The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-30
TGHES AND HALF TIGHES.
IN RICHARDS IN THE FIELD IN THE
INV $1,000, 600 WILL CASE.

s.,. MS Father Richard was = lla1r
"...,,.r or Richard the Tcstator-The Other
~. ~,,,,ntsin THAT Grandfather Robert Was
-v,r.pt Father, with More Sons Than Heirs
- are no indications that the contest over
al, of the late Richard Tighe, tho Union
Us eccentric. will be brought to a close any
~ ". Than is usual when 80 fat q sum as 81
80, IA nj stake. The matter engaged the at
- NJ Surrogate Fitzgerald again yesterday,
W. John NJ. Gardner, appearing for James s.
-, and moro than n score Of other alleged
- ~ Richard Tighe, declined to Join In the
NSnosed stipulation OF counsel that the validity
J, 10 will be first tried and the legal status of
". .or,.stants afterward. Mr.. Gardner renewed
A.. snrlication for permission TO a X part In tho
-, of tho will on behalf OF James S. Tikhe,
Nsom he alleged to DO a son of n half-brothor Of
~. ,estator, and u grandson OF the common an.
tor on whose life all the questions in the case
,,rsc Robert Tighe, known for purposes Of dis
,;rrtion in the contest as Robert the elder.
Ne Gariner's application was opposed by
wheeler II. Peckham. counsel for tho pro-
,oneuts, on the ground that Mr.. Gardner did
~, show that his client had a legal right TO in.
h.,it from Richard Tighe even had Richard
Ttsb. left no will. The Surrogate reserved his
decision.
r, is alleged on behalf OF James Tigne that
Richard Tighe. the ~testator, had a half-hrother
also named Richard Tighe, and that James
T,che descends from him.. Tho alleged half.
brother Richard is declared to have been n son
AZ Robert Tighe the elder. who was the father OF
the testator. The proponents and the Irish
heirs contestant demand that II be shown who
me mother Of the alleged half-brother Richard
was. but this Mr.. Gardner has not condescended
to show.
II is upon this point that a new and interest.
INC question has arisen. which may lead to some
curious developments. 1t is alleged by those OPP
posed to the participation of James Tighe in the
contest Of the will that Robert Tighe the elder
exercised freely certain seignorial rights that
are said 10 have survived to the early part of
this century in county Arklow, Ireland: but
that while he had a number of illegitimate
children. they were no heirs Of his. or three
born to him and his wives in wedlock. one was u
daughter. who died young. The others were
Robert-known as Robert the younger. or Robert
pccond-and Richard, the testator. Edward II.
Moeran. counsel for the Irish heirs contestant
children Of the brothers and sisters OF the tesla
tori mOther-has an affidavit from one OF his
clients. Observation-Disclosures, in which she
deposcs that Robert second and Richard were
the only legitimate sons OF the elder Robert
Tfghe. but that it was a matter Of common re-
pute in the family that Robert the elder was
The father of n number OF illeRitimate children.
MI. Moeran has an affidavit from Richard
etuddcrt Reeves, which says that Major Robert
Tighe. or Robert the elder. was twice married.
His first wife was Esther Wade. by whom he
had i daughter who was drowned when she was
years old. His second wife was Charlotte
Teatherstonehaugh. by whom he had the two
IONS, Robert second and Richard. Robert second
was born in 1906, was twice married. and died
without issue in 1881. Sir David Roche, Dep
uty Lieutenant, county Limerick, Ireland, says
IN an affidavit that he knew Robert second well,
and that Robert never had any brother or half
brother other than Richard, the t~estator. II is
pointed out that it would be a most unlikely
thing Tor two sons OF the same father both to be
bamed Richard. unless one was of sinister birth.
Robert TiGhe the elder died in 1927.
have shown. he says, that there never was a
claim that Major Robert Tiehe had been mar
riei except to Miss Wade and Miss Feather
btonehauRh. The first wife got a divorce from
him. She had to go TO Parliament for it.
The Tighes lived in They are
spoken Of as the Tighes of South Hill, and tho
hmily appear for centuries in BurSe's Landed
Gentry OF Ireland"