The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-13
BROOKLYN COURTS.

a hEMAhhABlE WILL CASE-A QUAHREII OVER
EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
very remarkable Will case which has occupied
the attention of the courts for the past eight
years, was settled for the present yesterday by a
decision OF Judge Barnard.
About eight years ago Mr. Joseph K. Brick, a
well-knOwn inventor and the founder of several
gas companies, was taken Ill, and went to the Hot
Springs, in Arkansas, where he died, leaving an.
s 9 e % e 10 a
they learned the provisions Of the will, and found
they mad been cut OF without penny, resolved to
Mr.. samuel Brick OF Philadelphia; Mr.. Edward
K BITCH, o carpenter, or Michigan, who are
chester, sister, contested the VIII. bringing an
action against julia Brick, the widow OF the de-
ceased, to have it set aside, and employed Judge
Noah Davis 10 secure what they considered their
rights.
q hypochondrlac, believing that he was afflicted
with all sorts OF diseases that he was not In his
right mind when ne made the viii. and was, fur.
rot rot. been ioS' the Control which A1 MRS
dlvlded his property equally between his nearest
relatives The contest was commenced and con-
tinued rom time to time. and the printing up to
the present time has cost over $4,000 Tie de-
ceased owned some valuable dwellings, in Brook
lyn, besides 10000 acres OF land on the Atlantic
coast in New Jersey and available clay bank. He
was the first man in this country TO introduce the
clay retorts In the gas houses, and q large COM
business Of Manufacturing these reIorts IN Brook
Ign. He was the builder OF the gas WORKS IN
biooklyn, the gas works IN Buffalo,
works In Georgia and other places, and
was considered one Of the best engineers in the
country. Mrs. Julia Brick, the widow OF the de-
ceased, resides in one OF the handsome dwellings
left her 10y ner husband, in Lafayette avenue,
the Rev. Dir. Buddlngton's church. she employed
Mr.. William NJ. lngraham to defend the suit, and
Yesterday Judge Barnard rendered his decision,
confirming the decree OF the Surrogate, and adj
uniting The Will to probate. The contestants de-
clare they will carry the case to the Court OF Ap-
the United States Supreme Court.
THE MURDER OF MRS. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
FOR NEW TRIAL OF MICHAEL MURPHY.
An application for o new trial In the case OF
Michael Murphy, tried and convicted for the MUIR
der OF Mrs. Hujus Gamble, in Manuel, Kockland
county, was argued at length m the Supreme
Court OF Kings county yesterday. IN the evening
Of Sunday April 10, 1874 q shot was fired into the
window OF The house or MI. Gamble, in Nanues, IN
the above named county. The effect OF the snot
was to 30 seriously wound the wife OF Mr. Gamble,
Gamble and q girl In the roo were also wounded.
Subsequently Michael and Thomas Murphy
were arrested by detectives from the PinkertOn
Detective Bureau, and Michael was bv PnkertOn,
the shots. Judge Barnard, who presided at the
trial. charged the jury that, 1t having been proved
that the Murphys had been seen In New Jersey at
a late hour OF the Sunday the murder was COM
have been present in Manuel at the hour the sn OF
was fired eight p. NJ, and that. therefore. they
could not have been the murderers. NotwiIh-
standing this and other evidence OF q character
that was decidedly favorable 10 the prisoner r,
Michael, who was tried separately, the jury ound
q verdict OF murder.