Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-20
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.,..b Miss Ruby and Miss Susie Tilden.
Y .os nj Gov. Tilden. They arc at the
.o,,o of their mother, the widow OF Henry
:. Tidcr. They were attIred in plain
S,ack AZ mark OF respect for the de-
oaosed sage of Graystore. AS there have
loor some sharp criticisms made on the
nav in which they were notified to leave
cravstone, the circumstances were read
~ stated by them. Miss Ruby Tilden
~ I.,d. sister and had been with uncle at
SSrSvstone during the past four years
y, f,ct on myself the whole charge
81 81 me Mace doyolved. When uncle died
NO sunUosed that we should remain as
"eual until the will was probated, the
ante tor which was Sept. l, but the will
NOT having been admitted ON the date
syed and probate being postponed until
80 HN1, % we supposed then that we should
.ommaIn until that date. But on Sept. 2
Mr. Andrew Green, as executor, came to
~ ,n and said that it would be necessary to
u u.s. the house. We had already told
Tvecutors Biglow and Smith that we
mid leave the premises as soon as 1t
Vhonld he necessary. Mrs. Pelton, you
, SuOv, lived in New York
IN hD houss which uncle bought
tar Der three years ago. When
10 died she came to Graystone and IN
,endpd to remain there with us until oct.
at which date her New York nome
S|omid be ready for her return. Well, as
nave said, Mr.. Green notified us on
cont > that the executors did not want
IN he nersonally liable for the mainten-
snce of Graystone, as they feared they
miyht be, for there was no provision made
for the current expenses, and they would
no compelled to close the house. VI
course Mrs, Pelton, who is an old lady,
nreferred to remain at Graystone until
Ser own house would be ready to re-
ceiye her. We supposed then that we
had right to remain until uncle's will
had been probated. We knew 1t had been
customary in such cases. But we have
been told since that we had no rlght TO
remain unless the executors chose to per-
NIT us TO do so. But, any way, sister aud
7 left Graystone on Sept. 8 and, after
visit in New York, came to New Lebanon
on Tuesday last. The Graystone house Is
in charge of two servants and John Ca
hill. the bOokkeeper."
LEFT SOONER THAN THEY EXPECTED.
"But Miss Tilden, let me here ask if
Won came away from Graystone feeling
that Won and your sister had been harshly
usedp
Both young ladies smiled Significantly
AZ Miss Ruby replied slowly: 81 really
don't know how the impression has gone
abroad that we were driven out OF Gray
stone, We certainly expected to go
when the will had been probated and the
trustees had taken full charge. Still we
did not suppose then that it was really
necessary to have the house shut up.
Mrs. Peltoa, on account of her age, dld
not desire to leave before Oct. L, yet we
now have no fault to find. the relations
between us and the trustees were friend
". So far as we know, we hadn't seen
Mr.. Smith for several weeks. On leaving
Graystone we visited at the Gramarcy
Park house in New York. After uncle's
death Mrs. PeltOn and sister SUSIE and L
were the only occupants at Graystone,
excepting few days in the first week In
when Mrs. Swan, our sister,
of New Lebanon, stayed with US there"
"Have you any intentions of returning
to GraystOneY
Miss Ruby smiled at this question.
mo" she said, 1--WE certainly do not in
tend to return TO Graystone. Why should
we? All OF our belongings have been re-
moved from there, and we are now as
strangers to the place. We never expect
to see it again. We spent many happy
days there, but now that is past"
"Now, Miss Tilden, will you say
whether you are perfectly satisfied with
what your uncle provided tor you in his
will?'
Here Miss Ruby hesitated and glanced
rather appealingly to her sister as if she
would rather Miss Susie should answer
the question. After pause she replied,
smiling: "Well, we certainly received as
much as we expected. Wenever thought
that uncle would leave much to his
family, anyway; therefore we cannot say
that we are disappointed. Now, | hope
You will not represent us as having any
nard feelings against uncle, nor as having
had any dispute with the trustees about
our withdrawal from Graystone."
ARE your brothers, George and Samuel,
satisfied with what they received III the
will"'
Il DO not know-that is, would rather
not speak for them"
You both were present when the Will
was ready"
''Yesn
"Wlll you attend its presentation for
probate~
"No, we do not intend to be present"
This concluded the interview. Though
Miss Ruby 1ilden put her story and re-
pies IN diplomatic phrase, one mLfaL in
Ter from the tone of the sisters during the
aoove conversation that Deither of them
rellshed the manner of their leaving
draystone. When Miss Ruby spoke of
the reasons why Mr.. Green desired to
close the house Miss Susie impulsively
sand: eve might as well have stayed
tnere," which remark indicates quite
clearly that the closing of the house at
lnat time was, i'll the speakers opinion,
unnecessary.
THROUGH LEGAL GLASSES.
The action of the executors has at
Taced considerable attention in legal
cifcies. Various questions arising there
from have formed topics of discussion
among those familiar with the law relat-
ing to wills and the administration of
estates,
Inquiries were made yesterday by re-
porter at the office OF the chief clerk OF
tue surrogate OF this county in reference
10 me practice OF executors in similar
circumstances to those in which the
s7ustees of Mr.. Tilden's estate are placed,
ana L was said:
IN this court there has never been an
instance IN which the Surrogate has made
an ooJection TO any item for the expense
oI maintaining relatives in the principal
Aouse OF the deceased or where the de-
erased died, and especially would the OBJ.
!ectlon be more unlikely when the will
~ not admitted TO probate. 1t is true
tSndS inc law says that no expense shall
oe incurred prior to the admission of the
WI, WI 10 Probate except for the preserva-
tioh OF the estate, but the Surrogate has
always held that The maintenance of
tselatiyes living in the house after the
uCdln Is an AynSnaa that NAV nrapariv