New-York tribune., 1896-07-23

THE ESTATE OF CHARLES DE BERARD SHEPARD
AT lARcHMoNr AND NEw-YoRK IN
LITIGATION.
Tho settIement OF the estate OF Charles DE
Bcrard Shepard OF Larchmon:, came up IN surro-
gate Sikmans Court at Yonkers yesterday. TIC
died March 2 1884, I'm the city or New
York where he had been for years engaged
in the hotel business, and was also pro-
pne,or of the resort known the Wh'tc
Elephant" at Broadway and Thirty-irst-st' iie
died without leaving Will. and letters OF aa'"'s
trauon were issued 10 the widow, Clara '. Shepaiu,
Of Larchmont. Since then a petition has been hieh
with the Surrogate BY Grace Adele Shepard VINO
saws she Is a daughter by a former wife. Tne Pc
titloner states that The letters Of administration Is
sued TO Clara V. Shepard should be revoked upon
the ground that they were issued without Juils-
diccon. as Mr. Shepard was resident OF 'he
city of NewYork at the time OF his DEATH ana upon
false suggestions and statements or facts tna' ''e
petitioner Grace Adele Shepard Is the legitimate
child Of Mr.. Shepard and his wife Ada that 10 c
ta.on was issued 10 either the petitioner or her
mother and that proof appears upon the recoruS
of the court that Ada Shepard, at the time the
letters of administration were issued, was ulVorceu
from Charles De Berard Shepard, or was dead.
The petition also says that the inventory OF the es-
tate filed by the administrative at 81 464 3C Is false
and is framed for the purpose OF frauduenty re-
ducng the value of the estate; that he left large
amount of real estate and personal property. and
falsely alleged that he left Clara V. Shepard. his
widow and Charles Taylor Shepard. his son. MS
only heirs and next Of kin then SURVIVING. whereas
the true wife. Ada Shepard was not shown 10 DC
dead or divorced and that Grace Adele Sheparo'
the petitioner and daughter by his first WIFE, IA not
mentioned referred to.
Attached to the petition OF Grace Adee Sheparn
are the afdavts by A. c. Allen J. b. Saalman.
Herman Wolf Joseph Mcclellan George L. Jorhan
and William c. Catherwood. The affidavit Of William
G. Catherwood states that he Is the husband
Of Laura Catherwood, sister Of Charles De Berard
Shepard: that he and his Wife had adopted Grace
Adele Shepard who goes by the name OF Gather
wood and who has made her home with him and
his wife for number of years: that he knew MT
Shepard: that he had told him that Grace was his
(Shepard'S legitimate daughter by another wife;
that no one would know who the woman was.
and that no one would discover her Identity.
Mr. Catherwood also says that he lived in Will
m.ngton H. for one year. in Eldorado Iowa, for
two years and in Blair, Neb.. for twelve
years. and during all Of which time Adele resided
WIS known Grace Adele Catherwood. she was In
aS5 sns sa that dnrg the years M and ISL
Grace Adele lived with Charles DE Berard Shepard
and with hs family m Larchmont and In the city
The atidavits of Messrs Allen saalman. Wolf
and Mcclellan. sta.e that Mr.. shepard was a resi-
DR. Walter NJ Fleming in his affidavit states that
ofice: that Charles De Berard Shepard came his
in 70 % ie Ra oe eT cor f% wsre 0 he e sn
that during his visit az the deponent's house M
AT fSa me a Of hs Clara v shepard
the adminis,ra,r:x, was net LYING With Mr. SShep-
although repeatedly sent for. In commenting upon
m hss n haTS nef wire and d Mou
have been far better If he had remained with his
course. ou know Was married before married my
wife and r nat have ave n s P 96 & shs
w c. Catherwood. my sister. at Larchmont, the
girl whom YOU have seen so often there ere when
about & nine years Of age at that time.
and IN %a h h h me ia' OF
He believes him to have been the owner OF a large
% and al s a1a he
was In his possession at the time he died: parcel
Turtle Club. secured by frs. mortgage real
estate in Iarchmont $500 OF bonds of the same as,
In in ,he Turtle CRUZ
the II 'Grsf St T0HT Hos city
of stock In Cream Separator Company; al the cap-
great quantity OF gas fixtures in the White Ele-
Phant; furniture in the house at one-hundred-and-
and the house itself He further says that he is
formed and n h" h at as se
By Clara sheParS samns in to be . tss wdG~ sn and
Mr M f Shepard Dat at the time Of death had other per
sonal property amounting TO about EoVn
In her answs: to the petition Of Gracs s. Adele
is heavily encumberei with debt and highly ap-
praised She says tha: she anu Mr. Shepard lived
at Larchmon: for fifteen prior TO his death.
and that he voted and GAINED his residence In |
Westchester County. During all this time he had
apartments at No. l.245 Broadway. known as the |
white Elephant" and when visiting In the city |
both occupied the apartments place OF residence
They also occupied the house at One -hundrel-and
twenty -frst-st and Lenox- ave. which was her |
the city OF NewYork she says he told her that In
order TO get license for the business he contem- |
plated opening he induced by those In control OF
the politics In the section where the business 10
be conducted to agree 10 vote at the fall election OF
1883 in New York CITY and for that purpose he reg
i-tered Previous to his death. she says that she
was afraid OF bodily injury and by the advice OF
friends stayed away from him The statements in
the affdavits accompanying the petition Of Grace
Adele Shepard one and all denied by Mrs. Shep-
ard in her answer.
An nques: held by Coroner Birch and jury
Yesterday afternoon In the Of Michael Kelly, |
whose body was found lying beside the railroad
tracks above this village early Monday morning
After listening to the evidence presented by Drs |
Curtis and Magness. who performed an autopsy on
the body the jury found verde, that Kelly met his
death from blows inflicted IN unknown way.
From the verdict II would appear that the jury |
thought the had been murdered The doctors
who performed the autopsy found that instead OF
there being pistol shot wounds In his head the holes
were made by some instrument. The wounds caused
a fracture Of the skull. Some believe that Kelly was
murdered. Will, many think he was killed by a
train.
IRVINGTON
Inv sto in Main