The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-13
TAE JuMEL WILL CASE.

The Executors of the VIII make no
Opposition, and Let the Contestants
have it All their own WRy-The Jury
Render n Verdict that Mime Jumel, at
the Time OF the Execution of the WIN.
was OF UnsOund Mind A Lucky Thin q
for Mr.. Nelson Chace-The DeIusIons
of the Deceased.
SUPREME COURT, November l2-Before .Ipdga
}. r.. banard.--Nesun Cnace vs. Rev. j. Howard
Smith, ct al.-The long-talked-of "JumeI VIII
Case" which, after several postponements. was
set oowD positively Tor today IN this Court.
Was called promptly at 10 O'clock, and The par.
ties on both sides announced tnemsei yes
ready" Plaintiff was represented py Charles
OCoDor, Aaron Vanderpoel, and Martin
Sihltn as counsel, and the defendants by
r. W. Stoughion, II. l.. Clinton, eX-Sur-
rogaIe Bradford, and others. It had
been rumored for several days oast that
sort OF compromise had been effected between
the contestant OF the Will aud the executors
winch would materially simplify the case and
shorten the trial; and this proved to be so.
What toe terms OF this compromise are were aot
ushnctly brought to light during the trial, and
pelther party appear 10 be anxious to give the
PARTICULARS OF what Is nobody's business but
tner own. From what could be a,certained
however, u appears tnat the executors DIS
trGstng tbeir ability to maintain the validity
OF the viii before a Jury, accepted the offer
OF Mr.. Cbace TO pay out % the proceeds OF Mime
JhGefs property all the specific bequests OF the
VIII, consisting OF $4,000 TO the Church of the
lDttrCebSiOn AZ OarmanSVllIe, DeSideS lot of
laDd on which TO erect building; $4,000 to
Inc pastor, Rev. j. Howard Smith: SlOuU each
more or less, 10 some halt-a-dozen charitable
institutions, besides all the expenses OF the
SUIT thus lar, they rennqulShing their claim 10
the residuary portion OF the estate in which,
by the terms of the will, they were to share
equally in proporlon to the amount OF the seye-
raj requests. This lesIduary" portion ofthe estate
comprises tbree-iOurths or more OF the wnoIe
property, SO that in reality it was equivalent to
giving up the entire contest. Half loaf how.
ever nr even a tenth Ot loaf, is better than no
bread, and they will probably get as mucn as
the eccentric Mime Jumel IN her sounl mind
ever intended TO bestow upon rel glous or chari-
table institutions. The remainder of the estate
comprising probably quarter OF a million OF
dollars, will, therefore 90 to the contestant
Nelson Chace, who. as appeared from the eyi.
dence, has purchased for the pettv sum of
$4,000 all the right, title, and interest OF the
other heirs. So that Mr.. Cnace has made a
decIued hit.
No difficulty was found in emuannelling a
Jury, only one man having made up his mind
on the subject, and after the jury was sworn
MIR. OConor opened the case IN behalf OF the
contestant, briefly stating the object of the suit
and rehearslng the leading poius in The lie of
the testatOr Mime Jumel. He said she was OF
humble origin, being the daughter o common
sailor, OF Newport, r. j. In her youth she came
To toe city with her sister, during the beginning
OF This century, where both OF them we're mar |
ned-lne lormer to M. Jqmel, ana the latter to
q Mr.. Jones. The four children OF Mrs. Jones |
pialntiiis in this action.
M'me Jume herself, the counsel said, never
ha0 any children, but she adopted one
OF the children of her sister, who sub.
married Nelson Chlce. the other
plaintiff in this action. The greatest affection
Tor the children of her sister and of Mrs.
Chace was always manifested by Mime Jumel .
up 10 the year 1859. In the winter OF 1854 and |
1855 the decline Of her mental powers com
menced She had just returned from France,
where a marriage was contracted between |
one OF her nieces, daughter Of Mrs. Chace, |
and a Mr.. Perry, of good family; and in !
a letter to this family she announced her inten- !
tion TO bequeatn the whole of her property to |
her sisters children. After 1855 she become a |
on the subject OF her apprehended |
and organized what she called !
LEGION" tor her protection. Her best friends |
and relatives, Mr.. OhaCe among the rest she |
believed were engaged in a conspiracy tO'poson
her. She was afflicted with a variety OF delu- |
sions, among which was one that she had the |
power OF miraculous cure by the laylngon OF /
hands, etc. While she was in this condition OF |
mental delusion, amounting to complete in |
sanity, the will now i'll question was made. The
will gives, first, sixteen lots OF land to build |,
a church on, and $4,000 or building the church
and parsonage. The pastor OF the church was
ohm Howard Smith, who also received legacy |.
OF $4,000. Mrs. Perry. her niece was left merely |
the income OF $4,000, the principal 10 go to her !
heirs at her death, in case she left any.
Various other bequesLs were made to divers /
charitable socieles, all of which were to receive |
tbeiI pro rata share Of the residue of the estate
after the bequests were paid. Mr.. Chacc and
the other plaintiffs in this action were willing |
and had offered TO pay these various hequests,
the $4,000 to Mr.. Smith, but the de. |
in case the will was maintained would !
have their share OF the residue excluding the |
lawful heirs from all participation OF the pro-
perty.
Nelson Chace sworn-Am one of the plaintiffs |
in this action; was acquainted with Mime |
Jumel for many years; became acq tainted |
with her in 1881, at Otsego, and subsequently, !
married her daughter, and lived IN her family |
thlrty-tour years; Mons. Jumel, her husband, |
died 'n Nav, 1882; am familiar with all OF Mime |
JnmePs property; her property in New York, !
all except some lots on the Seventh avenue, was |
Mr.. Jumers property; my wife died on the 9Th |
May, lS43; married her in January, 1882; two |
OF my children, Eliza and william, are living;
Mrs. Maria Jones was the mother of my |
wife; she was born in 1901 or 1902; a more
strong affection never existed between Two !
human beings than between my wife and Mime |
Jumel; on her death Nine Jumel took to her |
he'd and renamed there week; after my Wifes |
death Mime Jumel took my children into her
family and nurtuTed them like n mother until |
my daughter got married, and until she became
infrm and insane; Mime Jumel went TO Europe |
in 1863, taking with her my children, and re-
turning when my daughter married MIR. Perry
in France; while travelling abroad she bore the
name OF Eliza b. Burr having formerly been
married to Aaron Burr.
Counsel here read letter from Mme Jumel
TO the father of Mrs. Perry, the man who mar
ried her niece, dated Paris, May, 1854. In this
letter she states that her property is worth
about ten million francs. ana that she could
assure to her niece FIVE million francs.
Witness was shown letter from Nine Jumel
TO himself, dated at Nice, in Italy, which be
said he recognized as the one received by him
from its author. The letter states Mime Jumel's
intention to 90 to Rome; that she will be under
the necessity ot spending large amounts OF
dresses Il ceteTd and asking for letter OF credit
20 the ROthschilds for $4,000. She also relates