The New York herald., 1877-11-14


Caifornia steamships.
| . Who began .f A. do not think ! was at all a
party to tue suit though interested
| Tor the parties interested
T. When was that litigation ended? A. About
January. 1856
Q. How did u resut' A. In compromise.
Y. Had you no other litIgatony A. None whatever
THE LAST QUARREL.
@ Then there more unlrency feeling until
q What time in 1873 were your friendly relations
severed? A. dd not say they were severed.
Q In what year were they severeds. !. In 1877.
Y. About matter OF busnessy A. Yes
q. Was that matter ever adjusted? A. II was not.
q. To what subject did Il relate? A. II related 10
his lreatm mcnt OF ono OF my sons; my son HAIRY,
q From that time to his death wcrc your relations
friendly? A. never spoke 10 him aiterward
= Did you refuse to call on him IN hts last sick
nessy A. | was rot invited.
California when he died.
HAVE WAY.
O. Did the Commodore determined TO have
his way moro than any man you ever metz A.
O. bid he not those who differed from him?
A. Yes.
differed with HIM ''biathcrskites'' anu 'suckersy'
A. He did.
@ And used these terms moro frequently ho
grew olders A. Yes, as ne grew Older aud richer he
nduised In tho use OF these explc,ves more ire
O DID be ever use those TO your A. Never
q Did you ever see any Of his family oppose himY
O. Whom that? A. About 1S46.
Q. Cornelius was then sixteen Do you remember
any otherf A. Yes, think huvc heard Mrs. Cross
Q. In family matterss A. In family and business
matters.
opposition A. do not.
q Did you hear any other OF his children oppose
him9 A. Yes; ! heard George, who IS now Dead and
l think Mrs Torrance ut different times opposed
O. Do you remember any other? A. l think pvc
heard my wife oppose him !. that was in 1916.
This nnisnod tho cross-examinatiop, and Mr. scott
Lord began the redirect.
cpiihets you mention 70 any other mcmoer or his
iamily without having them resensY 4. Novor
O. Explain how Miss kissarn came TO be engaged to
20 house IN Washington placer A. She was 10
o. WHAT did William IL say about her going there?
A. That she went there through his procurement
The Surroeatc-Whcn you sud William Il. told you
the old gentleman was to como under tho influence Of
some woman aud that he knew ono whom he could
procure viii you say whether bo meant Miss Kissams
Mr. Cnnton--Dd you ever hear William II. Wander
bill, call ms father by any other name than '.iather"
sthe old man ?" A. Almost invariably as "the old
MANI sinco he has grown up.
This concluded the examination OF Mr. Allen, and
Jared Linsly sworn. Tho Surrogate then ordered
q recess OF halt an hour.
DR. LiSsLY's EvIpEScE.
Counsel tardy in reassembng alter recess,
and IL half past before DR.. Llnsly took the
stand and submitted to the examination OF Mr.. Lord
In reply 10 the questions OF the latter he stated that
he had been acquainted with Commodore Vanderbilt
for iorIy -seven years; from 1873. until the Commo
physician; when tho Commodore returned 10 the city
IN ls47 witness again became his physician, and con
tinued act as such until the death oi MI. Wander
bllt; he called TO see the Commodore in the
lasI illness April Of last year, and continued In
tendance continuously until his death; ho was pres
ent Ut the autopsy IN company with Or. Austin
Flint. Sr., DR. Elliott, DR.. Thomus f. Safer
lhwaite, Dr. snmpson and Dr.. Frank Buck;
the doctors VINO actually performed the autopsy
Stmpsun and Satcrthwate, and tho others looked on,
witness supervising tho operation; the witness had
the written report OF tho casc but did not rcco
iect "hstory OF the case by tho family physciann -
he mad written such aPnper, but had gwen uil
history the other the period
covercdjn this report from 1882 until the deceuse
OF the pn; ion; fall oil 1882 Commodore Vander-
bit had several attacks OF lever and ague In October
1898 The Commodore received serious injuries in an
accident on tno Camden and Amboy Railroad, near
Hghtstown, ~ -. MS clothing was almost entirely
into the lungs; Witness know the lungs had been
penetrated, because he saw the air escaping
under the skin; his head and lace vcro bruised,
and the skin torn of his knees; tho account
oil the accident given by the Commodore was TO the
effect he thrown down bank and 10y thero
until he called som0 10 his aid; thinking he was
about die ho told those around him who b. and
they conveyed him TO cottage near by there he was
attended by DR.. Van Duscn, OF New brunswick, aud
Dr. Lott, OF Hightstown until next morning, when
witness, who had been sent for, urrvcd he was then
conscious, and witness did not know that he had
been unconscious at any tmo; the double case watch
OF tho Commodore was smasncd in pieces from tho
force OF the blow hc lay In the cottage tour weeks
anu after that was removed 10 his nome, where no
was confined until the following spring by his In.
jurcs; ut that time the Commodore was suffering
IRON proapsus ami and hemorrhoids; these wcrc
subsequently operated Tor by system which has
since Dcen abandoned; lhe prolapsus caused down
ward pressure, which caused Ecvere reten-
ton OF urine or cystets; as early as
OF heart disease, when the pusatons OF that organ
became rapid that 1t was Impossible to count them
tAis continued Tor Two hours ano then stopped sud
denly; ia 1854 he had another attack which lasted
eighteen days; while tho attacks lasted tho patient
suffered very much; the next attack occurred IN
1s4S ls49 and lasted twenty-iour hours; Edmund
Johns remained by his sido with all OF
night the Commodore had no trouble from this cause
again until 1854 when nc had severe attack ana he
vas not sufferer again until 1860. when no had
slight attack, which lasted twentyfour hours this
was the last attack OF which witness knew anything.
vASDERBiLTs LIrT4E HEART.
Whom the autopsy male found that the
Commodore's heart was Of unusually small size;
several medical experts had examined tho Conmo-
dore various times with reerence 10 this heart
trouble, but they are nil now dead except Dr. John
SON besides all these affections the Commodore was
u lifelong dyspcpt.c and consequently SUI
ercd from natuIcncy great deal: one OF
three years later tho Commodore mad
attack OF reuro pneumonia, which lasted SIX weeks al
period he had luther trouble from his lungs
about seven years ago Commodore Vanderbilt scnI Tor
witness and upon examination Tho latter found him TO
be suffering IRON al lnsuinal hernia on the lower left
side, from that Cntil is death he suffered
much from it; he wore truss, which was too small,
that way Injured himself very seriously; alter
ward bo caused 10 be made all sorts oil trusses, put
never obtained from any oil them; during the
months preceding ms death he dis carded
trey Mr, LORD questioned the witness as to whether
the deceased suffered IRON dropsy ut PEE
Rod oil hts e and elected IN reply tue statement that
1854 tue affection oil the heart made IL impossible
for the Commodore to e down, ant, that constantly
maintaining sitting POSTURE caused an inftralion Of
water into the cellular tissue OF tho legs, making them
swell very much. DR.. Lnsly said he would call 1t
dropsca uifecion but whcn the heart disease ceased
the patient could assume other posuro The drop
steal swelling disappeared prolonged cxaminatioE
OF the witness IN respect TO tho medicines admlns
tered deceased Jailed 10 bring out anything OF hpe
clul interest: Mr. Lord inquired as 10 whether the
ciiect 0f these m. dicnes would not DO 10 make man
irritable sud alect his head witness said that Tor tho
last SIX months vi his lilo The Commodore
tranquil and quiet uan he had ever been before; ho
disikca opiales, and tho only kind he could DO
duced 70 take Coda III small doses; opium pills
were administered once, but he d,sikcd tnclr effect
and refused thereafter 10 take them; DR.. Linsly
stated that ho had no connection whatever with the
sending OF Commodore Vandcrbilt's brst wiio TO
IunatIc sylum ana consulted with or spoken
10 about ut al. us tho family were then living On
Staten Island.
COMMODORE AND the cLAiRyoYANTs.
The nli,geo iaith.i the deceased IN Spiritism and
sImiiar ssisms' then entered upon. ur. Liusiy
testified that the COmod0rc once showed him sono
pills winch had been prescribed tor HIN by
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