New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-08
PRANK p. DEUdREST as An ENECCTOR.
HEIRS OF GARRETT STORMS ASK QUESTIONS
THE AssEMBLYMAN SAYS HE WILL

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NOT RESIGN.
since financial troubles thick and fast have sur
rounded Asscmblyman Frank p. Demarost. Of NyacN'
all sorts of mors concerning his connection VITA the
estate Of the late Garret Storms have been aioal IN
vcstcation wherever inquiry can now be made shows
a curious state Of affairs in which sixteen he's ana
countless other people Interested. Just how inc
much talked about Assemblyman is involved VIII be
shown by a rehearsal Of the story. Many years ago
Carrot storms a New York city carman. who had ac-
qured a handsome competence, retired from business
and sought rest on a farm between Mont Moor and
Valley Cottage In CarkstOwn, near DemGrcstS nome.
old Uncle Garry as every one termed storms
was usually rated by his friends. relatives ana ac-
'analntancc* to be worth not less than 100000 In
his declining years he became decidedly eccentric.
Dcmarest always chung closely TO rnclc Garry md
The Young Assemblyman the old mans lawyer.
storms was eighty years old when he died. leaving
a will drawn by Demarrst By this VIII he bequeaihcd
the homestead and $4,000 TO his adopted daughter MIS-
Ellen Parsons. and property In Leov-st, e"-foFH
CITY, valued at 100000 to her daughters. AT tho
same time the old man decided for ~ the Leroy st.
houses to Mrs. Parsoas's daughtcr7 Subsequently no
d fued having given such deed when the New
York agent Informed him one day of the change Of
title.
Under the will the personal property Of Mr.
Storms, consisting Of Government bOrdS. stocks
bonds and gages, to be divided between SIX
teen nephcws and nieccs. Mrs.. Parsons was named
as eyecutriX and she retained Dcmarcst rs her law
yer. Until few weeks no one else has ever adj
vsed her. and to this day no heir has any definite
idea 10 the value n the personal property. Nor
can there 10 any judicial settlement for some time to
come because Of other complication which will h
ShOwn. BY announcing neglect officially to advertise
for claims against the estate Dcmarc secured an I'D
dtonal delay 81 ak months Then whom the inter
escd parties appeared citation I'm the ROrkland
Al.
sonal estate produced in the shape Of a bundle
Of securities and Surrogate wclant promptly ordered
that the securities bc converted into ca'h and al
ourncd the settlement until that could he done still.
the question lie. what are those securities WORTH
one heir asserts that Demarcst once said they were
worth 10000 and that at another time he aid they
were worth 100000. supervisor a. Y. Fal-
pn 81 Orangetown. and John II. smith.
Of Mont Moor. were appointed appraisers. and TO
them Mr.. Parsons aud Dcmarest exhibited securities
worth $4,000. Is supervisor Of Clarasi1wn. A.
sembyman Dcmarest had the personal cstat" &" Mr.
storms assessed al $1,000 aud 50 it now stands on
the assessment book and Mr.. Parsons paws thereon
tax of $40 year
Al the sixteen heirs now clamoring for an
cxplauation Of thNso discrepancies between 10000
and 10000 and arc turning 70 The " Little Giant" a,
the only man who know, anything about it. The lat
report day two to one 81 the heirs. was that
only II 900 now remained o. lie divided. That would
be SG6 80 apiece. where Dcmarcsts own entries on
the assessment books call, for the distribution - over
n 900 % each heir The sixteen heir are Abian
j. storms Henry r. storms David -. storms UaiclY
diedl John Storms. william Perry, Elsie VI. smith,
Maria f. Scc0x. Lcttia 4. Johnson. Edmund stevens,
Josephine Pohcmus. Jane ur,h John Ilauvet spencer
Co. George T. Coe. Richard Coe and Anna G. Archer
Al sixteen contestants have retained counsel, ana
are determined 10 SIT the matter to the bottom.
\ fow weeks Dcmarrs' ceased to act a, un-c
for Mrs Parsons and arranged mt she should Sec't
li- nnclc cX- District Attorney AbTam ~ DchaTc't ~
act in his stead. ,.,
Tho adjourned session II tho IOckani County Grand
Jury az Sew City February II viii near me 'c>i
monv Of a host Of witnesses In the | Mon steamboat
COMPANY ca.e., in which Den r'st i charged WIN
forgery and wherein he admii ted cmbe1hcmenf hF
making restitution 20 tho amount Of g ;5'O 20 penn
rest stl denies all crimnallty aud his fnend- are
once moro boldly asserting that he VIII not D. III.
dirtod That De stil has influence In Albany is shown
by the recent appointment If hts ltle brother Ia law
J. y Knapp "a be Assembly page. ana the Htatc
meu that senator elect lin is to take Nv" boy -
Washington with MIN. IL Is ~a1 thai all me o'.fr7
Il the Rockand County industrial Association nav"
cen siihpOcnacd Ia appear before the "iand JhF:
This indicates the seeking OF an indictment LON tH
otnrter for some reason not now mad public. pcInh
resi- nov saws positively that he viii not resign a.
.eof i'm the Assembly. His attitude continues I" DE
that ~ an Injured innocent, who occasionally snaps ON
n an accuser Nou're liar, SIR ana then lp>'s
gain into silence far a, all charges are concerned