The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-05-29
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
VERY LIKE A SWTNDLE.
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noticed the action Of the Orphans Court in the
~ the estate Of Mason Hutchins The deceased died
- the house Of DIR. Graham No. $40 Race street, on
the eth OF November 1885, leaving estate OF nearly
100000, which the adjustment OF his affairs being
referred TO George M. Conarroe Esq, as auultoI,
there remained for distribution 54204s. The very
remarkable nature OF the exceptions TAKEN ,1 W Wy
auditors report caused US 10 l9oR % ,oine Iv curous
Elcts are derved:- - ,o,o .,h,on
Mr. Hutchins left will dated July IseS t py whSn
after providing for annuity OF SVVv ~ tP ea'
he bequeathed the entire remainder Oh n,s , aI ~
personal and mixed to the ST iS daafn nave9t
a0ainst this will was filed in the office OF the hegsIer
OF wills. Very voluminous tesIilno1S was tdATh ,n
Before the Register, in order to snow the menIa IN
comnetency OF Mr. Hutchins and the matter was
warInly contested by able counsel during period
MnhraSSing several months. In November 1866, by
oTeement of all parties Interested, Lewis St0ver and
IasGregor J. Mitcheson; Esqs;, were appointed ad-
FAMED as executor in previous will OF Mr.. Hutch
Ma on February 10, 1861 this controversy was ter
minated by the decision OF the Register OF wills adj
hitting the present will to probate. From the de-
sision Of the Register no appeal was taken by the
eontestans and on February 49, 1867, letters testa
mentary were granted TO an accountant
Among the remarkable claims presented before the
A0oNor "'' ''i1TH The FaIthruI Nurse
Of the deceased young mulatto woman Sarah
Kelley by name, who presented bill for S35O43 for
weeks at the rate OF Sc per week. and for the remain
ing time at the rate of SO per week One OF the wit
nesseg who testified in support of this claim was DR..
william c. HARRISON, who figures so conspicuously
below. This enthusiastic gentleman thought that
twenty OF r Se fatbfnI muattos asryces
although she herself estimated them at only nine
dollars per week during the most laborous part OF
her attendance The claim was finally allowed as
originally presented by the claimant.
Ftrst-Clnss Hotel Accommodations.
the next claim that was presented was that OF DR..
George w. Graham, with whom the deceased had
boarded. The claim aggregated S204725. The prin
cipal item was for board from January to October
for the table being included excepting wines and
liquors, vnd amounting to s9SI6O Dr: HARRISON
SS and WITH his usual G es
timated the value of Mr.. Hutchins board
at thirty dollars per week, declaring that - ne
at the Continental" Per contra, a receipt of
Or. Graham to Mr.. Hutchins for forty weeks
board up to January 3, 1866, at the very moderate
rate Of 80 per week, was produced! 1t was also
shown that DR.. Graham had testified before the
Register of Wills that Mr. Hutchins was to pay, and
di4 nav 80 per week up to the time he was confined
to the house and tina, after ne became too Ill to
week as DR. Graham thought proper, If his meals
were sent to his apartment!
YThe Luxury of Gas by Night and Day.
Another item in DIR. Grahams claim was S14l42
for gas burned day and night, the exact measure
very carefully calculated and added. Here the ire
pressible DR.. HARRISON was again heard from, test-
fyng that the gas burned all the time, day and
night from February to May, and that it was used
for heating the room also. But unfortunately for
Gas Office testified that there but
one meter in DR.. Grahams house, through which had
The bills for gas paid by DIR. Graham during the pc
rod for which Mr.. Hutchns was charged s141 AZ for
that article were also produced amounting In the
aggregate to only s6436, leaving an excess in the
charge against Mr. Hutchins of s77O6. 1t thus ap-
psarsd that the mSnnt aons charged for gas
tSan asaans' double the amount used by all he the
bOarders at Dr. Graham's. In this connection, it is
&prl 10. when, according to DR.. HARRISON, the gas
was burned in Mr.. Hutchins room day and night,
and used heating purposes also the bill at the
when the deceased had not been confined to his
room, and when SO per week was receipted as his
The Faithful Nurse Again.
Another item in Dr. Graham's claim was $3.50 fol
the services of the nurse Sarah tfOr 22I weeks
and of an assistant for half that time, at S2s pei
week for both nurses Above it is shown that the
claim Of the faithful mulato herself was Tor but g.
more, for this period, than the woman had!
How the Board, SSG's, ;,.d and Nursing Bills were
These claims were so outrageOusly eXorbitant and
nufounded that DR.. Grahams counsel was finally
content with compromise which allowed him 1850
in full satisfaction of his original bill for S9O47'25
homeopathic Doses Mt AlIOpathc Prices.
But the most remarkable claim presented agalns
the estate was that Of DR.. William G. HARRISON,
homeopathic physician, who, it will not be forgotten
Haskell lunacy case. DR.. HARRISON presented bill
amounting to $2249, of which $24O was for medicines
and $1,000 for attendance, between Feb. and Oct 8
1866 In DIR. Harbison's book of original entries
which presented a beautiful jumble of dates
and accounts, without the slightest attention t(
regularity or SYSTEM Mr., Hutchins had beef
charged with an average attendance of three time
during the day and once during the night From
February to June 6-12l days in all-Mr. Hutchin
had been charged with 1863 visits, exclusive of nigh
attendance, without the break OF single day. Yet
In his testimony before the Register of Wills, DI
HARRISON declared that he found his patient 'sttin
up in the room, attending TO business, very ofte
when the Doctor was thereV
The Banana PharmncOp@ia.
Before the auditor DIR. HARRISON, in attempting t
bolster up the eXorbtant claim of DR.. Graham, test
fled that Mr.. Hutchins had suffered from diarrhoe
for two or three months, Idurng which time he re
uuired very nouriShing food, and he had accordngl
been furnished with expensive preserves an
fruits, such as bananas, some OF which wer
of the excellent and costly quality procured only
the Continental. In other words, while the sick mar
who was frequently able TO sit up in his room an
attend to business W was s reeeyg eeg a1 p a.
mp with bananas as remedy for his diarrhGal diti
culties, aided according to DIR. Harbsons testimon
by q "pint Of brandy in twenty-four hours"
homeopathic Doses Mt homeopathic Prices
The auditor finally settled DIR. Harbsons bill fC
advising bananas and brandy as sovereign cure fc
looseness of the bowels by allowing him total G
1905 in lieu OF the S2249 claimed To this allowanC
fhe counsel of the banana Doctor took exceptions
Orphans Court, where he argued his clients cause q
great length. Several amusing episodes occurre
between Court and counsel, during one of whc
Judge Perce jokingy remarked as counsel wa
nrginQ the advantage OF homeopathic doses, '.yOU
objection is that the auditor has allowed homGC
pathic pay.n AS announced yesterday the cour
after patiently listening to the arguments of Oh
banana Doctors counsel, declined TO hear III
other side and dismissed the exception
and confirmed the auditors report BY this decision
the banana Doctor lost $l9tl and the 81. Joseph
Hospital s the gamer by like amount.
william Henry Rawle Esq, represented the eXecl
,hF and William L. Hirst, Esq, represented 81, J
seph's Hospital.
~, POLICE AND PoLITIos.-Ths morning the 70