New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-17
MR.. COMBINES NINTH DAY.
ruporcp WITH VAN sANrvooRD AT LAST.
. HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION THAT CAUSED 0oN-
-. ,,,>,TuE WITNESSES DAZEp

. rVpnrtrrrrcIL QUESTION THAT CAUSED NO-'
srrRSAuON-THE WITNESSES pAzhp'
,,orCc audience gathered in the Surrogate
,,,, yesterday 20 listen 70 Mr.. COnSEhs III MS M
nrotation OF Jesse hoyt's testamentary , ,h
,sorve his influence upon Cornelius van Sd"' '''' w
,.,av lawyer who drew up the documents se'tihe
80, f,rtb william NJ. Evarts was the only one absent
n, thr seven lawyers engaged In the pursuit VI uu''
"a found in Mr. Hoyt's win. Mrs Helen MARIA hoS' anu
Mas Mary Irene Hoyt patient hearers upon tne
ninth day OF Mr.. Van santvoords examihalou' M
Con,,linc and Mr. Root first closed in Legal caonSS
80, con - IN which Mr. Root suggested that his leaFnou
ta,onist wac ignorant OF principles OF law Win Whcn
ne Mr. Root was acquainted when nc was Doy'
u,,on Nr Conkling wondered aloud where Mt ROO wa
ios whcnrhe foundations of the world were LAID Inc
bsrel genial old gentleman who on MondaV state" nc
Mr. Conklng possessed the phrenoloG'cai ue'elop'e
~ a cr.at LAWYER hooked ont from behind piar anu
nodded approval OF the ex-Senator's comment M va
saptvoord was then led to say that ne hau eAi
Jesse Hoyt's wills Of 1870 and lsIJ' ana 'u'. M
,.idaa alike for Mrs IIoyt and Mary Hoy hl'AlnS -
also residuary egatees. The witness was soon :" -,
L,-potheticsl question which took MI. Cousins Il" -
- to o,ounce completely dazed Mr.. Van Santvooiu
bv lis length and required senocrapher uhd'rnii Un
minute 10 read. The witness s0'O"'
face IN in a comprehensive ehort 10 sr"7p
-. %. badlv mixed over the fee and corpls
nhrase in IT, grew rate over the tenth clause anu
sired TO know If his learned brother took MN LOT %
min Mr. Root objected to an implc ion IN the q1e'
ton Mr. Conklinc thcreupon made an lDpiSoheu anu
histrionc address to the Surrogate III supPo't %
ston and of Miss Hoyt's interests as AGAINST 'ie
tors Mr. Root replied at less length AMI WIN less N-o
- g,-i ,l,o, ro.e and said with dignity: "Hour
I,or ms is dispute about words" The Surrogate
admitted this evidence competent, aHdlhs' Mo''
disputes are" The question was modheu W va
Coaklng with the result that The "i'u'S'
claimed: That muddles ne more IMAM ever
MFR Conkllur muttergd "Oh DEAR" not tenderly' sno
thp oil
with surprised expression that MT ConKlhG snou''
have "rpuddled ANYBODY. Mr.. Van sautvooiu tn'h
said eyes" under protest draft Of the VIII OF June %
1850 made by the witness was then SHOWN 10 tue VIZ
meas Mr. Root said that ii was In evidence Nj, YUM
ling said it was not. Mr.. Root then proved from
the record that it was not III eNiuou''
He thereupon moved to have p''
in The Surrogate ordered. Judge ship nan ton Ut
COnking that something wls up cons. td NJ
Lowell and MT. Van oantvoord then n9ty @ tbj,
Conkng that he making great nus over hoInln-.
The learned counsel. he exclaimed had sen INT pat
for anything The witness declared thht ne G,iH no.
half the lime tell his own handwrlihE mr. N
then stood over the witness Iu.n4irv.'P'. the
hand. The witness yawned wQ Won yS;o, Ito
p5unded his desk and Mr. Van santyoori, yin mingled
amusement md wrath cried ont as ne tuilplr4 O' 80
h,1d IN have circus anyhow Everybody, except Mr.
Conkling and the genial geatleman behind the pi "p
Deared 10 be of this Union
Mr. Conkiine then undertook 70 prove the state o. the
Tbe witness considered this difficult thing e do
and Mr. COnkhng acquiesced in TINS opinion.
linen came an incident which the greatest SrpIis'
Ia Mr. Van Saptvoord or all that has happened TO MN
since he became witness in the Jesse Hovt viii case
Mr.. C0nkng announced that ne was through VIII nm;
The witness looked at Mr. COnkng IN dH a way as II
uncertain thai his not traitors 70 nm Inen
ms countepsnce slowly relaxed into SMILE ana MS So
filed teeth became distinctly visible tie rose Slowly LlI
almost painfully from his char, and a. one u dream
stepped down from the stand. - -. ~, -
William II. Smith witness or MI H0yl = VII, TIT!
testified that Mr. Hoyt when he executed the instrument
was Of sound mind ExJudge >hipnln cQnds:ieo Inc
examination Mr.. C0nkng resGn-ng the TASK o. ItaulS
man. afr Van SantvOord stood IN the doorct Ihe =
raphar's room, and displayed auuSC Lent ana Gczht
whenever his successor in the chair receTet any 50 e
legal Dr1ceediny. II took him fully neen minutes 10
that he had escaped from the embrace OF the e1-
Senator and then he left the ROOM he gave parting
p0fIce TO Mr. SMITH who said "a Nh Van SAM Voo NrlL
out that on one occasion ne had taken Ap0h9IlS WAFER
with Mr. Van SantvOOrd and Mr.. Weber Mr. Van 7a.l-
voor Looked injured at the settlement and proceeded 10
get some OF his favOre old jamaica WITHIN nNe minutes
the court adjourned until to-day