The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-08-22
Mrs, Dorsey Defended.

In lengthy letter to the St. Lou
is Republican, Mr.. Il. Ii. FarIar, of
New Orleans defends the action of
Mrs. Dorsey in making her will,
and dissipates the fanciful estimate
placed on her property By her rela-
tives in the North. After giving
a history of the will, Mr.. Farrar
says:
| wish to advert to the grounds
upon which it isproposed to attack
Mrs. Dorsey's will. The testament
being perfect in from, the testatrix
being capable of giving, and the
legatee capable of receiving, it is
said that it will be attacked as hay
ing been made through undue in
fuence, or Oh the ground that the
testatrix was insane.
Now Mrs. Dorsey was a citizen
of Louisiana; she died here and the
bulk OF her property is here. I'm.
der our beneiicicnt system of law
which snppreSScs and discountcnan-
~ s~ranlalous litigation of all sorts,
20 such contests over wills can
take place as disgrace the surrogate
courts of New York. Article 1492
of the civil code provides that
'proot is not admitted of the dis
positions Gnterviras and mortis
causa) having been made through
hatred, anger suggeHtion OF capita
tiOnp 90 much for fire first
ground. AS your article states
that the heirs + looking tor d
contingent fee lawyer, l do not
think any shark in the profession
for contingent fee lawyers are
generally maripe monsters of tlrat
s~pecies--can be found who will be
TOOL enough to hurl himself against
the prohibition contained in article
1892.
But even if the law were other
wise, do not hesitate to declare
boldly from my personal knowledge
OF TIE facts and the parties that all
statements and suggestions that
Mr.. Davis exercised u particle Of
:nhuenceover Mrs. Dorsey toinduce
her to make him her legatee are
born of greed and hate--the filthy
progeny of the awri sdcrd fumes
and arc unqualifiedly false, malici.
Gus and contemplate.
To those who knew Mrs. Dorsey,
this senile and juvenile bubble
about undue influence is equaled
in absurdity only by the statement
that fshe was rendered incapable
of making a will by mental de-
rangement. She was Il woman
of no ordinary type aud of more
than extraordinary attainments.
An Omniverous reader and an in
tense student, her memory retain.
ed, and her strong clear mind di-
gested what she read. As a con
versationalist she appeared to bet
ter advantage than as a writer-a
due to her cultivation OF the
art of conversation.
Although she was a strong adro.
cate of female suffrage and of wo-
mems rights, the last thing that
came from her pen was a petition
TO the constitutional convention.
written upon her deathbed, asking
hat the women Oh Louisiana be
given the right to vote. A more
'efined, a mere gentle and a more
yOmanly woman never lived. And
while her Friends can speak with
Of the bFilliancy of her
alents and the profoundly of her
earning, they can Also say with
heartfelt emotion that ber heart WAS
Would to God that her h~istrous
yes coHld wake from the lethargy
f the grave and pierce with their
eorntel chances the foul ghouls
rho, under the guise OF relation
hip, seek to- bkacken her noble
operation, and to dfn the halo OF
ofor that shines afound her
anne.