, 1877-12-29
Evidence of the Friend Who Con.
stnntiy Accompanies
Him.
Text Of the Letters of the Needy Cor
nelius to His 0pulent
Brother.
Desire Of tho Scapcgrace to Reform,
and 10 Gct Ills Watcl, Out
Of Pawn.
Poatponemont Of tha Proceedings In Con
test Until Feb. 80, 1878.

80
rn.., ,.,.e :. -. 1,,.
sn'eSas w mfo1.es n % 90 me tnenso , 1r'oHnt.
NEW fohR, Dec. 3'-An cnd was made OF
Cornelius vanderbilt Us Witness to'tar. Alter
the case was mt oyer MI Frb. a.
~ ~ that Il, ,nrtie, intc,c.lc,, vim ,,sre
80 .,aS ~ pa..'1s ~, 'a.e.es.sa 'oa. VII, VII, 'ase
rest hegnfing i1is experience With the
times IN 1875, and sixteen times from tt,c list OF
:1,ru.rv "a tho mat ~ arri 1s-0, .frcr vhon
h" ~ s ~, II" ha .aas s'su s"s ~.
,,n,e ne ns" aso'dea INC game he . nao pa"nco ms
tmcs so1cly to procure tho ncressaries Of life
for htm,clf and lila family. ThI. rcvcnuc
W. ~, hntnr .,,n3c,,n, ,,s 49,, hacn,rn ..a,,,.
pelled to borrow. but had never bor-
rowcl \ cent which he did not Intend
10 repay, Iio was not waiting either, for his
father 10 dir INIT tn mt him lnto business. a, fc
had often promised to do. Tho SURROGATE said
tho ahimus In borrowing WAS Of little interest,
The question being whether 1tneas had lived so
tmpruyidcntly A to rendcr It uusafc ia leavo
.p4o'sus"tJ 40 ~ .onoel ~ ,e4, ~ 's4t'
.'" ""1 .s, .vno'os' "1'o "u'1 oHeops .0e"eu ~ III
trust. Witness estimated TINT e5,ooo or
5000 a year was rcquirna to keep him
his married IN ltfc. lived NJ shomt tlst Tstc
m..",s ~. IT,, ~ ~, .~ ~.
ia"n'nH !ts "iie's Jewels ulu not eaao!c num-
however TO make up the difference between hls
!nSua"u aAA lid iate ~ hf'nut ~ ~ IAn uIo
except CofnellMs, statement that hc lia1 h'1nscH
loaned some $25 ,0a WHICH he did not expect to
get back. The only amount he specified va
YoI toaeed TO At Ghadw!cK, won IN nc met ln
Mt; Greeley fer the purpose.
Georee X: TcrTy, Cornelius comnanton, tes-
tilted 10 various conversations With Commodore
Whea s ns so mid rs. u
With ' tho " Va, wav "Corneil" had q conducted
lnnself Tor tic past two years, aud meant
to Do ., something f9r him, bnt "cornstl NUT
In May, 1914, tEc Commodore said he was not
oulto ,rcady t" put .Corneil into ao.ne-
tiI,,g;" in Nay, 1870; tug o'd maM
4omet!inE, to do. but had changed tits mind.
lie refused to give lll'n moro money to live On,
or 10 loan any money TO Tcrry, saying he could
ot - hs Affairs "fro slo:cd up ana q, ho was
tho Commodore and Terry. who closed BY deny
lug the bad habits Of Cornelius during October
and November, 1874.
har' 'A'a 'eSa ceaszzsus ss11ess!'s' T. CHARACTER
Ia the Vanderbilt case, on Wednesday, tho
following letters were read:
| HARTFORD, Nov. a. 1B85.--Mf DEAR Will
and would remind you once more of tho expra-
tlon VI one Of two articles ln pawn on Wcdncs-
L1IHH 10 pA66 " WITHOUT AttCuGlnH TO thGat IT,
demptiol, and by sending whatever elso YOU can
| With them {onc ring at least) you will relieve
| my Hitu OF good deal OF uncastness. You
must not, WIlilam, find fault with my wife for
having allowed inc to hayc pawncd them ia tho
first instance, as YOU can readily conceive that
rather compclledit, and that, u my wtiu, she
would make large sacrifice rathcr than make
me feel unpleasant towards her. Tho pawn
| Office shuts up At 0. H., and yvu will please
goodwill. and trusting that on nv wife's ac-
count you may regard t}is pawn matter a. con-
rcmsln, airectlonatcly your, CoKsELsus.
|
L1ronr1E1p, Dec. 20, 1so3.-sir DEAR WITH
dear wifc in Which nho states hat ~ shn was
eating her dinner on Christtnas-D the ernrcss.
man knocked ut tho door and handed her the
two riu1s which YOU 10 kindly ssnt hcr. sho
writes ia the most checrful st,irt. ard snruks nf
you y A. most grateful terms. cad assuro
brothcrly act' ant shaii cy.r - remsnhcr T. ~
T. practFraf eyidenrc OF ymlr gon,l vii oni sinI