The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-06
CONTESTS OVER BIG WILLS.
THE FORTUNE LEFT ny THE INVENTOR
or THE GORDON PRESS.
His VIII Set Aside aud his Daughter Made
Richer ny uair "A MiiiIon-Aneging Undue
Influence and Upsoundncss OF Intellect.

Els VIII Set Aside aud his Daughter Made
Richer by Hair MiilIon-AIieging Undue
Influence and Upsoundncss OF Intellect.
Surrogate Daley in Brooklyn yesterday
set aside the will OF George p. Gordon. the
printing press inventor who died in Norfolk.
Va. on Jan. q. 1878. Tho will. which WIS
dated July O. 1873, disposed Of ovcr tSOO.OOO
worth Of property and, after directing the pay
mcnt Of all just debts and funeral expenses.
gave to his second wife. Lenore NJ. Gordon.
100000. in lieu of dover. and the income OF
$1,000 to his daughter. Mary Agnes Gordon.
TO be paid to her half-ycarly during her natural
life Tree and clear from all demands of her
husband If she should hereafter marry. 1tgave
20 each Of his sisters Wealthy Jane Bogert and
Adene Julia Gordon. sl0OOO; TO his nephew,
A. Sidney Doane. $4,000. and an equal one
fourth part Of all the patents granted to him by
the United States for improvements in printing
presses. and one-fourth Of all the profits that
may be derived from the sale of any and all tho
presses that may be built under these patents.
or any of them. To the five other children of
his sister. Mary Ann Doane. namely. Gordon.
Galvani. Estcllc. Blanche, and Medora. he gave
$4,000 each. To the children OF his brother.
Cuthbcrt c. Gordon. Cuthbert o.. Henry, and
Lucreta. he gave $4,000 each. To the children
of his sister, Wealthy JHnc Bogert. Ritzmcr
and Gordon. he gave $1,000 each. and $4,000 to
w. f. Winslow aud Sarah Winslow, children OF
his s,sthr.in-l Law. He gnyn To- the two children
ol W. w. VI. Cornish $1,000 each. and the same
sum TO each ot the children OF Seah c. Cornish.
To George W. Husspy his nephew he gave
$4,000. To Martha Cornish he CAV $4,000
The will next directs the executors Henry Du
BOs Van Wyck and A. Sidney Dpanc. to invest
nll the residue OF real csuto and personal prop
ery with care, and pay the income and profits
70 his wife and daughter. share and share alike.
throughout their lives and at their dcaths to
pass 10 their lawful issue. when such Guild or
children shall become q years old Failing
such lawful Issue. hc desired the trust fund 70
be disposed of according To the terms of cod-
ell. which. in his WILL ne SAYS he designed soon
10 make, but which he did not live to m!lke. He
gave To his brother. Cuthbcrt c. Gordon. ono
equal one-fQurth part of every printing press
patent that he had. al renewals of the same. and
one fourth part of all the profits that may arise
from the sale Of all the presses built or made
under the same. He gives to Timothy Cornish
The witnesses to the will were South r. Far
ringtOn and George W. Thorne.
The conte tant, Miss Mary Agnes Gordon.
tful young woman. At the first reading of the
Will she Joined with her mother in document
waving citutl On from the SurrOgate's Office but
on Fob. 10. 1878. three days later, she sent to
her cousin the following note. written in pcu-
ell. which has become one OF the papers in the
case
DrAR SIR have been waiting time. and called
today 70 say that desire 70 retrlct entirely The paper
kinine.s to draw line through my SIGNATURE, at the
Fra IS, ISIS In haste, MARY
Mss Gordon's objections to the will were
based on the averments that the will was He
Eally executed that twas insufficient: that her
father was not OF sound or disposing mind,
md that he had been subjected To undue in
nuenre 10y his wife. lenore VI. Gordon. The
only testimony taken IN the contest was that Of
the two Win sS.rs. The proponents presented
IA teebl" oppos ton to the contest
Mr.. South Harrington swore that Mr.. Gordon,
to whom he had never before spoken. accostod
him in the street. and asked him to 90 up stairs
10 a LAWYERS Office TO sign his name as a wit
ness lie cons nted, nnds signed paper but lie
a mot III il not