The sun., 1891-01-11
CONTESTS HIS WIFE'S WILL.
SPICY TESTIMONY Nv THE IEDDER-
BARrsHoRN WILL CASE

After the Marriage Mr.. Hartshora De-
aasAeA that HE wife Pay the Expenses
OF the Bridal Tour-A Nuptu.i Agree
meat By which He Was TO Provide
Orly Two Meais Daily saa Ore Fire.
TROY, Jan. lO.-The evidence In the vedder-
Hartshorn will contest lie practically closed.
and 1t has developed the fact that a very Pc
culiar state Of affairs existed for years in the
Vedder- -Hartshorn household. Nicholas 4.
vedder was manufacturer OF stove patterns.
He died in 1879, leaving an estate valued AZ
sl50,00O. A widow survived him.
There wore NO children except Ida an adopt
cd daughter. to whom Mr.. and Mrs. Vsdder
were greatly attached. Her roal name was
Ida Angel, and she was taken from found
ling institution In New York city when she
was years old. BY his will Mr. Nedder gave his
widow life interest In the entire estate. and
provided that at her death there should be
paid to Ida vedder 5000. Tho residue OF the
estate was then to go to RELIGIOUS and charit-
able Institutions. mainly of the Methodist
Episcopal denomination.
Mrs. Vsdder attended the State street Metho-
dist Church. OF which Edwin A. Hertshorn.
the author OF several tarin books. was also
member. He was President Of the Cable fiax
as Q capable business man and supposed to
possess marked financial ability. To him the
widow frequently went for advice.
Hartshorn was Q widower. and he was an oc-
casional caller At the brown-etone residence OF
Mrs. VedGer on Fifth avenue. As result an
intimacy followed and when Hsrtshorn pro-
posed marriage In 1881 be was accepted.
After the wedding q tIanseontinental
bridal trip followed and Mrs. Vedder- Harris
horn soon had reason TO know that her bus
band was considerable OF fnanc!er. Whle
away on their honeymoon they travelled IN
first. class style. and by the time they we're
ready to leave Denver Hartshorn was out OF
funds. He made q call on his wife. and she
responded with $1,000
On their return to this city one OF the first
acts OF HArtshorn was to demand that his wife
reimburse him for the expenses attending the
| wedding. and the trip rs far as Denver. She
declined. and then told Hartshorn that he was
not only living in one OF the best houses
IN the city. but had splendid cot
| tase at Round Lake. with horses
| and carriages at his command the year round
and ought to bear some o; the expense Free
| Quent sQuabbles resulted from Hartshorns 9 de-
mands. and these were generally heard BY Ida
| and Hartshorn's two children BY his first WIFE,
"velder" was the name inscribed on the
| plate OF the biz front door OF the Fifth avenue
residence This did not please Hartshorn. and
| he had a plate NJ ade with his name engraved
upon It. but when he attempted TO place 1t on
the door Mrs veider- -Hartshorn entered de-
| ciced protest Har,shorn persisted. and on
| went his plate. but it didn't stay long
| Mrs. Vedder- Hartshorn caused its removal
| and the replacing OF the original plate. Then
| for some months an amusing contest followed
| and tho neighbors were accustomed TO make
bets whether tho door plate would read we'd
bsi ,Ss Woman nsy carried her
D9Hln, DHal,. .horn.s next move was to draw nuptisl
HaI Hsstshorn and hs wife aid not sign ,he doeu;
aesn HsS ss' d .as s, IT'S 'ns
| was an extraordinary agreement ,,o p,,,h
BY It's terms certain p9ren5h .hs OF s,!nos Ihs o
Mr. Hartshorn who also had a deanite ppdsr.
standing as to what he should and should not
DfS Busness 81 aes eled HarshoTn to
almost daily, and as his wife was in the habit
aaps %s Il hs sse
evening. and declared that TWO dinners were
Hs said that he would provide only a,,,sss two
that would pay he COS, o. o9s nas
luneh Size had to buy il outside Or Droou,s .hs i
| 1000 AZ Der OWN e1pepbS ~
| These are SAMPLES OF the happy times in the
| Vedder- HArtshorn household.
| 1t was hardly to DO expected that tne WHO
| could have much Affection for the second nus.
band and when she died not cent was LETT
| him OF the neat little sum THAI had accumu-
lated 10 Mrs. yedder- Hartshorp from the IN
| terest and Profits Of her t.et husbands estate
| Hastshorn contested tho will on tho ground OF
| undue influence. incompetsncY. DC.
| The Surrogate has TO decide several ques.
| tons. The first is the lucicial settenent OF
| the account OF Otis q. Clark. the surviving ex-
| ecutor On this tho point to pc settled u
| whether tho Legacy in the wiz OF MI Nedder q
| $1,000 70 Ida veddsr should draw interest from
| the time Of the death Of the testator up to the
| time Of payment. which was fixed BY the Will
| at the death OF Mrs. Vedder.
| Another question is. what shall be done with
! over SO OCO accrued during the lifetime OF
| Mrs veddeH from stocks held by the widow.
| II Is claimed that this $4,000 belongs 10 tie
| widows estate as profits Of her hrst husband'S 2
| property. as he gave to her the income and
profts, This amount Is also claimed oy the
Soon alter her marriage to HArtshorn she
| made q will in Whicn she beaueethed 5000 to
| lda but shortly before her death she revoked
| this beQuest BY o codicil.
| Hertshorp claims that the revocation Of thu
| beQuest to Ida is equivalent 70 making tho b.
| quest to him. as SO much OF the estate there ~
| becomes interstate and In the absence OF chill.
| dren the husband succeeds to his ,Wtfes per-
sonal properly. The arguments will be begun
| In the Surrogate's Court on Monday.
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