Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-12-11
GREELEY.
His Last VIII Contested.
The Question Of His Sanity Dragge
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The Question Of His sanity Dragged
into the Courts.
NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-At White Plains
yesterday the daughters of the late Mr..
Greeley with a few friends, accompanied
by counsel, appeared before the. Surrogate
10 ofier for probate the will Of their father.
ms will was executed on Nov. 20, 1872.
LIZ had been written by Mr.. Greeley some
time ago, but was only presented him fer
execution few hours before his death.
II 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
TO him for acknowledgment.
at The same time counsel appeared be-
fore the Surrogate to contest this will, and
offered in its stead one dated January,
1911. The contestants are Samuel Sin
clair, Richard II. Manning and Charles
Storrs, the two latter being named as exec
utors. Counsel for contestants then said
that he hoped the proponents of the will
would aequiesce in the will of 1871. He
thought the will executed by Mr.. Greeley
before his death did great injustice, mas
much as it gave all the property to Miss Ida,
with The qualification that one-haif of it
was TO be used by her at her own discretion
Tor the support and education Of her sister
Gabrielle; and that some relatives would
be deprived Of property intended for them.
Counsel for the daughters thought these
remarks uncalled for, and announced that
Miss Ida had offered to assign to her sister
one half Of the property; also to grant suit
able annuities to relatives. The Misses
Greeley declined to consider any proposals
for compromise and regular proceedings
for contest of the will issued on the
ground Of the incapacity OF the testator to
execute the will of 1872.
The first witness was Miss Sampson, who
testified thai 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 ad
journment followed.
The viii Of 1871 gives the property to
bis daughters, but in addition gives requests
to his relatives and a legacy equal to the
value of one share Of the Tribune to the
Children's Aid Society of New York.
Black Gratitude.
The colored people held public services
last evening at Shiloh (Presbyterian)
church in commemoration of the death OF
Mr.. Greeley. Addresses were delivered by
Henry II. Carrot and Alex. Crumwell. a
poem was read by Mr.. Thomas, of Ken
lucky.
An Iron Monument.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10.-The Philadel-
phia masters propose the erection If an
iron monument to Horace Greeley in Fair
mount Park.
National Monument
BOSTON,, Dec. I0.-The day after the
death OF Horace Greeley several well-knoWn
gentlemen ia Boston held consultation for
the purpose OF forming Greeley National
Monument Association. The organization
has been nearly completed. 1t is not con-
fined to Boston, but will embrace we'll
known citizens of all parts of the country.
1t is proposed to raise 100000, of which
$4,000 have already been guaranteed.