The sun., 1898-11-05
YOUNG HOl,TS DEATH,
Number of Sensational Features
Promised After the Body is FIX.
humed..-Caveat Against
WILL

A number of sensational features vii
no doubt follow the exhuming of thu
body of Walter O. Holt, and the post
mortem that will be held on the remain!
this morning.
The sensation promised is concerning
the suit that will follow the disposition
of the property according to the will o.
the deceased.
Since his death on Wednesday of last
week and his subsequent burial from the
residence of his uncle, f. I. Stroud at
No. SOB West Fourth street, the will has
been filed for probate with Register ol
Wills Calvin W. Crossan.
Howell S. England, Esq, attorney for
young Holt, states that the will was ex.
ecuted just after Holt became of age,
after he had been discharged as cured
from the first of two or three times he
was an inmate of the Delaware State
Hospital for the Insane. The beneficial.
ries under the will are Howell S, Eng.
land, Mary Irwin, Harvey Wyatt and
Elizabeth S. Daniels.
This will has not been probated, but is
met by caveat filed by Walter H.
Hayes, as attorney for Edward T. Stroud
The caveat is general exception, but il
is understood that the caveator will
claim that undue influence was used in
the making Of the will. The estate is
said to be worth 81 900 to $500, com.
prising three small houses and a 5000
mortgage.
As to the making of the will, which
was filed for probate, Mr. England saws
Holt made it upon the advice of John S,
Rossell, of the Security Trust and Safe
Deposite Co., and WAS perfectly sane at
the time.
With regard to Holt's mental condi-
ton, Mr.. England says that the first
time Holt went to Farnhurst, he went
OF his own accord and carried his com
lnitment with him. having been exam
ined by Drs. Pyle and Pierce. He was
afterwards released, being cured. It
was while out of the institution that he
made the will. He went back the
second time after an examination bv
Drs. Pyle and Pierce. Again he was dis
charged. He attempted to secure work
but failed, and made an effort through
MIR. England to be admitted to some ont.
side institution for the insane, but for
one reason or another, one of which was
the expense, did not do so, and again re-.
turned to Farnhurst.
Mr.. England had been acting as his
trustee, but resigned, and commission
Of lunacy considered the mental condi-
ton OF Holt and decided that he was in
sane. Then the Equitable Guarantee
and Trust 20. Was appointed his trustee,
The Stroud family claims that Holt
was abused while in the hospital, and
the purpose of the action of Lemuel
Stroud in making affidavit that he was
dissatisfied as to the cause of death is to
have the body exhumed and an exami
nation made.
DR.. j. I. V. Blocksom, the Stroud
family physician, declines to mske any
statement at this time.
DR.. William Ii. Hancker, superin-
t!endent of the insane hospital, in deny.
ing the allegation of i'll treatment of
Holt, said he was a favorite with the
attendants and was frequently visited by
Howell s.. England and j. T. Penny
packer, who represents the Equitable
Guarantee and Trust Company, trustees
Of Holt. His relatives seldom visited
him. Dr. Hancker spoke of one visit of
his relatives when they brought man
who made passes over Holt. This made
Holt nervous and DR.. Hancker would
1ot allow him treated that way again.
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