The sun., 1900-12-15
STORY OF DURYEA'S ORGIES
rom nv NAVY WITNESSES Ar roy.
TEsf or ms VIM
servants. Acquaintance. stranger. pe'
scribe Antics and Debauehes at NH
ionnire's Home on the rrain. q" New
York Dives The Court Exclude. women

MiSToLA. l.. I. Dec ~ Women wer"
excluded from the court room 10y surrogate
Robert Scabury at one stage of to-haN
hearing In the contest Of the viii OF the late
Edgar T. Duryea, by his thre" daughters
Mira Marcia Cox. Mrs Grac" Sprigg ana Mrs
Eva Tholberg Lawyer Campbell Ihomr- :
son, representing the contsstahts' requested
that IL be done half way through the eAainlhh-
ton OF Charles + Seabrcct former brake
man on the oyster Bay branch OF the Long
Island Railroad eabrect had already test-
!1cd to helping the old millionaire OIL at hls
station. Glen Cove. when he was too drunk
to help himself When Lawyer Campbell
made hi request. Lawyer Robert hoheN-
man. representing the will. demanded 10
know the nature Of the revelations thht
Seabrect was about to make lie wanted
to protect the family name OF his clients.
he said. and wanted an opportunity to object
20 the questions before they were made
public. Seabrect's revelations were that
lac found Duryea undrcssed in the toilet room
OF the smoking car. had helped dress him,
and when the train arrived at Glen Cove.
had got him of the car to the platform and
held him until the last car had passed for
fear that Duryea might stagger under the
car wheels.
Former servants Of the Duryea household
and residents OF Glen Cove iostled elbows
in the improyised court room when the case
was called IL was anticipated that the
testimony would be of II sensational nature,
but II simply ran along the lines OF the Hrst
day. hearing. being chiefly oonilned 70 snow +,
ing DURYEA'S alleged dissipated habits, ana
Incidentally trying. TO SHOW thG IH,iueuoo
he'd over nm Py M son stais Ma.ser l. DurSea'
Max Hat. "A real estate dealer. hvlng IN
Manhattan, testified that he first met purEea
I'm "A resort in Fourteenth street and IRVING
had gone there to collect rent from tenant
who had the .Cisar counter IN the place. Il.
was Billy McGlory. His attention was AZ
tracted to Duryea 10y the bartender. who said.
as DnIyea. In, company WITH seVeral othT,G nrS
you'll see some fun. There comes old Duryea.
the millionaire starch manufacturer"
bar ana and eriSd iai' out tn1' EVerybody line up
and they all had a drink. Then Duryea
had ordered I'm ,ew up up, 9saiq, ,Sst h. Wit Wit
a million houses in New York and that he
controlled Wall Street. Duryea had jumped
from one, subject to another so hat wines
70 pay for the drinks he had no money but
pulled ont a check book and wrote n check
S. "fs he TnHs The hose
from the bar with hi, mouth Whenev"r
he broke glass he cried out III pay Tor all
Mrs Annie. sommersby, who worked in
the Duryea family for six years. testified
that she had resented drunkenness and
abusive language on the part of both Walter
h. Duryea and his father and had been dis,
to the elder Duryea's diss!pated habits and
to his frequent visits to n road house in
Dosoris lane kept by a Mrs. Foss. where
witness said Duryea had room.
-. NJ Munger. uirrntendert of Charles
Pratt's estate at Glen Cove who knew Mr.,
Buryes for ton or cle"en Years, testified that
D. dor l. nF nr 1F Ff,4f1 or
than he saw him otherwise. The hearing
was adjourned to TUESDAY OF next week