New-York tribune., 1876-02-05
THE COURTS.
CAPT. ALEXANDER'S BONDS.
A VERDICT FOR THE DAUGHTER IN TIE SUIT
AGkISsr THE GARDNER FAMILY,

A VERDICT FOR THE DAUGHTER IN TIE SUIT
AGAINST THE GARDNER FAMILY.
Mrs. Virginia @. Burke, after nearly eight
years litigation has secured Judgment for all she has
claimed Her father, an old sea-captan named Alex
ander habtuay carried his property In the shape OF
bonds about him. He boarded IN the ast year OF his
life house C. Gardner Mrs Burke the plain
tif IN the and his only child being IN Neworleans
Mrs. Burke informed OF her fathers death until
some months after II happened She then came on 10
NewYork and her first impressions led her TO charge
the Gardners with the grayest OF srimcs-a charge
which fell through for lack OF evidence She then brought
suit in the Sup, Iior Court, which also fell through
In the suit IN the Court Of Common Pleas, be
fore Judge Van Hoesen, she made Ira e. Gaidher'
his wife. his children and his daughters husband. dc
fondan,t and nomin lily the Union Trust Company rs
fs had turned to 1t under order OF the
court. In this SUIT she charged that her father had
100000 bonds and that the Gardner family took them
from him when lie was dying.
Since the suit was brOu ;ht Ira G. Gardner has ded
but the other members OF the family sustain the same
defensethat Capt Alexander felt himself deserted by
his daughter aud IN his last days turned 70 them ana
gave at times one, at times to another bonds amount
ing in the aggregate TO $4,000 ana that they re-
ceved nothing more.
The evidence the planti that Capt Alexander
was very penurious that shortly before his death he
had shown friend bonds Of at least the nominal value
OF 900; that his real afr ction all went out to Mrs
Burke and her child that before his death all the Gard
ner family were very poor. and soon after his death
showed signs OF wealth. that this not accounted for
by the concededy appropriated by the Gardner
family. and that the only deduction was that they had
secretly sold the bulk OF Capt Aoxanders property, ana
had only accounted under tine stress OF careless adns
sons Sl3OO0 aud their claim To this $4,000
was wholly false The dcfendants clam was thht me
$4,000 was all that Gait Alexander left so far as they
knew; that he had quarrcd with his daughter, nnd "a
Ms asi days distributed the bonds which h carried Wth
Lim-a his WealtL-auiong the N, mbers OK the family
which lad cared FOR him that part Of this was dedicated
special purposes spent and the IeIhaihucI'
$500 wss IN the Trust Company. =
judge Van liOr-en char gr al lcnLth on Tue Ia" "i con
Ephacy, uh'Iucng the jlIY that II thtIt was con,
arary 10 procure Capt AeNanders bonds all concerned
~ tbai conspiracy were liable for their value 10 MIS-
BIlkc Further than that, one VINO knew thht III.
bonds were obtained by "A fraudulent conspiracy, anu
vita such knowledge aided IN dispOsing OF them MADE
himself party t0 the conspiracy ana Was llaDr rs Hh
or .iual r1uSnlrifor He lrccd that such con
sDney were proved ALL II did not follow that all the
defendants par les Ia II that vas question 10 nc
fury and n the iuy should nud "A cOnsPt-
acv, The Lishcst nominal value put on Cdpl
AlrVaudrf'- biuts by witness was Ff1,OOO,
f. winch f!ioy had b.tt.r C,phne their verdict u indeed
they could ind Tor y. tinLn lie directed spt,lh We
diet q. to Trust Con-, ANY II the AIRY 70 nj iot ht
piu.utG The iury were oUt about ru u"iI auu if.t
and rfuInug found 'ur Ms fIrkc Tfp.oO ad inter- So
ana the special verdict 20 IN Tur fomranN IN "T
favor. Af'r discussion a. q" the orn o IN Nef-
Il ct the Jlry chang ii,r verdict - fbbOO' "i pam
tn rnc Court directed notion 20 'ot Esdo t"o NtrHo'
to b, put over 10 MOu4Ly.