The San Francisco call., 1899-09-23
Lawyers About Reach
an Agreement.
THEY CONFERRED YESTERDAY
INSTITUTIONS WILL RECEIVE
SOLID HELP.
Five Thousand Dollars Each to Go to
Unitarian Church, Sheltering Arms
Society and Home of Benevo-
lence in San Jose.

The long litigation over the estate Of
George H. Parker is about to end The
attorneys representing the several inter-
ests are agreed that 1t is well to COM
promise. Yesterday afternoon a con-
ference was held in the office Of D. NJ.
Delmas and the matter was talked over
thoroughly. The terms of the compro-
mise to be effected were not completed,
but no doubt was expressed that a com.
promise Will be reached very soon. II
may come at any time The attorneys
present were: D. NJ. Delmas, representing
the executors and the residuary legatees,
and Van r. Paterson and T. c. Coogan,
representing the widow of Edward L.
Parker, the only son Of George H. Parker.
None of the attorneys would speak of
the terms upon which the compromise
was under discussion until the matter
was finally concluded. The proposition
for the compromise came from the at
torneys for the widow of Edward L.
Parker.
Outside of the interest that was
awakened by the nature of the proceed
ings and the prominence of George H.
Parker the public at large has been con-
cerned by the legaCies of a Semi-publiC
nature Il;ddg to well-known in institutions Pro, P
estate was TO go to the only son. Edward
L. Parker, but not until after the death
OF the sons wife, Emma. While she lived
the son was to have only 10000 outright
and the income from the property at 1122
and 1924 Market street and 19 Turk street,
this city. But in the event of the death
of the wife the son, if he survived, was
10 have the properties outright and all
the estate not otherwise disposed of in
legacies. In the discrimination against
the sons wife the father showed the Bit
terness of his opposition TO her. This bit
terness has been shared by the relatives
by marriage of George H. Parker and the
result has been a series of charges against
the wife, the airing of which did much
TO relieve the mOnOtOny OF the routine
proceedings.
The legacies included the following:
First Unitarian Church of San Jose. 5000;
Sheltering Arms Society Of San Jose, $1,000;
trustees Of the Home of BeneVolence OF
San Jose. $1,000: to the five children of
Marshall Pomeroy Of Santa Clara County,
cisco, $1,000: Mrs. DR.. Sage of San Fran
cisco, $1,000; Augusta Butler of San Jose,
$1,000; @. NJ. Wooster OF San Jose. 5000
The sum Of $1,000 was beQueathed also to
each OF the following named persons in
the East: Lizzie Sykes, Henrietta Sykes
and Myra Allen, all of Connecticut.
institutions in Santa Clara County will
get the sums given TO them in the will.
The other matters are still in doubt. The
total value Of the estate was originally
$3.50 900, but the expenses of the long lfti-
cation and the attorney fees have made
large hole in the original sum,
I
County in March, 1888 A few weeks after
his VIII, with two codicils. was duly ad-
Initted to. probate Within a year the
widow of Parker's only son filed a contest
OF the probate on three. grounds. namely
fraud, undue influence and unSoundneSS OF
mind. Upon the challenge Of these
grounds by the parties interested under
the will the issues were tried before a jury
in Santa Clara County. After the contest
ants case had closed the court withdrew
the consideration Of the issues of fraud
and undue influence. on the ground that
there was no evidence to support them.
Upon the only remaining issue, OF un-
soundness of mind. the jury found against
the will. This was at the second trial.
jury having disagreed upon the first hear
ing. The widow having won so far. an
appeal was taken to the Supreme Court,
and there the case has been for some
time. The litigation in its varied forms
has extended over a period of six years.
Parker was over IS when he died but he
continued to do business to the end Three
women testified that they considered him
insane and alleged among other things.
that he loaned money without security.
that, although a mild man generally, he
would go into rage suddenly over
his home by throwing a piece of paper
into the chimney to burn 1t out. rather
than pay the cost of having Il cleaned;
and that he paid money that he did not
owe The Pomeroys and Parker were re-
lated by the marriage of George II.
In court the allegation was also made
that Emma /. Parker, the widow Of Ed
ward L. Parker, formerly Emma l. Huff,
falsely represented to Edward L. Parker
that she was the widow of George l..
Brown and that Brown died at the Occi-
dental Hotel and that she was possessed
Of his great wealth. The marriage took
place in the East.