, 1874-07-13

deceased that tho proceedings IN tho SUPERIOR
Court Of Nov York and In tue Supreme Court OF
Wtsoonalu may be ndjudgod void and Of nc of
feot, that also tho dofondants' % indlvldna'n
tha will, and Tint eho may b. pleced in pohes-
zion Of ail tle rights to which she Ia ontitlod to
n widow Of Jamea Anlory.'
TIE ANSWER
aen!cB itcm by itoi1t tho allegations Of tho bill,
and also aots up sono positive matters Of de-
fcpBe In regard to tho marriage Of the ooin-
p]aiuant with Amory, ,thc:dofont|auts tako lsslto
squarcly, and claim TINT Williama was .o lying At
Mrs. Amory won't to Now York, she wont to d ba~
loon Of bai repute, known ny
1NK "nED RooK" BALLOON.
Thore sho contracted m intimacy with James
Amory, which was, howovor, only merotrioioua
poaod m a by sono to iayo besn hin wife, b1t
tl,oy ailcge no marriage evor took place. ln
1856 p.sopnsation took place, In consequence Of
mutual ordinations aud recrlmlnations, and
Amory. In order to avoid any subsequent olama.
ello raoased any rights she might hare, in com
sldnystton Of son1o 1otR III Brooklyn. 1t Ia also
tnBistod TINT the fact TINT tho will haE been nd
mitted to probate Ia conclusive. II no fraud Is
chn1gea as to tho PROOF Of tho wl!l or execution.
yEAY LARGE AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE
WIS takon, and It was shown. among other
things, that Mira Amory had bcon married to a
mau named Stone. from whom sl'o obtained q
divorce in 1885. uor second husband, Williams,
Skinned on tho Louvre under tho naulo Of James
Wilson, and deserted At Singapore, mud ho thon
el,ippod on board ali English vosso1, which was
loyt In January or February, 1912. As to tho
divorce caso, IL was shown that Cbauncey Shnffor
had at several times received money from A'nory
ployed throo mon as detectives for soyernl
months to got Bomo knowledge Of Williams, but
unsuccesBtully ...
COMPLAINANT IN HER TESTIMONY
stated that Bho did not know Of tho fraud prao-
tised BY slairor until 1870, when in IN ejectmctt
sr,t ono Louis Dol,b, b saloon-keeper, was Ok
a,ninotl, and Bonotbing WAS elicitod tonaing to
show 1t. Sho then wont to shaGer's oifico and
accused him Of defraudsng her. IIe acknowl..
Il ana 70 60 to o"nS do 10
right her. In regard to tho will. large amount
OF evidence was taken to chow tho family rele-
tionH and tito feoling between tho broth
s mud Ta sgssns 'S.wo'n ss ,se samuel sassa ssa
to 9s SHOW that tie Rcd Rock cottage, or white
cottage, whore Mrs. Williams wont on hor first
arrival In New York, whH respectable place,
and that tho Witnesses who testified 10 tho con-
trary wore either contradlcted In tho testimony
or biaHol in thoir opinion.
caAuNuEY BHhFrEn
admitted the receipt Of tho $500, but statos TINT
it WAS through an understanding that the Court
would force him to pay the same, aud tlat ho
anticipated such order The defeneo Also offered
John md Samuel were mado tho
principal bene1oiarioB Was not Oh account
Of undue influence on tho part OF 6amuol, but
partly through an n-feofnE existing between
1amcs and Kufus <. and Peter Anory. his othor
brothors.
After tho oase Ind boon decided In tho su-
promo Court Of Wisconsin adversely to Mrs.
Amory, eho filed tho prcsont bill III the State
Circuit Court, which case waB transferred to tho
Uniacd Btntea Court under tho net OF Congress.
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