The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-13
say TESrATRIx Was DRINK.
Her Coaehman Kept = DIARY On Huer
CHAMPAGNE On the Date of Her wIil


Witnesses testified yesterday before
| Surrogate Thomas in the contest OF the
will Of Mrs. Caroline Amelia Br1lndAgs.
widow Of Major Frank BrundAgs Of tho
seventh Regiment. that Mrs. Br'indAge
was frequently intoxicated previous tn
the day her will was executed. and ons
witness sAid that ON the day IL was sx-
ecuted she duAnk three bottles Of cham
payne with Arthur .. Townsend. the
lawyer who drew the will. Mr.. Brun-
dAge's niece. Mrs. Gertrude A. Forman Of
Si2 Fifth avenue. who will get half the
$3.50. OOO estate u thu will " declared invalid.
but inherited only the income 81 sSO.OOo.
IL consisting A. The bulk 81 thu estate
went to william n. Young. a nephew.
Joseph O'Laughlin. q coachman 20
whom q .OOO " ~ left. testified that he had
to keep . diary because % his diversified
duties under Mrs BrundAge. and refreshed
his memory from the diary. On January
II. 1909 he Jaw Mrs. BrundAge. Who
had been visited that day by Silas A. u.
Dayton. a lawyer OF l7O Broadway he
said that MrS. BrundARe told him she
didn't think much of Dayton as a lover.
Mrs FoF1nAn's counsel Asked him II he
didn't mean lawyer" instead OF lover,
and he sAid he didn't. Mrs BrundAge
!
Fntrie- for three dates in oLaukhlin's
diary for February. 1910. read. Drunk
again" Very had: sent FOR DIR. Austin
Flint and still drunk. The witness
declared that when Mir. Br'indage Wa at
Long Bach last summer Lawyer Towns
end came out there. and hs heard the
law yer telling Mrs. BrundAgs that b.
hal heen counsel for the Belmonta and
| Gould- and that Helen Miller Gould had
studied Law under him. The lawyer said
Mrs BrundAge was brighter than Mise
OIauRhlin testified that one day Mrs.
Br1indage called him 20 her apartment
and told him she had heard that the
, Rev. DIR. Nathan Seagie. pastor OF ~.
stephen Protestant Episcopal Church;
| who vas made executor ~ the viii and
/ 20, a cash beque-t ~ $1,000 IN addition
I Ia s.. On for the church. had spent three
! hours in Mr. Townsend Office and had told
Mr. Townsend he " antad TO get-otn"thing
/ for the church and hoped Mrs. BrlIndAgo
I would leave her horses tO him.
OIaughlin testified that ons night ~ o
/ women called at Mr. BrlndAgs.s apart
/ pant- in the Plaza Hotel and trtcd To get
the widow nurrs, To leave tbs room
/ The nur-e wouldn't 60 and a dispute iol-
! lowed. he -Aid a. the result 81 which the
! four women fought all over the room
| Katherine Powers. a maid ~ the Plaza,
| testified that on the day the will Wa
| ex,.cuts.d Lawyer Townsend went 10 the
/ BrtIndage apartments and he and his
| cllant had thr,s. bottles 81 champagne
: together she waH - drunk had 20 help
her into the room the witnes- said
| They laughed and talked together for
| two hours and appeared "a bs enjoying
/ themselves.
! Dr John Billing Of ~ East Fifty third
/ street. who attended Mr-. Brlndage UP
! 70 the time % her death ~Aid NJ ~a- called
! 10 -.-. her SEVERAL times t@tw~en June ~
and June - Last and found her IN a -tupOT
/ from drink which lasted two OF three
/ hour at a time He didn't prescribe for
/ her h..cali-.s she already suffering from
| alcoholic poi-oning. which he =sAid Sas
/ one 81 tbs. causes % her death. He con
/ tinuad his visits mp 20 within a fsw hours
| III MR. BrIndagez death ON November ~
! he aid. and the last time he saw her she
~az intoxicated