The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-14
FOUR KINGS FOR MRS. WOOLSEY
AND 4 JURY ALLOWS TIE GENE
ALOGIST SHOULD NAVE $500


ag2S Badge. SO Head Elunter Browning
Turned Loose iHis Best klnshOuDd.
II you happen to have any kings in your
family, better hustle around and doctor
up the books 40 as to conceal them, because
they may cost you money That. at any
ate. appears 10 be the moral of "A decision
rendered by a jury yesterday in Part l..
of the City Court. said jury having given
q verdict for $500 in favor Of George Rafferty,
} aniagainst Mrs. Thomasene Rigby WoOlsey,
wife of Minthorne Woolsey, banker n
broker az ~ Nassau street. Charles H.
Browning OF Ardmore. Pa, is the man
who did the monarch hunting, and after
~ found four kings in Mrs. WOOlsey's
hereditary possessions he sent in his bill
tor $500. Mrs. Woolsey wouldn't pay it.
Cir. Browning then assigned his claim tn
NJ. Rafferty,, who instituted tile suit hat
resulted in n verdict Of geneal0gy in the
first degree.
The trouble staried away back in 1900
with Mrs. WOolsoy's desire 10 find a king
somewhere in her family. There were at
first no pecuhiary considerations involved,
for Mrs. Woolsey's husband, Minthorne
Woolsey. was a prosperous banker in
Selma. Ala. where the Woolseys then lived.
But Mrs. Woolsey thought a king or two
would add tone to the family. and she vat
out TO employ the most successful king
hunter she could find. Her choice fell upon
Mr.. Browning.
To he sure. Mira. Woolsey's intention
carried further than the mere hunting
and capture Of A very dead king. Having
caught him she intended to celebrate and
publish the fact by joining the Order Of the
Grown. The Order Of the Crown il COM
posed entirely Of women and in order 10
get into II you have 70 satisfy the require
ments Of Nrs. Henrietta T.. Farnsworth Of
Detroit, Michigan Mrs. Henrietta de New
Tile Fsrnsworth., 10 20 further into detail
Mr. Browning admitted YESTERDAY that the
"G@ Neville part Oi the name was always
irristed on ~ Hte years by Mrs. Farms
worth. He declined 20 express any verbal
~ written opinion as 10 the cato which Mrs.
~tarnsworth's insistenCe ON this point began.
Eu, he did raise his eyebrows.
Well. in order 10 get irtO the Order oC
The Crown you've got TO belong To the Colo
NAL Danes in the first place. In The second
Tlsce you've got 10 have ~ least one king
in the family. In tho third place you've
got 10 send TEN DOLLARS TO Mrs. Henri
ctta dc Neville tnrlswOrth vt Detroit. Mich
igan. " the kings ia your family are lD
10 the Fsrnsworth standard Mira. FsTas-
worth will write about a. urleT which Won
may SEM ~ q urn OF IeWPlleTS w mia
delphia, ACCOMPANIED nv TWENTY
FIVE DOLLARS. Tho jewellers will then
send you the insignia e tho Order Of the
Crown and all will he we'll.
MIR. Browning testified that lust ls
soon az Ms Wupl~ey -irreI him on ire
trail NJ went out 20 his Kennel and un-
ohaiuei his h'at SIughOun6. Nrq. WoolSey
had Eivea him 4 glove that once belonged
TO Gov ThomH~ Dudley of N~asss"hIse'.S
Boy Colony. 30 whom ~, vas reIpteI.
Mr.. RInvriug lpt his LinciiuunI snIF Tire
glove. Wh-reupon TIL" intcligcn; Ieas;
sent forth a leon throatoi hay atcl 49, ont
at a run, heading nor 10y Uor earl half
y pint east.
There are some DudNsvs. il appears.
who get away. away hack just b"r1re 'hs
dawn OF English history whore lie l1rkast.
Thew get back ~ tact. to PhqrsmOn9. tho
first Christian king 81 thu West FRANKS.
wko fouTiehPJ early il TIE 'FtH century.
- 4. n In the process of getting there thaV
le2p mnIly from Sir Edward ie pItlev.
X. G.. whC became u haron bv writ th,'
ear th0t Columbus Discovered imPriCH,
to l,ohert 10 Beaumont, 10 Freud HOnime.
Count de- N~ellrut. who rumm'hd Nl the
right wing Of the NnTnHns ~ the battle
nT Hastings. Ftun hiur they hop 80 Louis
", King Of Fame, ami fTpulhin,hy uneasy
stages back T., Charles H.. Charlema ynp.
ClOtaire J.. King Of Sui-SOrs amt NerOvFus.
vic shook The hig StiCk over tIc West
Franks some Years after Pharamond laid
II down.
But Mr.. BrowninRs kipRhound couldn't
follow this trail very far back from Gov.
Dudley of the Massachusetts Bay colony.
The inference from Mr.. BTowning's testi-
''"ny on this point was that a dark man
with a bundle gong on a journey had crossed
tho trail somewhere in the fifteenth century,
So THAT the kinghound. intelligent creature
though he is, was unable 10 follow the scent
luther.
But was Mr.. Browning dOwnhe1rted2
30. After giving the %kinghound "A nights
Teat and three dog biscuits he sent him "a
IN the trail of Dorothy Yorke. wife of Gov.
Thomas Dudley Of the Massachusetts Bay
= lony, and the u%nerring animal ran without
''csltatiOn direct 10 KIM Alfred the Great,
Who shooed him on King Hugh Capet.
Woo waved-him 20 Charlemagne, who re-
ferred him to King PharamOnd. And
Oh. re-. Woolsey. said MIR. Browning trium-
rhEntly. had never even heard of Dorothy
'rte before. Here we're four kings
- toad Of one. and everybody knows what
i"lr kings may he worth. But Mrs. Wool
gCy didn't think they were worth $500.
Thomas d. Miller of Br Oklyn. a fellOw
geucRlogisC of NJ. Browning, testified that
a. d day was a fair charge for Mr.. Brown
luG's sort DIRK and that as Mr.. Brown
ing worked 100 Il Va his hill of $500 was
reasonable. This didn't i clude any
thing for the services of the dog. either.
ID genealogists work by the day or by
the piece" demanded one Of the lawyers.
~'SorNetimes one. sometimes the other"
said the witness.
Mr. Browning told some friends in the
court room, by WI Of maxim il clear. that
$500 was really very Chea for all his trouble;
that out OF thirty-two family lines sug-
gested to him IA possibly leading to a king
for Mns. WOolsey. the only one that seemed
worth while getting the dog out for was
the Dudley line. But for all that. he salts
fled imself regarding all the rest. It's a
pity TO shed gloom in 40 many happy homes.