New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-17
ANDERSON'S PEOULARIT1ES.
WHAT HIS PARTNER SAW AND HEARD.

THREATENING TO MAKE ANOTHER WILL" THINGS
! AFTER HIM r-PRoFEssoR AGAssIz
| The trial of the action in eiectment upon
which the counsel of Mrs. Mary Maud watson nave
undertaken to break the will OF her grandfather Johh
Anderson was continued yesterday. Felix McCIosKey
occupied the ,gltnesssta all day. He was the lnt
mate friend and partner of Mr. Anderson who told MN
| that he had made q will, but would make another
| T. r,,,,oa, did not know who
| " those parties " wero Mr. Anderson gave money Tor
| a Garibaldi meeting at Cooper Union. and said the
Roman Catholics in this country should influence the
Pope tn let Italy alone and after 1t had become repuo
lie he would take McCloskey to Italy, ana they wou'
come distinguished men there. In the middle OIL ehe
night while staying at Mr. AndersOns house. tue Witness
was awakened by him and told that lie wanted
| him to stay in his room because Things
were after him." ON another occa1on ME-
| Anderson left judge Barnards house only parity
dressed. The followed him and was Ioiu DS hin
going to take He Offered the witness @loVOoo
ind out VINO re conspirators were ra n rvTr lie
noticed Mr. Anlcrsons peculiar actions nrsI IN l1Uy
He would peer into mans faee IN the street, 'eh 'ui"
| to McCOskcy aud say - 40. IN vrorld
| slug q man for n dollar 81 - .aa n
| Anderson once told the witness that his son was
thief had threatened. in the presence OF Juls9
Barnard to shoot him unless he gave nun ~ "
that liz WAS ifterward found III house oi DI repute
with bonds he had given him on his person Alt ir
Wnst ar. To- some place where things couldn't chase
him me Wltnr'S s''Sges.ea t cd 6m at one tie
what he thought about the case OF Mary Roger aud
| ~ told him." continued Mr.. McCOskcy, that ana
other friends considered from he CIRCUMSTANCES
that he had something to do WIN ncr ulSd "
Anderson assured NO that ne hhd hOthlhE "h"'o''i W
The witness said that Mr. Anderson told him. at Peni-
Professor Agassiz for school natural history that
he had made blank fool of himself mat the , son
of Professor AgassiZ blank scOundrel, ana thdt
what he Intended that island for was al broken ~ ee
place robbed and the money sqlladereI h; ony of
1873 Mr.. Anderson at Tarrytown handed hih COPY VI
TIE TRIBUNE containing an article IN whl9h cap So
asked To establish school OF Natural History LOT
Professor Agassiz at Cambridge ne sa tai ~ ~ - t
would accept tins island he would give To MN LOT tue
poscd this but argued against it tho more
Mr. Anderson seemed convinced that It was a goon
| scheme. lie said: This Is something KNOW more
about than you do; TINS Is sciencr. hIoM
Professor Agassz ana he Is man ht VI s .1t
that his real for giving ms isahd was tna'
whcn as ne said, Will DC heard no more
viii stand out as one Of the great gvers OF this coun-
fry stand with Peter Cooper and Commodore Nanuer
III and This school will grow and the great school OF
the world in that particular science AFTER Iroiossor
AgasslEs death Mr.. Anderson said Ihero goes ny
100000 blank for his son is not able To- carry tns
hing 10 perfection and tno whole thing will be lost"
ON hoard when Mr.. Anderson was ABOUT 70
start for Europe. the witness said to hun wei,
| there il one thing-yOu won't see your old
| friend Garihaldi over there" lie replied; Well;
| You skrptic ana don't believe IN suGn malueIa
lie said hoy WILLIE who was dead, used 10 come aiI
visit him. lie Is right hero now AndersoY woumi
say, pointing around Inc witness replIct' iou , .
keep up these things rs long IA you please, ohy uOn
| fortune IN Europe. lie hhl Spohch vi
having given money and OF having an appoint ment with
Carihadl. The witness thought that Mr. Anderson gave
Cnrbld 5000 year beginning just after lie rcfusrh
to accept pension from the Itallh H9Nelniheht in
! subscribed largely FOR Italian Independence ana gave
| had ran away from his mother IN cary
| life; went to New. Orleans; came back and
worked rs "A bricklaycr; appointed IA watchman In
Brond-s; got into cigar store In Wall.st; then moved
to Broadway aud made great dehi OF monty, ne anu
Others made $iGOOOOO or ~ SOO,OoO ny the rlse IN
tobacco ri beginning Of taG War after the nSt stamp
act lie wrapped tobacco In tin foil To Keep u airy hn
4. ,nfF
Tar,c FOR his tobacco Mr. Anderson told him how he
hurried down town make oer for the property NO
IOG Pncst and how he secured tho broker ny making
| a deposit Of diamonds for the purchase money.
|
THE CUTTING ESTATE CONTROVERSY.
| MRS. CUTTINGS CHARGES DECLARED VAGUE
| SHOULD TIE ACCOUNT BE AMENDED
! The order directing General William Cutting
10 show cause why he should not be removed from the
poon OF exc tutor OF his father, Francis
H. Cuttng was met In the Surrogates Court yesterday
by u made by General Cuttings counsel Charles
| D. BurrI, that tho citation DO revoked. George
Zabriskie the partner OF Mr. Burrii said there
proof Of any material allegation In the petition or MIS-
LYDIA = eating. wife OF the late Hayward Cutting. for
tho removal OF the She did not not state
a. a matter Of fact that Francis H. Cutting dead,
but alleged Il On information aud belief The statute
/ required that In such application proof
should be mado by affidavit or oral testimony
| satisfactory to tho Surrogate the
frIfl % A. allegations.
thing that an executor should BE- called upon 70 defend
nn-cif -lnst charges 50 vaguely made IL had been
repeatedly lrri ted that competent relative anu ma
tcil evidence was required uider the statute ahd the
Cur acted such ~ Information aud belief ~
acting within the statute Ihe Only distinct al
nos 20 TO Mr. Cutting on her arrival on the Ger
manic on Juy = and that SHE was lndgnaGt on That
account. Thuugn shr might aver on Information ana
belief that General Cutting wns wicked man she must
| move n hrfnrr joe cuuid be removed.
| 'Fr.,u,lu ia Id replied that tho allegations
snic.cn To- mai, prinra flcir His opponents
Iih the charges ar produce aidvts cou-
rnvcttiug There enough before the Court To
| warrant the action ~ the surrogate.
Ou motion directing General Cuttlng 20 snow cause
why an lcAuru Orcputcmpt should not issue against
HIN for ealing To- lie an account "a executor OF me Hey
Wdrt utin- estate, MI Bdrrill sara tht th account
had prepared. bat had not been signed because III
the Illness Of General Cutting, who was advised by his
physician not to attend To any business Tho account
wnlId probably he filed by Wednesday next In regard
to Tor order Tor tn" examination or Cen
cral Cuttiug, Mr. Burr consented To it, amt sad that
General cutting world appear tor that purpose day
| to be- agreed upon 10y the counsel
MIR Birfrtt next moved That General Cutting be re-
quireI 20 amend hi, account to include tho real
estate rit by hs father, saying at ne d S lnucA con-
troll the real estate over the personal estate
not the necessity OF calling Tor tbts ~ this ume.
Eventually thc account would bG Fled Mr.. Btrtlrtt
papers the before they had bcou served and he
asked tho Court To take notice OF this
Mr. Bartlett replied that he had not made any effort to
have the matter publi,hcd: lhrre hah ocen - IrEo
amount ot lost but the cNa' amount could not
be- asccrtaiucd until complete accounting was made
The account showed that General cutting hau been
guilty and miSHpprupriuOn, ana there was no
answer to that HE money had boon paid over Mira
Cufting ana her children had been paid what they
.nouid nave received. lie desired opportunity TO
nrnvr thu facts alleged In the petition.
me Slrrn., r 1t rccteI that an cxamina
ton OF General eating be is,ue reserved his decision
ON the motion rry0kr the citation In regard TO the re
at tie executor and al 1urnei lilo hearing on the
other motions untll next Wednesday,
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JAMES gTOKE-'S ESTATE