Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-11
HEIRS AT WAR OVER
 ExEcUToR APPOINTMENT
Norwich Woman Is Beneficiary Under
 Mary E. Wasson's Will.
(Special to The Rn11etinl

New York. May 1O-Because of the failure of Mary B. Wasson, the grand aunt, in Norwich, Conn, of Grace AL bertson Fillmore. of No. Walnut an executor in the event that the one that she did name should predecease her, a fiery triangular court fight led by Grace Albertsor Fillmore, the Nor wich grandniece, has broken out be- tween the heirs over the appointment of an administrator, and Surrogate John P. Cohalan, after listening in court to long and sensational argu- ments by their attorneys, has the mat ter under advisement today and is ex- pected to hand down his decision in the near future.
 ed away on Jan. q last, leaving a will, which was admitted to probate here, in which she directed her estate of at least $25.0 to be distributed as follows, after the payments of all debts:
 To Catherine M. Dixon. sister. the entire estate. If this sister, who was named, also, as the executri-., prede- ceased the testatrix. which she did having died on Oct. 4, 1914, then one third each was to go to William w. Gillespie. and George w. Wood, both of New York and both. nephews; one twelfth each to James H. Albertson of New York, and Grace AIbertson Fill more, of Norwich, Conn, grandnephew and grandniece; and eighteenth each to Theodore Schroeder, of Mil waukee, Wiss.. May and Ella Schroe- der, both of Sharon, Conn.,, grand nephew and grandnieces.
 Calling the attention of the court to the fact that Catherine M. Dixon testratriX's sister. was dead, George M Wood. decedent's nephew, filed an ap- plication with the clerk of the court asking to be appointed administrator with the will annexed A bonding company stood ready to furnish a S25,- 900 bond.
 Hardly had the application been filed when Grace Albertson Fillmore. the Norwich grandniece, filed complaint with the court, sworn to before Hib- berd R. Norman, Norwich. Conn.,, mo- tary public, objecting to the appoint ment of George M. Wood. a nephew and residuary 1egatee under the will of said decedent, upon the following grounds:
 'That said George M. Wood is dis honest.
 That said George M. Wood is i'm provident.
 That since the death of Mary E.. Wasson, on January 21, 1915, said George M. Wood has knowingly and Wrongfully converted and disposed of property and assets of the estate of
  knowingly and wrongfully to impose and charge upon said estate, as claims against it. debts and liabilities of said George M. Wood.
 Specifications of objection, upon in formation and belief:
 That when a public officer, to wit clerk of the court of special sessions, in the city and county of New York, in or about the year 1889, said George M. Wood, according to the report of the then commissioner of accounts. was guilty of a dedication in the city to the amounts of upwards of $7,OOO.
 '"That sch dedication was covered by deposit of sum contributed by Woods father anr his uncles by mar riage, Hiram R. Dixon and Christopher c. Wasson husband of said decedent, as deponent was at that time inform ed by her uncle, said Christophed c. Wasson.
 That said dedication was an open and public scandal, as more particu- larIy will appear by reference to news papers published in New York on the 2sth day of May. 1889, and that said defalcation was felt by the family con- nections and acquaintances of said George M. Wood. to be a source of shame and mortifiaation and disgrace "That since SaH dedication said George NJ Wood has been unable prop erly to support himself and family; has had no regular and settled occu- patton. and has been a burden upon his relations, particularly the Wasson and Dixon families above mentioned.
 That since the death of Mary E. Wasson, said Wood obtained credit for supplies furnished to him, or upon his order, from the butcher and grocer who furnished provisions to said Mary p. Wasson. in her lifetime, by repre- senting himself as the heir of said de- cedent, and when denied further credit and pressed for payment of provisions ! furnished upon representations, said Wood told said butcher and grocer to charge the same to the account of said decedent, and has failed and refused to pay therefor"
 Along with the complaint were sev- eral aff1davits from certain people 1iv- ing in and around the testatrix's prop erty and a transcript of the charges made against George M. Wood by the commission of accounts to Hugh J. Grant, the mayor of New York from 1889 to 1892.
 Hardly had Grace AIbertson Fill more, the Norwich grandniece, filed her objections, when William Wasson Gillespie, May and Theodore Schroe-