The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-06
DAUGHTERS SEEK
TO BREAK WILL Of
JEROME B. YORK
Continued From First Page.)

Gus contestant of the alleged will, is
the youngest daughter of the late lum-
Der king, and wife Of Charles b. Nell
son, manage of the southern interests
of the Fidelity and Casualty company,
of New York.
In her effort to prove that the al
legged will was not the product Of her
fathers free and u~ninfluenced Ajudg-
ment, Mrs. Nelson will have attorneys
review as evidence the sensational pro-
ceedings OF five years ago when h
rescued her, mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
York, widow of Jerome B., from the Oak
Flint, Mich. AZ
She will also have reviewed the ub-
sequent suit which her mother prose-
and alimony and against her brother,
Robert York, for alleged conspiracy to
keep his mother in the sanatorium at
Flint against her will.
In the divorce suit, the petition says,
cruel and inhuman treatment was
charged by the wife against her hus-
band. This treatment is alleged to
have consisted OF the Incarceration OF
the plaintiff in the Michigan i~nstitu-
ton.
mother is said to have alleged that In
the summer of 1911, Robert, her son,
persuaded her to go north under the
superstition that they were to visit a
point on Lake Erie, while III truth the
trip was for the purpose of i%nveigling
her. into entering the institution from
which she later escaped. n
Both Of these suits we're filed on Nov.
6, 1913. The suit against Jerome b.
York resulted in a divorce and monthly
alimony payments Of an amount suf-
f%icient to maintain Mrs; York in com
resided at the Hotel Chisca.
Mrs. Nelson effected the melo-
dramatic delivery OF her mother from
the Oak Grove sanatorium on the eve
ming Of July 81, 1915. According to the
records Of the incident, the rescue fol-
torium. While sitting on the porch
with her mother, Mrs, Nelson asked
permission to taxi her for a short walk.
This was granted and accompanied by
a nurse, the mother and daughter stroll
ed toward the entrance of the sana-
tGrium, After having gone a short dis
lance they made a dash for a waiting
automobile. The nurse attempted tC
stop the flight. But Mrs. Nelson reach.
ed the machine first with her mother
and lifted her into the back seat. TIE
chauffeur sterted his motors and Tho
car leaped away. i.
Then followed a ace and pursuit.
across the state, which ended success
fully when the speeding automobile
bearing Mrs. Nelson and her mother
crossed the borders of MichiaAh.
Mrs. York Pronounced Sane.
Later Mrs. Nelson took her mothe'
to Louisville where she was examined
BY physicians who pronounced he
sane and healthy,
The suit which followed the escape
was concluded on Nov. II, 1914, ant
Mrs. Nelson claims that since that tim
until his death It was impossible 10
her to see her father except by sub
terfuge and that at times she had to re
sort to the assistance of detectives t
ascertain his abiding place.
j., B. York Is alleged to have passe'
under the influence of Robert York an
Mrs, Trigg when he moved to Valllan
to live with Mrs. Trigg in Octczei
1914.
The contested will Is alleged to hav
been written 30 days after the settle
ment OF the divorce suit, Dec, II, 1911
when the elder York is said to hav
virtually d~isinherited the two daughter
who had befriended their mother.
Karl King, Of Ewing, King & kini
was In Ida Bell, Okla, Wednesday I
institute the contest proceedings an
look after the interests of the contest
ants for his firm. 1t Is expected tn
contest will be heard in September {
October, at which time Mr., Ewing wi
go to oklahoma personally TO condu'
the case for his clients.