The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-27
NICE DISCLOSURES.
Hearing in the Famous Bent
ley Case Resumed To-
day.
FAMILY SILVER PAWNED
Wheedon Admits That His Mother
Has the Plate-Estate Being
Dissipated.

Vice Chancellor Pitney heard testi-
mony this morning in the application
of Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Dixon and
Miss Emily Bentley, now Mrs. DR.. Rec
tor. for the removal of Mrs. Emma
Bentley, executrix of the estate of the
late Peter Bentley. and more sensational
facts were exposed in connection with
the management of the property.
Counsellors Gilbert Collins and War
ren Dixon conducted the cases for the
compIainants. They opened the testt-
mony to prove that Mrs. Bentley was
wasting the property placed under her
control, by putting George P. Wheedon
on the stand. This young man has
gained an unenviable notoriety during
the several hearings before the Chan
-.ior II re 'iDn.:tion PROCEEDINGS 10
prevent Mrs. Bentley disposing of the
corpus of the estate. IT was shown
that the children believed that Mrs.
Bentley was about to marry the penni-
less Wheedon. and by selling parcels of
property tried to circumvent the terms
of the will of the dead lawyer, who
gave his wife an interest in the prop
erty only If she remained single.
PAWNED THE SILVER.
Wheedon took the stand in anything
but cheerful frame of mind and coun-
sci had great difficulty in extracting the
facts. He said that Mrs. Bentley de-
l.vered to his possession two sets of the
family silver. which he pawned at her
request.
Zone set was worth s5oo?'' asked Mr..
Collins.
YES SIR" replied Wheedon.
How much did you get for Or that ra,,;ns from
Twenty-Five dollars"
land the second set of fourteen silver
knives and forks, how much on them!s
"Oh, about three dollars, replied
Master Dick Bentley says that the
money so raised was used to defray the
cases in which Wheedon figured and to
MRS. MfSse WaEbDoR a7f aE5T nFlfz REEPs THE Sill
YER.
Prodded persistently by MI. Collins.
Wneedon aumIuleq lnat the silver az
ticles were redeemed, but he. retained
it as security for the money ne az
vanced to take it out This cool ad-
mission surprised spectators IN the
''Where is that silver now?" Wheedon,
being CALLED by tn econtemptuous LOOKS
fired at him. refused to answer: -, -.
"Answar the question at once, slf,
said Vice Chancellor Pitney IN ms steTn- rs-
est manner, and the witness tiIn.oly --. -e-
plss.ffa'Tn3s s.fn NV mothers POSSESSION"
After questions further were aSA@o ~
the unhappy Wheedon was allowed 10
sneak HIS nsayi MOTHER CARELESS. v,
Master Peter Bentley was the next
witness and he testified to the nllsinah-
egen7ent Of the estate by his mother
Receiver William H. Lewis teStlHeuL "a
~ +1e incomes from the estate Whlcn
have shrunk from $500 per year 70
s., ,0gu. -,,as od5ourY1ad at one o'clock
and resumed this afternoon. ,c1z,rr
"a iiHSDNTTTTED HER ENGAGEMENT.
Richard Bentley was called on lns re-
snmnfion of the case after adJournme,nst my
and testified that he knew tnaI tne HE hi
innction order was made known 70 nlS
mother. When asked who told MIN ne
renled. "Mr Dixon" 49,,
Counsellor Warren Dixon was tngiH 1;ii
sworn and shown copy OF tne Wla. tr,,s
He testified that the tx copy him MAS d i ~
ssyvee there an interview between you
and Emma Bentley and George Wnees- nee
don about the fifth Of January; ,,;Ss hSss'
at your office?" asked Counsellor Colllns, -
YES was the reply; they came to
NV office. Mrs. Bentley told me sne
was engaged to marry Mr. Mneeuson, snr
When property was mentioned Wn9eootl
said he supposed knew that MIS-, rs Pe,e- 1,Ta,,-
erty as she pleased was sutpfiseu ..pi
"Subsequent to that interview the oii'
uos fiIed9" asked Mr.. Collins.
YES was the reply. .n
| The case was then adjourned unll,
Wednesday morning, July TO- at half pass
| nine O'Clock.