The New York herald., 1878-09-21
VANDERBILT WILL CONTEST.
LIVELY SCENES IN THE suRRooATEs COURT
TESTIMONY EXCLUDED.

LIVELY SCENES IN THE sURRooATE's COURT
TESTIMONY EXCLUDED.
The hearing In the Vanderbilt will case was re-
sumed Yesterday morning before Surrogate Calvin,
after intermission OF two months with the under
standing that the contestants must finish their
within eight days The persons Interested in tho
trial reappeared in the court In their
usual places. On ono side were seated
Mr.. william II. Vanderbilt, with his friends Augustus
ScheIl ana Samuel Bsrgcr, while seated at the long
table IN front OF the Judges bench, were the lawyers
Tor tho proponents-Messrs. Henry Clinton, Joseph
Il. Choats and ex-Judge Comstock. On he other
side OF the were Mr. Cornelius J. Wander
bil Mrs. La Bau and other contestants, IN front o.
whom thor legal represcntatives-Messrs. Scott
Lord, Ethan Allon ana S. N. soioman.
'GIvE ANOTHER HORSE"
Mauriston W. Small, OF No. 104 Columbia Heights,
Brooklyn, was examined as TO conversation he had
had with the Commodore some eight years before tho
laters death. The Commodore asked witness he had
any children, and, upon his answering no, the Com
moaore replied :-"It Is just as we'll have dozen,
but none OF them are worth damn, except one, and
no is good one"
Mrs. Esther King, who resides in Brooklyn, testi-
fed that Ia 1865 shc became acquainted with Miss
Florence Temple and wen, with ner one day to see
the Commodore at his oice, IN Fourth street; Miss
Temple asked him TO give her another morse or sue
would expose him; the Commodore excitedy walked
up and down tho room and said, "lve gwen you
ano her and another; you've sold tnem you've sold
them; will not give you another horse;" the Com
modore, however, finally promised the horse 10 Mss
Temple and said no would give one to the witness
also.
Witness next described another interview with the
Commodore IN his Office IN the autumn oil 1874 While
she was in tho room William II. Vanderbilt came
and talked IN a low tone with the Commodore. The
Commodore replied loudly, ''Why, are you not salts
led with what have done for you in the will?n
Yes you know Corneel and ali the girls hate you
and wish you wore dead,n rsphsd William H. Then
he went out OF the room and the Commodore said,
all fha nth hor ch hns mo
AFTERSooN SESSION.
A recess OF over hour was here taken At its
close Mrs. La Bau called to the stand odd you
ever say 10 William H., in his presence. that you
hated your father and wished he Was dead S was the
first question put by Mr.. Lord. Mr. Clinton immed
ately objected, and the Surrogate excluded the ques
ton.
Dr. Walker Gill.wie testified as to the diseases the
Commodore had con tracted.
Mrs. Mary L. Stone testified that she lived at No
70 West Forty-ninth street; Commodore Vanderbilt
her family soon alter Cornelius marriage;
he SAID Cornelius had married TO suit him and
would a new leui; witness next saw the
Com sdore In September 1873. at his Office In Fourth
streeI; wanted TO teach school, ana called MIN
for help; he suggested hail up town as suitable
place Tor the SCHOOL, she objected because II had becp
THE L. wYxKs AT LoGGEnnEAps.
Mr. Clinton objected TO tne testimony and IL was
exc luded
Witness again saw tho Commodore In January or
February, 1875; sho wanted to get situation on the
terfered, saying the Commodore could do nothing
the latter replied, eyes can; you can't have ali
your own way yet. DaVe muue u Will Just hB you
William snd tue spirits directed, and that ought
TO satisfy you.'
This testimony at drew forth q storm OF ohjec-
tions from the other side. Mr. Lord offered prove
that the Com modore said he had received n conn
ncation from h,s dead WHO advising him to give his
property son, TO Keep II together, and
that he was gong TO DO u. Mr. CLINTON hinted some
thing about ''man nuiaciured evidence" but tho Sur
rogste there clearly lack OF ability
on questions which were not pertinent to the sub
ject- He excluded the evidence mis- point and
| clared the hearing adjourned until next Tuesday
| morn ing ~ half-past ten O'Clock.