The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-29
SCHUCHHARD'S WILL.
His Wife Alleges Undue
Influence of Mrs.
Lynch.

Mrs Kate Schuchhard, wldoW OF 1eoi 90
Schuchhard, who was the first witness
called in the Circuit Court yesterday III
the contest of her late husbands Will,
testified that she and her husband lived
happily together at No. a12 Cottage street,
Jersey City. until the advent of Margaret
Lynch After that her husband neglecleo
her and devoted his entire attention TO
Mrs. Lynch. When Mrs. Lynch gave birth
to a daughter, Schuchhard brought the
child home and installed her as one OF the
family. She is the Georgianna to whom
Schuchhard left one-third of his estate
and one-half of the third which his daugh-
ter Lille forfeited by marrying John Cut
ter. The witness found letters to her nus
band from Mrs Lynch which convinced
her that the woman possessed great IN
1uence over him.
Robert j. Dillon, real estate agent in
Bergen avenue, testified that he rented a
fiat at No. 100 Union street to Schuch-
hard and Mrs. Lynch He believed at the
time that the woman was Schuchhard' $
wife,
Charles Schuehhard, the son who was
cut off with a legacy of s., testified that
Mrs Lynch came to the house in Cottage
street and told him that neither he nor
his mother would get cent of his father
estate She called his mother vile names
and abused her shamefully. His father
defended Mrs. Lynch. Trouble resulted.
His father picked up an axe and threat
ened Charles, but Charles punched him in
the nose.
Curtis A. Sawyer was called to the wit
ness stand. He proved to be Mrs. Lynch's
husband and testified that he married
Mrs. Lynch in 1898. He said that about
two weeks before Schuchhard died in the
hospital Mrs. Sawyer expressed desire
to go and see him. She told the witness
about the will at that time. She said that
Georgiana was going to be an heiress.
She also told him that Charles had been
left s., William $25; that Lille would lose
her inheritance because she had married
John Cutter in opposition to her fathers
wishes and that Mrs. Schuchhard would
get nothing 1t was too bad, she said,
that the old man died so soon. because II
he had lived, his son George, the dude,
would have been cut off, and Georgiana
would have got all the estate. That
closed the case for the caveators.
Mrs. Margaret Lynch, or Mrs. Sawyer,
as she is now known, was called as the
first witness for the other side. She ad-
rnitted that she was Georgiana's mother
and that Schuchhard was Georgiana's
father, but denied everything else. She
denied that she had influenced Schuch-
hard in the making of his will or tat she
knew the contents of it. She fatty con-
tradicted her husband and declared that
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be an heiress or what the provisions of
the will were.
George Schuchhard, who, under the
will, gets one-third of the estate and
half of his sister Lilies forfeited third,
testified that William and Charles had
always given their father a great deal of
trouble, and that Lille had married Cut
ter in defiance of her fathers wishes. the
witness said that his brother William had
served a term in prison. His father, he
said was a man of strong determine
ton.
DR.. Charles Law testified that Schuch-
hard was a man of strong will and great
determination.
John Schuchhard, the testator's nephew,
and one of the executors, testified that his
uncle told him that he intended to pro-
vide for Georgianna. He also said at one
time that he intended to cut off his son
George. This closed the testimony, and
Lawyer James A Gordon asked the Court
to direct verdict for the proponents. He
said there was nothing to show that
Schuchhard had been improperly inl1u-
enced or that he was not possessed of full
testamentary capacity. Judge Nevlus re-
served decision until Thursday.