The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-19

lopcCIdI W IhE Observation-Disclosures Dispatch. |
New YORK, May 1S.-Few men in club
room circles were better known here than
Thomas G. Pearsall Bradhurst, favorite
at the Lotus, Manhattan, and Knicker-
booker clubs. Genial, whole-souled fellow
that he was, he was well supplied with
cash; and his friends were legion. No one
suspected him of having a secret, but he
had one up to within week of his death.
The secret was his marriage While all
his friends and relatives We're under the
impression that he was a gay bachelor. the
truth was he was loving benedict, though
guarding his secret jealousy. His home
was in handsome apartment up town
There his pretty wife had resided for two
years previous to his death on March 27
last.
He had met Mrs. Sara Frances Seayton
about eight years previous to her marriage
and would, it is said, have married her but
for family reasons. Even though he did
give her his name three years AGO, fam
lily reasons" prevented him from making
the marriage public.
Bradhurst died at his sisters residence.
West Thirty street, of complica-
ton of kidney troubles, after an illness of
two weeks. The week before his death,
his wife, torn with anxiety called and de-
nanded admission to his bedside. She
was denied this right and ordered to leave.
The funeral was conducted quietly, but
Mrs. BradhurSt was not present.
Having died possessed of at least a quar-
ter OF million inherited from his grand
mother, his wife was surprised to learn that
she had scarcely received more than men
ton in his will, this having been effected
by codicil executed five days before his
death The will was produced for probate,
and left directions to the executors, Abram
King and Charles Field, to invest money
sufficient to pay Mrs [. F. Seyton an an
nual income of $1,000 till her death, residue
of property to be equally divided between
his sisters. The codicil revoked the clause
giving Mrs. SeytOn an annual income of
50, 900, and directed that she be given $1O,-
900 in lieu of all DOVER
Mrs. Bradhurst decided to contest the
will on the ground that the signature to the
codicil was obtained through undue infiu-
ence. She has retained j. Frederick Ker-
nachan to press her claims. Abram king
is the lawyer for the other side The hear
ing of objections to the probate of the will
was begun yesterday before the surrogate
Mrs. Bradhurst testified in her own be-
half. She was frequently stopped in her
utterances. Tears blinded her eyes She
has an oval face, clear olive complexion,
dark brown eyes and brown hair, combined
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commanded favorable attention.
kernachan wished to prove her relations
with the deceased husband were the most
loving and pleasant up to the execution of
the cOdicil.
To this end he produced a number of
loving letters written by the husband dur
ing his illness, but the court sustained
Kings objection and they were not ad-
mitted. Then King drew from the widow
hn tnfn hot oh bod
married to Charles Seyton, although she
bore his name when Bradhurst met her
do you not recollect a marriage cere-
mony which took place between you and
Seyton in 1872 at your friend, Mrs. Cam
eron's house?n
'Most certainly not" exclaimed Mrs.
Bradhurst excitedly.
"Where is Seyton nova" enquired Killing.
Il have not seen him since left him.
SIS he dead!'' interiected Kernachan, but
Kings face seemed to indicate that he
took different view of the case. The
matter was dropped. However, Kerna-
chan withdrew the widows objections to
the probate of the will and it will be ad
mitted at once. He will then ask for a
revocation of the probate, when it is
hoped, the letters will be admitted
Whether it is proposed to produce Seyton
as a coup de main with the purpose of in
validating this marriage to Bradhurst when
the case comes up again, is a secret they
did not divulge. Mrs. Bradhurst would
not see a reporter, but from mutual friend
Of both herself and her dead husband the
following story Of what seems to have
been more than a usually sad life was
gathered:
Mrs Broadhurst is thirty-five years old
When eighteen or nineteen years old she
met Seyton in Brooklyn and fell victim
to his destinations She was introduced as
his wife. For year and a half matters
went smoothly. Then she discovered that
he had another wife and family in the
south, and Broadhurst, to whom she told
the story, believed her, so they lived to-
gether, he telling her he would marry her
when all obstacles were removed, as he did
eventually