The sun., 1890-02-22
MILLIONAIRE LANES WILL.

His Dang h hter-ln-lnw Hated Him, EJc Said
SO Why Should He Leave Her III. Money!
When the trial of the suit to break tho
will OF the late Naithy G. Lane was resumed in
the Court of Common rlens yesterday. Thomas
NJ. Marsack, a clerk In the Surrogates Office
identified the will in which the dead million
aire left all his large property. except a few
triiling leGdcies TO his second wife. thus disin-
heritinG his daughter and grandchildren.
Lawyer Hastings produced letter by the
late Mr.. Lane which. he said. was entitled
Queen OF Pearls franklin Eartlctt objected
10 this statement, rs tho only ground for ii was
that the paper on which the letter WAS written
had those words printed on the back. This
was made evident TO the jury. and the letter
which was to his daughter was read as .ol-
lows:
Vale you ask me why dont wrie YOU IN Answer I
Once m6h or So oem e5rh 10 % rte Ss ,h.1s as
s Something to wrlrc About II takes Time and It
n"ye ,G 10 ienSys t" pH[s am teaiy poor for money
"m" M AMI n% vy Sft !" FAX @ to cSn! my pd.
SS SGnc 81 70 y 1S n9s's s 80 hs me win
40 90 any thing to get even Living here may hrs
rance grantaaasnter IS Wen h6' may is Worrying
ASIG 10 y. a ~. me is to DO no bone no H2t Gen;
makes Rad canHo. help her no one els AZ cant
The use % a" all u ny yt liz asor ,S s' So t4 M and m
must st"p now ns am EetnR along IN years am Feel
wiie o'' cant ~ 10 ""eF' 'V""leu mere ere a. mo
Frank Hatfield. an employee OF Marsh, the
upholsterer, who supplied Mr.. Lane with fur
niture until informed that ho was not suffc-
emily high toned. said that when Mr.. Lane
came o tho shop he gesticulated brandished
his cane. jumped up and down. and spoke so
loudly that he could DO heard for IA block
When MIR. Marsh intercedcd in behalf Of Mrs
Richard II. Lane for the few bits OF furniture
sho wished TO preserve from the sale Ler
ialher-in-law was determined on. Mr.. Lano
yellcd: Everybody is irving t. rob me-
You're as bad as the rost. 1hoy re all trying 10
rob mo-
When Dr. Frank II. InRrnham. who said he |
had had to do with at least 1900 cases OF mental
disease. took the stand in the capacity Of cN- |
pert. eX-JudGe Curtis. after giving detailed |
description, under the guise OF hypothetical F,
person. OF Mr.. Lane and his actions from the /
contestants pont OF view asked tho Doctor
whether II person who acle in such Il way w05 F.
not mentally unsound Dr. Ingraham thought /
such person must lave senl lo dcmenta
Tie contestunts' lawy ers here rested their |
case. and Nj. Bartlett, cnlcd his colleague. /
the first wllness for tho defence. Mr.. Moss /
soid he had been a Methodist Tor fifteen yoprs; .
his Church. lie said tho For, Hamilton prop.
and hat Mrs Richard il, Lane had @ acknowI oS,
edged 10 him that her husband had no ronl in
terest In t.: She; nnrcordlngly a"HuicscGd in
close the mortgages on it and gave him power
OF attorney 10 at for her
Having been continually threatened and an
noyed by his dauEhter-in-a law. MRlthy G. Lane
authorized tho witness to give to her $500 as
that She give FS general Tsoaso from om ali ca@s
against him. She signed this receipt on May
H. 1851, after the witness had warned her not
10 90 80 ii there WAS any claim She was not
willing to release. At n subsequent meeting
Mrs. Il. II, Lane told the witness that she had
ing TO sue him; she brought three actions
aTainS' az Ta Pm ana the H. e. and cGmplaint
when he died In tho witnesses Office on July /.
Mr. Moss said that Mr., Iano was taking TO
h i'm about his daugA' A'er-in-, ,aw and the trouble
she gave him. whom he suddenly stopped. lean
ed forward. aud became unconscious. The
y th9se ran lUr Wa'eI' ana when he returned
Mr. Bartlett Ica4 70 tho Jrry the summons
H. cTt ,h 'Im'mC oun" IN, IN ~ LaH pH kot a4a
Lans brought in August, 1879. which was 10
sol aside tho foreclosure Of tho mortgages On
forth that NJ. Lane. by fraud and trickcry and
with intent to cheat the plnintiir, had procured
lett read the decision Of the Court In this case.
which va, that Richard II. Lane had held the
rITT"n,TtY i"r , ms iaIhrr ana nat MS widow
In Mr.. Lanes rockets after his death were in
+ :, SUI agalnst him i"r,fh1M for maintenance.
Witness Moss tod Of Mrs. Lanes complain
ing 10 him OF the first suit brought by has
saying she had held him up
10 scorn in hi old age. Accordingly, he didn't
ee 1t in h heart 60 provide 'or her She hated
nm. anu there was no reason why ho should |
ehvo his d-oaInei money TO her. lie
herr'nro wanted 10 mas" out = new viii.
children. The wltnoss arted Il now Will and
oal II tu Mrs. Lane in the presence Oi his src-
pnd vie. The latter -nld shn didn't want him
10 Leave the whole estate to her us this oursa
would make trouble between her and her hus-
ands heirs at law. The condition on which
The property was left that she must not marry
again, she approved, saying; If she did marry
again II was all right for tho other fellow TO
On cross. examination Mr.. Moss said no one
NaS pr"Snnt at The nerv'"Ws hp hat with Mrs
,l".dr II. lhhe and WITH her iuth0'- inv
when sile was an object Of discus 4, n in nil
he wills mnde bY MaitbyG Lane during Itich.
ara h. Lanes lifetime the son was named as
1ered.