The sun., 1891-05-02
WIECHERSS WIDOW, MAYBE


THE MILLION/IRs 1xrUxR
the Executers Diseeveres Her-A yer.
Ma. whe She Says n Her Son.
Some new light WAS thrown yesterday IN n.
Supreme Court on the question suppossd ~
have been pretty we'll settled whether or not a
woman now In the Trenton insane asylum n
the widow OF the millionaire sugar refnsr
William Alfred Wiechers. Mr.. wiechers dl.A
on December IA. 1888. leaving an estate yslns6
at t1.600.000. which By will executed on Anril
z, 1884. he divided equally among his eistsrs
and brothers or their issue These bsnenoi.
aries are George F. and Carl wiechers, Ella.
beth H. D. Lsssen, Marie Emolie Reuter- and
Selma Elizabeth Kerstein. The will made no
reference to widow or issue Of the tsstator.
It was admitted to probate on Feb %. 1889.
The executors. Franz o. O.Matthiessen and Hsnry
property and they did 30.
In examining the testator's private papers.
they discovered that he had been sued for linn.
tied divorce By Isabella Jennines. otherwise
Hayes. in February, 1885. Those papers showed
that the woman averred that sho had bsen
married to Wiechers on April z. 1877, By mu.
tual agreement to live to together - man and
wife. and that he had abandoned her In June
! 1885. Soon after this suit was brought pro.
ceedlnRs were instituted to have her declared
lunatic.
She was adiudeed insane and went to the
Bloomingdale Asylum on Feb. l8. 1886. Two
days later she was removed to the Middletown
Insane Asylum and on March 81. 1888. was
transferred to the Trenton Insane Asylum.
The New Jersey Court Of Chancery appointed
Israel g. Adams committee OF her person and
esi ate and sho IL still confined at Trenton.
II was Nso ascertained BY the .e1 eoutors that
" nj R~sa
Phiadelpils IN the house, Of y =. woman insns VIZ IN
passed as bis mother was said 10 be son nei oi
xiter making these discoveri.s the executor.
went frankly to the Supreme Court with them
sSs sns SfGn nn o asa hSe % re .
,h. widow and sSn They hs| claim 4 that Wischsrs
.n wa 1a sfS gsys Sas Hsa va:
aa'IGs MINI AZ 81 shs co1ss ssst' snd
David Henderson are made parties defendant.
.ut iss %sds and 0f bnr' ,h'
the insane woman and young Covert, con.
eented: en..,s Jmdgs lnRraham appointed Gherardi
M ME; Lurrill moved bsior: Judge o'B.ien. in
ssp o bsrss hs Issrs for
end to have Issues framed for trial BY jury.
he said that since his appointment he. had
from Pennsylvania and New Jersey which
Ne @ss that s
nesses, he saws. will testify that they lived TO.
Se9 toa By sn se'rs
tne insSription April :: 1877: ". 10 3" Ths
the day Of the marriage IN the suit by the Jen.
aud talked I'D With the 'eweler who made tho
He believes that he will be able to provo that
her attorney discontinued her divorce snit .
that his sson Se bSns
70 e. ssF hs. sG% an
Barr matters passed
executors. and the brothers and sisters who
Il late to make sasb m spp
Mr., Burrill said afterward that az guardian
he was Bound to protest their ints ' and az .
wsss s.ae the or vSs &. hoy ycRs Would s e:
way as t1 protect them IN all their possible
sfze ss svdns' nS o.on sse e.
u SQUARE and above board. The % woman % was
s1doI t.oa otedlH insane and svs.ybody Cd;
sssam to .sSnm ,Ra
looked a little suspicious al first. bat investi:
gWaton e oS..I showed that that 1t Vas al RIGHT. M;
aseises esce1 her ,.ns sh' Ssa lssd ssd
with .hem.,. Among them was tic
though es s6ss he he vi Was Dii' wpm.ss
had educated him and brought him
s fs sos ~ Rsssses sf,a 81 the woman that