The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-01
COURT HERE TO ACT
ON IRISH FORTUNE
Earl of wicklow Asks Appoint
ment as Committee of His
Sister-in-Law's Estate.
DAUGHTER OF B. A. SANDS
Former New Yorker, Now In
Institution, Does Not Know
Of Husbands Death.

Ralph Francis Howard. Earl Of Wick
low. OF Arklow. County Of Wicklow, Ire
land. made application yesterday through
his New York attorneys before Justice
Donnelly in the Supreme Court for his
appointment as committee Of the New
York estate of the Hon. Mrs. Emily
Sands Howard, declared incompetent by
the courts OF ireland in March. 1918.
Mrs. Howard is the widow of the Hon.
Hugh Melville Howard. son of the sixth
Earl Of Wicklow. of Bellevue House,
Gelgany, County wicklow, Ireland, who
up to the time of his death In Ireland
on February II was the committee Of
his wife's property both In ireland and
in this State. having been appointed here
by Justice Philbin. The Earl OF WICK
low is a half-brother.
The incompetent is a daughter OF the
late Benjamin Aymar Sands, who at the
time of his death in May. 1917. was one
Of the leading members Of the New York
bar. She is also the grandniece OF Mrs.
Katherine A. 8. Havemeyer of this city.
The latter is the legal guardian Of Mrs.
Towards two children, Cecil Aymar
Howard and Katherine Frances Theo-
dosia Howard, both OF whom are under
the age of is years and now live at the
home of their grandmother, Mrs Sands,
80 East Sixtieth street
Unaware OF Husbands Death.
Because OF her mental state, the death
Of Mrs. Towards husband has been
withheld from her. She now lives In st.
Edmundsbury. near Dublin, Ireland,
where DR.. Richard Robert Leeper. a
fellow of the Royal College OF Surgeons
in Ireland and medical superintendent of
St Patrick's Hospital. recognized as ono
of the worlds authorities on mental dis
eases, Is in constant attendance upon
her. In affidavits by him. submitted in
support of the Earl OF Wicklow's appli-
cation, It is stated that Mrs. Howards
Authorization Is that servants In her
household are in league with the United
States Government for her persecution,
also that the servants impersonate her
before the world on every opportunity
and pass themselves of as the mother
of her two children.
The papers showing the different
stages of the proceedings In Ireland be-
fore the application for the appointment
finally was filed in this country are
among the most interesting In the
archives of the Supreme Court. There
are nearly 200 large pages Of legal pa
per. practically all the facts and findings
being written in longhand. Twelve
heavy seals of green wax. bearing i'm
pressions of the official seal Of the Lord
Chancellor OF Ireland. dangle from the
documents at the end OF bright green
ribbons.
Papers Plastered With Seals.
Every paper Is literally plastered with
consular stamps, blue, green and red
seals. showing its course through the
courts. and the majority are strung with
light blue and bright red ribbons The
County Clerk was forced to improvise an
envelope for the bale OF papers and their
seals, the ordinary record envelope being
too small to contain the documents.
On the death OF her father. Mrs. How
ard received the income of a $780, 900
trust fund established for her. as we'll
as a large legacy. She was also heir to
a one-seventh share OF the estate left
by her grandfather. Samuel S Sands.
The estate also includes the family house
at So West Forty eighth street, a home
at Southampton, l. l.. and other prop
erty in the United States. In addition
to the Bellevue House estate left by her
husband. Justice Donnelly will hear the
arguments in Special Term, Part Ill, on
october 6.