The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-22
AFTER TIGHE'S MILLIONS.
RITAL CAMPS AXoSs THE ALLEGED
HELRs OR ANLEu EICHAHD.
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Wm-A Preliminary - TIE MATS E1Ght-
There was an unrareIling yettentsy Of the
unss Of tins6ip IA re contest over the viii Of
sir Richard Tighs. ubo lest nearly two Di-
lions. Afidavi.s from Abroad Nere submitted.
and argument uss made before Surrogate FItz-
Es-A!d on = preliminary motion to the main hear
ing Of the contest. John ". GrT3reT. repreSni-
ing t1enty-four alleged descendants o: Richard
A. Tigbe, an alleged half brother Of sir R!eb-
Ard Tigbs. the eccentric resilient o! 81 tnS"n
square. had procured an order TO shOw oause
Why be should not he permitted TO intervene n
the contest, az HE clients ksh 10: been cited, and
their status az relatives 81 the dee>dents was
questioned By the other COUNSEL z II. Noer1n
and Arthur A. Mitchell, attorneys for other al
legged heirs. presented af5dAyits which they had
received from abroad to e.lAblish the Chains Of
their clien.s and TO defeat the claims Of the eli.
ents Of Mr.. Gardner.
In this condition Of Affairs TIE Surrogate said
he would have TO pass upon he status OF the AL
Legged heirs who bad not been cited before he
could let them intervene In the contest OF the
will. Il hearing on which main contest Il set for
May Q. unless The counsel could enter upon .
stipulation to reserve the question OF status
until after a decision on the validity OF the will
III mum N@NA NlAAf - hN NA
action in the Supreme Court in behalf Of his
clients. he did not want TO leopard their inter.
ests by appearing throughout 10 the sUrrogate's
proceedings. where he understood the legiti.
macy Of the half brother from whom bis c!ien.s
spring II Questioned, and that be would want
time 10 consider what stipulation he was eI.
pected to sign. II was arranged that counsel
confer about the mEtter. ana the motion then
went over 10 April 80. Meanwhile the AFT.
ia Wits from ahrOah WEIR grrhaURgd among
counsel to throw light on the proposed stipula-
ton.
sci for the proponents, said that the will would
no doubt be sustained as a will. but that 1t
effective and that such undispo-ed Of parts Of
the estate would be distributed as II Tigbe hnd
left no Will The statement was n hopeful NOR
eel for the ooniestants. who set up that erasures
were made aid blank we're hiled In by the tes-
large part Of the estate viii 70 TO niece, OF bis
wife, who. died before him; He left no children.
The stidayits presented yssterdny show the
Richard was Major Robert Tighe Of South Hill.
county westmeath. Ireland, who, It is admitted.
says was married thrice. Ii is from this alleged
third marriage that Richard A. Tighe, ancestor
was born. The other counsel claim that Richard
A. Tighe was Legitimate.
mitted. We're. hrst Est Wade, Who had a child,
Frances, who died unmarried. Major Tigbe got
ns a,yoE re I tsSp FL f. T ,BeS By na sa ed q eh nHelIa.
Fetherstonehnugh, by whom he had two chill.
dren. Robert and Richard, the latter the present
deoedent. Major Tighe died in 1897. and his
widow Charlotte went to live with the DowaRer
Lady Chapman and died at her residence In 1868.
Robert Tighe, the brother Of the decedent, was
born in 1905 and died in 1881. He first married
Hester Catbarine Smith, daughter Of the Hon,
Thomas Is. {. Smith, Master Of the Rolls In Ire
land, who died in 1872 without issue. After.
ward he married Jane Hassard, who survived
him and subsequently married Frank Wood:
house ToDRe. She IL travelling in Europe, and
the solicitors abroad who have been preparing
the legal ammunition for the attorneys here
have not yet been able to communicate with her.
There are thus no immediate heirs. and the
claimants. almost all OF whom live in ireland.
trace their lines as descendants OF collateral rel
atives of the father and mother Of the ~testator.
An interesting feature OF the afhdayits was a
In the estate Of his brother Robert, who died in
1881. Richard Studdert Reeves. solicitor,
wrote to "Sir" Richard Tighe in 1888 asking
him II he wished to assert a claim to a share in
the estate of his brother. "Sir" Richard Tighe
wrote in answer that he did not desire to suffer
the expenses of a suit In Chancery, but that he
would take 1000 sterling in settlement of
any claim. Solicitor Reeves wrote back that
his client, Mrs. Jane Hassard Tighe, widow of
his brother, rejected bis suggestion. and sug-
gested that ST" Richard Tighe take measures
TO secure his rights In Chancery. Nothing more
was heard from "Sir" Richard in the matter,
and he did not share in the estate.