The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-31
OU1ZZ[NG TRUSTEEvAUGHAN.
ne 7EsTIFIEs ABOUT FAYERWEA tn
Fh,s BURNED CODICIB.


Coprrontss With = Trssssettoa n New Ser
ssy fro- the Records or the Court OF
Chsasery-whst Hs ss,d 60 Miss Joyce.
Henry u. Vaughan, who came IN as mas
terful influence close on the death Of Daniel
i. Faysrweather and within four days had the
disposition OF the four million residue changed
twice. was the central figure before Justice
Truax OF the supreme Court yesterday in the
suit by five colleges TO break the deed OF gift
He has been a sort OF unknown quantity in the
litigation, but his influence was seen to have
been most Potent.
Vaughan is a busting. bald man, rather
short Of stature. and perhaps 40 years old.
lie had known fayerweather for a number Of
years. but Fayerweather until a week before
his death. had not connded to Vaughan his
testamentarY purposes 1t has appeared that
Vaughan learned that the great residue was
TO go absolutely by a codicil to Justus I.
Buckley and Thomas q. Rltch. On Nov. II,
1890. four days before Fsyerweather's death.
q fourth codicll was executed about the con-
tents Of which no one but Vaughan has spo-
ken. lie says 1t was destroyed by Amelia
Joyce after instructions given by Fayerweather
on the afternoon OF the day Fayerweather died.
Amelia Joyce. now Mrs. John b. Reynolds.
says she does not know what was in the en-
velope she threw into the furnace with
Vaughan beside her. The NTH codicil. max
ing Vaughan residuary legatee with Messrs.
Ritch and huxley. was executed that last az
ternoon.
MIR. Vaughan chafed under the long cross
examinations OF Ellhu Root and Col. +. g.
James. and asked tho Judge to curtail the ex-
animation. saying he mad business to attend
to-
will you state the contents OF the fourth
codicil which MIR. Butler prescott Hall Butlerl
drew and which you read to Mr.. FayerWeath-
err Z" asked Col. James.
Substantially" no replied. " II took the re-
siduary estate from the hands Of Messrs. Ritch
and Buckley. and restored the will to its orig
In answer to another question Mr.. Vaughan
said that Fayerweather had ordered him from
the sick chamber. but no said 1t was within OF
the, sick man. A question as to whether he
ruled out lie admitted that he had said. after
reading the Fayerweather testRmenta pa
peTs that he was going e o straighten things
was on his desthbed. Mr. Vaughan was. asked:
should have the sum Of SIS 90 f Tor bsiriend
ing and advising Mrs. fsyerweather after his
No" he replied. II never received a cents
consideration for, befriending Mrs. Fayer;;
weather after the death of Mr. Fayerwenther"
Col James created some surprise by asking
Mr. Vaughan IL the Court OF Chsncery Of New
Jersey had not found that he had been guilty
father-in. law. cancelled assignments OF the
interest Of n bTother-in-law In the estate. and
ordered Vaughan to recOnvey such interest to
his brother In law The question was stricken
James had u short history OF the case read
from the New Jersey reports.
1t appeared that Naughan's wife. Lucy is
the daughter Of George ~ wright Of Borden
town. who had hnd large estate even after
vsnia, siatinGton and New England Railroad
across the northern part Of new Jersey. lie
died on Jan, I, 1896 leaving, It is said. about
S25OOoO. His widow and hve children sur
yiyed him. Their son. William T. wright was
he assigned all interest in the estate Of his
father to William W. Gibbs Of lhiladelp hiR for
500 and Gibbs assigned the interest to
vaughan Tor an expressed consideration
valued at 5000. subsequently, Wright sue
ceeded in IN action. which was decided in the
Court Of ChHncory March . last, in having
these assignments set asi ie. lie declared
that the value 81 the estate had been misrep-
resented to him. and that Vaughan had con-
spired to get his share by suppression OF AS
sets. He also declared In the action that his
father had bought property ut Bordentown.
which, owing to liabilities on his railroad con-
tracts a had been taken taken in v the name Of
given him deed back to secure him. and that
this deed. which had not been recorded had
been destroyed by Vaughan.
DR.. John Arthur Irwin OF II West Twenty
the contest over the Fayerweather will before
the Surrogate, he heard Vaughan address Miss
Joyce AT the close OF the days proceedings in
an excited and threatening manner. Vaughan,
before Miss Joyce and had told her to tell Mrs.
Fayerweather that he would fight the case TO
the end This was before the execution OF tho
deed OF gift. Tho case went over until to-day.