The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-19
ENOIS ~ECCENTRTCT7ES TOLD
IN DETAIL TO SURROGATE
ants of $13, 900, 900 Estate-Columbia, Chief Benefi-
ciary Under Will, Declared His Chief Aversion.

y statement OF the evidence which the
contestants of the will of Amos +. Emo
expect To Offer to prove tina he had lost
MS mind before he made his final will.
leaving the bulk of his estate, estimated
at more than $4,000. 900, to Columbia
| niversity. was made to the jury before
surrogate Cohalan yesterday by Arthur
Train. Mr.. Train declared that the
rcsiduary Request to Columbia was made
TO an institution. ''the name Of which
never passed his lips during his life
except with disapprovai. and for the
president of which. Nicholas Murray
Butler, he had nothing but aversion"
MIR. Train said that at the time Mr.
Emo executed his last will he was "in
MS second childhood. senile. and suffer-
ing from dcmcntia." and hi a predis-
position to. senilc decay was inherited no,
only from his father. Amos X. Emo, who
showed pronounced symptoms, but from
an uncle and aunt. and that the mind
Of his brother, Or. Henry clay Emo. xa ".
way To the vag OF disease before his
death. while a sister remained mentally
undevelopcd after u years of age. and
rs "h iHi'VNic Wlen she Qleu AT AZ.
Mr.. Train explained that every adul,
member ~ the En- family Is contestinv
the VIII because they are convinced tina,
he signed II when he was not OF sound
and disposing mind, and when. in addi.
ton, he was subjected TO an influence
which. whether proper or improper from
the point OF view of morality. was undue
IN the eyes Of the law. so that this IL
me WI OF "A person or persons other
than Mr.. Emo"
lie said that the contestants were IN
court prepared TO invite the publicity
and unpleasant notor!ety connected with
the contest OF a will In which their mo.
tives may be iinpugned and they them.
selves subjected TO annoyance and hit
initiation" because they are moved by :,
sense or outrage" They asked that. ,
VIII made January 3. 1918. nearly a
year and a half before the tinal will in
bated. which leaves the bulk Of the es.
tate TO them.
Had Made Many Wills.
Mr.. Train said that "this propounded
paper is not the will Of Amos T.. Emo
bu 1t is the will Of Lucius n. Beers and
william Mitchell" who are named \.
executors. Mr.. Beers is a mcinhcr ot
the law firm OF Lord. bay & Lord, win
mad long been Mr.. Ero's attorneys. and
IN" three witnesses werN ali employee,
OF Ny. l~'eerS'S firm. one Of them his con.
fiden;tal man. The contestants contend
tdid Mr.. Tran. that while he was in.
ruenced By others. "he always intended
TO- leavc his entire fortune To the mem.
btrs uf his family, with the exception
or a legacy tn the General Society fo.
Mechanics and Tradcsmen. IN which h.
waS deeply Interested" AMI which 10.
ceived under the Nill being contested IN.
largest individual cash legacy made IN
the Wt,l-si.S0U. He said that NJ
t.no had made "A study OF this institution
had remembered it in every will mad,
after 1906. and had said II was 'the onl,
institution of learning that he knew OF
that wa worth a damn
Mr.. Emo made many Wills. Mr.. rrair
salu, and Sin Of them had been found
AMI while the proportions OCCASIONAL,
dinered, Tin each of these wills he car.
ried out what was a clearly confrmoI
intention 90 Ieav. his estate to the farnii,
from which he had derived his forum,
by Inheritance"
MI. Train announced that the wit.
nesses who would appear in behalf OF
the contestants were Mr.. Eno's two as
s!stants in the management Of his rea'
estat" holdings. his valet. Edmond Isl.
gaut, who during his last years fed
and cared for him as II he wer. IA baby"
Or. Robert II. Wylie. who travelled
abroad with him a half dozen time,
and was his friend and medical adviser
Tor twenty-five years. and Mr.. Drlhuo
his old aud intimate friend. who ha
come from Venezuela to testify to Mr.
Eno's complete mental breakdown"
In picturing Mr.. Emo TO the jury Mr.
Train said that he was .: "comnandinG
presence and dominant personality, oh,
st.nat. and OF great strength II mind.
He was fastidious In his dress, cour,
'eous and attentive tn woman, wa con,
stantly giving house parties and occa.
sionally large entertainments. Mr.. Tar
said
"lIc was a genial host who ~'nsis'ct
I on having for himself and Civ ng 20 h..
friend. the best Of wines and tn,
choicest foods the market could supply
He WAS notably cNtravagant in regdrt
10 his linen. which lie p~urchnscn %
Paris, a connOisseur in wines and tool.
NJ. Train said that the deceder. w,
a hard man in his business and Dough
real estate low and odd high II he evel
sold. People were afraid OF his sharJ
tongue. "and there were certain sub
.ects which II mentioned always led e
an %outburst Of tcnlper IN rs par,
These were trades uniou!sm. woman euf
frGge. what he called modern innova
tons such as the telephone and th'
automobile. colleges and college sports
Theodore Roosevelt and Dr. Nicholas
Iurray Butler, president Of Columb!s
Guiyersity."
Origin of College luminosity.
Mr.. Train said that Mr.. Emo appeare,
20 be 'peeved' becaus although ar
oldest son. he was the only son Of tn
family who had not been 10 "A univer
sity, and thus developed his almost.
to colleges. His brother John had beer
the most popular man at Yale in hi'
time and was the recipient OF the woodeI
spoon, a mark of affection from hi
classmates. but he had been a failure
In business and Amos always said |
was because college a ruined him.
colleges create d~runkards. .oafers ant
,ascals,' he said. They unfit men Il