The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-15
Contest Over era a Wealthy Jer-
sey City Mans Fortune
before Vice-Chan-
Ce110r Stevens.
QUESTION or JURISDICTION RAISED
ExscutIik Of the Late Jeremiah
Haley Opposes the Claim
of Her Grandson.
Ce110r Stevens.


Gerry Chambers his morning was crowd
ed with w~ell-dressed ladies divided into
two parties. All were interested in the
suit to perpetuate the title of jeremiah
Alonzo Haley, who claims TO be the gram
son of Jeremia Haley. who died in 1861
at No. 5 Essex street. Jersey City, worth
S150,00e. After Mr.. Haley's death and the
death of his son, jeremiah, the petitioner
as grandson filed a petition with the sur
rogate of Hudson county to compel the
widow of the elder Haley to make an
accounting of the estate of her husband.
Mrs. Amelia Haley, the widow and
executrix of jeremiah Haley. put in a
plea that her son was not married to
the mother of Jeremiah Alonzo Haley,
and consequently the petitioner had nc
interest in the estate. The young man
abandoned that suit but began another i'll
Chancery. Which suit was heard this
morning. Mr.. Gilbert Collins, with his
son. Mr.. Walter Collins. represented Mrs.
Haley and the heirs. In the answer read
by Mr.. Collins, the marriage of Miss
Vreeland and jeremiah Haley, Jr., was
disputed, and the claim was made
that the true heirs were the following
descendants of the brothers and sisters of
jeremiah Haley. ST.; Fannie Goodheart,
David J. Carlough, James E. Carlough,
Matthew NJ. Carlough, Elizabeth Acker-
son. Kate c. Doyle, Ella Daniels, Maria
MARITIME. Abraham Forshay, Jacob Wan
namaker. David Hunt, Marie Dealing.
FANNIE !; Howser. Mary Virginia Thorn
George II. Thomas. Margaret T. Sheerer,
Thomas J. Thomas, and Joseph Thomas
and Joseph Thomas and Fannie T. How
ser, executors of the last will Of Mary
Thomas. deceased.
MessrS. Gallagher & Richards. LAWYERS
Tor jeremiah Haley. third, the plaintiff,
mony this morning when Vice Chancel-
Tor Stevens gave them a shock by quiet
" remarking that he was afraid he had
no jurisdiction in the case, which was
purely a legal question, and there seem
ed to be no equitable question involved
Mr.. Collins and Mr.. Richards argued
Tor some time asato the propriety of
putting in testimony and91 submitting
briefs or arguing later on the question
of jurisdiction with thesresult thai 1t was
agreed to go ahead with the testimony,
and a bill should be filed to ~perpetuate
the testimony of witnesses and the evil
denceryin one suit should stand for the
other. h question of Jurisdiction win
be decided later. Mr.. Collins having
cleared the air7ef asfog of legal compli-
cations, the testimony was begun with
Mrs.e Jennie e. Winters, sister of the
9omplainanss mother, whose marriage to
Jeremiah Haley, gothe second, was dis
puted by.the1 widow of Haley, Sr.
Mrs. Winter said that She and her
sister LLavinia, lived with their father,
on West Side avenue, then known as
South Bergen. Lavinia was sixteen years
old when young jeremiah Haley came to
visit her. was about the time of the
another young imam with his eye on the
pretty Miss yreeland. That was Mr..
William4H- Smith, who was engaged to
her; but that compact was broken when
he heard that young Haley was. paying
marked attention to her.
ftOne-day," said Mrs. Winters, Jerry
Haley came to- our house In a barouche
10 take Laviniay out riding. My father
said to him, Bring her Jack the same
as. YOU take her. and Jerry said he would
or something of that sort. They drove
uatil four days after, when / saw the
barouche drive up to our door on West
SID avenue. i said tony sister, You'll
get it for this bati Jerry said to me that
and rshe came to- the door and asked
DERRY where. they weresmarried and ask
ed for the certificate
Lawyer Richards interrupted the re-
cital to ask what reply Jeremiah Haley
made. eg gsseeL III
egtoh,' replied Mrs. Winters, sshe said
thatsthey were married in Paterson and
that he had the certificate In his pocket
Witness then said that her sister and
Jerry went6to New York to board and she
and her father n smother visited them
40A1- +2s ~s9=<-7 1Zt-hE
Dfd he introduce her to friends as his
wife?" asked Counsellor Richards
Witness replied that to many people in
her presence Haley always called her sis
ter my darling little wife," {Laughter.)
Mr. Gilbert Collins eross-examination
ELECTED the fact that witness was pre-
viOusiy married to one George w. Balou
of Boston and was separated from him
six years later. Then she married Mr..
Charles B. Winters, her present husband
Mr.. Collins. prior to his c-ross-examina-
ton. called the complainant to the stand
ard in response to a question he said that
he was born in Grand street, Jersey City,
in 1871 He admitted that he had filed
a petition to compel his grandmother to
make an accounting, but ultimately with
drew 1t.
You were told that your mother was
not married to you father, were you
not?" Mr.. Collins asked, and witness,
after a little hesitation, admitted that
some one had told him SO.
A few more unimportant question were
put and the petitioner resumed his seat
beside his mother in the rear of the
court.