The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1872-12-20
Greelev,s win Contested.

NEW ORK, Lee. 1o.-Ab w nlCS
Plains, yesterday, the daughters of
the late MIR. Greeley, with a few
friends and accompanied by coun-
ell appeared before the Surrogate
to offer for probate the will Of their
father This will was executed on
November 2l, 1872. 1t had been
written by Mr.. Greeley some time
time ago, but-was only presented by
him for execution a few hours before
his death. 1t gave all the property
equally to his two daughters. This
instrument had been placed among
his private papers by Mr.. Greeley,
and was only taken from among them
at the time of his last attack, and at
the first lucid interval thereafter was
offered by him for acknowledgement
At the same time counsel appeared
before the Surrogate to contest this
will, and offering, in its stead, one
dated January, 1871.
The contestants are Samuel Sin
clair, Richard H. Mannery, Charles
Stovis, the two latter being named
as executors. The counsel for the
contestants then said that he hoped
the proponents Of the will would &C
quiesce in the will Of 1871; he
thought the will executed by Gree
ley before his death did great iDjus-
tice, inasmuch as it gave all the
property to Miss Ida, with the quail
ification that one-half of it was to be
used by her at her own discretion, in
support and for the education of her
sister Gabrielle, and that some rela-
tiVes would be deprived of property
intended for them.
The counsel for the daughters
thought these remarks uncalled for,
and announced that Miss Ida had
offered to consign to her sister one
half the property, and grants of suit
able annuities to relatives. The
Misses Greeley then declined to con-
slider any proposals for compromise
and regular proceedings for con-
test of the will ensued, on the ground
Of ineapacity of the testator to exc
cute the will of,I672.
The first witness was Miss Simp-
son, who testified that she became
witness to the will on the day Mr..
Greeley died. Mr.. Greeley was
then, few hours before his death,
conscious and rational. After some
further examination of this witness,
an adjournment followed.
The viii Of 1871 gives the proper
ty to his daughters, but, in addition,
gives bequests to his relatives, and
a legacy equal to his share of the
Tribune to the Children's Aid Socie-
ty of New York.
There are further developments
about the law suit over the wills of
Mr.. Greeley. That rather unseemly
proceeding seems to be nothing
more than a contest to obtain con
troll Of the Tribune. The latest
story is that Mr.. Sinclair, who is OBJ
posed to Mr. Reid, began as soon as
Mr.. Greeley was dead, the task of
getting control Of the concern. To
effect this, he needed the ten shares
Of stock held by Mr.. Greeley's|
daughters. Senator Conkling furn-
ished 100000 with which Mr.. Sin
clair went to the Misses Greeley and
offered to buy their shares, but they
refused to sell, having promised their
allegiance to Whitelaw Reid, who it
seems, had foreseen the coming cris-
is and prepared for it. this juno
ture, Mr.. Sinclair remembered Mr..
Greeley's former will and brought it
before the court for the purpose of
tieing up the ten shares of stock un-
til the new regime can be establish
ed. Mr.. Colfax demands twenty
thousand dollars salary, and his SEN
atorial friends insist upon clean
sweep being made of the Tribune
editorial staff and its Washington
bureau. A neat little quarrel as it
stands.