New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-02
THE HTRLBUT WILL CONTEST.
WILLIAM H. HURLBUT TELLS OF HIS BUD.
NESS RELATIONS WITH HIS FATHER.

WILLIAM Fl. HURLBUT TELLS OF HIS Bus1.
NESS RELATIONS WITH HIS FATHER
Surrogate Fitzgerald continued the contest ov9
tho will OF Henry A. Hurlbut In the 6urrogatSS
Court yesterday. Mr. Hurlbut died In Novsm0R
last. leaving his estate in for his two soma.
Henry A. jr. and william II. His granddaushtsA
Mrs. Susan B. Hail. practically cut on. mAD-
much she will get nothing unless she SURVIVES
her two uncles She and Henry /. Hurlb0t are Con-
testing the will-Mr Hurlbut because the property
is left In trust Undue influence and mental IN
capacity are charged by the contsstants yossoA
II. Choate and Albert stckney appear for the ooa-
testants. while John r. Parsons u defending the
will. There are three codics TO the will As ofasA
for probate.
William H. Huribut. . Of the testator. ~
the first witness. He said no was hfty-sisht ySars
old. and lived at No 703 Park-ave.
when did you FIRST your fathers vfllf" as1ssl
Mr.. Choate.
Tn 1895, at Saratoga My father asked M 10 -
tho will and read II. At that time there vsrs bus
two codicils. I knew to be OF the sxscu.
tors"
Mr.. Hurlbut said that of and from D65 b.
had had charge OF his fathers estate A. TO the
value. Mr. Hurlbut testified that tho Investments IN
real estate were In Iowa. West Virginia. Kansas
and Minnesota These investments. he said. were
all bad
What is the value Of the personal sstats7' asksd
Mr.. C6oate.
Il should say about $4,000 1t u nearly AL n
good securities"
Mr.. Hurlbut said that his father a very CO
full in business. and seldom destroyed papers-
The only papers Mr.. Hurlbut could remember that
his father destroyed were some notes which he had
given TO his father.
Mr.. Choate then began probing into The business
Of the witness. Mr. Hurlbut said that he
had been graduated from Yale in $50 with ponors.
Soon after his graduation his father started him IL
said Mr.. Hurbut. his father had furnished house
for him and had given him great deal OF money
shares OF Manhattan Bank stock Mr.. Hurlbut
said that he af'erward sold the stock for s. .
When asked u he could remember any specific
business for him, Mr.. Hurlbut said that he could
rot. His reason was that he had known his father
80 long that he could no, recall all the business
transactions"
What was the fret business in which you en-
-, That OF note broker. The firm was Brown &
Did you have the money to put into the busi-
NO. Ny father put $1,000 into the business for
Mr.. Hurlbut said tina, the nrm had lasted ono
he said. got back about 5000
When the firm OF Dickinson e. Hurlbut was
$4,000 into the business for him. The Arm was IN
the hat trade, and lasted for five Aside from
firm. At the expiration OF this partnership the nrm
Of Dickinson. Hurlbut & Co. was formed. Mr..
ferred, in addition 10 which his father put in $4,000
Glover Sanford and Henry A. Hurlbut were special
partners. and the capital $4,000
Mr.. Hurlbut could not remember how much his
father had sot back from this business. but he did
not think he got anything. After this the Arm Of
W. ". Hurlbut was formed. The witness did not
years later when The arm broke up tho senior .i
Hurbut put up $1,000 his sons share OF the
firms indebteine
Coffin, Hurlbut Co. was the next business In
which the witness embarked In this hts father
put 5000
Mr.. Choate spent the entire afternoon session In
probing into the business relations between Henry
A. Hurlbut sr.. and William r. The cas-. will 70
on Friday.