The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-28
THE coMwonoRn'S uRirM

onc-- 6" iH~"v- - 'si'f-f -irc rirt to the
S-uvcrrm TRENT Tr.. ~ l..ur &c. .t,.,d.
The ilrs. ilucss In the Wander bit viii case
yesterday was James VI. Cross. who. in March.
1884. married the Commodorcs eldest daugh-
ter. Mr. Lord offered to prove by this witness
that the Commodore WIS very brutal in his
treatment OF Cornelius i. Vanderbilt M to the
death Of the Htter'S wife. in Illustration II
which. at the time of Loui@n's marriage in 1857
the old man seized his ~ou and cndcavorod to
throw him over the hausi,r- and down stairs.
hut the hoy cluded his grasp anG fled 10 the
woods. After Mrs. c. j. Nanlrlit'- death the
Commodore received telegram ann uncins
the fact. and then made certain statements oN-
pressive of his contrtion for his treatment ~
Cornelius. and promises of amendment 10 tn"
future. He wu- Kind tn him thru uuth to for-
mat on Of the conspiracy % y .Na'ni.r. 1874.
WHOM he returned tu .i- turiuNr lur-N nrs-.
Tho Court cNclud"d tine Irou, i-'' rvi fu.'. roe
marking that IT WIS fIrft r.iIif,. arr .,.Vari
and seemed NOR in tine int .r"~t oi ~" protfl-
uent tiuu the routt.-furt. " iiil ass tN"n saul:
In 1870. when tnr tornotot" WIS worry ~''k
md eNpcetcd To- die. w.. with Fl 90 90 .fis. afni
he said io me-. Don't boz t'n auNlou- tu mahr
money; there enough los you ",i
Vanderbilt when hv. Wn- supposed to have,
yiver "a hil vessel ~ o. Government and got
much ere dit thereby giG not 100 reality XIV, il,..
said vessel To- ti" Gov rurlt me-. iui nat from
1855 Of her return from l'rr-id, ~ l. unuiu; tlu
NE said subsequently ho would ru 10 rth"r
have MS vessel hn'k than huN" Ia" iuu,ill
awarded him: and shat when h. dii rrinuu. III
her to the Government IL wi>iuat ho might ilt'-
rive certain advantages tn his ,,rD interests in
trndc on thr Pacific Tho Surrogate rNrIiiIrd
the evidence. romarkinl thW tire Commodore.
unfortunately. was not tho only one who traded
on patriotism.
J. W. peppnrd was callod upon to prove that
IN 1853 the tOmmOuOt" iouni % druuhtu no Atrp
" his stable and viol 'utly n.H MIN. tW ihc
Iour rejected the evidence upon tie Direction
Of the proponents counsel.
Why do you obJectT cN-Iudsc Black do
"Brcnusc." Mr.. Clinton rrplicd. III vou uroye
NAT the tommodor" un"n X .,rd a. driutru Mig
ger, you vi, rutm Nour els" % W. don uf' ~"
every i'm" the t9nmodor' nict nlgg"r with
out kicking him.
The long expected detectives coming from
Chicago. whose arrival ha-h "'n promised fr .m
day 10 day bv tho contestants counsel. had not
yet appeared. EX-JudCe Black privately corr-
selled Mr.. scott lord 20 dcciar" in open court
their reasons for hrllef tnut ih"s" Important
witnesses had been spirited HWHV ly tu. n'Nsr
side. MIR. Lord d,t"rmlu"d. hOWrN'r.to ii,l up
the day a. we'll n possible with what Niiu"s -Dr
he could muster. and notwithstanding wr.u4. .e-
over. offered testimony. ON the other l'. *
Judge COMs,ocS and Ir. tliut,n Wrrr-rr.Iu-iy
contemplating their ng-ihr"A'ru'd i4utlon for
a perempt1ry closing OF the CONTESTANTS raec.
Thus matters stood when Mr.. Mary \. La
noon. The rest OF the session WIS almost en-
tirey taken up 10y offers of testimony ur the
Vanderbilt di~lik" IT Cornelius. and william
u. Vanderbilt promises t. do right lN his Sis
tiers and Cornelius. Ncqriy al m" oif"r~ were
ruled ont. An o1'r To- show that at tine time of
the reading of "a" Will 40 the prr-rn. 90 of the
heirs. William II. throw himself ou the piino
and wept. and then threw hi- arms about Cor
nsliuS's neck, and said hr WDult dn rll.ni ny
him. and that III" Will WIS ~ great -urpr -a TO
him as to tn. rest was also ~ 'lui.d Ine sur
rogate said that h" dill not Trims that Tho, court.
counsel. or community would 10" o'iif"d hv
drawing aside the curiain from ~" dowe-iir
life OF the iamy. An oilcrto show that WI inW
III. had promised to pay the heGuv-i II sjuu.O1u
10 Mrs, ia liau; and 20 ali f1uuNNp ~ n-lit