New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-14

various neople He seemed determined TO have his own
way the fue, possible extent to the greatest extent
of any one ever knew 1t was one OF his pecuarues
He was ant to De censorous those who opposed him.
Odd ne ne the cpthets batherskte ana suck
cr" very freely Ayes 10 those VINO dd not resent
tbcn lie was very careful not them TO those who
would He never used them to me IN my presence AS
ne got older and richer ne got more mperous ana used
those epithcts more freely. have known some OF ms
family 10 oppose HIM Thiry-one years ago Cornelius j.
asserted hs naniness. have heard Mrs. Cross oppose
hs views, m conversation rs long back AS mat DOM IN
family matte aud IN business affairs. don't remember
an instance where he acccdcd to The views OF others
Q-IIaye yOu nj any sine, heard member OF nj, ram
iy oppose MIN in conversation A.-Ies have heard
George oppose bis father. lie Is now dead This was
times opposed her fathers views that was before she
WIS married don't remember her doing II since. 1
think have heard my wife express views III oPpostioh
no Mr. Lord don't remember any other child except
William having 0ppr0Drl0s epthets appled without re-
senting u or dissenting from u. don't Know VINO en-
gagged Mas Kissap, from ANYTHING said by The Commo-
dore or William H. Vanderbilt.
10 the STANDARDIZATION you said that William II.
the Influence Of and that he intended TO
control the selection OF That woman did you refer to
TO Mr C.inton-Q-Dd you ever hear William II.
vanderbilt hs life speak Of is father "a anything cX-
SSi ,I call him the old man ~ Always during the
manhood portion Of his Ire, not when he was boy
within ten years, within, five years. | dom 10y
he never called him Iab or Conl mo- %
but his usual habit In talking 10 me was TO col nm inc
OH i,i mn, ber 'H Ater IL don't euen
"p Of ANN ady being in his house except his sister.
10 Mr. 'LJrd-Wiiam H. vanderbilt said " the old
tWo,op and INT he was bound 10 control that influence.
10 5lr C.inton-fhat wa said IN 1915
TESTIMONY or vANDERBLTs PHYSICIAN.
After the recess, Dr. Jared Bnsly was examined by
Mr.. Lord. and testified that he had known Commodore
Vanderbilt tor than fory-seven years. aud during
the greater portion of that time had been hs FAMILY
pysican lie had attended him during bis last Illness
and was with him almost continuously from the mIadIe
OF MAY until the time OF his death IN January last Ater
the Commodore DEATH an autopsy was mate uhueT III
Iusly's supervision He had the pAysi.anS his
tory of the case before they proceeded to make the
ontopsv This history covered the time from 1888 until
the Commodore death Dr. Linsly gave an account OF
the accident the Camden and AmbDy Railroad, near
Hightstown, IN October 1898. when the car in which
Commodore Vanderbilt riding was precipitated
down an embanhnenI, and the Commodore was severely
injured. In his further testimony the witness SAID;
Tie Commodore had several attacks OF ntermti MT
fever in pcuhcr, Octo3erand November ~. lIe htI
several rlap.s, but quinne al~ays chccArd e d,et'e
Al the time Of the railroad acSlgshi mere NtC '..,u
in besides myself D.. Lot and d. Van DuSe' OF New-
Brunswick. Dr. Lott lived near me scene Oh tns a'e,
dent The patients face ana heaA we're praised very
much the RIBS on the rEht sde were I4A''ttcn
cxfrusiv.ly in front and back. His clothes
were nearly torn OF him. and the skin vas
worn OF from each Knee. ne Hit-' Mtl'
I do not know whether the tnJni mide I'M nn'on-
scips The account he gave me as th't vas L!loEh
down hank, and BE called some one ana tg,' hin ne
,,J hc saw COTTAGE near by and told chem o. carry
him Hcrc. ! found hun next morning rlilonIL d2lI !
rccullcct that hc told me ne was ever u CJ
sunday after tnc accident ne was tlacd Oh bed ana
Of ms stcanbJIts brought MN to Ns"-4orh. lie was
confined To the house all Winter
IT,. was troubled with falling Of me rrctum' memoir
rbls md iirnal difficulties. TheLcyauus vas OF later
DAFT. Think lie also suffered from q disease OF the
I',,I i 9f % rapiIly tat il was hnpos, bile 20
r mi fine puI ,,tions the attack sometimes continued
Ion laI noun ,,.sn dovs D4rls tIn- attacks
h. was ~ reaf sufferer think IN 1915 or 1919 D." mad
I"2 "'a9 tioL wien was the last bcileye. IT'S
,art was cons doral 10 De uudersze. lie was ny sNep
TIC through nee W"S ti., t,'1 b r y
trar, of ulruro-pnclmuuIa in the lung tot bad been
IN, ,roiis mi rt Illness Aftsr that attack think
he vas never troubled WIN ms lung, H.. ., tom,
al IN tie lrf sdc--i guina lcrni. gut nm TINS
and several other, were aItcr"ard oblaned rom tiei-
.il think was constitutional; several Oh MS fd.h4y
mn Iv , ie tendency Of such diseases have
s,,s.u of ON a mans temprrl A-Ilcre Is 10 neral
rule about 1t. don't know that ihe COnHJ'''g N.,s l
80 rr b, ion the last rort of ms Illness IS h l-e He
lie b,cau, much more Tranquil an- an III MS !''7i
not ac vel On HIM. lie never took any opium 'hat
20 d. W. v,m rcoi Get Tie time his first wife taleu
TO unatic asylum A-ihry were iy.ns Oh, Ha'eI
,-r I AM, conversation with Commodore Vanderbilt
a." that sUlirct. remember That ne once sdid io inr
n" T. 1i.t he would 20 10 Europe INT il was not a' tho
time of ms wifc's removal To tae Asylum. u'hI re-
collect mat had any connection WIN iHl event ~
- c',A w." caied 'T6iriualstsl Al don't know
whether you call them spifituai>s or caihoy W.
il i, N M. some herbs tIat bc Was taking which had
,..s,iIcd h. cia.ryoyHnt one cf his Daughters
,yrut - sec uer. think Il was MS Ia San ltahh nc
Wa, % be lover ilc efficacy OF ia. -,IclIe t.!"A
o-Do you know anything ahout ms -. ri J." li 'nei .
lli Ale was fond oi haynI peone no n,H', not
bee use of tine magnetism or inesnei5" hNl because ~
,,r,.l linn, suppose. never found him IN company /
",l 1j5 y ~ lo Miss caHul Al have seen her at
be- own house. saw. thing Iouf 81 h't sitri5 III 'a
Ioasc. That is The only place ever "a" 'Aem never
Saw on, oil them in tl.e Commodorcs Nee
one day and made ttl' tree with NM as You th'u+ht
by aptug him AID telling Inn 10 "'A' upt A.
O.EiT.ye You ever lad any conversation with him
about ,ewd " omen A.-N', SIT ,,.,
AZ. sir because don't thnA hc nc.dS a any,
Old yua over say anything abpat ms riding ou' /
curl Al won't swear positively, hut link never I
dii. was never IN the habi, Of advising him. tn.
O-e.ycll years ago d'd Won have conversation with
Commodore Nanuei'lt win r'E!le 10 Gl"'i ~ !
fast tnnh | ever had was m 1876; ltold nm ne was
very ID, aud could DO. 5yu MN ,H ' - ~ "N," h"
cover, and u De- h1d any hQsint's 10 a.tn 90 ' i KEY
tter do II asked me IL be could attend to IL thai
day, and told him Ic could. 3iei@ata "nueI ',orr
hIton OF the property I did not understand whether |
don't rcrO'cct Who drew the WI. me "li OF I'D |
drawn m East Broadway, and Inc one Of lo'4 was
Ire cros,-rSaiairaiun by Henry L. Clinton brought
ouf few add y facts Tho witness edt thhl uirh-
man 90 years previous, lie did not believe mat the /
thought tllt the medicine procured rom
tr iryoyut benefited HIM BECAUSE 10 cin from lAt
.ouil. Dr. Ptrk and ihc Wlinc,S. "uo were d' tHu-
Ing hm 10 that time, sand tfcy would htt' /
m, patient i'm case they were iutcrlcrrd WIN. !
o., Commodore said uotbuc but lcit TIE room III Once.
Dmiu co., last forty years Of his lie the witness wa ~
raIor. ON his voyage go Europe Win hs AMY, III ,ue
SDrtu Sar. Al tu. Wand rblj family wen, cs'tli '".i
ti. ana n,r OF tlr ,,alshiers The past} numbered
t,,ti,-uu While 90 Europe tiS witness ana 'u' '"u-
uoiorc were toy thor 100 the evening ana "''"''' 80"
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