The New York herald., 1876-09-09

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To ihe foregoing answer Mise Anna X Gilman, the
petitioner, ~ho claims 10 fought for her o~n aud
ihe Younger h'i-s' nights during the past seventeen
years has made quite "a exhaustive reply In u she
heN~iah TO she ofncis collector shows them TO have
Gene INTO the Of ell tie assets, which APP
ftsfs h their osn inventory 10 be- "a bonds securi-
uss sc ts5s. lT2 81; Ia c.sh slT 5s7 5e and IN ad-
con thereto. t1o 600 ordered 10 be transferred from
hane, that a. 10 the appraised value she has nothing
o. 10 out only desres the onctenth thereof with
Interest add dividends; that said Gilman engaged IN
1utiness very widely eriendee which, with the
lsIe shrins-se IN teas. which mas been about t"o-
thirds Of ths previous yAu. thereof must necessarily
make u HAZARDOUS anu these times when the Oldest
and best nrn- failing owing 20 the general shrink
ase N merchandise and IN acdiIon, the rumors that
are IN circulation respecting the present financial EN-
harrassm.nt OF .sd GILMAN, Jusnc- her in swearing
TO what che has every 10 believe to be true;
shai sald 1ilrnan has never ade her any oHcr what
ever TO purchase her ineret 10 ter fathers estate or
Otherwise, ana che eithcr asks WISHES dollar
more than what Justly due 10 her heir and as 10
The question OF ne amoan that can be realized by any
one OF me nins other heirs equally emitted vita hcr
TO dsirhutse shares IA the estate after they tave
teen bought and sgnsd away ihcr rights IA lie es-
tate, ~ question with which she nothing 10 doi
but sho Goes demand her Just rghis-onc'lenih para
o. iAe assets OF her fathers estate, a. shown by
te executors own Inventories, which snare she
places al ss5,pls. With seventeen years inte-
rest on the same; also The one-tcnth part Of The
SOL 500 OF government bonds, whch were purchased
with The fi.l55 80 cash, some OF which bonds we're
purchased low SIS for flC0, She aiso claims
oue-cnih OF the advance and interest on ihe oonas
and interest and premium the gold, the notes OF
Henry Mcclellan for sIs 72l IL, which pad with
interest COMPOUNDED TO The executors; toe notes OF
Edward Mcclellan with interest Tor $4,000, and
notes OF George n Siimsn, which amounted ,o nc!ud
Ing interest from the year lsGO, 10 sISoOOO as IL was
the duty OF said George Gilman executor, 10 have
collected saId notes from himself or interest on the
same. Though she douots that u IS justice to hcrs,n
she rs wiling to be generous and TO take not only
sl5,0O but twice $4,000 less than wnst she
has shown to be her Just due bl, che does not
propose that this oNer shall be construed as taking
$50 900 css than her alleged shsre according 20 SAID
George r. Gilman's hocus-pccus accounting As TO ihe
statement Of said Gilman that his business not more
hazardous 'han any other business. admitting
II 10 be true, which she denies the
times such, she says that all bust
of mercantile nature is hazardous II ssid
George +. Gilman went to banker money lender TO
borrow q small amount nc would be compelled To
pledge mis- business reputation with something more
substantial the shape OF good collateral before they
would discount his paper aad yet the Court has here
toorc compelled her TO place her interests AZ the
mercy of Two merchants, ono having iaiied and been
removed for Irregularities To quote her words.
she proceeds The proceeding which George +. Gil
man states assuming 10 fix my share. well knew aud
party TO. Proceedings were taken before Surro
gate Hutchngs, in which he directed his clerk, Ar.
Van Schack, to inquire into sufficiently to
grant the application OF the two Rcdngton children
being daughters of the executor isaac Redngton who
is largely indebted TO tho estate, aud which eXamina-
ton went only far as to give them more than they
asked for and to send my application before The
present auditor. The report OF SAID Van schaick
states as iollows:Th estate remaining on hang rep
resented in the Union Trust Company the United states
Trust Company, and debts and interest due by the
executor George +. Gilman. aud by TWO bonds and
mortgages amounts TO at least S372, IT'S, which the
minimum present value OF the estate the actual value
being large but the extent thereof beyond said sum
being ior the purposes hereof deemed unlnportant
And am speaking the truth, as George f. Gilman well
knows when so state as have respecting the same
my petition herein, and the records on file IN the
Court will not disprove my said petition in this respect
have received S25 900 account OF my disirbutive
share, but OF this has been paid ou; necessary
legal expenses behalf OF tho estate and the amount
| have received as eXecutr'x VIII appear by my ac-
counts - She then goes assert that after by her
efforts, some of the securities had been deposited IN
companies safeguard Tor the shares OF her
self, her mother and the younger heirs. and while an
appeal from the order so directing was stiii pending
and undecided Surrogate uuichinss ordered more
than 100000 OF the unds SD deposited
to be paid to lawyers and heirs who
opposed this motion. and part this without authority
of law She says she does not the sense OF tho
re peated of George +. Gilman TO her
fathers safe or course her athcr bad right to a
safe or a dozen safes and the only question is has
executor who assumes the trust aud responsibility oil
caring for the property oil others the right to prate
about a safe Is for not dong his duty She
denies that George f. Gilman immediately told her
when he discovered his co-executor Mcclellan had
using the funds of the estate in speculation and
alleges that discovered some time after through
proceedings court and that Gilman induced her ana
brother TO insist on prosecuting Mcclellan by
promising to advance each 1000 OF
their share and Mrs Mcclellan executing a mortgage
Tor part OF the amount used she utterly cenes that
large amounts of the assets came into her possession,
says George f. Gilman knew that assertion by him
to DO untrue but even If they were true, she claims
IL would be only carrying out the agreement 1
made by all the other. heirs, and which
the Court has undertaken TO enforce that OF securing
her tenth part OF from all possible loss, leav
ing her to the proper time and place, ana
which she ANXIOUS to do soon as the nai account
ng of George #. Gilman is finished. The said George
r. Gilman she asserts, got all the assets OF tho estate
named in his inventory and f he has not got them she
would like to know what he has done with them. As
to his advancing him money on account OF his
prospective OF the estate she knows IT TO be un
true, her father said TO her IN the Astor House.
when some those notes fell duo and were not paid
that he was aston and grievcd and did know
what think OF George, because he would not pay
OF his notes These notes, instead OF beng x36,OVO
amount with interest, TO $40 0OO She then recites
great length all the proceedings she had been COM
PEELED take this and other states during
the past seventeen years, and claims That they
and all successful the rst being to compel the exccu
file inventory OF the estate, which they had
delayed only the three months allowed by law, but
nine times three months although IL could 1T any
time have been made in "A few hours without such
h,gatons she says all of which were founded on The
misconduct OF George f. Gilman, all the estate would
have been wasted, much OF It has been. She con-
cludes long reply by saying:-'lt is immateral to
me how the heirs settle their interests In tho
estate provided they give me my one-tcnth OF tho
and commissions executSix. | deny tho statement
( that there is $o1 goo IN bonds IN the Union
Trust Company that there Is sufficient 70 pay my
share IN said estate in both trust companies as
the following viz, share OF assets Us per in
vcntorv, $50 9l7 aocumuatons on the same $50 sl5;
United States bonds, with accumulations, sac 600;
Ulotes OF George +. Gilman and Henry and Edward Nc
oiean s25 0O0--in all sal $50. Amount received
account oil which S5, 900 was paid or legal expenses,
f25 OoO', The questions involved in the foregoing
argument and decision at an early day during tho
present term
ELIAS HOWES STATUE.
public prevailed some tine since that the
poor sewing women OF the city and country 10