The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-08
BREAKING TAYL0R'S WILL.
INIERR EsIING PROCEEDTyGS BE-
FORE THE SURROG4TE.

Rowland, was uRder examination yesterday morn.
ing before Surrogate llLtclings. The count room
VAS crowded By the largest AMI at the same time
the most respectable throng ever assembled In a
surrogates Court in ills city. The contestant, all
interesting and pretty blonde, not aneieen year.
old, sat beside her husband, fasbionab dressed
youth Of about the same age. Mrs Howlsnd mani.
tested tie deeoest interest in the proceedings. and
seemed absorbed in the testimony Of the witnesses
She seemed amused at some parts of the testimony
of the witness Wdorcli, who is an aged man, the
very prototype Of Bsloprigss in wilkis Coliins's
novel Of Man aud Wife" witherell was Deputy
Marshal for eight years under Marshal Murray, and
was considered at the time
TIVE DSsr swEARFa ~ NTw ropE.
lie IL still looked upon competent to paff1o all
the efforts Of the most subtle crosspNnminer exant
Ills swearing yesterday wns inirnitable. After Mrs.
Iowland, the next person whom tho curious spoc.
tators desired to see was Mrs 1avlor. She sat in
The centre OF the room. On her lott was Young Dur.
zee, her deceased husbands private secretary Two
lady friends had the seats on her right Mrs Tay.
Tor became some what flushed during the cross-ex.
animation OF Bi-hoprisQs withcrel. Her whole de.
mcauor, however, was that OF a woman bowed
down by grief and suffering These were the
PRINCIPAL Actors IN THE DRAMA
The lawyers were OF course in high feather They
looked wise. dignGed and big The prospect NJ
large fec was visible in all their faces. They en-.
tered the court room heavily loaded with legal
papers. They also consumed about half an hour in
talking loudly among themselves. 20 as to concon-
irate the attention Of the crowd. Clinton carried on
the palm as the champion talkcr.
Surrogate Robert G. Hu,chings having taken his
scat on the bench the erer OF the Court opened the
proceedings. The Hon. Ruius L. r. Andrews then
"A tl,aNi
l.. Clinton, on behalf Of the interesting contestant,
alleged that her
OBJECTIONS TO TIE WILL
follows: That the paper Is not the las, will
and testament OF the deceased that he did not sub.
scribe to IL that he did not sign It ana that he was
not in q ut condition to make It..
Edward Witherell. one OF tie witnesses TO the
will, being worn, says:
I know james n TAYLOR for nearly forty years, I
knew HIM about we'll s ever knew any one vas
e SSo tic sffn s SoSf or s sea1 sfs
two with my mother. and lived in the same house I
= n sssHica WI TasiSI. Once rat .,r SsG
gaas NJ ayor OMEN and wt % h sS on ne,
III f saf y by grs1 %o 2Gs
hort time, when he took out spaper and SAID Ned.
eis W ND S2s1 ne T. 9h, SyS y1o
Sfy 5qT An 10 m SsS va mat ma peny
REQUIRE make awiil; he then called in Mr. JACKSON
rom the outer cnlcs,s and SAID 20 him, here want
he hsS ,r ma rSI n; WI ~. az he saG
.icncdh. name and sgncd mine, and JAcl,on sspod
hs; IN doing 80 l
DROPPED DRoP OF INK
out of,t- men that had In NV hand on pnrcr and
rYes SNOW - az or Ne had ,gncd i, he douh It
tor 10 talk about It keep IT 10 yourcii."'
Being eross-examincd by Nj. Clinton, the witness
SAID
Nr rayor signed ne paper mt :aw nm sign, I
lie got up A-As mater OF cOurs- he aid, ~
wa iGe ,4mc pcH lhat ra,ior al. tnE dinfSed It
9 ,n ,1' m9'e !" 'ni nn'ianni tnorS KS nobody
b. ,nd Il Wa hi. ~il-to m and also F., Jacsson he
dini Ak Inn d.Gn ufdeiiSic 10 read i ap any
iun. he gut .. Toe me would ,isn don't care what
tNasi Iad tit confidence IN linn.
EXCEPT NY prArH WARRANT
IW1ouillqt ., sl ,l, me-. III, want, ,.r .,
-crvauon2 Al dont know would have given MIN
%6ud have ro ccHi or il, don't Know as " evsr
co% S qSG@ft .eeh " H. Or AZ, ,pS At ss
Nee, ana Ma slightly acquainted with him when
ION az. I--1n q 'r sn'noia ana hig. stont man
g % .rw 4a pII my 90 snS nt 99e o. I've Other;
prctt, - s.ivr b" was there when Mir. Taylor spONe
yo.e :, ,'c mes have heard lin lax great deal
l . 90 Ts , GTn me-, MO Ehr outer n room ana
no ne, aI 49, u's at Mi. lavlors once ON thar day
rgop,c tais; when made
TnE BLOT on THE WILL,
took s'foc O. nGitiTs ragoT |nd rg9nGd 4 on and
1,or .evs se S41s eSssS M, m,S haze
Of III" VA. laq as dcafN although cannot remember
WHINE mother in Jefferson street at one TIME can
ny o4 VA ~ saw e MT ls s during
% pa you teslify IN tnat case to seeing viii Of
inS memorandum men al Of Il iooiected e.
Aud Thar la
9ed maj lie loosed N The private drawers OF the
attracted b, curosiU, or some other motive made a
mem ranaunl OF We Will aud produced t m court,
randun written had not been manufactured until
wish to show the ssnGarG OF integrity Of Tie wines
that he - CAPABLE of Just that.
on Tie witness shall not object. 49, a''''N
W'tness-l went to auGnk that was kept TO- by my.
Odd YOU testify TO thar In the Cline will casep A.
nave done it, and might not, cannot remiIb snI
o5d @6 isSS' S ID G S5 s1@S TpgSa M p
u some nj ~ court cannot remember whcth.r did
Te,,.,loa. !SsG ron is5o 10 lse rroba.iy .'w NJ
u 4..' iHI"N a. oIttA as once u Atdi hey
BRANCH POST oPIIcE
q, Sc Grand street. which called me down town ne.
@ ,ii ioG t2 , Of ~ .ca, Vas IN g T. :
nv once m \ while
r w. A Gon FS9c Suppose SS" c fP ia in the
q And also IN the Mashns once Al think It
other puulr positions for me have been the Tecip
,ut { his bounty only IN those two cases .
bm not aware That my family las been
the recipient of his bounty | am not aware
that he has contributed To my support or provided
me with money or property OF any Kind learned OF
Iis death ne following morning, ana ] went there
about 10 oCCcS and was there the day OF the unei nj
when called there Jaw Mrs. TayoI, Mrs Donnciiy
the house Keeper and Mrs. Marvin aud my SISTER WAS
lhere, ana cav hs granddaughter, Mis- Rowland and
my mothcrn'NN, Mrs. W. " Rowland
O.-Do Won remember Mira lloWlnnd on this snh'e ct
M NJ spoken Of turning 10 you and saving something
ne, ust should thnk you would Know, or DC
WHETHER Mr.. TAYLOR LEFT ANY WILL go
Al dont rtmcub Der that particular CONVEX alton
she said great deal TO me that day don Ien,n.
Der II, '
DO YOU remember some one Of the three speaklng
about Will made by Mr., Taylor, nclore Kate nj,
daughter AS he called her really his granddaughter
maIrAgeP Al don't remember II | snow OF no
other Will than this; understood Kate was married
Q-Did you say tlat you knew OF no will Whatever
made by nm except tLe one made before Mrs How
~ didn't know that there any viii before ths
dldl't taN awning Of the Kind that am aware of
Mrs hoNlapd might 4afe spoken OF II; but don't 10.
Odd you say on that occasion 10 Mrs Rowland
mat You knew nothing about Mr. Taylor having made
avn, or anything to that eleCt2 Al don't think
dd wat requested not to say anything, ana dIi not
| o Were You asked TO keep II a secret amer Mr.
Taylor GiedP Ale didn't say anything after ms
death. | might have said that George Duryca wond
he = great zeal more likely TO know whether Mi
., -D!d you state at that interview ar reason why