The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-13
WHAT THE COMMODORE SAID
~ SHALL LEfJE tORNELIUS As MUCH
As Any or NY CIiILDREN."


Interesting Testimony In the Great Wander.
biit VIII Case" You Can Depend ON Him
Now"-"HiIiy says More Than lie Knows"
In the Vanderbilt will case, yesterday
morning. counsel used up good deal Of time
in an argument on the question OF the admissi-
billy OF admissions of legntocs subsequent to
thu execution OF the will and codicl The Court
finally took the authorities. and reserved dcci-
sicn.
s1r. Benjamin Wood testified:
have known Commodore Vanderbilt intimately for
OIL many topics
Mr.. Lord offered to provo by this witness that
the Commodore told him Mrs. Tufts could cure
diseases by inspecting locks of hair from pa
tients heads Objected TO. argued at length.
and finally excluded.
Cornelius NJ. Mcscroc testified:
Ihavc been a resident OF New York forty wear. Knew
nrst KNOW nm, wa; slightly ,9anied Win V9rnc'
The Commodore called me into In. office and said 10 me
ah, e hd aw ags 81 Ss ice " Of & Hudson ant
use IN The summ,r Ic said he hogeh there was aeood
and make some inquiries about it About, week after he
sS ~ 70 Ne ao2u' Iia IN ,nc p.enct 81 Geo orood
sald Any lu,thcr than III general way. He .ad he
way long enough Anew days after The Comm called
IT, io nis .ner anu again OPENED the subject aga
.liyhty, no, very well" welt" said he hess smart
When ycg sec HIM have tain With hin aSo" His lee
say oh hes very d,acren, s"r, OF NAN to wGnt he
used t. be- You can depend him now lie asked me
said or three hundred thousand dollar lie said
did not say 50 direciS Gu SI ap to- MUM r ai
he wanted Cornelius and myself to 20 into busncss
sna s, w sS ' e en ss ice 'qnfs; "a, Know
Robert c. Morris. reporter. testfed:
About 1874 called upon Commodore Vanderbilt at his
rmo TR That s ws, S S.gE to ", 6 r %
road Company Before going TO the Commodore had
an a. interview with WIN H. Nanderbt and mentioned to
ger him and he exclaimed impatienuy. Biy. billy.
Mrs. Margaret Massey testified:
Twas in service In Mr. Cornelius j. vandcrhilts house
an and s na r n sr, in re
Oh, lie used to come up there nearly every month and
much as eight or ten days at time Heard ic conmo s
d9rc say TO Charter OAK stewart that the condition
present one day when Cornelius had very severe it,
pciurc the .hp vSnder6li that wSs hansins in hs
room would have given that ship to cure Cornelius
n, vanderbilt, and ;;aid 10 her Mrs vanisfGilt /
hildioh' she seemed quite pleased aboutit
Curtis Bacon of Middletown. Conn. testified:
was United States Marshal under Presidents Pierce
1 rdcS Of small savings bsSS KNEW noi5 @Sr
me- MRn Sa wrn ns n, 1hS
sc, ,ne Son'nodore about the debt and was accompanied
L. .,nisn9dot9 ssid' can't nay YOU now and don
hA"N Mhetlef shan IN my lifetime not. hut at
.rht YOU shall have Your pay The same thing. prnc-
ncallS he subsequently, repeated to Alter Cornelius
Mrni through bank ruptcy lent him t3Op and
Other timc SOD both times notes ned by Cornelius
hni NJ wife Nothing OF principal interest either
mos loans mas ever been paid although Cornelius took
~ ue note tor the hr-t 500 after gong through bank.
iuptcy ana gave instead of II note Tor principal
ercst amounting to about 500. knew that Cornelius
pNncd nothing, also that hs wife owned nothing bnt
her iather was well of and Cornelius moved IN good
society. - -"
Charles NJ. Simonson testified:
u live In BroSklyn Am clerk ut the Grand Central
alroad depot Have been there eleven wears Com.
inodore vanderbilt was my greatunce. | him once
uurlns ms last Illness There was TRANSACTION that
Time between U.S. ram legatee under the will
=, Mr.. Lord offered TO prove by this witness that
PIE Commodore gave him s.. 900 in bonds say
Ing TO him: This they cannot take from you,
whatever else they may do after my death"
Mr.. Clinton objected and the evidence was ex-
sluded by order of the Court
Jacob II. Vanderbilt testified:
reside on staten Island Have lived there thirty 1--WE
PEARS Am brother OF Commodore Vanderbilt Lived
In 1882. ~
- Nir. Lord offered to show by this witness that
Commodore Vanderbilt talked with the witness
about his fathers will. and justified the equality
OF the division under it. Objected to by ex-
Judge Comstock. as incompetent and irrel-
evant, and ruled out on both grounds.
Dr.; VIM. Bodenhamer was recalled. in order
20 give him an opportunity to make some
trivial corrections in his former testimony.