The sun., 1902-10-19
WINDING UP The EMO ESTATE.
FORECLOSTRE SALE or TROP.
ERTY ~ PINE PLAINS.
\ store. a House and a tenrter, We're Al
That Was Left OF the Estatc Of VIM.
stewart En0. Who Was Once Vii.
iionairr Ills Widow LETT psnniipss.

NLwB ron. Oct is foreclosure sale
to-day at Pine Plain. DUtchrs~ county.
was no, only the wi,ding rp If an estate
of a man who was knuwn lar ard wide
through ,ha, part Of New York state
and western connecticut a. "A millionaire
hu developed the fact that Li- widow -
pcuril"-s ard 4, passing IA" closing years
Of lif' in III" yillagc where her hrsha'id
once Wa king
The Ulaintifi to the suit wa the Atlantic
Trust Company of 81 Wall street. trustee
for th' d hehtrre holders of the Burmcll
a 4 Emo Investment Company of phia-
deipha. The pieces sold were all the real
estate left oi the late William Stewart Emo,
who from 1866, when it was incorporated.
Till 1895 was prpsidedt Of the StiSsng
National Ba,k Of Pine Plains. which va,
the successor 81 The Sii--iEc Bank. of which
he was also president. The tuos were
descendant, OF stephen Emo, Who wl- born
in SimSbnry, Conn, III 1875, AID whose
great grandfather came "a this couitrv
from England In 1878 and settled ~ that
State
stewart Emo. a. " iilau : Emo was known
Al Pin" Plains. wts a good JVNcr. II" did
not pra tiao much whl" p c~idcnr ui NC
Suss.ng Ia TX, hu' al the people of nprth-
ern ard eastern Du;chcs- sought l.. adj
vice and their ccutid"p IN hi'n wa, uu-
hcund"i. Farmers aad every one else Wit ia
u radius of many miles poured their money
into hi~ hands fur investment and keeping
II became ~" wonder OF the u"ighbprhood
that uIal md vymcn would. ihrougu faith
Ia hi hono,ty aud uprlghtno--. give ~ they
did the earring- Of q lifetime 20 hin To handle
"a hr -aN III
Be'ur, long the allur.in,nt- of Western
mortgage ai ligh rates Cf interest began
to ~ei>r hold "t him H. mace a connect "a
with a. srty iu Wichita. Mar. and jton
b." started an inycs ment company with an
o'iic' ~ Pin" Plains Ia 1895 Ee removed
with It 90 Philadelphia, lavng severed
ni, connection win the Stl~~irg National
Bank The end of all came about a year
al d half ago. when his death revealed
lhat l." Was completely bankrupt HIS
death was no doVbr FASTENED hv the urgent
demands Of SOME OF thOs" who entrusted
their money With lin to invest Then il
was that the Atlau,'" Trust COMPANY
stepp"i in and a. tr'i~'r"- began to unravcl
and clear up ~. tangled ,'.wu'l"Hil'h-
WHAT Wa, left of hi- e-'a at Fine Plains
tn sell consisted of ldre, general store
property that cost aGout $3.50, an elegant
man. ION IN rhe ceItr. Of IT." pr'tly village,
which. with the ioaGtiftl ground, rrir-
rounding y cc-' aloG' $4,000. and u C"ru"-
terry comp i-iaI at ont siN and ha,i a. re-.
II wa. tni- sale, and particularly th" ~al"
uf th. cemetery, that ATTRACTED the tt"hti'n II
Of IN" people. for They had never i"ipIe
heard ut Co.utt"ry hciug ~Cld a. auction.
Far miles around the people wondered
what would hoc"m" OF the cemetery, aud
none we're ~ much mi, ret d a. those vno-c
fath.r- ard mothers. brothers AID sisters
and children wcIo buried here.
When Nucfione"r tiarton entered the
la g tlr,. Sti..fuy HDIi.R a .I,s
-ala. and referee William F. Lane read the
terms, they faced an anxious crowd.
The GENERAL store sold for iu~' one-third
of it, estimated cost and Secretary Rcnia-
min strong Jr bid il IA for tho trust COM
ranv Then the homestead, th" finest resi-
dcnCe i'm th. place went To the sam" party
for 81 ,cOp 1nen u was announced that the
lots already decided In Ihe cemetery would
be exempted from th" sale. ard when tine
auc,ioneer with emphasis exclaimed How
much am I bidt' the crowd edged closer 20
.eo who would have m" n"rve 10 buy
burvinz ground. They were soon informed,
A. IL devolop"d a, once that the ownership
laid bet wcou the trust company and pu"NN
woman. Tho tr't bid 10y the uu~l c"r'-
u1uy vs- 81 ~ i Mr. iIptg bid for the
woman and he and SECRETARY Strong gradU-
alv run it up tu s3l;i MI. Hrus Won't
tvanty-f,r better ard thu- secured th"
Cen"tpry
The woman who purchased II i Mis-
Frances smith ot Pine Plains, who in
hrritrd tl0D.pJ from her uncle, Rrhard
Peck. who was Il barholor lawyer OF Pine
Plains lived in a room back Of hi dingy
law Office. end di"d At a rip' old d9". II
i known a. E,nTgrp.' tcWAtorv. ard -
iust east Of IA" Emo mansion Nj smith
has recently expended :? Ga in ur~'ruc'lHg
a receiving vault IN u for pUDlt" G>". and
she has ~ec'Ir'd control Of II t"rtti>C { a
feeling that -" could mot ST" lt Wcdrrd
for a. II he'd been &c late. Thar lr" wide
driycN avs, many pat hway~ hn"trc' plants
and ~huibbcry and many UdnUsoW" mnuI-
iuout- within IT, huurja~i"~ n crptaiii>
several thousands ot grave, and lIr' ot y
is NJ" original hurvIug ground of that
region. several of the ancient toni - Cn'>
h or Inscriptions 'hH' shp" that ,h" ucC'l-
pants Of tho graVr~ vera bo"n st. far back
a. 1850 Thcv include several II evolutionary
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