Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-30
The JumeI Will Case.

On the heights of the west bank of the Harlem
river stands fine old mansion, dating back long be-
fore the days of the Revolution; a house in which
Washington, Lafayette and their contemporaries wrote
their dispatches during the dark period when the
British landed and occupied the city; house from
which may overlook the steeples of this busy
town. the pleasant hills of Westchester and the dis
tant waters of the Sound.
IN this picturesque spot lived, since 1903 or 1901
Nine. Jumel, whose eventful life ended nigh year
ago At very advanced age; whose eventful story
could it be written might be more interesting than
she had come to be the wife of the rich Jumel: a
Frenchman driven away from St. Domingo during its
horrors. Full OF ambition and talent, she did and
dared many things which made the timid and the
prudent stare, which set the tongues of the enyous
aud as brilliant as any woman Of her Tine 0 Us
the episodes OF her later career her marriage with
aaron Burr which was soon terminated by a separa-
ton, but which identified her with one of the most
remarkable men of the country. From her marriage
to French gentleman and rich one, she came to
know Louis Philippe Talleyrand and all the rest of
th0se remarkable men who had refuge in this coun-
tryrom time to time and when afterward she visited
circle, which then few Americans ever entered and
where she made her mark. For time she was a
star among the beauties of the Court, and if to be
Nine. Jumel was as happy as mortal woman could
be. But for the past fifteen she has been grow
of her own bome with few intimates and little in
tercourse with the world-her companions and
friends being her niece and adopted daughter and
her children. These she had taken to France to be
educated. There of them was married by the
agency and consent of the madame. The landed es-
tate she received from Jumel she held on to with
tenacious grasp until in the progress of time it had
become property OF immense value-some estimate
1t ut million of dollars.
But it has to be fought over and out of il is to
come the great Jumel will case" in which will be
arrayed some of the most distinguished LAWYERS of
the New York bar. -
1t appears that in her old age when past ninety.
NINE y umel made a new will, cutting off her rela-
tlves and adopted child and her children. giving her
entire property to various public charities with the
Single exception OF her pastor, who to have an
equal share with the other devSees These relatives
and heirs who have lived with her some forty years
naturally do not respect this paper and they claim
that she had become incompetent to make a legal
will. They are inclined TO charge undue Influences
and they demand that this paper shall be set aside as
null and void, sosthat they may enter in and enjoy
the good things which they think they had good
and reasonable right to expect
On the other hand the deyisees take unite the on
pOsite view-they think no woman was in a better
frame of mind than Nine. Jume and that the very
Judclous requests made to them entite her sanity
to the greatest respect. They claim too that Nine
Jumels relatives are no relatives at all and have no
to any part OF her property and that it is alto
gether wrong and improper to set up the claims
they do. Here the issue is joined, and on Monday
the respective forces marshaled in presence OF
the judge of the first division of the Supreme Court
MIR O'COnDor and Judge PierpOut for the relatives
Mr.. Austus Smith and Mr.. Str0ughton for the will
The presence of room filled with the legal profess
sion testified to the interest the case was exciting;
but short contest the part of the devisees of the
will to have the postponed the part of their
opponents to have it go immediate trial. resulted
in its posponement to the May term when it is enti
Look for curious and interesting developments-N