New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-02
IRIS YOUMANSS ESTATE.
ION TO HAVE LETTERS OF ADMIN
PIN ,sTRATION VACATED.

i ., THE REMOVAL OF PIERRE VAN
r" az THE GROUND THAT HIS DISTANT
~,oxslnp GIVES HIM NO CLAIM To
OTHER PERSONALLY OR REALTY
| ALLEGED FACTS IN THE
cr AND MR. VAN AL
sryyEs SIDE or IT.
l. manifested among lawyers in the
| Great h'e' ,v being held before Surrogate Fitz-
.sssiss"o o,,,ion presented by Taylor & Parker.
erad on ,,r,,s, for vacation OF an order APP
n No. 10 Van Alsiyne. of No 2s West One
snlihs ,,wsnty-eghth-st., secretary OF the
,ndre c,sncu Works. as administrator Of the
Ns'io." Katherine Lee Youmans. valued at
saie OF r. annointmen: administrators OF Mrs.
pa" any rye;er Centre. Oswego County. y.
Icy Laa' " ia 5ecslent who died ntestate. The
an au'' -, led 10 the presentation of The petit
scen'we "'" ., the following account OF the case
ION IS s,I sr 4 Parker. OF Taylor < Parker:
E f Feue' who was the widow OF Judge
Mrs lounsa.m she lived Tor several years In the
lee, WIN fssnds became the VIE OK PROFESSOR
:sniwicn In, Editor of The Popular Science
3 !. and WAS we'll known III metropolitan
Monthly ,a1ss Her town home was az The
I,sray har in Fifth-aVe.. and ner country place
Kslekerosss,S Conn. where she died on September
a. Rase."s her most frequent visitors had been
NJ, van ,Ssr Mrs Noum&nss death, no viii hdN-
es.Fs eound Van Alstyne applied for and Sc
Es ~ s,ters OF administration. lie nad Citations
esret n go number OF relatives, mos of whom were
isged y .hst their claims viii not be considered
- essaa Mrs Youmans was known 10 nave con
ilh01sa -"rso,al estate. Van AlstyBe gave bond
sifaoe e. ~, since then, however. consider
~ o Sn.g!sonal property has been discovered
az @s peoniesng heirs assert ina. an Ais,yhe -
% dlsisnt3 he realty or personally and an action
% sns begun in the supreme court through
TsylO' fa1 The petition 90 remove Van Alstyne
me ll,,n.strator is based on the ground una ms
ss 90, s' 70 relationship was rounded upon me iaI'
cam Ne Youmans grandmother ana van AZ
that MIS-. ,h,sther were brother and sister. which
syne -, Give him any claim 10 either realty or
IsrsOnalty.
TIE NEAREST RELATIVES.
,..or,;ns 10 Nj Parker. the nearest relatives
wrs Iucv Iadd. and James l.. Newton of NO.
,r,neton-st Cleveland Ohio. who Is an uncle.
- :. ia said are entitled to all the personally
- ,bsre there are uncles and aunts living.
80, ~ deceased uncles and aunts do not have
.a,s..ssn;atjon in personally. although they may
,hsr ner stripes share OF the realty unoer the
s.. ,r,ss ~ descent. The realty, II Is coniehueu
,souM be divided into hye paris Ms ,bree nsrts
;Js Sistributed among about forty descendants
ss,s,ee deceased aunts and uncles ,,.,,,
e ~. slegad that about September ~ iast Nillaii
IT cisrE Of Cleveland. Ohio, whose wife was iirst
.usin OF Mrs YOumans called on van Ais,!n e
IA tcd him that Mrs l-add ana M, NV 'y p,'
n M w e Wall-st.. counsel for Van Alstyne. saw
y.,on who is elghty-slx years old and very teeDie
Ss.,y made an agreement. dated OCTOBER y 1874
ps'? as counsei for Newton. by which the latter
~ nav The former 30 per cent OF all the estate
,hst was recovered
THE REPUTED VALUE OF THE ESTATE
Merton AYERS that Bussey represented that the
.ss. state amounted TO only 5000 or 5000 when
a, r,1, Is said 10 be $4,000. From Cleveland
Rsvy Sent TO Exeter Centre. TO see Mrs Ladd'
i. hd obtained a letter from Newton to Mrs
laSi and BY means OF the agreement win Newtol,'
said induced her TO make simlar TO-.
rrsrsjy acute business abilities. She regretted
Ne bargain she made with Bussey after ne hao i
" yew,on's son George N. Newton. came TO New,
Yors accompanied by Mrs. LAID, ana fe,an ~,
Taylor Parker and William NJ ssH s1,, pusssy
=, ,-nmeda,a return of the two documents. Bussey
,snrnaS TIA, made with Newton but declined to re,
Ease Mrs. add MI Newton mas oeer his Susrd
an William G. Choate. who was Mrs foumsns
aver has declared, II is said. that ne never uIeM
er will but there are many people VINO knew nel
rsn who say she told them of different matters
he had mentioned in will she had made
MR.. VAN ALsTYNEs STATEMENT.
Mr. Van Alstyne was seen last night a. as home
TO- % West One-hundred-an d-twenty-ei ghth-st. he
about forty five years OF age, and frank IN man
y. AS executor of Mrs Youmans's estate all
nat | am anxious for is 10 see justice done. De-
love Mrs Youmans left a She told twenty
o. thirty people she had made wi., ana ! nav NV
i've letters she wrote saying she wanted me
"a be executor. When i made apphcaton LOT ie.-
~; az administration / did not know or me tx
s,ecct OF Mr. Newton or Mrs l.add. cted an sne
,sztvs Of whom | could get trace MT; busse!
yeri "a Ohio to see Mr.. Newton on MI Newton
r.o,s BY 10. ter. What arrangement MT busse,
r,t with Mr. Newton relative 10 taxing care q.
4 jn,eresis / did not know until afterward AZ
IA, tine neither he nor ] had positive hnoMieut !
sAs vsIue % ne estate Mrs. Youmans never saIu
/, nv hearing how wealthy she was ~ was VI,
he reouesi OF Charles Dudley Warner tnat ION
gs,s 10 become the administrator OF tne estate.
W. Warner Professor John Fiske ana others nave
raie AFFIDAVIT that they never nesru Mts ~
rams sneak Of these contesting heirs Sne never
spsks OF them. They are angry because wan'
them 70 prove their inship and want more '"o'
6uyh search made for the VIII. , ~ ,
Relative to he small amount OF the DoHu' AZ
eare IA saw Is ina, when ! looked over Mrs. gu,
nznss apartment ard saw her furniture nglred
that n IL were 10 be sod auction II woui1 prlhs
n more than 1903 or 5000 cash aIthougn ~ ma St
Nave cost $1,000 ] gave bond for AVU IN tns
SAFE s1d one for $500 in Connecticut: on the pei
sona property only As administrator ! was ho' r.
CURED 70 give a bond on account OF nanollhs ,ne
real estate In this matter the contestlny heIs
seem 70 have the idea that they are the ohiy 0hes
vao have any rights TO be looked after. snaii De
perfectly satisfied to have the Surrogate decoe a.
The vsxed qussiions al issue. If Mrs. Ladd and MI
Newton are the princpa. heirs nope they VIII ss.
tne.r rights but IL 10 me tnat tney ousHt W
be wiling TO wait with the rest or US ana see
whether The will cannot be found. j am quite CON
Msnt II will be found. and then ali this trouble
vii be settled
Ne d..