The sun., 1900-11-30
PLACES MONEY TO WIFE 3.
RyrArivss SOr pIIAsED nv THg OfD
MANN NEW VIII.


over somr,..lous nm the THIRD Marriage
There died In Ncwhursh early this month an
octoasrarian, lsaac Il" WITT P'ac", Who ma
boen more or lose couspcuous IN Drlug" county
NJ different times during his long and not lone
some ne n" was tcpuind man oi v"alIh
Tor that Iar' of mo country, and u waa a mat
ter ~ no small surprise after his death "hen
tho statement was mndc thAt hls estate was
hu' few Thousand dollars IN value When
II was learned also trat practically the wtol"
estate wen, by will 10 the dcccdcrt- third " fe
some Of his other tcatives began 10 jog ench
others memories rs TO the entrance of thls
wife upon the scene Of Mr. Places activities
a few years ago II was recalled that cOinci-
dent with her "spousal had l"en q parting OF
Mr. Place from some small portion ~ his money
which legal measures subsequently were taken
TO recover. and The question became of present
moment among the relatives whether To con-
test tho will
Among Mr. Places relatives are Mrs Robert
Farchild, his sister, who lives In BROOKLYN, and
two sons of his dead brother Place. who
used to he chief engineer or superintendent OF
the old Nicaragua line Of steamships running
between this port and Greytown and Colon
One II the nephews ClTord T. Place, is a
clerk in the Brooklyn Post ONCE clifford Place
and Mrs Farchlld considered the advisabiity
Of contest ing the will and each engaged counsel
10 look tito the matter The attorneys have
been looking the ground over and getting at the
records OF Orange county
Mrs FairchiId says that her brother always
was friendly to her and always said that lie was
going TO leave her something She used to live
near him. Acco<dng to the story gathered
from tho Brooklyn relatives. Mrs fairchid,
one day last August. told hcr son and one of
| her dang terS that she had had dream that
her brother had died and 'hat his wife had buried
him without letting he- know anything about
| It She asked them aS they wer" gong up tie
| Hudson RIver a little way TO 20 md make a coll
| on their uncle md find out how he was They
| did 20 and found that the old man. then more
| then eighty years old was very i'll lie knew
| them but seemed TO be extremely feeble. IL Ia
| said Within three months of that visit he died.
| Such Of the Brooklyn relatives us could do 40
| went up to the funeral
Among those who attended the funeral was
MIR Fairchild, and while he was In Newburgh.
according tn the story. Mr.. Places LAWYER,
former Assistant District Attorney Seeger, in
| formed him Of the contents OF Il will hy Mr..
Place two wears ago in which hc left house up
| in that count to Mrs Far"hi,d. The LAWYER
| also Informed him. however. Of another viii
which wRs made last August, the month oil the
| visit uf NrS FaItChud~ C'u'uIrn 10 th'lf uiC,",
! whi,h la,t vii devi-ed all the t,st1tor's prop
crt t. his wife sAc"Itiug "A begWst ~ slSh
| e. Mrs nirchild. not for her use during Hfc
hu, t. ,nroyld" for h"r h!;il,, ,,,,. so,,o,,,n
| NOR. than three wears ago. Both his former
| wives. il Is said. had means one ~ them lad
| hy him n daughter to- whom = hc left LcT money!
| and this daight"r ~ turn had son who !hi,.r-
| tied II Alter the death OF the second wife Mr.
| Place who had passed ~ allotted year? Of man;
| began 10 look around and wond'r what u" wnud
| do Tor a housek"sUcr N usual IN such CIR, UNI
starccs be found wiiliis R""E'" at ~, M TT ",hoTT
| lllpp.tl made subsequently IA
! -tnt, introduced To- Inn Mrs Auua Hall a cousin
| OF tonllire'- from iartf rr ~ III" Sltir having
, induced her to com" ~ tirang" county 10 meet
! aud marry Place Place had lived IN Washing
! touvillo and at Sal-Dury Mus. either som"
! mile. from Newhurg!. nrd h"sii i"s these no -
! hrd a house n NcNpurph ho net and married
! Mrs Hall treated her literally. aud all went
.n1 %n4 iol S" "ns II '"d pa" y ,a ii! 1fo " Wa @
! Isiii'tiuc ConEnue 10 profit 10y her husbands
| The oli man grew warm al once and sat
| nhput,o Ind ont th"trdth = ial>,v # the tales
| Tie result was s,llt ~ law which was tried
| before Judge Hrs, hberg A. Newhurgu IN De
J ccInhsr. isg1 n. suit was brought by Mr.
! Place against tnnal.ES aud others tn recover
a house In Wnshist"nvll" which Place had
1t was alleged ,hat Conkhng had induced
| his cousin Mr. liall, 10 come To Orarse county
! he juLklue brought ahudt Her marriage Ia
/ Pho, shr saould pay ,oukliug tiOu
/ which re,i tied lhat 'N h"reas ,onkling intro
du,os Mr.. Iiil I" ! - Place of the wn Of
BlOuuiug Grove. and whereas al The reCrni-
inandllnu of ,onklirg the sud ! D. Place has
lrloit. engaged - b" married. to her. there
I, re- in consideration 81 81 paid by James ii
touhlug l. Anna Halt do agice ana will nav
o james n tuuhliug sJul and execute and
d. iler to him Tor III own use and benefit my
bond To- ~, re the iayiuc't " s3Js one year
from date Of my marriage To- l. ID. Place As
collateral to -lid buud ! will execute and de-
liver a IA, rtgag- u' tlI" house and lot now Oc-
Cupici by Mr. Place in misunderstanding.
l'it document wa- 81 i"setu bl OIL" llOnp-
son Nlr. pl.y, said that ,OnkllEs had pre-
laT,@d u and that Sic -igUed II ON the day nf
the Wedding Nj pace gave his hrId" a note
for SIpp which She turned over to tonhling.
and l. Wa paid iu dge TINE" the amount having
lae-ed 10 q tuird party something like
year after the u'Hrriar" Place. II was sad ElEe
his vile deed - certain Nashingtonv,lle
rroucrty, upun which ~hc executed "A mort
gage ~ s2um in irvor ni tOnklins in furu er
payment, u WAS said. fOr his -"tvlCes tOnk-
Ing ass gnoi tho mort gaze tt Walter DUN VILE.
and Places suit was tor tie recovery of the
property Ia tire -UIt liS vii" sided with him.
When counsel INwvor Secgrr sought 20
show that tho mortgage was for nearly 'he
full value oi the pnce aLd was substantially
"a ConleyanCc nf ltc p:"pcrtv 10 tOuklnr.
the opposing counsel objected and Judge
Hrschbcrg snd.
giving more tor her husband than lie wHs
WORTH"
II vas testified hv Justice of tho Peace Broois
that Tlac,, had said Tint his vii" was the smart
es; woman that over lived and that sh" cou.d
h,at 1nv lawyer. Place. Who was described
q fNr .atI hpf l,. nd 4 ~