The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-23
A REMARKABLE WILL CASE.
ruE RITTER FIGHT oTER TIE En-
.TEOP4LFRED BAEMOhE.

f,a, Pictured feSi tuuuN ~ PF'' w. '''
Lao rOp,surc in the Ntck Of timc @'u-"-
lad ot "A Protracttd Family ighi'
.,ont a wear ago Alfred Barnoro for
many year. the President II tie kheNt'o"' "''
Ice company, and one Of the ori-in't' "' '"'
10. business. dtcd Va hia re .ideuco DO '"'''"'
street, possessed II personal tT"i 'i''' ''' '''-
a. ha U,r,h half a milton, as well ns laII'
.o,,,t NJ real estate. lie lefl VIII ""lO"
1,.,,,buted his prop,rty ecu lly amon- III, V""-
s,.u. william H.; Jullettc VIE OF ga -,
i.r, Marg ret, wife Of Robert ''' .,,.
n.n,e,an, wife ~ Robert Ma,iay' me -
.,cc.ss,r n. President 81 the Nh''"''O
Il. c,mp,ny. Ooe ugnter t"e'c w. -
t,' aid not share with the rest. Emma
az wife of TITUS - bridge ""'eu
:, mia citv was given by the VIII
ii, ina 4, c,,inc during her Ne, % SN'Op' the
,,,.,,al after her doth, t. - 20 th' o'h't
.,uitep. and be divided hNe tue rest oil inc
,,opcrty among thcin aud their heirs ME-
Edudgo had no children. enl tue ties at = 81"
a,ntly feared Lltt lac be0uelth'd any s""'o
aims f.rtlnc % her she m'lht l-1', Il u" "''
hus,. nd. tuWa i whom ne enter anei M = wa
-ut. lie had repeatedly fallen ou' WIN i'tH'
a EIr,dge about busina mtttctH' ana enter
,,,,el feeling that IA, hal been injured hy
Nm one controversy between them about
..r,,,n stock transaction nd bc"n suhm'ttoi
a, t,.,,s o.. rter f.r arbitration. Ihr4e qu'rrcll
ii irita u.fIcr aud uufucnIlt &C. irE TOW
,'r b ti, iu ,ie ,. % il m utnd --i feel
H. tn { nrtsI tn wr.htu his a'Hrn .tn nl.a
4 1i. dAu-ricr, Wu1u D.. sIs'ec rd OFF ~ ~
rifn .,.r hu-p .ui 90 ~. quatreis mufs ihth
At.l Al .ctl. u w.uii warrant.
ruE n,uGuLas PORTION.
These circumstances see eunted Or TIE Sion
s.rtr. ,i.l u Intf ne lett to lts daugitof LmwH..
\. v-rta,I.s.. wnrn the VIII was offered f'f
BRO e 10, tie eXecIt -, iitar "A. i.rngr'
suu Moses . HsclaN. siav i. $50 iitus Is. Ill
Or, ir. uYc.rcu Ga leuflt 80 MS nila l' OlIiNso
q .t..f |
w.. NOT % gtuu' mind .nu the uorN 40 The tl.ue
Of its tx-cu TN (Jau. 4. 1870, aho tuot - "d1
procured by fraud, mi represent .ii'n. ana un-
eus J. uuence. IT, rai-ad also other directions.
waicn we're 81 a mure technical cnir-et r AMI
watch tie ana not I-eT"1d a'VehSs - s-7A''h
% The Issues which were thus led long
snd liter confess ensured betOre tsos.te
Hdlching-, l~ung from the I'd OF li-t ne
wuep .ue ur~t te-tim %, IA tle case 3 ItNcn
IN supE-I,tof the WI - W. 10 ~ "l i'ecs inhrr'
wnen tue ease vas az uittrd &, nun i't hls &c
ei.ion. Ga O'haf Of the WI, eX JIdse 5os;
worm. Ira snafer, Stephen ! .sh, ahd Alfred
4 Nudge appeare i a. coun-' l. an ~ onp".i
unn to ex JudLe Porter. Ga enCe a. Seward
snd Homer A Nelson. The Irinted testpi,nV
enrd a i.rse volume. among the Witnesses on
ben II Of tue will being Recorder llacSett Joun
G Gray Charles +. Hunter, OF the lie les
b. K. Dr. Deems, aud Dn. Van buIen' heYes'
Ir Barm,re. at the time Of hs de- IN. bad
peeu ssiuing Win his youngest urnsniTl' Wis.
hactay. VA tue l.tt-r'- residence IL Fourteenth
yreet. II was Iced that his i~rliugs w'te
here emOitercd O., bis other chii1ien and iheli
resentati II auu frtNu, and tia he WaH pee. "a
90 to maNe tle VIII lac Uld bN ciihdestine d. Il o.
euce winch thov thus Dlou-ut 90 tear Uvuu Aini.
aurough the Hl'esh ION ol un~'undnrs' VI MN !
AMI faing mem r., an opportunity Wa ou
ained ~ Intrvduci. s'e u I'-i 81 Us .lNi',l9
relative u ut ciafdtluiis made ~ ln. lr-''t - ]
some time pn.- 30 his u,In. ana cNnt ins
eonyer, tion, win 10 o. behalf ~ me p'o-
pouenss fOur riior wins were inifoiu'ct IN "'-
cence, a / ul wuIcI were more favor le O. Nrs.
EiJndge than the las. Oue.
SURROGATE utTcuiSGs's DECISION.
The st ct Il Surrpc te 'iutcnir e., judicial
Ne was &C. render q dtci iuu pc,. "a reierfu @
Alfred Btrunr-'s will. ir tNeil.llu All e
ojccu "a. q Tao Instrument c1cott vat "i ul-
Que mnuehte. lie Induced Go ? rU ac.iVa in-
nu.uc. wus tXctted anon the tes.iIur. but te
;e..,fl rt.n max. olre~ent r,ii wntrh b., cln.
,na' passive unu.e indueues h.d ue.u OK
stei.
o.. thai not even tnr cNidt urr AEON W ulta tii
o. is'on Ia oeea RET '-s ue 'u' ',.al
Will cases seldom cali t.h Nucn oi the tee
nTlnuN mad lrcI fanr cuf.. s-ita 90 a.
eessistcd OF d~rosi tons l.Drn -'I".e r. 'hHlr
.ione tauuointvd I. t"ai teu.r fAr pui '-e. 10
nhu-u Sip"l4, NcW4tN, Oh. ''.i'.' .r'' N4u'. ia
est. 10 utuei IlAcrs,f I'D &c. -r4 Doe ar lh'-'
cero-itions bore sDcu u rvtDHrh .'1f lihc.iesa
80 OF er and to ,ne test .w.u' Of % a. D.
E'duGge.who ttstitcd 'u court ihtt the .uu-e
fJr :ho prHp- ueuts rlht'ttt u Ny. EiIflu-
Of being tue o. ei.ai s1D-ce n oil %
H. q Sc iLyest. Won resulted ia IS
covenss int Hrs,luieb amazed theni
Upon over FIX FL VI. alIeSlu. frtDn ah'
perjury IN Il .Gilcc uad bis wilma -cs. th 9 pro
cured su oruer iron surrogate \ IA laicN @
Bhow cause why tIeis testimony should not u
stricken from tho ttcoids, ana the decree re-
teci. = TIE vail u- set aside. These lnlIaNlt
shovel mat ttengy ". W ueritC WOO made 4 o."
posi,i, IN Philadelphia had con e-seu that 80
Ans~er- contained la his depositiou nau all oecl
wrtteu cut previously by Lduige. aud o.
Hmp uteo TO 'u ny han 10 tue c'mWis>i IN
ef wuo thus Lp0A them Gown. Peter VI son
who mtue dep s'uon IN Ieiuneld, n ~
swearing that lie " = Resident Of that va
te. 'ro'ed to hs notorious ouI'a'
u flanh-ld ttom the shores of New TX, au'
~hO rrad tue answers 9 ven Ia MS dep'stilJi
Nh-vl-r. Y rihe .frest OF this witness re
ward Of 500 ~ re-n Offered Another depo
Llon va IA lie IN Danala oy Thomas A. Ar
ess, who s~ore that be had 10 Tecoilec ION O
h4Ning made the answers cont-lned III II, or a
h.u sig.ed 70. bu. that II ne Gid. he had beef
Piled ~lth liquor UNA he was drunk, aud !
in-t con Itiou had teen Induced 60 give ia
Testimony. Ardes arrested IN -. C.tui
mrs gu charge ~ perjury. ihs danger Of =,
seivi testimony ~ commission, and tue car
vtn whicn II should be verified, Was never +
forcioly llu-trated.
OPPOSITION AT AN END.
These discoveries ov, wheimed both Fldrdp
pnu Ills counsel The ia TEL, VINO had Of coutt
H. WI nnthirr oft'e 'rGud, at once rested wit
return day oast day. Of the order to sho
cause Wv no IorJ ~ d evidence sholld not
Wr~k~a ouf, ard tnr decree REJECTING tue Wl i d
e. a.'oe' .-e On .eI no oppO'ltioh 70 the o.,
70. Nri'rr h'li' .se nor lis VIE was
ftAtilI .ti4ttt if'u lu"T &c dLlt " y ldhtus ~
Neuue d.y f,rm,i oFdc. granting ths LIut
WH N.HIe ht surrogate Calvin.
Inc Proponents Of tie Will have consente
10. SIDE % 4uc,- n.Aee t. tne counsel for 10
oonft- .-i.s rut az the e-fate fNr tlelr service
ty o.fr,-aie Hot hung ttONW d. awarard
thrN. ni A. o. Tristan dlLL TINS uLi x octtd Nuai
u lun u-p-c. Of tue case. Ia lrinucn ~ tnei
eo-u-tI afr prt sumt1 to nave had 90 kIuvl 81.
VI Co., 10 4I t44l Ma prJct4acd but more
I4.al B. ihA. MI. Llu -, ~ TIE c'u.eui
We lfDi .nrnt-. D. To- receive the lu,ome a. 50
" iu-. .d VI 49, ~, a. provided ~ nsr tath /
iii
iue EXPENSES Il this remarkable ntigati,
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