New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-17
UTLL THEY FIGHT GAM1GES WILT

THE EECLUsE WAS NOT rOoR-THE BODY RE
MOVED.
The funeral Of Henry Ten Brock Carnage t'e
recluse VA, held in the University Place Presbyterian
Church Yesterday at 80 O'Clock The pastor Oh ''o
church th. Rev. DR.. George Alexander, read SNORT
er,,lcc which was followed by prayer ana the Denc
dction 4, the regular funeral VIII be held ~ unS
in Millod Penn. I'm the old Dimnlck house. Dy t'c
n,.tor of tbc PRESBYTERIAN Church there. the Rev Mr
Nichols, it wa, decided not to have a long service
IN This cl;Y There were present yesterday about
twenty member, OF the congregation with when the
dead man had been connected Cor forty years 'lc
,,emIer, Of hi, Bible cla,, at the Emmanuel Chapel
in Fast slxth-,t Mis-, Fanny Dimmlck. of Mlliou'
Penn the old mans nearest friend. the Kew a. "
Gardiner: obs W. Booth, George Wales soreh' ''e
Rev Herbert Ford. james McMoire and Thomas I"nu'
For nearly fifty year, Mr.. Gamage had been acuNeN
engaged in the mission work Of the Presbyterian
Church. and the greater part Of this time ut inc
Emmanuel Chapel, which was formerly known as the
D,y.Dock Mission. The body, accompanied by one
faithful friend. Mis-, Dmmck was taken on the Ere
Railrlad ut > - O'Clock.
Mr. Buron the sexton said that Of the dozen or
mere alleged relatives who appeared Oh Monday 70
claim "A share in the dead mans property, not one
wa, present at the funeral.
j. Alden Weir. the artist, Of OF No. IL East Twelith
ST. who wa, named in the will executor, called nj
the University Building in the morning and took the
key, of room No. 30 the top Moor, III the
north corridor \ friend of the dead man. who was
one Of the Few who the inside OF the ro0in siud
that whether or not the pictures were vertabY the
work Of old masters he could not say, but they were
collected by the father of Mr. Carnage fifty or slAV
years ago from the old galleries Of Rome and Ghent
and must certainly POSSESS more than common value
His property exclusive Of hi, pictures. i, estimated
at So 900 And. he added. from what he had seen
of the suddenly found relatives, they were disposed 10
contest the provisions Of the will.
When Mr. Weir was asked about the will OF Mr..
Carnage last night he said The will was drawn by
Mr.. Carnage msei and covers two pages Of iOOlscap
Y. j. duly witnessed by two men, but they lave
not added their addresses and are liable to he
of $40 each ~ / understand ii. BY this Will no
name, me executor and request, me 10 dispose
OF hi, picturc>. In the same way he asks MI Denny
a downtown bu,ine-, man. dispose Of his stocks ana
bOnd>. Neither Mr. Denny nor myself sought TINS
Office. And both tiink that We shall decline u
serve especially "a, Mr.. Carnage had no particular
claim, on either OF uo. Nc. read the will over. bat
Il, not remember Just what the provisions are There
are about 800 picture, in h, collection. understand
But. ~ there cannot b. more than 300 IA hlr rom'
there must bc 1000 Ia storage. -0me place. No one
ia the University Building ever saw Ian take picture
in or out Of the building. years ago when |
used to SEQ him frequently he had. believe, AN office
at A>tor Place and broadway. aud the other pictures
may be- stored there.
is to the value OF these picture-. cannot give an
estimate, for have never given them careful cAam-
inatln. | Ave noticed some that were undoubtedly
ou-ldrIaLc value. They by the old artists Of
the Continent, De but some Of them are the
worh 81 artist, not generally sought nitcr ii would BE-
extremely difficult to place a value Dn them. lie was
i man who did not make friends and doubt Ii
there any competent artist In tn, city who ha, 'e,l
the picture, and can dvc y0u utellecnt estimate
%. at they would bring at auction.
This morning went over and tpOa the VIII 10 my
lawyer j. V. Oco,L 81 No. Warren-St, to have him
Interpret and offer u for probate and request IN"
SURROGATE T. appoint publ, administrator. a, | en-
40 afford 10 pend IT," tiu" necessary 10 execute the
wish, Il Nr. carnage. IA" possibility N Hu-aiipn
!, not pleasant either. People who "a 20 re Il irs
have rru ringing riN hril ~ tay lon. Lee Wa %
orally Supposed - he peu-uuTI on " charity Of 'l'
church. Ills -tOch, and bonds are worth between
$4,000 and $4,000"