New-York tribune., 1878-10-16

testimony does not frghten In the least Wepropose
to show that the intimate relations existing between
dore after his marriage TO her in position where be
could not help beng powerfully influenced by her,"
The SurrOgate-li yOn viii point e. one single 9lrcuin-
stance that shows that Miss Crawford attempted TO In
hueuce the testatoF In the execution Of the Will sha
hear the testimony I'D RTused Otherwise 1t looks very
like wantOn attempt 10 Dacken the character OF per
son without affecting the issurs OF the case Ihere s
money 1ugh in the whole Vanderbilt estate 20 WASH
clean the character that Is tainted with such an az
tempt
understand tuat by such language IL Is throwing upon
cleut the stain that H. deprecates when cast
upon Miss Crawford Is Mrs La Bau 10 enuure sue"
Inc SuTTogote-I think Mrs La Bau has been under
very bad counsel when she is led 10 make such offers
Judge BlJCd-Ins ~ an ImpuauOn wnch. ehlulmg
from any man, on the bench or on Is not 70 ne iiu2 @
borne. Wei, we know what we stall have 10 Deaf anu
WE know wnat we shall give IN rrtuIn. - =,
Mr. LOrd-Whatever my other iaiings may be, thank
God coward, and this throat OF the Court does
not frghten In the least Sull, not TO have IN i
hheteGnth century Ine courts GlsgIdceu DS Su'n W mn ~
upon the record that the Court has threatened 10 nave
the counsel punished for contempt for Offering testl-
Mf. Clinton wanted to say something He arose and
had SAID word or two when william H. NanderMt
caught hm by cOattals ana pull ed him down in his
and Mr.. ChOate got lie began 10 speak AGAIN OF
the turmtude Of attempting TO bure me character OF
stranger 10 the cause, woman WHO bad an unbemshed
character" Mrs La Ban mao Deen unable TO restrain
whenever the good character Of the COmmo-
dOres widow had been adyetcd TO- and at this expIes-
sion of Mr. ChOate she laughed OOKcd the open
space between herself ana her brother william, and
him in scOrnful Whisper, What do Bou think Of
thatf" William II. Vanderbilt was IOOHinS at spot on
the wall, and not muscle OF his face moved.
The Surrogate TO the contestants cOunseD-DO you
Mr.. Lord said tnat they only wished to show
the relations that existed between William II.
Vanderbilt and Miss Crawford before her MAJ
rage TO the Commodore The oner was formally
made. objected TO- excluded. and the witness stepped
down.
THE CONNIODORE's QUESTIONS TO TIE DEAD.
The last stimony was given by James B. Mansfield,
of No. 6 West FOrtysecOndst who declared thai hehad
been writing SpiruLiisc medium" for thirty years,
and had known Commodore Vanderbilt for fourteen years
before bis death. lie received number OF letters
spiritual subjects from the Commodore but they had
destroyed and he only remembered their contents
from memoranda made ut the time in private Dook'
Within the envelope in each case was message directed
to some dead person. One that was received while the
Tuuis Egbert" 1t read Please advise me for the best
Have you any word for Charottei Are YOU win me
ana Fraukl DO NV WAYS please your nave You me !
Sophia and GcOrgGH A communication was received
from Tuns EgOert and sent 20 the Commodore = re-
ceived it, the wItntss, "Outside Of my own seusi
tions and took it granted 1t came from inc 'Oics
it pnrpored TO com" rom; That Is The reason say
In explaining me absence of the private book with the
memoranda, Mr. Lord sad tDat he had seen H. ana
contaI ed some very distinguished names that he Ola
not wish TO bring into the case.
The witness IN CONTINUING testified that while living
IN Boston received three spiritual inquiries from the
Commodore The first was to his iather ana there was
answer The second called Tor gohn De fOiesI aud
SAID, Please advise me as to now may he cured OF ny
kidney coinolanL" An answer was sent ine 'HiLu ai
letter, In 1864, was 10 the C"muOuurcs ldtHtr nc
Commodore used 20 10 the Witucss's Office in New
York after s6I ana bring messages 10 dead persons
He would according 10 the custom, write ms question,
seal The paper and lay il the tabc. The witness
wrote the reply, laid 1t beside the other, ana
then the Commodore would open both. AZ
a visit in 1850 the Commodore asked his
rather about q cure for rupture. At another visit In
1871 he wrote questions TO SUnhia: "Can d. any tng
Tor you9 Are yOu often with me aud FraukP Iu 1919,
in a cOnVcrSatiun Commodore talked with The Wiz
ness about Sp!rualisin and church CI"cGs He wanted
10 know the YIrws the witness about hell The Com
medOre said he believed IN SplTituusl". and received
comfort IN tue belief and from talking with hiS dead
friends About tIis time he sent cOmmunication TO
his dead wife asking II ways pleased hCr and II nc
cOuld do anything iJr her.
The witness was not allowed TO testify whether the
Commodore had eXpr. ssed disbelief III Spirit
uallsm.
To-day comes the contest between the opposing couu
sci as to whether time shall bc allowed the CON
feat9