The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-16
YOUNG OFFERS
NOTES TO SHOW
NORDICA' SLOVE
Singers Husband Denies She
Wrote to Relatives AS
sailing Him.
WOULD HUSH CHARGES
IN WILL CONTEST

The litigation between George w.
Young, the banker and the relatives OF
his deceased wife. Lillian Nordca Young.
to decide whether Nine Nordcas will IS
TO be probated in New York or New Jer-'
sey kept MIR. Young busy yesterday He
appeared in the Supreme Court. where
Robert $. Baldwin. nephew of Nine Nor |
dca and executor of the will which II /
is alleged she executed on Thursday /
Island shortly before her death cutting
off her husband. has fled suit to restrain |
| Mr. Young from attempting to probate
the singers will in New Jersey. Mr..
Young also appeared in the Surrogate's
Court, where proceedings by the tempo
rar: administrator of Nine. Nordica's
estate have been started to find her prop
erty.
Mr.. Young was served a few days ago
as e witness in the discovery proceedings
after a process server had been seeking
him since last September He went to
court accompaniment his private secre-
tary carrying a number OF account books
and said he was ready to go on. Counsel
for Baldwin asked for an adjournment
until next week at n time to be fixed
late- and Surrogate Cohalan granted it,
saying:
IN view OF the fact that it has taken
US "A long time to get Mr.. Young to APP
pear In this case personally ] don't sup
pose IL will Inconvenience him very much
to put Off his examination few days
longer"
Young wants Letters stricken out.
Before Justice Lehman two motions
were heard one was by Baldwin for an
injunction restraining Young from pro-
ceeding further with the probate proceed
ngs in Monmouth county, New Jersey. un-
II IL is determined here whether Mime Sor-
dica was n resident OF New York. and the
other was a motion in behalf of YOUNG to
strike out scandalous some Of the
: allegations in Baldwln's papers. including
five letters alleged to have been written
in the spring OF 1913 by Nine Nordica to
, her sisters.
-, These letters tended to show that Mime.
Nordica was on such terms with her
husband that she would not permit the
: New Jersey will OF 1910. giving her nus
band everything. to remain as her last
will and also that her husband was
heavily indebted to her and that she was
almost at the point OF selling her iewelry.
When copy OF Baldwin's papers con-
tanning these letters was served on
Young's attorneys, Colby a Brown, they
at once moved to strike them out and got
= an injunction restraining Baldwin's at
torneys from fling the papers containing
the letters. The injunction was served
after the letters had been filed. and in
=, spite OF Justice COTS injunction they
. were published In part yesterday. Justice
| Lehman reserved decision on the motions
/ before him.
An affidavit filed in behalf of Young
stated that during the period when Mime.
Nordica was writing the letters to her
relatives complaining of him she was
r sending him messages expressing affec-
; ton. A number of these letters are at
tached to the affidavit.
e Calls BaIdwin's story False.
IA Young alleges that his legal residence
i is at Deal, y. j., and that as Deal was
n also the legal residence OF his wife her
70 will should be probated in New Jersey
10 and not in New York. He declares at
l., a statement in Badwin's affidavit &c the
l. effect that prior to January 10, 1914. the
= day she executed her VIII cutting hin
off, Nine. Nordica had for just cause sep
~ arated herself from George W. Young. hei
a. husband, and refused to live with him
- IL "uraualhedly false" Young assert,
/, that for some weeks before the ALLEGED
10 last will was executed his wife was un
Nj able to write and was not cognizant al
ia the matters in her will.
No. Replying TO a statement by Baldwin
. that Mime. Nordica had not lived with he
=, husband for "A year, due to her decision
N to separate from him, as proved by he
alleged letters to her relatives, Younl
says that his wife left in May. 1918. OF
20 the concert tour around the world OF
10 which she met her death that she ha'
discussed this tour with him for severa
In wears and that he would have accom-
panied her but for the necessity OF beinl
here to settle up the Ycrkes estate. II
accompanied her to the station on the da.
d. she left New York and would have becl
he with her In San Francisco on the day sh
sailed had not business complications in
m tervened.
MS "My wife wrote me frequently fror
ss various points on her tour, always II
n affec,lonate terms" says Young. "Ou
rs married life was ono of affection AM
r trust, undisturbed by any difference
whatever
nm Young then states that he submitted :
"a the court with reluctance the letters writ
or ten TO him by his wife, but said he wa
advised that II was necessary TO do so /
clear my name and defend her memory.
n Tie SAYS hat they are so AT variance Wit
w. the alleged letters written to his wife
relatives. that he doesn't believe thos
IN letters could have come from her.
re
by Young Oners other Letters.