The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-05-25

TONS.
Under an order OF the Supreme Court q copy OF the
viii executed by Isaac NJ Singer, deceased, in July
last yesterday delivered r. w. Van Pelt, counsel
for the claimant MRS Foster) by David Hawley. tho
executor named IN the sesamenary document already
admitted to probate by tho Surrogate Of wcstchcster
county. II Will be observed that in strict
accordance with the technical Instructions given by the
English attorney, extracts from whose confidential
letters appeared exclusively in the HgGALD OF last Sun
day The will reads ioows:-
In the Of God Isaac Merritt. singer Q, the
York. but residing odway Paxn.on. Devon
MSi AZ ny n. ms 81
Of the stock Of ne snssr . Manraetnr,n. Company do
ment In manner following namely =
ms lust IL a my :"
S,.-As 10 All the rest residue aud remainder Of my
TINE ny death svssy name and nature and whsreso-
ever r. snsssd sSs Same may
exclusive Of the stock Of the Singer Mxnuiacsur
i1 David o'Tns % and ss" w i.s %
and asasr 'hs trust assa or s,'lSI .sa made
aud Charles lillian Prdham and Bearing date tbs
and seventy.'hrre. !. have ana hold the same
e., is "s ~ inc % ss' a
respect ,ae said trusts and PURPOSES were
% @ Is s snr pa.s
Mxsy sa . ssR1 ,. s SAL, Dsss
shall stand nos'ssscl o. the moneys ana securities Tor
settlement az conveyed given by this will upon
The asA !. the a David and
William isidaA,a. heir heirs. exec"t.e. administrators
S Of ss a asa s .na ;na tie mansion
called Tine wisSam = with the grounds hoase and prem,
about the the reqaest and consent Of wife, Isa
ps"di,urc money LAYING previously given
w Snsa 90 S by their ss p"s n%a Gs
assiss AMI in al other confirm the said
Tn,f-I do not include in this will the stock of the
s"s NAV sss in A or Other or
than tnxlana ~ the time Of my dsatN bur a g
al my real and personal property IL America other
% he an Il give ana Is as nv ~
made and executed in Paris France DARED the sixteenth
any codic Or codcs thereto may havs executed and
s % =. s Ia, %e Viii hereby
coiiciis thereto l may hav. executed and leave
stock II the singer a. ana IN tho said
@ An ss. hut s a viii Is IL
Paris and any co,cii or codics thereto may have cx-
pobated ana administered upon In America for that
Is,rth.I mean by the person whom In my said will
ms& Paris aud IN the said trust deed settlement,
hundred and sesenis.Sr.e aud 10 this viii called and
ssss,oed rs Isabelle Eussns Singer Isabella Eas s
Byee AID pama described in the registration herein
Kas Masesaa ras. on the seventeenth day y December
%a. % was sss sas an. d
the fir.t acknowledgement Of Paris France, on the
hundred aud lorsy.ous. sy the name Of Isabelle
4 noys and in ~ The ey Of %s sw " @
The form The Episcopal Church
the sss St. s h q. 1 M
81 he % o N iaa s e New
aud sixty three by the of Isabella Eurenia
And mean y .hs persons Who said Viii u made =.
M are s s. ssd .ns os sne rsr
marietta Eassnia Singer washington Me,r Grant singer
Blanche Singer aud ransn Isrs. singer the same per-
belle s as. were born q the I
Adam aorasr singer wi"aare.sa Eassnis singer,
sss s a"S 81
so % said wins aSs deed Zee ssss
and re sTsEs ns raa ana anpo ~ David
fourteenth day Of July. ons thousand cgn. undsed aud
seventy A''' ISAAC MERRITT :: SINGER
Signed by the said Merritt Singer the testa.or As
and will aud presence OF us
being at the time who, his request In his
scribed names Witnesses the having been
s SS req sri o.y ha axu. South Devon
JENNiN1s; Painter, raIsnton, South Devon; MARY
The trust deed referred 90 in this will was designed
settle upon the English widow and her children the
property in England which Singer possessed ut the
this deed executed august 20, 1879, but IL
was condemned by the English lawyers on the grouud
that Singer had married her by COLLISION under an as
sumcd name. and that she was not in Jaw hrs WIFE,
TINS last tes,anentary instrument was intended TO
settle the property upon her and her oh drcn
DEVISE which requires no consideration To uphold
and all ms additional property IN England acquired
sinco the making OF the truss deed aud which would
not pass under tho deed, II the same were de-
carcd tn be valid. and which subsequently acquired
property understood to be upwards So 600 and
consists mostly IN United States government bonds
registered. II rs evident, therefore, that
OBJECT gFFEcr LAST WILL
(exccuted by the testaor whom he ertrems only
nine days before his DEATH and BY making his markj
II sustained would be withdraw all the property IN
England devised II from the OF the Will of
1870, which, by its express tcrms disposed Of the en-
tire estate OF the tcstator. Of what nature or kind
soever and wherever situated and settle IL exclusively
upon the English legatecs.
IL is further evident that the document brought
TO lie purports and was intended to be and iu
aud complete last Will and testament OF the tcstator
II gives and devises all the OF his estate
latter dslosing Of that portion In Ensland)
10 the persons named and as the same
is gwen his will made Paris July TO- 1870 and il
dcsignatcs and describes tho English cgatees IN such
manner as that they would take under It, they
rejected for illegitimacy from the will OF 1870
The prior viii ceases To be In and by itself any viii
whatever; II merely becomes auxiliary and serves TO
supply the requisite to the understanding
and execution OF the instrument OF July last, the
reference ~ made TO tho trust deed show upon
what trusts the property in England devised.
Mrs. Foster complains that both max ng and the
suppression of this last document was a fraud upon
her. for by its making she would have been deprived
her disirbutive share or the personal icgacics winch
might lapse to the estate from the English egatces
the OF her beng declared the widow the tcs-
tator and by It's suppression she deprived tho
evidence contained upon It's very face IN support Of her
CLAIM.
The American Icgatecs under the first will also com
PLAIN that they deiraodcd OF their Of the
estate in England, which would almost double their
lcgaccs, by the contrvancc OF this last secret will
winch they now hear OF for the FIRST tmc after has
been admitted probate England without notice or
opportunity to them to oppose Ii.
Evidently this Singer case. with its wills and wives
women, children and millions, is becoming somewhat
complicated. II is understood that Commodore Cor.
neus X Garrison Ia aiding Mra Foster IN tho prose.
cution OF her Claim.