New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-21
coDlCIL TO THE MEYER WILL ADMITTED.
MEssRs. DESHLER TAYLOR AND BARTLETT ALL
MADE EXECUTORS NURSES
TrsTINONY

New. Brunswick, n. j., Dec 90 0specialD.-Af'er
taking testimony till late IN the afternoon, couhsei
In the contest the codicl TO Christopher meyer
will suddenly announced this afternoon that al
objections TO the probate Of the codicil would Do
withdrawn This was the result Of compounds.
The codcil removed James Desher and appointed IN
his place Messrs Taylor and Bartlett since the
filing of the codicl John c. Meyer, IF the excel
tors has died and the other executors under TO
mower invested in them have decided to place Mr..
Deshler In his stead, while Messrs. q tiett and
Taylor tako Deshler's place. This setG"heht OIL TIC
affair points to a compromise OF the "hOie cohe''
over the WILL and that will probably be the outcome
When the court drew its order admitting the cOuoi
to probate, the New-York men were piaeed III 'n'
posltlon of having consented TO probate OF tho
codlcil in New-Jersey, while they had oOJecte. ~
the probate of the will there, claiming that new
York was the proper place for the PROBATE ihey
viii now probably withdraw the New-forA chesI
and compromise by the payment Of sum OF money
to Mrs Meyer Before this settlement Of the case
wa. made Ernst Gerlach Christopher Meyers nurse,
had been on the stand. The cod.cl over which Tho
contest is made was executed on July H. and on
the day before that Mrs. Meyer and NJ Taylor
entered the room and the former said to ie nurse
Ernst you had better leave the room nov, as Dir.
Taylor wants to speak With MI. Meyer ant Sou aro
tired and need rest, anyway
Il left tho room,a said GerIach, bat In ten
minutes l returned
"whyl' asked
Because Mr.. Meyer had often told me Tat no
preferred that / should always be in the ROOM ana
that he wished ne to know what happened 80 that
[ might tell him ii anything went wrong As
returned TO tho room, heard Mr.. Taylor say to Mr.
Meyer: Mr. Bartlett is a nice man and god man,
and he will be all right, II that IS fixed
Mrs Meyer re-entered the room then, ard she
said well, Ernst, why you backF and Itold her
what Mr.. Meyer had said about my always ping with
him. Mr. Taylor before he left the room, AS ked ms
when was the best time to Mr. Meyer "a business
or to have him sign document, and replsd tina; 10
was better in the mornings, between aniJ O'Clock,
and that in the afternoon he was under tr influence
of morphine and his mind often wandered On July
IS between 3 and 4 in the afternoon, thelawyer AMI
Mr. Taylor entered the in which H. Pinchn'y
and myself with Mr.. Meyer, and ths codicil wAs
read TO Mr. Meyer and he signed IL Jpn We thies
signed as witnesses and all left the room except my
self l asked Mr.. Meyer then II he krw what Is
had signed and II It all right, and be made no
answer, but lay back with his eyes closd'
why did you ask him thatl We're pu suspicious
that anything wrongl'
"Oh no. but Mr.. Meyer had told ID to ask him
II things were right when anything OF sch an unusual
character was done. When 1 signed . witness 10
his will, / asked nearly tho same qeston. AID he
told me all about the will, only cItionng me 10
tell no else.'
Gerach gave many Instances ~ deyers wandcr-
Ings while under the influence of mophine, and sad;
Mr. Meyer often took morphine one al ernoon
went out for a little while and when returned
Mrs Never ran UP 10 me and SAT- ernst 20 10
MIR Never lie is asleep, and cabOt wake him.
- asked her what the maier WIN NM Anu
she said she had given him cIo " onA called Ia
another doctor and they worked Win NJ M'9"'
long while before they could rcyte him.