The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-14
WAS MRS. MERRILL INSANE?
HER DTSTNHERITED SOW TESTTIYIyG
As TO HER ECCENTRICITTES.

HER DISINHERTJED SOY TESTTFYTNG
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The c,,, K,,v,, ,n,r Nil. Lane, s,,0,.
y,r I.,,erI r.r mead ar vn..,,,,-,I.,
49, wv"
opon thc opening Oh the Merrili VIII case
IN 'ho ourroEn'es court Yesterday morhlh9'
mr. "curge M'rrlll was "Ealh rut upon inc
stand. lie testified ina, the s3oooo lei' MN I'M
ger MS inthcr VIII was p"ld nun nearly thre'
years "'''r 'ap,' Mcrr''l u'atlI' III ceit"ih -
cur'i's worm NJ inc 'lhlo i'l'lo over sZo'ooo'
"nu con'ihu'u'
Che ea,e ~, Az an sr s w rn % , ~ ' ~,
$3.50 per annum Awavs kcpi account. Of receipt. AMI
expenditures OF The estate aud Mr.. Merrill wa. ill, IN.
formed OF tem The letter Of credit sent tu VIZ Merrill.
w HIM sne a.err,u was l nr more ,r rnni ,n
dat il nns.cd throish mv bnri, Wr Wnri" VA, N,
regular business ,ionrni o tine nrm oi TaelorS
Merrill aud rcrl,ctl. responsible man re i5nginw
rnHhsnlu'n M,".l l' ..'i''.l'," 49, .fi ~
"hwo wm wrSr"h W" y NJ, ,ri ,riV IN, nm
hshv Seemed rrl.mi OF m, latl"r wio vas court,
Gus gentleman In the summer oi i~,S nv mother
generally rcasonabc and nnn,hlc except N the matter
81 CAPT knight, csinir Ih'i ,N'ucd h,r When
INK where ,He dcpo. OF s Merrill estate we're mae
had power Of attorney ior my control o Tie estate
Ths iaia';as e'.ge.. oyeria nToeklyiio which ~
hsr letter o Marcel = l~o she c.mrancd Of A. cnnrd
esps"d mt ,nr rl ~ N"1, a. h a Wns u. VIZ.
ain th" letter VS. .,i ~ w ,l'r M h us ,,, @
bonds purchased ny,apt Ncrri dmns h, lie tine or
planned In letter that the vault was MOI ready io the
this country Twas Al, tie tim, Europe dill not know
.us vsn "' .s i yer pIa any instruction, T." "
bills OF exchange 1t was impossible Tor my
desh nj ssi b n'tS lIn & after h.l n
that " Wv ''' ~ ''''''' "' ""'"
I, ron,,.;r, .. a. ~, -. r, ,.. ~
., n.epls'n a 20 one VI eA-'uuee r'I,'r man,
objections. the surrogate remarked that he had
carefully noted the contradictions and inrnn
.,s,a,a,,. a., ,,,, -, A., p ,'.V''9 Nv
70 III "o ''''Vi. W. "iS"nS "'s'l'u 10
Introduce leuer written hyCaft merrill To Mr.
J. Barbe. referring to the failure Of Green Co..
different from the shirt in which he died A.
cording to her nverment in this letter of Mnrch
., 1859. Capt. Mcrris letter was found in Mrs.
McrrilFs effects aftcr her death. Ex-ludge Por-
Yer objected. Mr., Parsons argued that among
the raNlngs and delnsions, OF this woman was
,nls delpsioh INA, inat Green g. had Killed her
loss. and had no feeling in the matter. The Sur.
there WINS nothing to show that the Information
cui i, m"u u1eh IN mrs. Mclril posses
son wneh sl /, nude ne ch9rges contained in
her lftter OF March lson ana suggested u COM
mission 10 take Mr. Barm.s testimony rs TO
when ne letter from Capt: Merrill was given 70
w M,loW. Mr, lHrsons replleu Una, II would
-. uilii ,uII LOT u romnlssloi, 70 nnd Mr. Barne'
John O. Jones had gone eIeeption nn no ihc
Surroste rnlinr was tatan AMI the ,v ~ Wv
went on:
WI, MeEr 5s'1Tned to America in June sse snd
'5a-ei met Mis. Lang. who subsequently became my
May '' o,, WI, p'nH. N,'li at bnll IN. wa,
srn11 ,, ,' KY" .a 'ae ln" ~ vau's W ".iaru
ihfl iint liy ifninei an ,ntpoue,,n 10 he "I In
March, 1850 size refused me
Tho roodir,, 80 Mr. Ntorriii,, ,o..,., ,.o. 49,.
sumed ba,inSir" u,, Az, 'et,,i1 r were re-
1Ss0 She hrn wr wts" nm u ,"ra II rfruIy
i, T. - III 4 MIR hlllly VEN;
tenr rons.i,,n en "h ns ruio trr, anu
Mr.. j. Darrell Greene 81 BoStnn as ths ib, and.
a delicate nucsti"n she WRIT. anu
~
men Win be single men ti,en We women eonid ssni ir
ye " and mrS tr ,,s WIZ much comfort To- or
priests being unmarried Who read, the Tnsish ncw,ia
pcrs -. Mr. Huntington was ruined hv a woman
Lane also many others have been and win be 10 The
When George informed her that Miss Lang
rar reins - u, nm she wrote. under date II
~ wnm"n AMI a. .7y ~, ,SlI MN 70 ,lta's
Tho hr, "u " az. Wy ior!te IN u aars OF
coauette md nrnyeJ bp ~ AZ yTiunE .apy a.
i rnfn III hu t rnSsu nun 10 ulsini-s ier IRON
hy ~ th , 1v T.; ~ nis te,n.nnrance iorci;
haen camsna v 'r r ~, r" lai'I a,, III, Ia1
!, bd s ~ srea. trei sald thht ths Tear OF
a. a' :, ~ 'eu NJ, slnCc i4r nuspanus ueath. 10
III ~ ~ si'toS, c,iot', 10 De cam anu cheer
. 3.an,u,, sn2ke OF the thought OF insanity as
TN. "t, "n sa a;iv;, ,ro,oo,; -.
x,i,h ~ nv i, Svssion proceeulngs began
Mrr;i 70 iCcau r ~ mh2,her ie,ler from Mrs.
v,ss, s -, ~ ~ mn SUI "iO'o'
fate lear fr are yo NV . imsaS ,nssny Is h'
There j. No h.,'',n.ss u, ~ ~ @ oN.t iope
,nncn ef1rt as Eyer Tas made BY any one 10 keen my
oY an haye r wased my room with The one PRAYER on
In reference TO the girl who had reie,tad hin,
she wrote. She has neithor borr, ,,,i,,,,,'i.''
nor refinement VIII 10 -, "a ~. ~.
- ~" VIZ i, - 90 n'ciSluh 10 say ny
MoIu9' No IN April; louo, she wrote enlOin-
ing george 10 eNpend the fortune left by Can't
Merrill to bring Green 4 Co. to Justice said
they had insulted her and mn the IT. f.,. N ~,
face, and blamed him for all. The witness con.
''H"r"'
In April 1860 Mrs Merrill returned 10 this country nd
In the autumn that wear went back 10 Turore Went
~ Euru IN the summer OF She reaue .ad me Ia
go and then changed her mind At the la. moment
returned october She was then hoi. hut shortly
after returned t. Pans continued To .N.rttsc control
over the Merrill during the winter ct i-,l 81
under the powers attorney she had given me shortly
after her becoming eNeruiriN under fathers will In
November. l~iu had printed al Mrs Nerrfs reuu.st
number CIRCULAR. co. h.. cd otter Ia N.,rs lr.t,
Go from her. their reply she drmauiins wnv they
fud not obtained her -i-iiur. their books and th,v
very politely Offering tu show that II WAS there Tnn..
She mad sent 10 Ief in Paris.
l., q i.....rr 100, i -
4, ~ l'Ni, "a I,N' - i7vi, Sus wrote 70 beorEe
u'U SN' hiu cane upon NhndennrOOk Green
70 dtmund III" money they owed her, and that
they called "a gcuiurne, and not only mt her
on; ol the on ~. I'm. sent nor In ,h. R,,r.,,, ~
prt,.. ma r.,r..'nt Il ,h,, W pi.nu ~; VI
., 'i,,',i,, ~ ,'lat SH' was tir Nl'tlH
IrhGlH thr lndlenltleS they had put upon her,
Hni called upon George to aid her in exposing
and ruiuinv Them - -
TIM ,rituoe- L.ro o,,o.o1 ,,,.,, . I...u.,
.,.'..',,.,,, a. ~ 'nt,i'u, upon n'thilfl
"a M gong mo tlie army, rs a Ser
t'.It 81 .I.l-inrciS IN the Jtll Regiment n. \.
;. NJ. IN 1851. He said: