Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-13
THE VANDERBILT WILL,
Some Lirely Testimony Developed tn tn
PENDING Contest.

Some Lirely Testimony Developed tn the
Pending Contest.
New York Sun Report, March,
Mr.. William w. Bennett, who lives in
Jersey City, and does business at 33 West
Twenty-fourth street: said that he was an
electric physician. He testified:
was called to attend Commodore Wander
bilt as his physician in May, 1876, on his
eighty-second birthday. Mr.. De Forrest,
his nephew, requested me to attend him.
Drs. Linsly and Elliott were there when l
went into his room; also Mrs. Vanderbilt,
Mrs. Crawford. and the nurse. The Com
| modore was bowling like wild beast with
pain, SO that he could be heard all over the
house, calling on God to relieve his suffer-
ing, wondering why God was prosecuting
him so. magnetized him for about an
hour, and left him sleeping placidly. saw
him again the next day, and he was better.
| again magnetized him for an hour, and
left him quiet. After that I had to sit
up with him of nights, treating
him. He talked to mo great deal, and it
was noticeable that he repeated himself. He
said he didn't believe the doctors knew any
thing, that they were set of damned fools,
and that nothing did him good except mag
netism. saw w. II. Vanderbilt there every
day, often in his fathers room. The Com
modore's other children came and sent up
their names, but it seemed to irritate him q
great deal, and never saw one of them In
his room. I told them / must have more
help to magnetic him. I took him letter
from Miss Tennie G. Claain, offering to
treat him. He told me to keep the letter,
and said he would see about it. The next
\ TO- h
sage that my services were no longer re-
| quired. objected, to him and to Mrs. Van.
derbilt in his presence, to the arrangement
of his bed. He lay upon
a sheet laid on rubber blanket,
and as the sheet worked up, his naked limbs
would be directly against the rubber. said
he should have wooden blankets, for the sake
of their warmth. Mrs. Vanderbilt objected
that the bed was frequently soiled, and it
was so expensive to use blankets. The
Commodore exclaimed: "Damn the expense;
buy bale" But the blankets were not
procured, and the arrangement of his bed
was not changed. The Commodore often
asked for kind of cake which he called
Cookies" but only got them once or twice
IN the three weeks | was there. One day
Mrs. Vanderbilt brought him bowl of soup,
and, after taking monthful. he dashed the
bowl across the room against the wall, ex-
GLAZING: "Who in the hell sailed that soups
Mrs. Vanderbilt said she didn't know.
ordered broken ice to be
kept in bowl by his bedside
for his use, and sometimes it was allowed to
melt, and there was neglect about reflling it.
On such occasions he would demand, "Why
in hell they couldn't keep ice in that bowl
for him when he wanted it, One day he
was left alone in his room for some time and
wanting something, called for his nurses
Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Crawford, one
after another. Finally Mrs. Crawford came.
He called her to him, gripped her hand, and
squeezed 1t SO that she cried, saying to her
at the same time "Can't keep some of you
offensive words) here?'' The commodore
, told me one time that he had vision, before
l was called upon to attend him. He said
he saw roadway shaped like horseshoe
apparently stretching around his bed, and
that on one end of the roadway he saw large
number of his friends and acquaintance
moving along, ana as they travelled along
together he would see one after another drop
off, and as they went on, more and more
dropped off, and he himself seemed to be on
the road, and once or twice went to the
edge, but did not drop off, and now he said
he was standing on the edge, and did mol
know whether he would 60 off or go on his
journey. He also told me that he was
clairvoyant, and said in relation to his Their
present sickness as compared with former
sicknesses he had had during his life, that ht
could not see the end of it then, although with
all his former sicknesses he could see tht
end whether he was going to get well Of
them.
Mr.. Lord made number OF offers, which
were objected to, and were excluded by The
court, one among which was to prove by this
witness that he once overheard Mrs. Wander
bilt say speaking Of the probable duration
! of the Commodore's illness-tthe old mar
must die; can't stand this hell any longer
Mr.. Clinton objected, but in SO doing ex
pressed his regret that, being consistent ir
his objections, forbade his Joining issue or
that avowed offer.
The witness continued:
The commodore said to me that he hac
suffered for years with the diseases which
afflicted him when was called in. An ofel
by Mr.. Lord to introduce some evidence
bringing Tennie g. Clafin, and certain
picture called "Aurora'' into the case, was
, objected to and excluded.] During the thirt
, week of my attendance there, after the com
modore got improved sufficiently to sit u,
and read a newspaper, and attend to hi,
business generally, l, having seen the various
members of his family call, said to him
i Commodore, you are now well enough t,
receive all your children; will you not d.
so1' He got into furious rage, and burs
out, mo, damn them. They are ell BASTARD
but BILL
The Ell Paso Suit Dismissed With Coats tc
Complainants.
RocHEs1ER, N. 7, March 12.-Judg
Drumsey to-day decided the famous Ell Pas,
railway suit brought by Thomas G. Bate
J to recover over half million dollars q