New-York tribune., 1879-03-05
COyllENT5 ON THE EEsULT.

COMMENTS ON THE RESULT
,r.. vA>pElBuTs COUNSEL DLCLAU 1nAT THERE
I,. nEEN SO CuNrLu.i.t --CJTI LOaD NrGT
Ef1ICrNr-pErAUs og IHE COMPROMISE FROM
A TRUSTWORTHY soUECE-OIHEE OPINIONS.
Joseph II. Choatc, of counsel for the pro-
pnncut sand last evening, when asked about On" cause
of This action Of the contestants THE sudden termu-
tion Of tine PROCEEDINGS was a complete sur
rri>c TO me- | had no hiLt OF such action from
tLe counsel on tho other SIDE. We Uad Lear"
so much talk about tic number Of witnesses
they desired TO have testify that We expected the
case would ocr1py tho grelter part OF the month When
t.c, a,.ed 10 have the cA-e submitted without argu-
meut We couid wei afford 10 let % ~ ia that way There
p.. lo need ANY arguments on our sue 10 support
the evidence we had furnished"
"You believe then that tie c5so viii be decided iu
your idyorl" he was asked.
IJcrs cannot VI be any other decision" DE replied
.'rue acuon of the counsel on the other side may be-
REGARDED as "a virtual abandonment Of ucr position.
And what bad they 10 abInlonl Nothing except ma,s
nf pe.iur,s Mr.. YaudrIbILs testimony to-day exposed
tHs last Of the tissue OF lies which had been used IN the
attempt Co break TIE Will When Was shown that tue
irtcl IONS OF the Commodorr's viii hau been expressed
ty um twenty years aaO, all support Of the theory oil
undue Influence was tJaeu away and the theory d, -l
tuIub cd at once"
".rue manner IN which the case closed may have
caused "A suspicion THAI there was COMPROMISE e
There - not the slgutcst foundation for such sus-
ri..ou" Mr.. Cuolte sad $50 fan as know Mi. Van
abandonment OF the c,o ny the opposing COUNSEL II he
h4l been 90 communication Win l4r olhtI 7ut H'' "
have known Il, ihuk. aud no hIh' Oh sue" 'H'"A "'
wnat VA the reason for the re.racion o. certain t-
situations against the late Comin"HoIt ''AueID"' s.
"rnat was as uacha surprise - tae motion 20 sup-
fUg ,r tae couu-c go r.rtct The MUST imIu atou~
VIA cn tney uad east upon c7tiuablc lady bui u rs
uucn 10 D. regretted also that any sucA 'mpuaHoh7
ever were made use of"
TXJUDGL CONsTOCK's OTINiON
"The abrupt termination Of tho to-day" said ex-
Judge CoustOck last n2ht, was not altogether unex-
pect,d. We had anticipated such an ending 70 the
couicst but hardly prepared to Ieacn % so soon
"Wuat reason DO you assign Tor the action Of the
contestant I" as,ed the reporter.
The evidence became very strong and the long line
" u.i.5-jIt Commodore aiWdye Kept one Dy hln.A-
tending over twenty-five years, al 0spo,lne ol thc
estate much same way tho one submitted for
probate. Cornelius j. aud the daughters beiuE provided
Tor ia the same manner bore heavily against them.
"Were YOU aware tnat tne orer TO- submit the case
the terminate very s"on ana were prepared 10
sum IL up at any nom ni Inc H''oh "-''J 10 VII ual
anaudoniuent Of the contest"
"Was there proposition to eomPromsei .
"No n yuu say ANYTHING on that point wish Won
Noui" o , i q, ,,I r.,,.i[ed i, ms 1.r torf,--
auts could nor meet the evidence. and their admitting
the c-c without summing i up l> ~ have SAID before,
a virtual aOandonm. no u the contest bY w,m.'
WHAT SCOTT LORD SAYS.
"vhcn The proponents rested to-day, said Mr Lord.
s every question had been thoroughly discussed, and
az even short delay might throw the case over the
summer months thought would propose TO submit
the case wItu"nt argument Inns Mas "'c'pcn ana
tuub the ourro- -ate VII declir "ltulh snort uhe IL
IT, or cOutse. useless to speculate what the decision Will
we OPINION or CORNELIUS J. VANDERBILT
Ccrurlin. J. Wand, rDlt SAID that hc did wish 10
make any statement regarding the sudden close OF the
tal that must left counsel for the contestant.
He was not himself party 10 the contest, and OF
corc no promise had been effected with him. My
relations" r sud. with brother are me same az pres
en- thcy nave brn ana unleS, sonnet unlocked for
occurs my suit against mn Ior IOvUoo va" oe prose
obstacle that has been put IL the way OF the trial. oil that
POSITIVE DETAILS OF THE COMPROMISE
A gentleman who has been intimately connected with
tho plaintiffs III the two but who positively
fu.rd to have his name mentioned stated last evening
that there had been compromise Of the pending
cases which resulted SIMPLY ia William IL.
Vanderbilt living up TO bis promise to his
brother Cornelius, to give him slOOOO0O, pro
yidcd ne made no contest Of the will ThIs agree
ment he said was so positive that Mrs La BU lnow
Mrs Burrerj one Of the sisters, who held Corneu, j..
vanderbilt I'm the greatest an elton Of all the
| surviving family, refused, when she thought
/ William II. Vanderbilt violating H. to ac-
ccpt ner share OF the estate ~ expressed in
the VIII. and sought to 'hreaE H. Al the
same time Cornelius j. NandCib,t hrougbt suit for
81 900 OOO which his brother had on red him. 1h-
i've su t. the informant added. have been compr missed,
there vii be tie more driy llurn oi the Wander
| Uir family washed in public for the present.
What brought abOu' the compIomi,eT
1T was the result Of conversation
! held between JUICE Charles A. Rtpallo, who
| drew up Commodore Naudcrhuts " u, and the
! rrrsou Who has am along rcen backing Corucu, Van
dcrbn IT,. III his don't mean his sister. who has
stood 10y nm no1ly when che might have pocketed her
lalf-m. lion and avoided trouble. THIS friend OF
youur Vanderbilt told plainly what 10 proposed
in show by uumrrOu, witnesses not Sc. d. and
the consequence thar IT agreed HAT Cornelius
! / Vanderbilt was be- paid ~ OOuOCO and costs of
ms su IN tuc supreme Court. ana Mr. La fit
~ 100000 and her expenditure u ihc Coutr.' OF the
Wi and that all testimony of character dtrugdtory
o y member Of the Vnudcf bit family, past Oh present
was Ia br suppressed
When The agreement is 10 De carried ont thc INFO
did not STATE. Int he emphatic ana positive the
! terms Of settlement