The sun., 1897-05-23

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IL, but on a separate shoot. She humbnEged
these astutc lawyers into accepting as his as
snS Gns mTooS % Ii. t %Sm or sar ea SrpTs
tations of his jargon answers 70 the questions
hSt the LAWYERS or she framed S@a 9SiSS5 %SSS
per, himself placing the pen in the testator's An
Fcw hank aS0 Ike middle Of I tbo OF Henry
parish s prepared & for , cross i oet%seH ,es
the c6dicii, which had subtracted 5000 600 worth
of realty from whatever the will OF ls42 had de-
oDs and sSgs TO eSr H SS again
moned by her TO draft second codicil which
gave her $3.50 900 worth Of his stocks and sSGn
Sne to Dane Parish SD and reoyoa him IS
eh. ell and its @ execution ' was completed with, Tho
same kind OF munlmerics over the pnraiyime .,siae
eodicil. iS W Mr. Lord seems 10 have entertained
some doubts Of the regularity and yalidiy
Of its oxeSnSh wherefore ,S ar %rs N 81
Parish unon oach occasion asked tho tcstatori
who could voice only two sounds thnt seemed en- ga
as the written paper said, but herself interpreted
the sounds mado in answer to the lawyers who
rMG MavnF Obtained StSS The % fu price for which sho
had bartered herself az tho bride OF rien s man
much older hab a.s MTs Of
the paralytic, and allowed more OF his old friends
to see him; but she still drew the line OF vista
elapsed after her greed for the estate had be-
come satated. Then pedestrpns st. the northern
r home 81 saw daily the poor helpless Of wealth
lifted, into his carriage. attended always
Sy his not ws heT wh0 schemes Obtained tho
highest commendation as a faithful consort that
had sacrificed her beauty and amusement TO
caring for the husband whom she had sworn at
as ase IN h"frf health T NeSertheess % Henry Parshs
ever eve they heard Of such wifey attentions, and
recognized that the Union square house ss.s, was
with the Ties brStheFs nf SSGS%e aRPens
than a Parish home.
Epilepto fits were now added to the rich mans
year is5s he died. Sexton Brown. whose arms
had caught him seven years before when the
stroke Of paralysis came. took charge OF tho
Curiosity as e the disposition which h., Mr. Ia, Par.
sh had m ma made Of his large @ es.e bT So9a
Daniel Parish Of the will Of ls42s which Mrs.
Parish had SO desired TO read ~, afas x eprlEsy ds
testator were also filed with Surrogate Brad.
RS the whole Parish estate to the vile except SONS
legaces, and annuities as n,o;so, well as SUI VI
to so 10 her G whS
lawyers call "the residue" which had beer, been
The oe Executors % of Of the viii lcd caveat against
probate Of the codicils on the ground that they
gently gent yN Executed We're made under the undue
and fTTHd of the Es FSr the
man for the Deladsld interest; while the
imperious Charles .OConor. the vitriolic ex.
nGipsS nist prius 'fi skill Of John K Porter. and
the experience Of ex-supreme Court Justice
attacked by the codicils. Probably retainers to
he an
many another lawyer was envious. for 4 became
obvious to the whole bar that the litigation
would be as protracted as had been the old chan
Gerry suits which Dickens's noyel Of :" Bleak
House" and q new Democratic New York Con-
The aim Of the contestants belonging to the
Parish family was to show the imbeeility and
Even under the will, with. the additional gifts
inter rros.,the integrity Of the latter being dif
to be worth million and half by the official
tend toi Mrs. Parish would become the richest
woman in New York, next to Catherine Wolfe.
SO aW o o Ra
family had been allowed to have free access to
the tsstator and only those bose. who wers , in Mrs
tans, however. Mrs: Parish had ' qnarPs!ied
waited upon their master during his several
years of illness, and these were called by Mr..
to idiocy by means Of his well.known Ingenuity
| at cross.examininS witnesses called IN the
ons e an od
broken down by a curious circumstance. He
had testified to having made certain memoranda
ostentaiiousIy showed dbhs the very pencil which he
had used; The pencil was of the famous Faber
Of an%fscture could @ Be ascertained d. Nj.
OConor showed by the Faber who managed the
ht the 50 made
House Taylor. Rector Of Grace Church. swore
eciis; cIi' but M. oconor.s ~ eross:examinstion @ * mir
upon the. wife's Interpretations OF his curious
| sounds Of voice. The rector had sworn to ad-
&c Mn a %nds
by an old family domestic Mr., 2, 0,Con9r showed
that when he received wine with his dinner Mr..
| Parish always made similar motions, thereby
laying ground for the argument that when the
Parish was ignorant Of its sacordotal character
@ and merely supposed he was ministering to his
II was easy to obtain even from the witnesses
tions and appearance of the invalid and on them
scriptions the experts distinctly denied the ex;
which is usually referred to in the preamble Of
Wills and testaments. 1t was easier to provide
| eVluenCe rs 10 lne surveillance OF tnB Tesla
tor by the wife, and her complete control
of whatever mentality remained. Daniel Lord
the codicils; as to the mode OF mark
| signatures to them; as to the reasons why he
deemed one of the codicils and not all imper.
fectly made. and as to the fact that each one
talk; Mr.. OConor's cross.examin Of his
brother lawyer approached harshness and dis
trust, which was the more remarkable because
they had previously been warm friends and close
professional comrades. But that great lawyer
| known n anpriHca his huty bpfnrp
Jury or bench to either prejudice or sympathy
of Daniel Lord toward q client in so serious
business as will making was also
sternly criticised by the bar and the
community; but his high character for integr
| ty enRendered the extenuating belief In his hav
ing been deluded by the arts and interpretation
Of Mrs. Parish. who in the matter was really his
client. Oddly enough. George w. Strong
had been in years gone by. similarly harshly
criticized for drawing and assisting In executing
| the will Of John Mason while the latter was
practically IN ertrsmis and prTopped up on pill.
guided by interested hands. Charles OConoI
was In that case also as against the Mason will
haa