The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-12-30
ANOTHER Will BY EMO,
NOT NAMING COL UMBlA.
IS FOUND after FIGHT
Battle at Vault Door Despite S1rogates Order Dis
closed in Newer Developments Clerks Seized and
Burned Many Documents Day of Death-Other
Wills Had Been Executed, is Belief.


handed a note in which Beers de-
| clined to show him the Wills diaries
and other papers. A relative then de-
manded of Beers that he produce a
| prior will alleged to be in his possess
| sion- This, request was refused, but
an attorney acting for Beers admitted
! the executors had such a will. He
1ntimated he would show it only to
! the temporary administrators upon re-
quest.
The contest promptly followed and
! the two executors, Beers and Mitch ell,
! with William p. Emo, were appointed
| temporary administrators pending the
outcome of the proceeding. In sign
| ing, the order Surrogate Fowler gave
Instructions that the relatives be Civ
| en- access to such papers, documents
or memoranda as they believed would
aid them in their fight to break tn e
| will and cut off Columbia, from its
large {bequest. The surrogate said on
| the bench that no one, had as much
right to see these effects of the dece-
dent as they.
Mr.. Beers, however, did not give up.
| On Dec. IT there gathered in the as
senlbly room of the Atlantic Safe De-
post Co, by arrangement, Beers and
Mitchell, with their counsel, Mr.. Hen
ry De Forest Baldwin; William P. Emo,
with Reeve Schleyg from. the Office Of
Simpson, Thatcher & Bartlett; Clifford
| Pinchot, with Edwin G. MuI1igan of
Mr.. Beckett's staff; Mr.. Quinn from
| the office of Sullivan & Cromwe11; Mr..
| Nash, representing Columbia, and. an
official from the State ComptroHer's
office. They had come to remove all
the Emo securities and place them in
/ the vaults Of the United States Trust
Co., appointed depository by the sur
! rogate. Isl
Row at Door of Vault.
The story of what happened, gath
cred from several reliable sources. is
substantially as follows:
When the men were entering the
vault Mr.. Baldwin Jumped in front
of Mr.. MuIligan and Mr.. Quinn
stretched gu this arms and effectually
| barred their entrance.
mo one except the temp orary a5d-
rninistrators and their counsel shall
enter here,p Mr.. Baldwin is said to
have announced.
But" Mr.. Quinn is alleged to have
replied, Fl represent Sullivan & Crom-
we'll. I am from their Office. One of
our clients is a sister of the decedent.''
t.I fully understand retorted Mr..
Baldwin, 'sbut we won't let you go in
just the same y
seWe1l,p insisted Mr.. Quinn, "Tm
going in and if you want to get me
out I guess lyou'H have to use force,
You might call in a strong arm squad
or the po1ice!''
quinn appealed to William P. Emo,
who said he desired his presence and
that of Mr.. MuIligan. He stated that,
as a temporary Tadndnistrator, he had
retained as his attorneys all the coun-
sci retained by the contesting heirs,
and Quinn and Multi gan were two of
the heirs attorneys. Quinn then asked
Baldwin to give his reasons in con-
crete form. To this the lawyer said,
In substance, that the Surrogate had
ordered the transfer to be made by
the temporary administrators
Box Sealed Despite Orders
While the row was in progress one
of the boxes was removed, but not
opened, and Mr.. Beers suddenly de-
cided he wouldn't remove the cover
without a specific order from the
court, although he had already had a
general order So the box was sealed
and returned to the vault and the
Emo relatives were as far from getting
a peep at the contents as they had
been before.
It was not until William P. Emo
later made a. perernptory demand up
on Beers and Mitchell that he gained
access to the boxes and found among
the papers the will of February, 1912.
whether he obtained possession of the
diaries could not be ascertained, but
If he has not he will ultimately
While none of the attorneys would
In court, it was learned from a person
familiar with the facts that If Beers
refuses to produce the two wills de-
clared to be in his possession the Sur
rogate will be asked to force him
under the order instructing the tenn
norary administrators to produce all
documents helpful to the contestants
such a. petition one administrator
The curious part of this is that under
would be put in the position of pro-
ceedings against his fellow admins
TRAITORS.
The list of the Emo stocks and bonds
filed with the court by the United
States Trust Company shows they
alone are worth, at present market
values. about 100000. The other
properties in the estate are realty and
considerable personal. In the lat
ter are valuable art works and fur
nishings in the Emo Fifth avenue
home. The total value of the estate
is estimated by both sides at upward
of SIS, 100000
say estate Was UNDERESTIMATE.
Eugene Southack Of No. 128 East
Sixty-fol1rth Street recently has had
more to do with the Emo real estate
than any one else. A search of the
city records shows that this com
prisese ninety-one parcels. The total
value is not far from $9,00o,00o, much
greater than was commonly supposed
before Mr. Eno's death. Whether he
knew its worth is a question. The
heirs contend that he did not. and
that he had also underestimated the
worth of his stocks and bonds. Here
are some of the parcels he owned:
Nos "a ito 91,' 27s. to 231 and 8 5
Frent Street. NO. 81 South Street;
Nos. ID, IS, 10, 81 and Al South Will
lam street; Nos. 73, rs and II Pine
street; Nos. APT, 42s, All, 426, 434. 474I
to At g. and i456 West Broadway. No.
165 Pearl. Street, No. 9 8 West Third
Street and No. SO washington Square;
a plot on Washington Squares; Nos.
3 8 to 81 and % to 80 Fifth Avenue;
No. West Tenth Street; Broadway
to Stventh Avenue, between Fifty
second and Fifty-third Streets Nos.
200. 22er 234, 33S, 24s and $50 West
I,i.-d Gtront. q AdAI1nlai.