Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-23

The claims Of Mrs Lrtfert~ who asserts
that she is Il dnughcr of TN, lHte Dr. VIII
lialn Darling. seem 10 rest upon a rat her
shdky Foundation. 70 prove that her
maiden name was Darling she O. ','~ "a
certihcateoi marriage toa iornc. ...,roand,
which certiirs that on January /, 1853
Charles McD lftie. of Albany, y. T., was
united in marriage to Miss Catherine
Daring Of the same city. 70 prove that
her mothers name Vas also Darling she
ShOwsa letter directed on the outside to
Miss Aun Darling, al Charleston, Mont
gomery county, y. \. The letter begins
Dear Sister, and is evidently written by
physician and signed Your brother, &c.
Henry There are several discrepancies
in ger documentary evidence. Her
mOthtr'S maiden name, she says, was
Ann Van OLinda and that she was born
in ISL. The next record concerning Ann
/ Van O'Linda is her marriage, under her
maiden name, to John SclnEcr Of Albany,
/ on May :, 1870, and her death is registered
as having occurred on March III, 1888
Mrs LctlertS was married only three
months before, rs the marriage Crrtlli-
cate shows. to her first husband, Charles
McDutlie, who, she says, owned a brick
ward in Albany. Mr., l.eifcrts's story
| is that her mother died of grief because of
/ this marriage.
Mrs. Letlrrts's explanation is that her
mother was married TO Prof. Darling and
was separated from him and assumed her
maiden name before hcr marriage to Juhu
Splinger but She does not explain, thi,
being The case, why the letter dated four
years before from Henry Van O'Lindu to
his sister is addressed to Miss Ann Oar
ling, nor why the marriage 10 Prof. Oar
ling was not recorded in the family Bible,
as was that Of the latter marriage. 1t
looks as very much rs if Mrs Leiicr;, had
tr,,tt 80, -.4t- of I91 u - nj -
In response to the petition Oi Prof.
Daniel Il. IT. John Roosa Of the New
York University Medical college, all the
various parties interested IN the Will OF
Prof. Darling are summoned 10 appear be
fore the surrogate ON Tuesday morning.
Prof Roosa makes affidavit to the effect
that subsequent to the date Of the will by
which Prof. Darling leaves his entire cs
tate to Mrs. DclacruiN April -, NNl-he
made another will in the house Of Prof
Roosa on June -, 1888. The petitioner
relates that the will, or paper writing
was executed in his presence, aud that in
it he was Interested, as trustee, IN the ties
tators estate. The affidavit goes ON To
state that
"SUid paper writing was taken away by the
deceased and, a~ ucponrnt hril'Nro' was hIP'
hy him among hi, important ana NuluaNlt
papers, and tine sam" l. mot IN dtPpnrhl pos
session, but Is among the rNr'ls ul
the said deceased cor in thc pu~~C-~lul
OF some person unknown 10 your pru-
tiuucr and that the sand William Daring, de-
ceased, al the Time ui his dcdin occupied d
room in the University Mrurui tuNrEr al
. |ciIy of New York, whore hr lived, aud II
which he died; that Immediately alirr hr
death til" authorities of said college assumed
- the custody and control of sand room ana al
that was la It, locked and scaled tine ~unruuu
no person hats since been allowed access To- II
F. Your pctitiuncr verify bclrNr~ that the tcstu
mCnturN paper referred touhpNr i~nuW unuu-
the paupr~ of said deceased iu said room, an,
hc desires that search should be made for tho