National Republican., 1885-04-21
ADMIRAL powELL,s WILL.
A Lively Contest Over the Pabiio and
Private Bsquests-Three Caveats.

Private Bequeats-Three Caveats.
The contest over the will Of tho late
Admiral Levin n. Powoll will commence
in the circuit court to-day before Justice
Cox, snd promises to be very interesting.
The will is dated Oct "a, 1884, and makes
boquests In money TO Jeanette T. Man
ming, Julian II. Thurston, Mrs. Bessie
Thurston, Mrs. Charles b. Thurston, Al
fred B. Thurston, In trust for Mrs. jean
notte T. RAIDER; Gatos p. Thurston, Mrs.
Houck, Charles s. Powell DR.. Robert G.
Powell, Cuthbert l.. Powell, Charles 8.
Powell, In trust for Rev. @. g. Powell;
Virginia Taylor. Harriet Chiffon, Daniel
B. Conrad, William h. Webb, in trust for
Mrs. Brand and at her death TO be paid
TO the Garfield Memorial Hospital; Will
lam q. Moore, William s. Mitchell,
Mrs. Lucy L. Powell, Bedford Call
we'll, DIR. Alfred II. Powell, Kate
Powell, Maria Powell, Archibald
Atkinson, Maria Bradley, and George
Perego. Tho residue Of tho estate. after
paying these bequosts, 10 divided into
equal shares, one each TO DIR. Alfred ii.
Powell, Mrs. Harriet @. Stewart, Mrs.
Jeannette I. RAIDER, Mrs. Alfred b.
Thurston, Alfred b. Thurston lin trust
for Mrs. Sidney Brnuner), Maris Powell,
Laura Randolph, Mary Barnes, and Rev.
Jno. Dalrymple. In addition, certain
ground is bsqueathed to Columbian
University TO create tho admiral Pow
ell endowment" for the free education OF
young men in preparing for their entrance
into tho naval academy at Annapolis, or
to ht themselves to become mates or
masters In tho merchant marine service.
Shortly after the will had been fled
Mrs. Sarah Q. Colmesnil, Of Louisville,
KY, a relative of tho deceased, put in q
petition, in which she stated that she be-
lieved the paper writing was not the
will Of Admiral Powell, and that ho had
never executed and published tho samo
as required by law; that on the day and
at the time IL was claimed ho executed
IL he was not Of sound mind, had been
very Ill for sometime, was In his 62d
year, and very foeble that about three
years previous he had become bed
ridden and blind, and only recognized
people by their voices and names, and for
these reasons at the time he executed the
paper he had no memory and was incom-
petont to make will, aud asked that the
validity Of tho paper be tested.
Not long after this petition was filed
Hamilton aud Edmonia Il. Ormsby,
cousins Of tho deceased, filed q second
caveat to the will, charging that the will
was made under the undue influence of
Mrs. Harriet Q. Stewart, and not the vol.
untary act of the admiral.
Next came Thomas w. Taylor, Eloiso
II. Taylor, Philip b. Matthews, and
Fanny /. Matthews. also cousins Of the
admiral, filing third cayeat, setting
out similar grounds OF complaint as mad o
by the other relatives and heirs.
The issues TO be tried are whether tho
paper purporting to be the last will and
testament ofAdmiral Powell bearing date
Oct. "a, 1884, was executed and attested
in due form OF law; whether tho contents
were read to the tostator or seen by him
before the alleged execution Of the paper;
| whether at the time of signing the SAINT
he was Of sound and disposing mind ;
whether ho executed tho writing under
the influence of suggestions, importuni-
ties, and undue persuasion OF Harriet
G. Stewart or any other person, when his
mind from Its disordored, diseased, and
enfeebled state was unable to resist the
same, and whether the execution of the
paper was procured by fraud, misrepre.
sentation, &C., of Harriet G. Stewart OF
any other person acting Of their own
volition or under the direction OF Mrs
| Stewart.
There is about s1oo, 900 involved in the
estate, much of which is in United States
and other bonds.