New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-26
AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN.
BECOMING A QUESTION OF CoURTsHIP.
AIRS BRADLEY OFFERS TESTIMONY AND MAKES
EXHIBITS IN THE MYRA CLARK
GAINES WILL CASE.


GAINES WILL CASE.
The litigation over the wills of Mrs. Myra Clark
Ganes promises to be proactsd her proceedings
IN her lifetime TO the title TO valuable property
In the city Of New-Oreans. The contest growing out
Of her two wills Will be carried to the Court of Appeals
according to statements OF counsel yesterday Mrs.
Gaiues was Mrs. Whitney when She married General
Gaines and II is said she used his fortune OF S2ooooo
10 carry on her suits which resulted in judgments OF
over 81 100000 in her favor.
Ii is said that when she died, on January 0, 1888,
she left a will, drawn by lawyer. dated January H.
1855 giving her estates to her grandchildren. and
Photographic will, bearing date January ., 1852 Dut
written at some previous time. leaving the property to
Mrs. Evans and Mrs Perkins, two OF her friends MIS-
Evans saws that Mrs Letta Bradley daughter OF the
onetme Survey orGeneral OF Louisiana, gave her te
Photographic WILL
Mrs. bradley was put upon the stand yester-
day and most Of the day spent in ques-
tionjng and cross questioning her. she proved
nervous and excitabe witness and spoke wlth
Creole accent She denied that she knew Mrs Marie
p Evans although she family recalled the fact that
woman who called herself Mrs. Evans was about the
house when Mrs. Gaines died. In response to the
question whether gave the Photographic Will 10 Mrs
Evans she said That's fraud, perfect fraud she
then had 10 her bottle of smelling salts, and
ben Surrogate Abbott told her be calm she said Il
get nervous listening 10 so many lies.
In her further evidence Snc SAID mat a man WHO
called himself Walter Woolrich introduced himself to
her two years ago and they took drive TO the lake.
Aferward he called at her house and they went for an
other drive and had their photographs taken together
He wanted to court her and she gave him her address
She did not see him again until Tuesday when she
saw William Il. Evans, husband Of Mrs. Marie F.
Evans, in court and recognized him as the man WHO
had called himself woolrich. When the photograph
was produced she identified it and said:
"Ihat'S and that ScOundrel WOolrich."
She denied the authenticity OF paper purportng to
have been written by her and stating that she wished
to make restitution TO Mrs. Evans. The paper is as
follows
As / am anxious and DESTROYS Of making restitu-
ton to Mrs. Marie P. Evans. herein make the fol
lowing statement of my own free VIII ana accord.
on Thursday morning. January s 1850 the day De,
feeling much better the ladies and y6ody left
the Ss4s s1a ft GS %en Pf al ea ss
came and we both went up to Mrs. Gainess room and
while and after she had and while We were still
alone Mrs Gaines took out her Will. which was al
only. she handed it 70 me and said: " Letitia, Il
should never see Mrs. Evans again. promise me that
YOU b @ next na evening" anu January g. s at about
O'Clock was Expecting my husband. and had gone
Mrs Evans walking up and down in front of the
door: recognized her, as l had lee, ;een Me- her
Christmas refused to let her SEQ Mrs Gain Game
! hurried down at once to the door OF the house
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will had promised Mrs. Gaines TO DO. ! also
state further that everything Mrs Evans testified to IN
relation to my meeting her and handling her this will
is true and correct in every particular.
The paper is signed by Isaac w. Miller, and w. r.
Evans as witnesses. Mrs. Bradley heard the paper
read and then saH:
"That is a perfect lie. 1t is all lie Of these
sooundrels. will swear that the cross Of my hand
She admitted that the signature was hers, and
counsel tried to show that the paper, which was
large sheet Of foOlScap had been folded
so that Mrs. Bradley wrote her name
and address upon it without knowing that
ANYTHING else the paper. 1t was admitted IN
evidence and shown that 1t could be thus foldes by
the original creases.
Mrs. Bradley caused much amusement by producing
an umbrella which she said Evans, or Woolrch as
he called himself, gave her on their ride TO Lake
Pontchartran and which she had brought all the way
from New orleans carefully wrapped up. 1t was put
is an exhibit, and despite Mrs. Bradley's warming
was unfolded. All save one section of the SIX had
split and il looked Like the mere wreck OF its former
self. Mrs Bradley said that Mrs. Gaines defed God
man and devil" 49,
Mr. Evans was the last witness of the day. lie
denied that he represented himself as Walter
Woolrich Mrs Bradley, and said that she knew hun
as Evans and thus addressed him. lie never tried to
conrt her and represented himself as single
man to her. He went to the lake twice with her and
sought to get her TO sign the paper and she did So
He recognized the umbrella and he said he gave il
TO Mrs Bradley. He had borrowed it from Buschard
to give it to her.