The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22
s1xsony,s rLI-oorrxN NOVEL;
A Cenrrsuise IN the Contest over the fhsi
anthrepic sinuer's WIN.


snthrepie sinner's Wi.
BOSTON, Jan. 21.-The famous Sanborn
will case that has boon hanging Hre in the
courts for three or four years has just been
settled by compromise. The story, which
would have been brought out at q trial II II had
been reached, was briefly outlined In N BUN
about four years ago. and It Is one OF the
s~trangest that tho evolution OF modern civiiza-
ton ever brought to light.
Edward 8. Sanborn was an old man who died
rich but unmourned in this city about four
years ago. He was known for many years to
tho police and others in Boston as the proprie-
tor OF various houses Of prostitution. He was
buried in Kingston. N. H., with high honors as
a prominent and public-spirited citizen VINO
was widely known rs a liberal patron OF edu-
cation and religion. He lived two distinct
lives, two existences. which we're kept always
separate and which never touched. He came
OF good family, but when about So years OF ago
he seemed to have deliberately determined to
live a double existence. In his own town no
led an upright life. supported various public
improvements. and was honored by his fellow
townsmen, who once or twice sent him
to represent them in the Legislature. But
although retaining his citizenship in Kingston,
sanborn spent q greater part OF his time dur
ing tho last three decades Of his life in Boston.
His record in this city was that OF q libertine
and an INSCRIPTIONS money getter. In CON.
b broth T.sn at t the %es wf GnS. F II I pl"ces t we're q
the lowest sort, and he made money quite rap
until he accamuisted fully sSSSo.oo6. He lived
E Su mos: %di s = lif fifth NJ S1m one sor eR bs iesis hsG'n oS
realizing more for Ills money than any ono else
could get. 80 pars!monious. did he become,
walk . mile rather than nay q horse car, fare.
About iiye years before his death he prop9sed
lion IL nI In th Inc eo %Gsa Eo' fhe bu ndIsS was . erected.
but before 1t could be devoted to the vile pur-
RDsi p1 Tss com s%S eG1 to sell III l. .AA'A - - ~
About seventeen years before his death MI.
s sSan Q ye met nr in ,h liz Sif from m1si Maine yh1is a ABOUT au'to "a
few months, before his own decease. the two
seemed always to exist between them, but they
never married: Miss Hilton t9 was q pn an : in IN
d a. dns t tSs last few sSaS sears Of Of her her pIiie Was im afH
tress Of . house of III fame at 20 Lyman street.
which Mr.. sapborn owned. and where he made
a business manage as he, and accumulated a
ssy sh ais!n p4oss SsSq to NJ. i ssn bbeaneathed tho bulk
years before his death to consider plans for the
atS shst ti nl h beo wsslin; { s4 S Jog T 70 pa IT. @afS
College. and made his sisters and their children
and the sop OF ex-Gov. Noyes Of Ohio: ten IN
will was made there was . breach in the rela-
tions between Mr.. Sanborn and. his heirs-et.
law, caused, in part, by reports, being brought
him for his manner Of life IN Boston. He de-
clared that be. would strike all mention Of them
that he did not feel satisfied to leave his prop.
erty, to Dartmouth, College because the gift
would DO mentioned for q day and then be for.
own town, and ct the same time to leave q
lasting memorial Of his name, He desired
for during the last years Of his life he made nc
secret Of bis relation with her. He even pro.
yided In his will that she should be, buried BY
had erected In the village cemetery at Kingston
q magnificent white marble monument. Upor
one side was cut: