New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-15
THE Vanderbilt WILL CONTEST

THE CONNODORF'S PLANS AND CHARACTER.
HIS PURPOSE TO BUILD MONUMENT 10 WASHING
TON-HIs NANSRR OF TALKING ABOUT HIS CHILL
pREN-EDwIN D. wORCEsTERs OPINION Oh The
RAILWAY KING.
In the Vanderbilt will case yesterday, Mr.
Lord for the contestant Of the will offered testimony
for the purpose Of showing that undue inGueuc
erc,ed over the Commodore by his wife Mre. Jennie
Danforth the magnetic healer" again called to the
stand and testified as to several instances IN which the
Commodore successfully opposed by his wife IN little
things. aud from this counsel argued growing mental
incapacty Mr. Lord offered 10 prove several PROPOSE
ons az TO the influence eEerted upon the testaor which
were objected to- and excluded by the surrogate
MI Clinton accused the counsel for The contestant Of
trying their ease through the newspaper when the Sur
rogate remarked, somewhat sharply that the press WAS
no, the judiciary and that reporter must suppose
that what he wrote would have the least nhnence IN
the decision OF the case William NJ. Parks, stock
broker was the next and offered t. prove
by hin, dishonest stock transaction OF the Commodore
a. slowing a degree OF ayarice Amounting y mama
1ns was ~ cluded the surrogate saving that the gc
tben Testified I'm regard several occasions Oh which ne
had seen the Commodore behave 10 silly chi9Ish man
ner few unImpurtant facts were tieu eA'lltu FVm
Mrs Parks The wife of the last witness. ,,,,. .,
Henry Allen grandson 81 'omuodGI" slpsft,', e,,
that lie had had frequent crnycfsalens W.. W. LII
mOdore nbOu his children; that ne hnu t 'fu nm Tn
lis william H. siupid bi"ch,,tN, ",.1 lat
be- always spoke OF and % hun ~ cJhtemp'uons maui
Arthur Gilman, the architect lcslHru tutt NC hth
,ol. ..v ,r,I desigls uf % monuments when commodore
Vandrrbt had thought Of erecting IN Central Park ~
ITO n,crnory of wafh.ngt'n Mr Llfd asked the VII
me-. whether tho Commodore had told him that he de
Iirsd Ia link porpetuauy the names Of washington qua
vanderbilt bat Mr.. tilmln sad No' lie hhd, now
syer heard a remark 81 tnat kind from somebody The
On ,u.Lorc tslrrd The monument % Doe tho highest
sfrurtur, ever built BY man, and showed TIC wlues
la which ho had made. giving the height oi number Of
buildiugs among them the cathedral 90 Cologne, ana
fhe Pyramid % Cieops lie lad thought that should
De- at least go let high.
Edwin -. Worcester. an Old business associate and
pcrDna friend ~ thc testatOr and Cor many yers 7rcc
iary oil the NcwIOIk Central aud Hudson hNc X li-
rnIi Comuuuy the last witness o Tire day. TIE its
titled thst tie Commodore two casunf after sneak
Ing Of business affairs had told him not 10 tell BAY.
A, 10 one OF theso matters, the founding of
a hospital tor injured railway rmpl"'e', he kneW
That tle Commodore had arerWard spoken 10 William
IL aud imposed upon him the execution OF
hs plans. " hen asked on crosse xamnntipns 70
state what no regarded ~ Commodore Nauderbifs
leading characteristic. the witness sad: keuconc
business matcrs; total absence 81 pride oi opn on
and r-gani for the opinions ~ others wonderful de-
gree Of ightedne an almost ihfalhbe juiyncnt
on matters OF business, and uneIampci success" The
witness any abatement IN Tue vigor oi thc
Commodore faculties The cs-e ad burned unn
Tuesday.