The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-01
EMO PAPERS BURNED
WILL FIGHT SHOWS
ConnnIed from Pirst Page.

In a diary held by the executors a SUM
mary Of this statement is contained"
Mr.. Emo points out that Mr.. Beers 10
a Columbia graduate. both Of the college
and law school. and a memoe OF the
standing committee Of the alumni. He
drew the will said Mr.. Emo. He also
stated that the executors had refused
perm,sxon TO the members Of thef family
10 examine family paperT. diaries or
memoranda left by Mr.. Emo. He also
said hat Merz Is ono Of the witnesses
Of the will.
Mrs. Florence C.. Graves. niece. OF IS
Fast Ffty-seventh street, who Is one OF
the contestants. said she called At the
Fifth avenue house after her uncles
death and found the hoisekeeper IN a
-high state OF excitement" Her ath-
davit continued
o,ace vas upstairs destroying everything
and that he had no respect for anything
and WAS destroying my uncles papers
90 letters. She said Mr.. Merz even
vent into the holy Of holies-fny uncle =
safe upstairA went To tho library ana
called Mr.. Merz and he came downstaire'
7 stated. as near as l can remember. a.
follows: nL
and aunt, Mr.. Emo and Mrs WOOL thA'
YOU do not destroy anything a..
81 stated to him further thAt inc
.xS,u,or, had o qualified and that he
| shupuld not destroy anything. no '"e'
.,,d: VERY we'll, Mrs. Gravee
swan, Johnson, VINO has been ON
o,oved In the house many years, IN teii-
w. how ne destroyed the papers. said
that no look q large clothes oasket tu.I
~ ,e,tars. papers and memoranda 10 the
o.,i,r furnace and that Merz told him.
.De .ure 10 burn them" He continued
"My, Merx and I put the bundle OF
papers and letters and whatever tnert
vas on the foor IN the basket II more
than half flled the large basket aho
was a load for me TO carry down 10 the
c.,Iar 7 took them down TO the fur
nacs and Mr.. Mers or the housekeepei
thrr told me to come up again Tor more
I took a large hamper up 20 the horar!
and then went back TO the furnace aho
began to burn up the papers In the larss
basket" -
.Johnson said that on tho following
day he burned some OF the papers II
the hamper. but that the hamper ther
got showed behind the aShcans IN
forgot IL, or he would have burned every
thing In IL. Then clifford Pinchot CAM
and interviewed him as to wha hat
happened and when they vent to tn
cellar they found tho hamper and IL
unburned contents.
The afidavit by Clifford Ptnchot state
that no went TO the house when n
heard of the burning OF papers and h
when Johnson took him To the cellar n
found the unburned papers. He sal,
Johnson told him he hadn't burned al
the papers beoauAn he found that II h
put too many In the furnace at ono
they filed the house with smoke. II
telling what no found Mr.. Pinchot said
These papers consisted of letter. an
notes in my uncle's handwriting, an
statements In regard DO real propert,
belonging to him. and diagrams of IN
same. There were family letters. photo
graphs, memorandum books containing
addresses and dates IN my uncle's hand
writing. but there were no diaries"
Mr.. Pinchot turned all the paper h
found over 10 his attorney, he sait
Mr.. Pinchot called UP Mr., Baldwin, o
Lord, Day 4 Lord. IND asked n a tn
family be permitted to SEQ the content
Of tho boHes in tho presence OF an at
toney for the executors. but he refuse
permission.