his brother, but that he born in adultery his
theirs wife being living W. en- he took up vita the young
! secondly the Abbt Lafont had about tho time the
codici dated written letters 10 the rela ives Of the
teatcr assuring that the late had not forgotten
tem and Baron Seguier, first President OF the Roya
Court OF Paris to whom the de, essed had left part
OF mis- plate, had inquired whether he had d,ne any
thing for his family and relatives, and had besn
solsuniy assured by his brotter that be had. In
the third place the why the coaic had no,
stated to be that family had not the means Of
going law it, and the Able Iafont himself had
pected outlve the junior Michel and to have legacy
from him TIE next reason which urged was, that
soy have thought of forging it, and that Lafont the
only person who could &c supsctednot being personally
benefited y Nv not & to have ave sss it. The
| cerresponded to that OF the elder Iii shell
| Ard, lastly the legacy 10 the commune Of vi.ry
cited strong of Of The reah of the co3ic for 1t
said that 10 but Michel could have thought of
Witty, ard his fer THU king Of that place
very peculiar one; he and his brother many Years
| ego were accused of having barbarously murder
| ed, caused to be murdered gentleman named
Dupet VAL Of that village, whom they owed several
millions, and Of having murdered several of hts
wants; but i was admitted that though they we're
was thers:ore called on to declare the eoac
In snswer to all this II was commended on the part Of
NJ. Iejsune that the diciI impudent forgery,
and that the in viii ia 1t alleged to have
pree.vsai ard % wa Was aosprd A., s
was evidently not that OF the elder Michel! but
skil'u mi ston Of it and that though the codid pur
ported have been written only days after the will
| 1t only paper different from the will bu.
in perfectly different sort OF ink Another proof of the
mended his soul to God, whereas IL fact
that be ala not believe In the existence Ola God It
further alleged that the elder Michel had always enter
tanned great contempt for the Aboe Latent and would
Under any circumstances, have thought Of taking
him 80 a. INTO na Sonaenee as ssa 70 place so'S 70 nus
WORTHLESS, character, that he had long ceased to
! fcnow his calling Of priest, that hs had been
/ police tpy, that he was not even secretary to
the younger Michel, he had pretended, but mere
achey that Michel Junior had been obliged to discharge
him in Disgrace ana to get lid of him. to fling his e
fects out Of the window and that he such notorious
lar that anything he might have said written
worthy credit II likewise asserted trat ihe elder
Michel cared nothing at ali FIR his sisters thor child
rem and that in his life had he been heard
speak yctorpe Gutpu Of the etea6ea Lee Atee
so that was be assumed he did not know that
she existed Moreover t WAS urged that the two bro,
ther in order to form Immense fortune, which saoud
kh.sr had
each the other heir. As to the donation to vitry 1t
was sad that the elder Michel had reason to make IT,
as 1t was his brother who had been more particularly
suspected Of the murder committed there. As to the
story the deposit OF the codc fsont in the hands
OF 20 og female, and Of iH having turned up after
lapse OF many years. BY mere accident 1t Gas argued 1t
| was q fable TOO gross for human crecuity.
To all this it added that NJ. Case, Of Of
tire deeeased's sisters and who consequently had the
having The cnliciI dAcIared valid had