New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-07-14

ALExANDER,s BONDS.
Disposition Made Of them-Mrs. Burl
to Receive the Bonds.

-f ALEXANDER,s BONDS.
Disposition Made of them-Nlrs. Burke
| to Receive the Bonds.
The New York TribaAHe of Saturday re-
ports the end Of the Alexander bonds case
The examination in the case of the Gardi-
ner family before Surrogate Hutchings, to
learn the disposition of bonds in possession
OF Captain Alexander Just before his death,
was continued and closed yesterday. The
first witness was Mr.. William Lockwood,
called for the plaintiff by Mr. Redfeld. Mr..
Lockwood testified that he does business at
Third avenue and One Hundred and Twen-
| ty-seventh street, and has known Mr.. Gar
diner about two years; last summer he came
to witness and asked him if he knew any
one who wanted note or mortgage cashed,
and at another time wished to purchase a
house; in the latter part Of summer or early
IN the fall he entered witnesses office and
stated Captain Alexander had died
ut his house and had on his person
bonds, and that his wife had cut the
bag containing the bonds from his
neck and handed them to DIR. Brockway:
witness asked how much the bag contained,
and he said about $1,000 or $9O0O and that
Captain Alexander was speechless when
Mrs Gardiner was cutting the bag off his
his neck. and beckOned her to put it back;
witness said nothing at the time, but when
Mr.. Gardiner afterward came to his office
said that he had got into trouble, and that
Captain Alexander's daughter was suing
him for the bonds, witness said to him,
''There can be no trOuble-if you have any
bonds belonging to Captain Alexander's
daughter, you had better give them up
Gardiner then said that Captain Alexander
promised that he would give them some
thing, but did not say how much; when
Mr.. Gardiner first told witness of the cut
ting OF the bonds from Captain Alexander's
neck. witness thought Captain Alexander
had no relatives, but the second time ad-
vised him to give them up; and Gardiner
replied that Captain Alexander had
promised to give them something and
that was the only reason he gave; previous
to that he had come to witness and wanted
to buy house, and when told of one that
would cost $500, he said it was too small;
witnesses supposed he wanted to live in the
house, and did not want it for speculation
On one occasion Gardiner said he was going
to make a man of his sOn-in-law. James w.
Graf: witness had not known the Crafts be-
fore Captain Alexander's death, and sup
posed Gardiner was going to help Graft pc
cuniarly; about one month after witness had
testified before the Coroner. Gardiner came
to his Office and wanted to explain some
thing, and that what he, Gardiner. intended
to say was that if he got this money he
wanted to buy the house; witness said he
did not wish to discuss the subject, and
would not hear anything about it,. Mr..
Gardiner said that very often in the even
ing Captain Alexander and himself would
have several mugs of ale, some cheese, and
other things, and then the Captain would
speak Of giving him something, and when
he. Gardner, asked why not give him some
thing now, Captain Alexander would reply,
"Ihere ia Dlenty of time"
William p. Graf, recalled and examined
by eX-Judge Fullerton, testified that he had
a consultation with his brother at which his
brothers wife was present; he supposed the
subject OF the consultation was the bonds.
[ The witness here wished to explain his Do
sition as counsel. and, as the legal adviser Of
his brother, refused to answer questions put |
to him by cOunsel] The bonds, witness
thought, had been brought to his office by !
his brother after the death of Captain |
were never directly in his pos |
session, but had been put in his safe by his |
brother, who afterwards took them away: |
witness might have taken them from his |
brothers hands, and seen the backs, but |
had never seen the faces, and did not know
they were coupon bonds or not; |
witness believed there were four bonds, but
never saw them after, nor any other bonds,
nor was he consulted respecting other bonds; |
his brother George had never consulted |
with him regarding any bonds, nor did he
believe that he knew anything of any bonds
except what had been testified to on this
trial: witness had never sold or
his brothers, but understood that the
bonds had been deposited with his
brother Adrian, who lives IN New Bruins
wick: nothing had been said about the pro-
priety of removing the bonds from the
State; his brother James had said nothing
about removing them, and if any such sug-
gestion was made it came from Witness as
ne did not care to be their custodian in case
my trouble might arise he remembered no
although there might have been
such idea in witness mind, but he recalled
10 words to that effect; he had never COM
nunicated with his brother Adrian in rela-
ion to the bonds, and no other person but
lis brother and his brothers wife had ever
consulted him with regard to these bonds:
witness had never bought real estate, made
Investments nor received deposits from any
If his brothers.
Mr.. C. r. Thompson clerk in the en-
,lOy OF the Union Trust Company, recog-
lized a document shown him as court GER
iticates, and given by the Union Trust
Company for bonds deposited with it in
'ivil suit; the bonds deposited were as fol-
Ows:
Virginia State bonds each 1000
Missouri Pacific Railroad bonds, each. ...... 1000
BROOKLYN Permanent Water Loan bond .... 1900
United States hve-twenty bond. .............. 100
The last coupons Oh the Virginia State
'onds were July, 1858; on the Missouri Pa
ific Railroad, California, Brooklyn Water
loan and United States bonds, July, 1869;
hese bonds had been deposited May 19,
S69.
Documents were then presented to the
ourt revoking and annulling the powers of
ir Wheeler H. Peckham, as admins
ratOr OF the State, and appointing in his
lace Mrs Virginia c.. Burke, who was
allied to the stand, and she testified that
he was the executrix of her fathers estate.
;he arrived in this city about year ago
Ouncing the death of her father, the first
nd only information she had ever received
nd two or three days after left home, and
rriving in New York, went with Mr..
Wheeler H. Peckham to the Gardiners, and
aw Mr.. and Mrs Gardiner and Mr. and
frs. Graft, and asked for her fathers ef-
ects; was conducted up stairs and shown
Ter fathers trunks, both of which had
een broken Open and nothing left but
ONE old things, such as boots, shoes, and
nd an old umbrella; she asked if that was
II, and they said Eyes, witness then asked
Captain Alexander had not something
bout his neck, and Mrs. Gardiner hesitated, |
vhen Mr.. Peckham impatiently remarked
was not piece of fnrniture Mrs. Gardner
hen said it was bag-she didn't know
THAT was in it, as she had taken it to Judge
'eebe. and said nothing whatever about
)r. Brockway. I
Mr.. Redfeld, counsel for the plaintiff, an
Ounced that they rested their case. and
nder the fifth and sixth sections of the act
hOught they were entitled to relief
Surrogate Hutchings said that the case
resented unusual features of atrOcity to-
'ard Mrs. Burke, and if there was no order