Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-03
SHARPlEY WILL CASE
CONTINUED TEN DAYS
Register Brown Finishes hear-
ing Testimony Of Petition
ere for Review Of Probate.

Register CO willis Isaac II. Brown
yesterday Afternoon finished hca-inS
testimony In behalf OF Howard y.
Springer. Elwen 1. Springer. Rebscca
J. bird and Mary Jones. first cousins
sad renrtst relatives Of EIiwood Frank
ShArpicy. deccascd. on n petition Tor
. review OF tho probate % MI. Sharp
lcys win and nxed Monday. March 10,
NJ 10 a. m, for hesring testimony IN
support OF she instrument. Long con-
tia,mnce was granted because counsel
have To devote next week 10 other
fnattsrs.
The petitioners want the Superior
Court TO review the probate. Robert
q. Hartman Ia attorney for the pc
tit.oncrs and David ]. Reinhar5t,
William q. Hilles and Frank l.. Speak
raan are solicitors for the PROFOUND
crs.
Mr.. Sharpley. who was receiving
teller Of the U0ion National Bank
Ger many years. died on May 3. 1870,
IN the Physicians and Surgeons' Hog
pital. to which he was taken on April
% while suffering from pneumonia.
Attorney William T. lyman. members
Of whose family are the largest bene-
hciarios. drafted the wnl on April 25
and Is executor and trustee.
According 70 aPpraisemeat. Mr..
Ghsrpley's estate is worth sec. 600. The
win disposea OF Il as follows: Fifteen
thousand dollars to William T. Lyman.
80 hold In trust and invest Tor heoecca
J. Bird. who died last summer, the in
70 hxa .s~lN 40
lifetime. and said sum 10 go into the re-
siduary estate at her death, $4,000 te
Old Sweces (iioly Trinity Episcopal
Church and a like sum to the GENE
terry association OF that church. the
latter 10 replace and repair the Sharp
ley monument: $1,000 10 each child of
Ira l.. sharpley; $500 10 Howard II
Springer; $1,000 each 20 Frank :.
Springer ana Mrs. A. Y. Yeates 500
each to Miss Alice NJ. Smith and Miss
Martha Sayers. an eight-day clock and
bedding 20 Mrs. Lola Lyman. wife Of
William 7. Lyman. and the reslduary
estate 10 be divided into six equal
parts and distributed as follows: Two
parts 70 Herbert Yeates. two parts tc
Rodney :. Lyman, a son of william
7. Lyman. one part to Miss Mildred
NJ. Lyman. daughter Of William; =
Lyman. and one part To William T
Lyman, Jr., another son Of the ex-
ccutor
The petitioners aver that Mr.. sharp
ley was mentally incapable OF max
ing the viii and that they were not
served with citations or notice wher
the VIII was admitted TO probate or
at the time II taking proof They pray
that the probate and letters testamen.
tary be revoked and that the alleged
paper be decreed not TO be the last
VIII OF Mr.. sharpley and FOR this pur>
pose pray a review OF tho granting OF
probate and letters testamentary
Howard h. Springer WAS recalled q
the witness stand yesterday afternool
and testified that Mr.. Sharpley ha,
+. criticised William 7. Lynams sons
ON cross-examination Mr.. Syringe
said he did not know how much n
would get IL the will were set aside. II
denied that he he'd carried arocn
the petition for review TO get siFna
lures thereto. but stated petitioners he
come TO his store 10 DISCUSS the psti
tion. Being bachelors. Mr.. Sharpe
ard MIR. Springer resided In boarding.
houses. Mr.. Springer saii Mr.. SnaI '
ley often came &c the den" in IA
Springer store and they frequent
dined together ct restaurants. HI
Sharpley, according. to Mr.. Syringe
once expressed a desire that his ~
neral he held in Mr.. Springer's "den
william T. Lyman. however, prvpuase
= that the funeral be held at his rec
idence. and Mr.. Springer approve
the suggestion. Mr.. Springer denso
having stated Mr.. Sharpley ehoul
have left all OF his estate 10 William
Lyman or his family. Mr.. Spring,
declared that Mr.. Sharpley on Apr
u was incapable of making n viii. J.
said pereons in the boardinchouse a
tended Mr.. Sharpley while he was
there. but he did not know who sei
Mr.. sharpley 20 the hospital. He state
Mr.. Sharpley wanted &c cay soInetnfn
20 him a few days before he died, h.
was unable 20 talk. On redirect e.
animation the witness ssdd his broti
or. Elwell l.. Springer. expressed
wish that the funeral be hello at h
home. but yielded 70 William T. Lyna
who wanted IL 10 be held at his res
dence.
Miss Anna Joyce, a registered nur
of Delaware and Pennsylvania az
night supervisor al tho Physician
and Surgeons Hospital. ana hi
Helen G. Tuft. who was Ftucel
nurse at tho institution when NJ
sharpley war e patient there, test
fed 10 nursing him for two days a
ter which he had special nurs
They stated he was weak and del: