Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-26

Grounds ON which Ms. Ar0Old CVatuns
share Of the Chesebrough Ntaaous.
From the N. Y san, 25th.
Another inch In the miles OF testimony 10 be
taken In the famous Chesebrough will case was
yesterday gone over In the little court room I'm
Brooklyn by Special Examiner B. Lincoln
Benedict. The question to be decided IA
whether Miss Josephine Cregier, a belle in New
York thirty years ago, was married TO Count
George NJ. Chesebrough, whose estate, since his
death I'm 1866 has grown to something like
$4,000, 900.
A youthful and good-looking couple, Leonora
Augusta Arnold, OF Jersey City, and her hus-
band Thomas E. Arnold, are suing for a share
in the estate. Mrs. Arnold claims TO be a dauch-
ter OF Count Chesebrougb and the woman who
passed for his wife. Mrs. Arnold asserts that
when she was 81 years old she went TO the fine
country residence OF Charles Augustus Cheese
oro9gh, at Northport, l. l., the principal de-
fendant in this suit, and asked him TO recogni ne
her claims as his brothers daughter. She was
driven from the grounds, she says, and since
then she has collected evidence 10 back up her
claims.
A good part of yesterday was taken up by
Lawyer Schley's crosse xamination OF Daniel
Con, who had testified that he was night
Waterman and clerk at the Holdridge hotel in
TINS city In 1886, and that Count Chesebrough
had suite OF rooms at the hotel. He recog-
mixed q woman In the court room as the one
VINO occupied the apartments with the count,
ana was known as tue counts wife. When Mr..
Schley asked Golf TO write the name Cheese.
Drough he wrote il "Cheesbroug"
Lawrence Harran, a solid-looking undertaken
and member of the Long Island city board OF
health, testified that he drove the counts car
rage thirty years ago, and was one OF the pages
whom the count logged out in the finery that
he thought q counts servant should wear. One
OF the questions was:
Q--How came you to be q witness in this
case? Al read about it I'm the newspapers
and called on James X. Averill, one of the law
yers for the plaintiffs He was comforting with
a lady at her hotel. sent up word that want
ed TO see him. He Immediately came down
stairs, and told him who l was. We then
Went up TO the parlor OF the lady. There were
Two ladies in the room. AS entered one LADY
said: This Is Lawrence, isn't it?" 1 said: "les
and you are Mrs. Chesebrough."
Harran further testified that he hadn't seen
Mrs. Chesebrough in Thirty years, but he re-
cognlzed her by her dark hair and eyes,
peculiarly shaped eyebrows, and prominent
nose.
Q--Where did the Chesebroughs then livee
AT oO1 Sixth avenue between 3Oth and
3lst streets. 1t was the house OF Mrs Rachel
Sregler, Mrs. Chesebroughs mother. Mrs.
Snesebroughs brother and younger sister also
lived there.
Q..Was a child born to the Chesebroughs in
that house? A.-1es sir.
birth certificate was then put In evidence
Al was dated October =, 1857, and read that a
iemale Child was born on that date TO Joseph
Inc Chesebrough and George Chesebrough >
Inc certificate was signed by DIR. W. Groves
Mrs. Arnold claims that she il the child born at
that time.
Harran also testified that Count Chesebrough
always called the lady he saw before him in the
court room Mrs. Chesebrough.