New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-19
YAEDERBILT WILL CONTEST

CORNELIUS J. YANDERBllIS lEollMoNi'
IHE TREATMENT HE RECEIVED FROM HIS FATHER
SENT TO AN INSANE AsYLUM-wILLIAh H. VAN
DERBuTs MANNER TOWARD HIM.
The Vanderbilt viii contest was opened yes
terday by motion on the part OF the contestant
sci for on order show why their orig'nal oy
finn. sboud not be amended Mr. Clinton objeotlng tho
Surrogate said he would hear arguments to-inoIIo"
morning. and directed the proponents 10 NE 'uo"
snsver by that time. Mt Lord then recalled hehry
Alien who testified "a 10 conversation "hicn HS
had with the Commodore IN 1878 reg'ru'ns "'
mothers property Mrs. Allen had eoiu her no"so
receiving. IN addition TO some securiueS' $3.50
cash Ths she invested, through witness. III i'i
stock At 125 The Commodore was angry that she ha'
not r Il IN him To invest saying that women hau
no business with money anyhow" In reply TO MI
Clinton the witness stated that his mother mouse was
Gift from the Commodore Mr.. LORD then oheieu ~
prove that the reason Mrs. Allen preferred investing inc
money herself that the Commodore had feluSeu ~
account for moneys which she had previously placed IN
his hands.
Mrs. Margaret Caldwell, Of saybrook, Conn. was e1-
auned ut great length, but nothing Of particular I'M
portauco was elected from her; she was servant ~
C.ininodore Vauderhlt's lilly between eleven anu
t,veve wears and alvays attended him when he was
sick she left his IN lSG'. Inc tomn'doIe sl
atf refused 10 see his Cornelius j. dnrlng te IAs
b or pur years Z stay in the family sac always
said a good word for Cornelius When sue couu' -,
Lucinda Dubois was the next witness hI. io, ~.
offered 20 snow by her that the Commodore had a.
tnmpted 10 induce her sick husband 10 aDahlgh ms
regular physician aud put mset under Tue cgFo Oh 81
Tufts the clairyoyant THIS was excluded uulst
former ruling If the Surrogate ana the OIher questions
asked the witness werc uuimportant. - a.
The chief feature Of he days Proceeiings was the
testimony OF j. Vanderbilt who neAt took the
stand lie "a testatOr aud s forty sN SetI
old H. lived his fathers house, he SAID untl ABOUT
his eighteenth year, ana LETT II tAeh pecA"'1 Hl'
siber treatment was harsh; ne preferred to live away
from home and Thought his father preferred 10
bi, father allowed hu monthly stipend OF HlVD mp ~
The time OF his marriage November. 1876; he increased
this trst 20 $50 and subsequently 10 500 ana SOD per
month the last increase being made aitcf tue uet
the witnesses wife. I'm 1854 the witness was arleseI
ana taken 10 Dr. Browns insane asylum This occuirc1
ON SUNDAY evening and he Kept at the asJ lhh uh,i
49,. f,lloyipu morning when the doctor brought hltA
hack Ia me city telling him that ne was sane uaI ~
then got out writ Of habeas corpus, showing tn tur
same commitment would bc sulHsicAt 20 pul INN iN @
o,Tar asylum The Issue Of the writ was opposed
bv william II. Vanderbilt aud Chaie- \. HIp.. .'
William II. told him that he mlEhI ut Je
was warrant ont for his arrest on chdiSr oI oIkt!
and that he would escape the PencutAy ny gong 20
tIe asylum lie so told him thai II he persisted lh get
ting hsbeas corpus hlr father W0uli dl'lhltIt AH'
ne CnuioI1ra Ell that time was Oily c1pe tsl 10 dc
The witness aftcrward told VIM II. ne would rather DC
on.iicred "A id rascal than uuatic. He next saw
t1s OF the wiiuess's wedding. He saw h,m again al te
Grand Contra Depot IN lS4- ana 30 nH. -.
was very oyerbeariug and ghty. lie afcr" 7poht
to his father about IT, and BIS father reFrOFed Nu ~
Irriy savinQ that d" ht lad been trying for twenty
five wears To teach him something, bIt he c0uidnt De
taught" The witness SAID he Was sulct 10 a,.aoAS vi
epilepsy from his eighteenth 10 hs thI'y e'sH" 9''''
after which they had been very IuLreddeut. ....
Ar rho close ~ the examination somewhat eAtHru
1cus,Iou took place between MrSsrs Lord and Chioh
caused by Mr. Lords charging v M H. NauueroHl Win
uut him out OF the way. When the co'l'ti Hh'u'i te
Surrogate SAID that he considered mat prraoLhii,l,
were about even between tntLi ana ihsl u't,'l-.
should check urst approach oan hns Ol personal
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