The New York herald., 1869-01-01

Immediately after the contents or the viii had been
re niece. and others entered suis against 4 On
rick, - I that deceased bad been OF unsound mind
the ero,,s signing the document. The case came
at the tinrg q sr Id Chnncery, when an immense
on before NM. vas taken. Counsel appeared for
mass of testimony. ed, Ior the proponents Of the
wiz and Tor the chllire>. = the withdrawal or
last codicil, inasmncn "a grester chance
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submitted for decision TO the Circuit ~ aud
case came before Judge Bedle on Wednesnss 'e-
fore the Master was read and the following - SUM
mary Of what has any relevancy TO the easel !
Carricks last WILL dated November IA, 1885, Mr. Car
rick acknowledged the paper 70 be his last will ana
rick was apparently feeble, but did not appear 70 W
OF unsound mind. Elias Brown King,deposed th1$
as @ g
80, and he went to their house for the purpose:
eags M 80 s Rcss 81 Gna erore
he witnessed the will OF 1885, Mr.. Carrick then
looked feeble and not as competent - when he
drew the will OF 1866. Henry A. Williams testified
that he witness 10 the c0dcil Of the will OF 1867
MIR; Carrtck appeared then to be OF sound laand
Carricks legal adviser; knew him to be a manager
OF the Paterson Savings Bank also president OF IL;
the bank had to close and the managers lost money
by it, drew up the two willis; at the time OF drawing
up the last Mr. Carrick was Of s0uHd mind ana
suggested several alteratlOnsy got leltsf from niTs
Carrick asking that the legacy to Jone3 should be
paid Immediately after Mr.. Carrick's ceath; In q
subsequent conversation as to when the legacieS
to be paid Mr. Carrick said he understood they
were not TO be paid until year after MS death,
once showed a paper to him and thought II was
quite plain; he could not understand 1t then; ON
another occasion, when speaking OF friends ID SCOT
land, Mr. Carrck burst out into ht OF sobhing;
heard Mr. Carrck say that Jones had been OF great
service to HIM; heard Mr.. Jones assisted at one time
In the arrest OF burglars and recovering OF wearing
apparel stolen from Mr.. Carricks house.
Samuel A. Van Saun swOfp he was witness TO the
codcil OF the last wills ABOUT then haa conversa-
Rogers OF the best friends he ever had hav-
witness felt there something IN Mr.. Czfrck tlat
was not rational
DIR. Reeves testified that deceased died or para.
lyss; his mind was affected In measure by dis
ease; the paralysis OF long standing; sAw him
on the 18th March, 1867, apparently under the In
nuence Of whiskey; before that he appeared - be
man Of sound mind: saw him occasionally exhilar-
ated with liquor and believed Mrs. Carrick Gm her
utmost to stop HIM from drink,
Jane Johnson testified, that she saw McSsr5 King
and Van Saun coming to the house to hear esti-
mony to the codIcll; when about signing IT wit
ness left the room at the request OF Mrs. Carrlck;
Mrs. Carrick carefully attended her husband; Mr.
Jones was the most frequent visitor; was at che
house several times week. and remained over night
y few occasions.
Further evidence was read yesterday corr0boh
alive OF the statement OF the case already given
The Judge then took the papers and reserved de-
cisiOn.