New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-24
MRS FEYH'sHoUsE CROWDED
.ovp co THERE TO BUY, BUT MORE TO SEE.
suRTBER FACTS ABOUT THE CAREER OF The UNIV
prAcxsMITH's DAUGHTER.

BLAcKsMITH's DAUGHTER.
r.. .xo,usive story published in THE TRIBUNE
yesterday regarding the singular anu arge eTowS
$o the sale of her household effects az No. aonmad
Seyentieth-st The auctioneers red nag Ha appn
that gathered on the sidewalk unable to iorce 'ei
%Sss mt were jammed to suffocaton with
.~n nrofaSsonal bnyers at auctions and many
women who were drawn to the piace Sy tSa pTices
The bidding at times was lively ana we Pl us
{os the oil paintings that literally concealed the
walls by their number. The artistic nerl's Oh tn1
pictures were not striking, but every one wa
We're bv We'll known artists. large painting PAM ing
representing flock of sheep running 10 snciten o,
fore an approaching STERN, nrougnU ,I Ieepes for
price 1t was sold to heeyoa rDe
$17O. picture dealer paid SIG for nr1ne
view entitled "The Coming Storm" INC ase eioeS
price was about $25 painting. maroi0 o'00A
The sale will be continued to-day and tomorrow.
The contents of the basement, lncluuihg cossty
wines and brandes cut-g'ass wa asieTdav besides
the paintings, vases, clocks and bronzes o az ph.
Tor floor To-day the auctloneer WIN Proceed an
second and third floors and the SHIeasffo or
wardrobe of the dead woman VIII PC oneLed h ,Ul
sale II is supposed that the crowd OF Ieniie guy
will be greatly augnm ZEN as was lavish
in her personal adornment one OF tne ~ s,iit
things to be sold will be eighty pairs Vi SIN
Tha Pnblc Administrator under whose dir ectl9n
the sale is taking place, was not present. uo. tnv
interests of the estate we're walcneu thnrs ~
Charles and James Corpenning, the two u
Mrs Feyh Between the nfrequent luis Ill tne paon
Inustached auctIoneers voice the buyers VIII
indulge in cOmsent and speculation concerhiin aS
;he dead woman some In the crowd knew her
" How funny it was that she died without max
ing a will" remarked one woman. -, -,
K friend of Mrs. Feyh, who knew her Irom noi
grlhood. contributed few facts as to her career,
Mrs. Feyh did not wish her 6irth-p,aoe TO po
known, and to inquiries upon that point she ; az
WAYS replied "In Alsace." But she and her orot i
ers and her dead sister, Mrs. Schwartz. were the
children of village blacksmith tbS VINO IoaSs leading
out from Columbus, Ohio. They were an oorn ho III
Ohio The family were remarkable Ior , rnem
personal beauty They lived, however, In extreme
poverty, and on the death ct Blacksmith CorPeiiif
mng his widow had hard fight to keep the W Sid
from the door Her daughter Mary came alter p hes
arrival she married Feyh who was mac nthns
earning So day Her sister and one Hr9t Cer
ne nu was clerk for a time with Lord & Tay-
for afterward he married and made his nome I'm IN
Jersey City, where tev.t he is ohio lTSman and is
a farmer there The other sister married
and two girls The girls were , adSp'ceab arss '
When Mrs. Feyh died. leaving no VIII, Cd da;O
Corpenning claimed the right to act as her aa an
istrator He offered to file bond and appralse Ine
personal property but his Intentions were thwarted
nv his uncle Frederick Wagner, cabinet, maker
OF Columbus, Ohio who In behalf Oh ne az
ne was not competent to fulfil the dntes OF ADMIN
Istrator. The Surrogate thereIpon placed lne esr
tate in the hands OF the public rho shnSd ADJ
until it was settled by ltlgatloh "ho snouiu "U
minister on the estate. -, ~.
"My sisters property consists l nave have 9 9nS
covered SAID Charles to TRIBUNE reporter yes
ferdav. of this house. which cost 900, her
household effects aud lot OF securities. she nag
Delaware and Lackawanna Railroad stock valued
Mani
besides several thousand dollars IN tne o ecouu
National Bank and $4,000 in the Uaited states
Trust Company. They try to make out that am
not competent but it seems simple enough. IN
tended to give the children one-third, my brother
one-third and keep the other third, aIter al
the debts were settled. The diamonds and lewelry'
j take 1t, will be sold at pubic SAFE.
They are now in a safe deposit vault. estimate
that the sale Of the personal eec AND w 10TH
ing would please them better than LOT ne 10 sNo
one of those boys a slap. but am not gong 10 90
his hand on my hip | suppose he wanted 10 see u
carried pistol or to provoke me 10 assault huh'
but kept my temper" ,sy
"The little one is in convent IN Canada ana
Ida has returned to Wellesley College III Massa,
chusetts where she is being educated. When sne
ran away she went to my brothers, in OHIO. That
is ali Gospel truth published in The TRIBUNE about
the private detectives and other sharks 5iacKhail-
ing and making money out OF my sister.
MAYER AND son ON TRIAL FOR PERJURY.
Tn the Court of Over and Termincr yesterday
Ferdinand MAYER and his son, BENJAMIN, both OF
the firm of F. Mayer e. Co., which failed some
time ago with liabilities amounting to ~, 4OO0oo,
were arragued yesterday before Justice van
who is to be tried first, was represented by ex-
Judge Cardezo and Richard +. Newcombe:
Assistant Distrct-Atto1neys Fellows ana Nieoii
appeared for the prosecution The charge IS that
on trial i'll the Superior Court before Judge lngra
ham last November, brought to have the assign
ment made by f. Mayer IL Co. set aside as iraudu-
lent both of the prisoners committed perjury oy
swearing falsely concerning an 1000 note. IL
bore date May 81 1881. ana the accuse" men tbe
note were the name and address OF the printer
Subsequently the printer was brought INTO court
blank note until 1882, and that he dld not nave
that business address in 1881. Judge lngrahsm
set aside the assignment and the prisoners were IN
dicted for perjury. :.
Nearly tho entire day was used Yesterday in
securing ten Jurors. The examinations oy the de-
PENDANTS counsel were extended and great pains
Juror who Objectionable TO the defence. MI.
Fellows showed much less concern II this particu
lar. The trial will be continued on Monday
DISCUSSING UNEXPENDED BALANCES.
The Board of Estimate yesterday considered an
application from the Police Department Tor the
transfer of $50, 900 of an uneXpendcd balance or
appropriation for BalaTies in that department IN
1884 to the Appropriation this year Tor ponce
station in the Iwenty-elghth freclnct naesi t
Asten remarked that the salary appropriation iroa
which the transforms asked was cut down SlO,OOo
from the departments estimate and yet there was
a large balance. The matter was referred to
the Corporation Counsel for his opinion of the
legality of such transfer. On motion OF Alder
man Sanger the Board unanimously adopted a reso-
tuition deprecating the passage of the bill now be-
fore the Legislature, which provides that all mex
pended balances of appropriations now existing or
which NAV exist hereafter for police sal
aries DO turned over 10 the Police Pension
Fund. 1t was stated that such law
would be exceedingly detrimental to The citys In
terests as 1t would lead unnecessarily large ap-
preparations in order to benefit the Pcnsisn Fund,
which now receives about $3.50 200 year in pub
lie money AL of the objections applying to the
system Of transferring uncxpcnded balances apply
to tins bill.
THE SPECIAL AGENTS TESTIFY.
Tic aof once of Cant aims Rrackett and Chalker