New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-13
avs 1T WAS NOT THEFT.
, WHITNEY ADMITS THAT HE DE.
sreoYED HIS FATHERS WILL.

xs ALSO. THAT HE WAS TOLD 10 DO so
v,s AGED PARENT-THE EAST NOR
WITCH LONG ISLAND. CASE INVOLVES
CONSIDERABLE PROPERTY.
,,, haven't said you can say any time."-(
-" vhitney Of East Norwich. Long Island
90 ~ ling and others coined by himself long
' "a ma e Or. Darwin b. Whitney, OF East
u' locally famous. and his benevolent face
~ "a vell-preserved frame presented welcome ana
sno,.., speo,acle 10 the people of East Norwich.
n"'~r,re and oyster Bay in all Of which villages
WV number Of people who called him their
- so,,o- The old doctor has O comfortable
pa DE-. a large fortune by country people
". err a long time the disposition OF his estate
- an interes ing subject OF discussion among
"s..,5s In connection with the strange dis
r,.nce of the Doctors will. which he made sew
So ago. his son Edwin r. Whitney. about
ga ..are old was arrested on Friday morning and
az before County Judge Moore. who held
{, 40 bail charged with forgery in the third
A MS case will be presented to the Queens
e.. cr,rd Jury tomorrow by District Attorney
xy,lsra J. Youngs
viz Ubi,nev. az he Is locally called is charged
= Extracting the will from his fathers safe
~" ..s,roving H. He has confessed 10 the Dis
~ Attorney that he destroyed the will. but as
VIZ w. that ne did so on his fathers order
WIT &
..D,ea IN mind and body that he is not able TO
e. new will and In the absence of a will the
isA ulu 90 20 Edwin r. Whitney ard his younger
So psebs The stolen document, according 70
" r,,,.-tc,. Attorneys Office. made only n small
-, N Edwin r. Whitney. while the bulk OF
s.s,.,s was eft 10 his granddaughter. Miss Jen-
w w nr,Hr Miss Griffin is attractive looking
nv. woman Of about twenty years and has been
~. eo,s,aut companion OF her grandfather. who
- az fond OF her as II she had been his own
,.ns,,ar The viii was kept in private compart-
-, IN the doctors safe, and the combination OF
-. ,afa was changed not long ago that only
49,. -. actor and his granddaughter would know how
=. 40, q Miss Griffin attended TO her grand
49,. business and looked after mis- comfort as
- az weaker In mind and body. Last fall his
.o,s,,,on became so bad that he needed almost
.on.,sp, watching and the doctors who attended
rim said that his mind was practically gone.
soo, after this became known Miss Griffin. on
,any 10 the safe one day, discovered that II had
Men opened in her absence and the will distracted
ms was IN November last The matter was Kept
sns, by her and the case was put into the hands
"a LAWYER Mr. McCoun. The latter engaged
lanes House New-York detective. who adopted
~ tbaorv that Edwin Whitney had stolen the Will,
"a eftsr acemulating what he believes 10 be suft-
s5t evidence TO convict him OF the offence placed
Wit,ey under arrest When Whitney was CON
$50 nv Inc evidence collected by the detective
!. admitted 70 the authorities that ne nad ab-
the viii and destroyed II, dS-ti tlns lidt
~ acted on his fathers orders. The VIII lett 10
hin farm A. Syosset on the island, and 10 Beebe,
he other SON. the income from so; me re-
nslnder Of the estate. including the Homestead.
was bequea,he 10 the granddaughter, MISS Grimm
when asked about the case yesterday District
Attorney Youngs said there was little doubt that
Tsvi1 p Whitney would be indicted by the Grand
INV after which he viii be tried on charge OF
TSa friends n Miss Griffin are determined that
here shall BE- no miscarriage of justice in the case
Tt can be prevented Ed Whitney and his father
lad quarrel several years ago on account OF the
Tounger mans habits and he was told then by his
;,thsr that unless he conducted himself differently
be would not get his fathers property when the
vii made
Dr. Whitneys wife died several years ago. The
doctor was one of the best-knOHn members OF the
Brookv!lle Reformed Church. and always took a
prominent part IN the philanthropic and educational
Affairs Of the town % oyster Bay.
AS soon as he was arrested Mr.. Whitney engaged
George II Stoddard as MS counsel. who yesterday
had the bail bond cancelled on the ground that
the County Court o. queens had no jurisdiction.
There we're e number Of technical defects in the
complaint one Of which that the place where
the alleged crime committed was not stated
vhltney's friends say he will be able 10 satisfac-
torlly explain the destruction OF the will.