New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-16

mn nse ot action The trustees he stated Tecelveu no
@ ,s p;Ioe was corporate one. They had no lndl
yi,uai power Judge MeAdam denied tbe yte9s
be would listen to Iouon ior hon-s''"'' ~
testimony was IN - -,
ybn NJ Nerrick civil engineer and Commissioner OF
Dranage 81 Richmond County, showed dasr5Sns i od
,sccnt nars OF the Bridge. Lizzie Harmon sain tpas
Inc crowd on Bridge at the time Of the aScdeec ht
go lsrge that she could hardly move she nan gone
three Yards upon the upper promenade when net face
was thrown backward, snd she Was 3 yaTe Wing
under her and upon, top OF her; snJ irpTteS
crushed sryo The arms and chest She had severe pain
AZ The heart, and was Injured Internally ,., s,o-r
,,rSan ID Gardner testified that there was no zee.
rranbc or telephone communication upon the hr'Se 1t
he ef time.
WHICH IS GENERAL FUNK'S WIDOW
,, me-, CLAIMS OF MRS. SOPHIA AND MRS.
urIEy-ARGUMENT BEFORE THE SURROGATE
surrogate Rollins listened yesterday to the
claims Of Mrs sophia NJ. Funk and Mrs Helen fuhA'
h ~ ,ybou, asserts that she the and only widow
of the late General Augustus Funk. VINO oie" III lS
i,v on october Is d. s. Riddle represented Mrs
c,,o NJ and Michael C. Gross Mrs Helens The case
came ND on an order for Mrs Helen to show cause why
NJ sonha should not he granted letters OF admins
,ration upon the property Of the testaor MI hu"e
rcbeorsed the history OF the married life OF General iuhA
and Mrs Sophia NJ. Funk. already Published III liE
rp,pr-sE He declared that TIE two mad lived happily
,oo,bcr until I'm 1871, when Of Lydia Thompson
b,ndcs stole the Generals affections Then came the
Utah divorce 1879 the Judgment for aimony IN favor
of the petitioncr and the death Of General Funk MI
Riddle asserted that the petitioner had no knowledge Oh
the Utah proceeding and that the divorce was vaceS
MFR Gross presented statement by the keeper oil 'hc
state Prison at Trenton " j.. the effect that man
named Van stanton or Santon had served two years
there for forgery aud asserted that Dr. Altenci' M
had made an affidavit that Mrs Helen FUNK was lileh
Wnllgan or Helen Bcllcw and mad lived III open aHut
cry with Augustus Funk, was person EoWh 10 ,Gc
criminal records" He read the affidavit oi Mrs ieI, %
Funk alleging that she was married 10 l', ti, tbn
April ?. 1873. after having seen the tan dlT d
was such and that Dr. Altenhein had never ko" n'r
as Ellen Mulligan; ana denying his statements ssu
orally Mr. Gross then offered In evidence q copy OF
written statement purpOrtiuc To have heth hi'' ny
Augustus Funk last year, INT IL was cTc,.t "n ny
ground that il incompetent. The aiuiaNi oI luHp
Donuarum then read, To the ccct ulat DC n',u
been an intimate friend Of Augustus Funk ana Knew
Mrs. Helen Funk and Dr. AltCnhcin, ana thd SUI n'"
always passed a. General Funks wife lie uu h"I w
heyc that General Funk mad ever implied w
Lake (ounty, Utah. THAT Itself sad he" mas INC
irnch Of indrccncy That Territory has given refuge
for lies and frauds 10 any mi-creant scoundrcl Wio
W., Wv ,I I,d in become resilient there Tho law Of
lSS was 80 bad that believe, IL has been repealed IN
one year under IT, 100 iN orceS we've granted "t hhe
rs,r, ain 10 non residents many of them he'ic Two.
lays di, orces" A. no inotco was served aud - Mrs
Mr. Riddle hrd that The divorce mil ana VOID
There md been charg" even Of improper '"'"n' l.
Mr. Gross asserted that there was high su"t} Tor ne
however that the Surrogate would decline 10 Grant the
to the petitioner IN Ul'I'' 'Hds
the ,,,r b. fully presented 90 tril Ia the courts
Tine Surrogate reserved his decision.
The statement alleged to- have hcCn written on by
General Funk, which was excluded hy the surrogate,
h.rs the date March y, 1852 aud uurphr's To nave
been made n ChirSeo II opens Win the statement tHAt
(;rucIal Funk Au- h'lu IA Appdll h'"t, J. a. on ""
,r,ri,.r ~ 1873. when he vas between tiiirrn ShI
fourteen years nd. ia 1897. aud attending the
Chgysti.st Schon. be luri Mr.. sophia Matilda Icnhr
iir wife James Mel one. Centre NhrEot hit'h'I
Nv visits ECI h,CJuc frequent NE -ldtnrHt CON
iiu.r. tom The fact iil. inns woman having ruP9f'
every means which youth J. susceptible. lea nun
,.triy and hcjd Uiiu in her power lis parents unAS
.,.,,,c >u.roa~ h.> visit. and .ao utplh"l |t'r"
,tpou the vaua vho. however kept her power over hi
and WIS finally beaten gni abandoned 10y Hl h"r'h'
,nlv f,,r tho uc.!,nnr, had told him ut itr c'i iI
.,-r.., Young Funk then went 70 lis" win ~" Woman
itki;. htr maiden sutton. he I""N'" hiM To
N:,iig 1851. ~ s-rd tlrIr a., DIS NE "' g. ''
i NM, her afcr death - h"r husband. 'u N"N'
i.r lsGI on the threat Of exposing hu ." US lr'""
officers and hid rldJ i, H.r "irct phl ''uf %"i
tluclI, lie had ~ojght ihc Utah dNo'r IT, NJ lest
dcsrr,it resort tn. ducurui sld'N thLt Nr'ld''-
ti,ri OF th> satrmruts Nr uhthurI lfuW lh'hl-
Sun~nu % the United states SUIT Treasury Bulh"v "i
s,Innrl ! II. Hobart Ward. the ci"k 81 Tho 0"I"'m
Cont and of Augustus Funk, the father az trut!d!
Augustus Funk living at Houston 81 aud SccohdaNt'