New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-26
SAYS PHYSICIAN HAS
MRS. BURRELLE'S WILL
Hemstreet's Lawyer Gets Court
to Order Its Production by
DR.. Jesse W. Amey.
HASN'T IT, HE DECLARES
DISPOSITION of Press Clipping Bu-
reau Is Involved-More Mys-
terry Added to Death of Its
Founders Widow.

One Of the two mysteries in connection
with the death last December OF Mrs Nell
liz purrelle WAS revived yesterday by the
announcement Of Charles Hemstreet that
he had been informed by DR.. Jesse W.
Amey. Of No. l66 West 5ith street thai ne
had in his possession portion OF VIII
said 10 have been executed by Mrs. Bit
reIIe a short time before her death.
"Amev told me-" Hemstreet said yester-
dav. that one night, while he was sitting
in his office. he saw an envelope being
pushed under his door from without. lie
said that on the envelope was printed with
pen and ink the sentence, Now you can see
that I'm even with that - Hemstreet.
Inside the envelope. he told me. was a doc
ument which was Mrs. Burrelle's will
Mrs. Burrele died suddenly on December
S. 1911, and although a death certlhcate was
issued by a physician an investigation was
ordered by Coroner Holtzhauser. who said
he had heard she had not died from nat
ural causes. The autopsy failed 10 confirm
this rumor. although friends of the dead
woman insisted that they were not sat
isfed
the Whereabouts Of her will Those most
closely associated with Mrs Burrelle de-
clarsd that she had made a will, under which
Charles Hcmstreet. manager OF the press
clipping bureau owned by her, and several
others. were benefciares. a search for this
will failed to bring it 10 light and letters
Of administration on the estate. now said
10 he worth nearly S2f0o0 were issued In
behalf Of her two sisters on the suppos-
ton that she had died intestate.
The fact that will had been discovered
was first made known, according 10 an af-
1davit presented to the Surrogate by +. J.
Wynne. Hemstrect's assistant. when he
went on June D. 1872 TO Or Ameys Office
in response TO aftelephone request. DR..
Amey showed him. said Wynne IN his afti-
davit. a mutilatcd piece Of paper purpo:t-
ing 20 be the last will OF Mrs. Burrelle.
making Wynnc Hemstreet and his wife
and others the benehciaries. and saying
that he himself did not feel inclined to
take any action in Offering Il for probate.
although he thought It could be proved.
When these facts were communicated
TO Hemstrcct he visited Or. Amey he said
yesterday, and asked TO see the viii. but
this the physician would not permit. Hem
street, through his attorneys. II. J. & F.
L. Goldsmith. pettioned Surrogate Cohalan
70 order that the document DO produced.
such an order was issued on Monday by
the Surrogate
II this mut!ated document that Dr.
Amey has granted Mr. Wynne a glimpse Of
and told Mr Hemstreet about Is frag-
ment Of the missing Rurrelle will" said F.
J.. Goldsmith yesterday. from information
have from Mr.. Hemstreet. Wynne and
others we expect To be able 70 prove that
Mrs. Rurrele herself tore her signature and
the signatures OF the witnesses Of the will
and cut out the date. thus destroying II. In
accordance with her expressed intention
The document Amey showed Wynne was
In such a condition. and we DO not think
It Will pass probate. However. We want 1t
presented. so We can close up the estate
which has been kept intact II this is the
will we searched for at the time Of Mrs
Burrelle's death Or. Amey is the reslduary
legatec'
At the Offices OF Abraham Blackstone.
cited with DR.. Amcy in the Surrogate's
order 10 produce the Will, IL was said yes
~ 'hg N'ihN nc WV IlDN nave MS IOCtS IN
such a shape yet that he could make a
statement
When Or. Amey was asked last night If
he had received a citation 10 produce a
will, he said he could not answer any such
citation, because he had no such Will He
said he understood that an attorney had
such a document. but would not say who
tho attorney was. When asked II he had
showed such a document to Mr. Wynne, or
talked about 1t 10 Mr.. Hemstreet, he
laughed. and said he did not believe that
they had MADE any such affidavits.
Or II. D. Urquhart Of No l26 West 18Th
street. who was said by Mr. Hemstreet to
have been one Of the witnesses whose
names were torn from the will, said he
did not remember signing any such will,
and refused 10 discuss the matter any
further