The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-06
MOTHER AGAINST HER son.
DTSPTTTNG OyER NfN'S FORTUNE
YEARS AFTER ms DEATH.
The widow withcrs's Income OF 100000
ycnr-qyrr Favoritc Daughter Accused Of
vuru.nc,ur ;he Mother Int ere-tinn Letter.


Influencing she Mother Interesting Letter.
Mrs. Matilda A. Withcrss suit against her
con. David u. Withers. to compel an accounting
by him. Ms trustee under the will Of her hus-
band, the late Reuben Wthcrs. who died about
eleven years ago. WIS before Judge Davis in
Supreme Court Chambers yesterday. on n mo-
ton ON behalf OF Mrs. Wilhers for a receiver
and an allowance from the income Of the estate
pending the action. Mrs. Withcrs says that. by
her husbands WILL sho had been In receipt OF
t2O 900 year. payable in quarterly installmcnts,
but that since last April her son had rcmit,cd
only q 500 francs. though there Is due ller over
$4,000.
Cen. Daniel T.. Sickles and Mr.. ryne ap-
pcared Yesterday. for Mrs. Withers. Nr. Joseph
Iarocque represented the defendant. Mr..
Withers who Is arcasant-looking gray-haircd
man OF nne appearance. about % years old.
II would eppcar from the papers that Nrmo.
Cora De- Wilhorst, IA daughter Of Mrs. Wthers.
is whether bamablr or not. tho cause of all the
difficulty between tho mother and her other
children Her name. however. WIS not men
toned in the proceedings yesterday. md
nowhere urpcnrs in the pnp r.. except TINT
the mother IN letter ~ her son, refers TO
The cstair II his father waa vaiu"d at tli0-
OOO. Tho principal portions oi the estate con-
s-i' Oi u quarter interest ia the Il-t RIVER
J. 'rry Company M luh,ct ) remit ihr, ,linu-toh
street F"rry. unmproved lots IN Williams-
! hur,sh. iS6 shares of stock " the Bank Of New
! York. and an interest In property in Maryland.
/ II iaiors had nt all times received her most
| cordial approval, md she hnd. until n few
| months past. been proius" in acknowledging his
| labors. In n letter last August she asked Tor
! separate statement Of the income cnch year.
She is II years 9Il. iYE man, years & she had ,n
daughters. one the wife Of Wm. II. Paine. had
also for many years lived in Paris. on, Of tie Tie
another da1shtcr had also lived with her. and
had been partially or wholly supported ny hsr;
mothcr had received 1900 fraLcs rcmitted 10y
| him. he received u cable message tnnt ms
| mother WIS in dying condition. an 'h"s un M
| immediate rrmittance ot A. considerabi. "',i "',mi
! Was absolutely necessary As she had wr'n..n
| him that she would not need all of her May in
come he was very much surpris 81. AMI Know
ing that the money alrendy r"mtt"d could not
| have been used unless Tor some unusual
cause he undertook before remiitng, 10 n-crr-
/ tain through members of the family in
Paris whether there was any necessity
for an advance. he was informed TINT his
! elan had refused to have her spoken t. about
&sns7s & m yet InsrE was no SfqsoRw wGsr 9r Ss'GIni
have suffered for want OF anything
II mother was at TINT time IN weak con-
dltion of mind. unable 10 attend TO any
and control of the daughter then living
with her. while all ihc remaining members
| her. There were reasons for believing that
Mr.. Wlthers was then in such condition Of
signing persons around her. and that she was
uut Competent to roe, i've or manage her income
Mr. Wther-. however without waiting for the
-G B.cES.ha Il EI%hrS iFS%'''q Far Tor nSS S@'r usS TO-
l0.ooO francs. and nterwnrd 800 francs.
ly restrained and controlled 10y the daughter
with her. who socks 10 control her income. and
the remaining memb,r- OF the family. none Of
whom are permitted 10 see or correspond with
R hnnds :lo7o b%, hs n' has IN IN m r1ay 1s ho m
sum rrop"rly distrlbutnble, thor" being claim
Of $4,000 by the United States for taxes bills Of
sions. - POO. aud silver plato worth $1,000.
Mr. PyR,. IN febuiial. read the following let
u, s,. ,.a,,'aon A9l.ctoS Soy T. 81
of H. SO & ips. n So S S m me = an, "a, 6 H. , si'I
,gen .i,e me- IN rcsefi toi, ,niuet toward my otlcr
sni you mu,i ,c It youf-ii Instead Of IN, son. ,hc
men' rS AZ, c0qn'e,lo, your s'hf ,lg hrd 'o"se'
enemy who Ia. not mily truiei me IN every way hut
Voa letter !, !. uneec..r, o mD 10 roIy II, iawyrr
. mp ,il'er The aa,no'ity ana Ra,r,d y9a Nm .how
to me. q 1t we're possible, aiur the dey"gn
S ac of i,rs and lire me- i,,y hy' she v%S @ t"s. '% S "S
no, 10 -reak oi her n m, gi'yf' ,a>ns mat 1t y" but
mr. Justice ~, ,@.A WI. rgwSrt hcr have teen
isai. icauns acts, on all all side, uniaa lia,e
ihsu seven ,it. loa has, .tn, uc i".. uaa ~ ',,
Wait iot % 10, i g husband houorgd you wiN' i!-
''au, MY ch1rrn. 'ney he,r ali. taught ine. ny
i r a., Va ., ',i 3 ny NJ, S - s M ana ''' mana ""'' 80
h,a srea' fatigue ior 10 write aud this j, the le-t
'''''' Y"or mother. MA wnara,
Gen. sicklcs said they wcrc willing To- accept
trust. Upon an intimation that Mr.. Mithcrs
would not properly execute the trust, tho latter
inely toward Gen. Sirklrs.
Judge Davis Reserved hi- lie 'isIon.