, 1877-02-21


will either disagree OF inl both defendants
guilty.
Atthts writing 40 o'elock) tho Jury arc still
cut.
il p. m.-Up to tt,fs hour no verdict has been
TIE DANCER FAMILY.
How NItsa Mary nnncnr Disposed Of Her
Property.
Ntto 1ork SIM. Feb. 70.
Tho will Of Mary N. Dancer was offered for
probate yesterday aftcrnoUn, at tlsc Surrogate's
Court nf New Y"rk County. Miss Dancur was
tho only daughter of Matth!as N. Dancer,
snid tu hayo brcn tle ltEuht fortunate
gambler in New York. DANCER was reared
us blacksmith, but left the nnyi to
rn:cr tho lists witt, professional gamblers as
dealer in laro. lie won nloncy rapislly, and
lated enough fnIs lie left tho ,owcrr for I3roAtl-
way, u,il fur Twenty-Five ycurs was cunncr,e,l
will various E!tnbllng.luttses on that
thurosi5S, ,,1s large pt,ni partt e is % %cnss IL
isntsn hiSn rs 81 t,,s uc.nn oso HI n,vst %t
notca Of hia resorts was No. 0;J Broadway. llu
Wis osio ol the cllicf sto:ksio1dcrs IN farobank
tatxcn III 6i.5o0,0tU during tho wnr. lie fre-
quvntly carried on s person l'etwcc, ~, ,UuU
atrd $l1o, ,rll, nnA ou Tic .u,ur1,ine Of Monday,
July, =, lsi', when his house was rubbed, 10
sa; six years oS aso, VIM" sI,ooo oo''s' Was s.oie as
from tliu Change pueket 1T hfs oycrcoat by IL
hoo..hlask. drtec.tyc, to whom Dariser
kt, lnlch 8oD to him, and told him thnt tllo
hoy wns III the Tohlbs awaiting Uanccr's action.
Dancer, however, dceincl to prosecute, nnd
even went bufore tho Gral'd jury to plead for
Daneer had Lis reputation Of being
S"'uiiii !" sHii At barE. .enm,aon. F' e'Itss feS
years ago tricky professional t!arncd Brown
.lEec, tlltd challenged Dailccr to match. After
Uailcrr lIal lost e40U, he WIS warned by q
friend, and Withdrew from tho game. This IL
sal! ~ l'ave been the only. known lnstaucs III
cards Or backgammon !le showed as l,,lrl nnx-
tety to win - cents as to win $a5UIU, a,ll was
highly elasc:! whcn llc hau taken IN Ills oppo-
NUTS last imr.
M rs,s psass s!"s srssy sSSnssy e. g gsseeEs Ees II
street, on Monday, July II. 1915. Mr. u. had
gonc out, whsn about II o'closk in tho morning
two men, onn swinging q llatrhct anL tho other
basement door. Mrs. Annie i. Danrcr, fceUlo
lady Of U.s. opened thu door to the callers.
she was alono In tho louse. The men
sail that, they we!o plutnbyra, sent by 1t
ton watcr-rpcs. Notice had hccn sent 10 illu
DANGERS and other residents Of tic ncIchhor-
hood that Ia consequence q repairs to water
pipcs at broadway and Houston STREET, their
Mts: l Dancer, therefore, readily Lsilvve,!
admitted tlseln. without suspicion. They
entered the llal! aIl st!o went hack tt,
began to sew. Suddenly Ahu was rucirclcl ny
rung. nrn1s. dragged tr0tn thu wiulow, thrown
10 thu ilocr, han!lcutfcti, aud gagged with
landkcrchtef. ehe limited, anu, on her
said HAT " s!ey We're I plun,Ssr. Gousliax as
aver her. uuS DranlIslicd d latchet and
threatened to cleavu her skutl unless rho
:lirerted him to the secret repository Of her
husEund's bonds. Mrs. Dancer wus uIablo TO
speak. The robbers then edn'ltted aye confcl.
crates and satsackrl the house. T'llcy burst
open dours with hatchets, and strowed The con.
tents OF trunks and bureaus OF, thu !oor, disre-
ars1 ss:of :a sk t' or Soaa as a .av sSs. " sy s
Obtained ouiy $1,000 u oii and s32,oo0 Il
new bonds of the State Ut Virginia, the
market value Of which was then a|'out
thc robters, .. thu bonds were Registered IN tbs
Cltizeua' BaMk. A.nuuR tiso luoss property
which tho rvbocrs did nut Kut were s25,0N Of
New York Central bonds, wlIiel! were aiterwarI
tasDSa y t9e intru,iers. After tho roi'tcrs haa
gone, Mrt, DANCER staggered Into tho area aud
attracted the attention Vt q ncghboriug Iatn!ly.
a lWGsmtt!l died III tAc steel bands that ruclr.
rlcd her Wrtsta. For sono tin.u her ille wa1 IN
?Ssia ?sSssa. tna 'h' never ''''' recovered from tho
Mr Dancer died in August last year, leaving
halt ot his property to lls wfc, aud half tu lis
Der Iiie widow followed l,tr husband to sba
grays, leaving all her shars to. the daughter,
who thus cnmr into possession Of all tha fntlcr's
estate, valuca at about $50 oe: All,s dancer
nut fanatieal q dcmonsta.lye. sho occasionally y
attended the Presbyterian Church, She would
not marry, prcfcEsfng to remain conlpan!on
md comforter to her agcd parents. Her
lsath. o. tAe llsh Ut tasbruary VIZ somewhat
Will, ultrr dividing Slt5 000 4nong relatives antl
lricllts. shu siade tho following bequests to
| charitable, religious, aud benevolent Eoesetes
Guardlaa sosssy. S1'o35; Now York H!liu 81
cfety, tlo,OO0; New York Association for
Improving tho condition Of tho ruur, sl0,-
ut0; Hoard Of Foreign slIss!ons Of tug Keforlli-
sat isFs Esr nr4sy II 1si SsT ~ III 9ys
yrutlon II Cruelty 10 chll,ilei,, siuoIO; New
York Juvenile Asylum. S!U,90;, Northeast
&lO,Ou0; Nursery anl Guilds Hospital, 43
Northern D!spensary Of tl,e City oi New York,
s5,o0; Young .fu1acn's Christian Association
Church Extension md Missionary society ii
tau bfsthu4lst Ep!teopal Church. Si0,0U0;
American Sunday-HcLooi Unton In tl.a
City Of Philadelphia, st0nU; Chtldreil'a
Aid Society, 320,hJ; New York city Mis-
sion mud Iract, so<lcty, lu tl!o CITY 81 New
YORK. ~, 100; 1lon,copathlc Medical College,
Northwestern Dt,icpsarY, u tho City VI Nsw
Yurk, $5,uO; Ucmitt Dlspcusasy, $3.00;
Homeopathic plspensary tsr Wtlnen md
G!ildrel,, 5000; Missionary Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, 80 ,0U0
Tract soslety ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church
s!U.0U; Board uf Education ii the Reform
| III fI,ilrI In Amnriiu - tikll. Aili.Etruu aa.h