The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-13
TIE GREAT WILL CONTEST.
JUDGE BLfCK ON yANDERBTITs IN
IELLECTJdL FiCUL1IEy.
The nmoaore's Acquisitiveness'n In - Chronic
STATE Of Inflammation VI orally and Re-
IIsiou.,, his Mind ~ Howiins wilderness"
inside Family Hiaory-sharp sparrins.

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Tho vanderbilt Will case was continued IN
Che Surrogate's Court yesterday. The court
room was crowded. all the parties TO the case
who have hitherto attended. with their friends.
being present in full force. and the rest OF the
space being fully occupied by the curious public.
Mr Scott Lords clerk applied for writs OF at
tachment against Daniel Drew. Ben Wood. and
VIM. X. Thorne. Counsel then proceeded to
argue tho question Of the admissibility OF that
part Of Jennie Danforth = testimony relating to
Commodore Vanderbt's belief in clairvoyancc,
and his declarations OF dssatisfaction with his
actions under the influence OF DR.. Linsly and
bis son William MIR. Scott Lord led the nrgu-
mcnt. quoting at length from the case OF Water
man agt. whitney. reported In XI. New York.
Judge Black succeeded him in the same line OF
argument He contended that the evidence
thus far given In the case all tended to show
that Commodore Vanderbilt was in reality
very weak man. We have" he said. "A right
TO show in addition to what has been shown.
that Commodore Vanderbilt was the weakest OF
living men. one who moro completely misunder-
stood all the duties he owed to his own family
and himself. and was more utterly ignorant ~
those principles OF natural justice which he
ought TO- have thought Of and understood and
applied to this transaction. than any other man
that ever lived or ever died. Tho evidence
shows that he was So
Surrogate Calvin Interrupted TO ask what there
wa7 in the evidence that showed the decedent to
have loon weak OF mind.
Mr. Black replied: His whole life; nll he has
-. i,o o,I soti ohor, a., ai..o.oi -, "a.
eso. no"' M u',' su "'Vu' ,'v u'spus" VI ms
property lie had one faculty that was prefer
naturally enlarged and that was for accumu-
laLing property 1t was 80 enlarged that il
dwarfed every other moral sentiment and every
,'', '." pv"ei S""'p uVp'nus upon .no
balane" that has been preserved between the
different intellectual faculties and moral scnti-
n,nie SD TINT MI of then, benr THAR nroror
.,..,.r,i.,.s -, '.,, -. e -
p'op'i'1"9 !, ouc "no'"er suppose iunh
liver 10 be enlarged very much beyond wha, it
ought to be. il that man n healthy mnn2 SIM.
=, ,. '.''','
pose "h' ohe oi ms organs becomes much more
matter ~ curse ,hnt ahso,hs tb, ,,o,,ars ~, ,o
nu C,.,.,,. v,lu,. -
wa, in a ,hronic state ~ ineamua,ion ou mo
time, Il crew wonderfully And bo cnl,Iyo,nJ '', n
n. and under his cultivation all the intellectual
fa,ultic, that ministered TO the rrnti0cotion of
''''a ~ W '''o ''"''ii0"',Vn VI
else Morally aud religiously his mind was a
bowling wilderness. He did not content HIM
s'h pi Worshipplns Mammon alone. though
certainl, he was very Jealous devotee OF that
n''"'7, "uu iehs' eree' ol inc spirits mat iel'
"h',e worship Is most sure to demoralize the
der,,anlinp. When mis- is corrIaJ - n yor,.
$3.50. '.,'. 'e" nc - " "Ncis
Eeee' f., . unluosiiohaoiy us yidlm cannot
,,s Nj, BaeS not having e. ben present during tn:
t teaa =, y, what he was expected to urge or com-
20. "a. 'nu l"h 10 E'il sl"'hcht IRON Mr. tlln-
nnsoI q ~ c counsel Hs to what he pr2,
" a. IT, Il ~ c,,n,o, -o.,,o, ~,
ar ~ ~, w. oinlph repned a, great length. The
Ama,can anss 49, bfe 81, ~ henhr,h
had his na I9s'S "a rsn, on 'ne iw & OF vile hut ne
't ia ~, ~ ~ =, ii az az sui'n, NY uhMn anu MS
I'm f,r H. n"yS cssT ei,oJ H. nnn s,S mo Splr, pl,
rotnmod"re V"nd'rhilt bnd baon shniw lhniI VIZ ,'
syidence a remarkably strong man mentally. |
There war a li'tle wor,Iv snarrin, be,waon NJ
nn ni 1i, az oiacs, on the former assump-
e e w'nShpss 1n al ihind or insanity should
which w,utt la as ~ ibo san,i',,nsn3 h,
,t',v.l i, i,pJ ~ ,aL, an ;i ptllE
4. go iv',,,. daI Tbas r7 tim 'iLoneo @ ,til tnil
was oa rcn,nre ~ bi n"n, nc, p~.n lopid.u'
n & M, ~ II y y " ne sun 10 ne ruhhlng II INTO
to n.s,ia,e awole now onT ,bn,, mr; & I'm I'm
~, l 1niy,t Hild Eloin, Whlie tue Reutlcman
i"rhH, s'i na,,s ' ~ 70. iii Wn, IL. van
nnt fr "ia nnsHitus is ,,, snvIi snIea ne opp9r
ii t,, an ~ si,,, ,s r,u ~ mp, nnu very preuy
H., a., f"ar sstoeJ IN her sy y""ind ,lm 80
Clinton went on He said thst II "a nroya ton
nninrn VanJ"rhiii'a 80 ,,', a. W S"ni-
den ~ If bis hef ~ wtakass oI MIND cyl
toduced. il would then be c"nneent tor y, M m
poneut', counsel To- introduna t.stinnnYp p'bt 10
By nsny nus e,s onseo IN truth shared
d'asfs H. a SGmssGSk d, Howed d on the same
bccau-c it invades the domain Of human balinfs
n IN ourt M Of I nsce T6drn b pp3p,sp3
Tor bel { t, prova insanity Nearly op.-hnIf ~ |