The evening world. Newspaper, January 8, 1906, Page 3

BIG FIGHT FOR LEFT BY BA —— +4 Lawyer for Brother and Two Nieces Charges that Ministers Favore Estate and Shut Others Out. ‘Alleging undue influence and unsound ‘mind, relatives of the aged president ot the Broadway National Bank, Fran- eis A. Palmer, who died Nov. 1, 1902, are attacking his will, The case !s be- ing tried before Justice Dugro, in the Supreme Court, He left property amounting to several millions. ‘Phe aged millionaire left only three rolatives—a brother, James R. er, and two nieces, Gertrude A. Knapp and + Mary C. Kepner—for all of whom he >, states In his will he mitde ample pro-| y vision during iifs lifetime. The estate under the will is to be administered by a corporation known as The Francis A. Paimber Fund, organted for the pose, About twenty churches, colleges, hhomes and hospituls are named as bene- ficlaries under the will. Flammen B. | pur- | Candler, of Jay & Candler, leads the| case for those attacking the will. Austen G. Fox and Col. William C. Beecher, with about twenty other law-/ yers, appear for the executors and beneticiaries, In his opening before the jury Mr Fox stated that three ministers of tie | | gospel and twenty-five other reputable | eltizens of New York are charged with fraud and exerting undue Influence over the aged millionaire. | . Francis A. Palmer was ninety-two | years old when he died. He had been president of the National Broadway Bank fifty-two years. Just before nis | death he sold out his interest in the bank and retired with the avowed in- tention of closing up his affairs. He gave immense sums w charity about that time and diviiied a large sum ct money among his relutives from the sule of stock in the bank. Sued for Property. Shortly before Mr. Palmer's death one of hiv relatives brought action against him for property which she claimed he had promised to give her, and an at- yt was then made to show before lustice Levintritt that @ coterie of ministers und heads of charitable in-| stitutions had got around the old man | and gained such an influence over him; that he Was no longer master of his own mind and property. The Francis A. Palmer Fund was in- corporated during the lifetime of the aged bank president, and ne was presi- | dent of the fund for five yea This fund ie the residuary legatee under tne will and gets by far the larger part ot the estate, amounting to something like $2,500,000. Other legacies of trom #20, to $200,000 were left to various charities and colleges, among them Hamiiton College, Westchester County Home tor Destitute Children at White Plains, Palmer Christian College, Eton College of North Carolina, Union Christian Col- lege of Indiana, Chapin Home for the Aged and iniirm, and the Prisbyterian Hospital. The will was probated vec. javenue, surrounds | these preachers | She dled they gathered around bim and MILLIONS NKER PALMER. d Conspiracy to Get 81, 1902. It named Charle F. Day, Will- lam O, Abbott and Richard B. Kelley as executors. arly the entire day was consumed in opening speeches by Mr. Fox for the will and Mr. Candler explaining how the old millionaire was Intluenced bs in his opinion, ministers and others in the disposition of his vast estate. He made the general charge that a clique of ministers got together and lived on the aged banker and entered into a conspirae of his estate. n Mr. Palmer | 2 a great house 0. 18) Madison ‘olored servants. cording to the inwyer, several chers lived in the house after the th of his wife In 1s, Aunt Sue," said the lawyer, “kept ‘way from him. She knew what they were after, but when flattered him and cajoled him until he formed the Francis. Asbury Palmer | Fund and gave it a $40,000 buliding in Washington place as a starter, and left millions to help poor preachers, among whom were these very preache Attacks the Minister “Of course, they are poor, the lawyer. “Suppose one of ‘em want- ed $10,000 or $29,000. He came. a and the rest of them looked w ‘Yes, brother, oh yes, you are take the money,’ and so this six or seven million dollars goes. Nobody but a preacher could get to him in hfs latter doys, If T sa m Mr. Cand- ler,’ well I cou'dn't get in, but if I said, I'm the Rev, Mr. Condter’ it was ‘walk ight in!’ “And so these ministers Worked the oki man for all he was worth." About a-dozen min: court room during ti Candler, and seemed to shot Immensel;., Gave House to Grandniece. By bis will Mr. Palmer left his Madi- | gon avenue house and his stiuble in| ‘West Thirty-fourt hstreet to his grand- | niece, Mrs. Anderson, and her husband. | Dr. W. B. Anderton, who are not con: testants of the will’ and are therefore made defendants, ers were In the speech by Mr. enjoy hic hot To Hamilton € Sollege and the Chapin Home for the Aged | and Infirm, tie Westchester Home, the | Congregational Sunday-School and Pub- | lishing C y . and Bev: | eral other charities he left $5.00 each. Fle left $30,000 to the Palmer College, at La Gri Indiana, and $30,000 to | the Elton College o orth arolina. A bed in th Hospital. of | this city is the attend. | of Dr. the Andi eniate r, It is estimated by the executors at half a million, but the contestama say that it will amount to more than $2,000,000 and they also say | that during the lost year of his life Mr Palmer more than $9,000.00 Fund, $00,000 e Muncie, Ind, and $500,000 to the Starkey Seminary, at Eddytown. N.Y. } Mrs. Samuel D. Rockwell. favorite grandniece. was cut oft entirely. | He formerly allowed her $12,000 a year. | but she married again two years after the death of her husband, and Mr. Palmer never fongave her, REAL COLD SHAP COMES WITH SOW Storm Will Last All Day and Temperature Fall 15 ‘> 20 Degrees, Says Forecaster Yocal Forecaster Emery, after exam-| {ing his reports from all parts of the | country to-day, and looking over the ; charts trying to “‘dope’’ out the possible Me of the snow storm that started soon y after 7 o'clock declared it would last all afternoon. “It will be colder to-night,” Mr. Em- ery sald, “and by to-morrow there will be a drop in the temperature of about ; Afteen or twenty degrees, “Wille I can't see how the snow will develop into anything big it will last | all day probably, It !s the tall end of @ snow storm that has been travelling | over the South, where it has been | raining heavily, “It will be colder to-night and to- morrow there will be brisk northerly winds and, clear weather." The mercury registered 28 degrecs here at S Av M. In the afternoon the snow turned to ice that covered the pavements with a thin coat that made It extremely ‘thnrd for horses, and in several In- stances valuable animals that had fall- én had to be sfot. All over town horses were falling in the street ‘Many women who had gone for a @rive in the first real winter duy of ‘the season to enjoy the bracing atmos- tere when they. saw the hard dme @ horses had, abanitoned their car Hinges a1 uit) their rigs nearest liveries, preferring to Mae home r tna cor. s Mot course it was worss in the down- ‘king districts and all day x mrect swan continually Dlocked gehile fallen naib of truckmen helped fallen Forwes ‘to their feet, 2 ‘MORE’ MYSTERY! "A thrilling romance, with @ big mys- feery fn it. “Kidnapped in New York, “by Arthur Rochefort, will begin in ‘Wednesday's Evening World. } HAST OFFENSE SAVED SHEPARD Young Man Returns to the Country from France Under Suspended Sentence. La Gascogne. of the French Ine, Was warped Into her dock after much hard work to-day. She had suffcred fom severe weather on the trip across and her officers were thoroughly tired out from thelr arduous labors, She brought with her only twenty-two frst class cabin passengers. Among them were Eliot Shepard, son of the foimer editor, who, while ‘automobiling in France, ran over a little girl, In telling of the accident, air, Shep- ard said: "The litte cnild ran from be- hind a truck and her little body came against my car so suddenly that 1 could do noshing to save her. “I was perfectly heartbroken over the affair, and { can but say that the stench courts treated me with every courtesy. I was arrested and_ tried. A fine of #0 france was imposed and 4n imprisonment of three monthe, But it was my first offense, and the second Portion of the sentence was suspended, “The French law recognizes the firs offense~n all classes of offenses, and that saved me from imprisonment. | However, should I ever go back to France and get into any further trouble I would be obliged to serve out the three months.” Mr. Shepard was entirely alone ex- cept for a Spitz dog that he had on a leader, Nobody was at the pier to.meet him. Mr. Shepard denied that there was any ‘coolness between fiimselt and his wife. Lancia, the famous Italian chauffeur, came down the gangplank with his head In bandages, He accompanied tho Comte de Castigilose. who comes over to attend the Ormonde Beach races. Lancia was injured on Monday when a big wave swept over the boat. He was Junt emerging from the smoking roam when: the rushing struck the | door. ‘He was thrown down. The door cut a deep xash in his forehead. Lancia was in fine humor, said he was glad to see this country again and predicted seme fine racing at the Florida beach. | The wave that Injured Lancia flooted | the ‘amoking-room to the depth of a/ ‘aot. | \ne landed: ke THE WORLD: MONDAY E VENING, JANUARY 8. 1906. ae FIND OUT WHO GOT IT! The insurance inquiry must not be permitted to end in the middle. The McCurdys, the McCalls, the Hyde and Alexander groups of scamps have gone, but the procession is still too small. We must know who got the Yel- low Dog millions, we must know who the scoundrels are who took bribes to betray the people, we must know beyond a doubt what great lawyers and what “honored” political leaders shared in this dirty work. And then we must have punishment full .and condign for all these evil deeds. Even if this be done the task is but-half finished. Out of the hideous ‘revelations no advantage has yet come to the public or the policy holders. ‘The reaper of the crop is the most sinister and dangerous figure of all, ‘Thomas F. Ryan. His are the advantages, his the gains. It.seems a mockery ‘that such a result should follow so great an exposure, but this is to date the Indifferent, if not contemptuous of public opinion, he has ‘forged a worse and greater combination against the common welfare. With the Traction Merger made possible by the.strength of his position, bulwarked by the death taxes of the nation, he feels that he can despise the people of single outcome. the city of New York. Can he? Will he be permitted to? Cannot the pressure of the popular will exert itself until a new legislative inquiry gets at the bottom of all this ‘combined and concentrated iniquity and brings back to the people the things that belong to them ? In Mr. Hughes has been foun out of crooks. He must not be stopped at the beginning. MET “HARRY, "THE “MINNIE” FAINTED Young Man Certainly the Star Arrival on the Carmania Passenger List. “Harry came home to-day on the new turbine steamship Carmania, And such carryings on as there were when “Minnie fainted, Everybody on the Cunanter pler got to wondering who * might be long before the liner loomed up In the snowstorm. Fully a hundred persons, y, were wait- for “Harry,” said so in many keys. ‘Twenty of the hundred were girls, chattering like twenty teie- graph tickers, Presently, a mile away, the bulk of the Carmania was sightcd, One of the girls, 2 brunette, signalled wildly in the general direction of the Battery, “Oh, 1 see Harry," she screamed, joy- fully. “I wee him on the deck waving. 1 know his wave, He waves this wa, She turned around and illustrated with both hands. Harry must wave like 4 man beating a carpet. it was also evident that the brunette has good eye sight. The rest of the crowd could just make out a vessel. When the steamer docked @ young man bounded down the gangway. “I's him shouted the “Harry’’ party, forgetting grammar ir. their abounding Joy. Six of the girls grabbed a modest- looking Ittle blonde and pulled her for- ward. Harry, polsed in mid alr, saw hey. “Minnle!" he whooped and wrapped her in his aims, ‘The girl struggled and the pair moved backward a foot ata time, he kissing hor on cha mivath, nose, eyes, cniy and pack hulr, She tried to break away. ‘Ihe other giris danced wp and down and around them, cheenng. All of a sudden Minnie fuinwed, either from gladness or lack of breath. Both theories were ad- vanced by the bystanders. When Min- nie revived she went away on Harry's arm. intorvals he ‘stopped and Kjased her some more. Lovers of the romantic can draw thelr own conclu- sions. Besides “Harry” the passenger list inclided Felix. Welngartner, coming from Berlin to lead Damrosch's orches- tra, and C. Dietz, the New York repre- sentative of the Hamburg-South Amer- jean lve Mr. [nets made the trip to study the engines of the turbine. He wouldn't talk, but Capt, Prichard, master of the Carmania, said Mr. Dietz wes well : The weather from Liverpool pretty rouzh, Capt. Prichard told the reporters. but’ the turbine lived up to the reputation she made on her firat trip over and the ngers had a smooth, seasickle: ‘ Bee “Kidnapped in New York,” @ thrilling serial romance by Arthur, Rochefort, will begin in Wednesday's Hyening World, f aE o < \ . ALTY BARGAIN f STAYED OUT VERY LATE I Bouewr a Rracrr'iwar" ® ) dy put not before Carrie had been badly p) ACCIDENT VICTIM AND HIS WIFE. heart, way, Nunzk her gra: “a | Louisa girl RACE IN SHOW FOR THE PRIZE MAGNUM “Twas a bitter day on the moors, to- day was, and the crowd in Huber’s Casino, at Jerome avenue and One Hundred and §ixty-second __ street, hugged the heaters as they waited for the coming of the man «who would chum the annual #agnum of cham- pagne offered to the first Individual or party arriving in a sleigh. Promptly at 1] o'clock up drove Will- Jam §. Feher, an insurance dealer, of Woodycrest, the Bronx, in ‘his sissy red cutter behind a bob-tulled horse. Mr, Fleher cine in, wigned th ister In. accordance with a_ tim ored-custom, bought for the crow qualified for the magnum, Under the terms of the offer he doesn’t get tt unless the snow continues for twenty- four hours after it bogins and unless the early snowyird returns onthe day following his first visit. a ‘An hour utter Fisher scored came Fi- ward O'Nel!l fast as, his team could bring him in his double slelh. O'Netil is a liveryman at No. 165 V a) Hundred itnd Sixtieth street and be- came he lived close by he didn’t thinic he could lose. But he did. Howsomever he bought alt around for the crowd and they de- cided, to think vrost as well of him as they do of Mp. ‘Fisher. GIRL BURNED PLAYING WITH CHRISTMAS TOYS Proseeded to Set the Lace Curtains on Fire. Christmas toys, 1! somehow ect th? tace curtains the spattment at No. 65 Brooklyn, this. afternoon. Mra. te daughter the. zoom, and le place sake, ea DrOUgN! neighbors to he assistance ant the fire was (xtinguisn- slightly, Darnesrapopt PLS) a pO a Oe © | Left Alone by Her Mother, Sh?! "our guests, but we drink Postum our- U. S. COURT CLERK DEAD. John E, Loderose Dies on First An- niversary of Hin Wedding. John E. Loderose, thirty-seven years old, of No. 141 West One Hundred ana Thirty-elghth street, for nearly twenty | years a clerk in the United States Dis- trict Court, died early to-day in St, Francis’ Hospital, In Fifth street, from a complication of diseases. He was married exactly a year ago to-da: His death was a shock to his associates in the Federal Building. He was ill only a week. ————————uem THE COVENANT KEEPER Every Promine in the Bond Kept to the Letter, About coffee the Rev. Fredrick Lippe, Presbyteriun minister, Hope P. O., Osage Co., Mo., say “I most gratefully testify, that every promise made in your Postum advertisements has been completely | and promptly fulfilled in my case, You can publish this if you wish, and I stand ready to vouch for it at any time. “After three days’ use of Postum I could find no difference, so far as taste and flavor went, between it and the old kind of coffee. After 2 weeks’ use I preferred it to coffee, “After 3 weeks I lost my nervous- ness, the insomnia which had trou- bled me was entirely relieved and I began to enjoy the best and finest of sleep every night—and that condi- | tion still continues, - “After 2 months’ use [ got rid of my dyspepsia and piles, and they ‘have not returned to plague me. “Neither 1 nor any of my fami would to-day think for a moment | going back to the old kind of coffee. When we entertain we give coffee te erties but becnus? it has become a truly delicious beverage to us. “I feel that common gratitude re. quires this testimony from me.” ! “There's a’ reason. Read the little , “The Road to Wellville,” in ; B.—Agreable. ta. promise, we ‘that the hand (shown in. the selves, not ‘yea its nutritive prop- Louisa Gorges. fled und detectives are escking d an investigator who can investigate. He has shown that pulls can be made powerless, and that curves can be taken THREATENS GIRL WHO REJECTED HM ‘They are looking for Nunzio Skazanio all over West New Brighton, Staten | Island, to-day because he threatened 10 take the life of his pretty little sweet- Nunslo was to have married her last night, but pretty Louis heard something about Nunzio that caused her, after al the guests had arrived at the little house in Broad- to announce that never, woul she marry such a man. furious, but pretty Louisa fetched from ‘her room the wedding | gown sie has teen making all these months, a wonderful gown, with rd roses all over the front and On the side &@ great slash of old lace, given her by and tore it into frag- . Nunso mild “Very well,” and went away, leaving Ow ittle sobbing. morning Nunzio came again to uns asked to the police her to marr; . gain she refused. and Nunslo ewore he would kill tr before sundown. for protection ‘unsto. rien art TRIED 10 FORCE DOW TO SIGN A QUIT CLAIM Mrs. Landi Says Cen- tral Officials Kept Her Prisoner 3 Hours. Mrs, Peltgine Landi, of No. 2231 Firat avenue, whose husband was killed yes- terday at the Grand Central Station by a wild train of cars which crashed through the concounse railing, to-day made a charge against the officias of the station which ts to be Investl- gated by the Coroner and which, If true, will give those officials a high place In the history of corporate heart- lessness, Mrs. Landi alleges that after the accident while she was suffering from shock at the sight, she was carried to a room in the station, where she w: kept @ prisoner for three hours while the railroad employees, concealing the fact from her that her husband wns dead, sought to get her to sign a paper waiving a claim for dameges. The woman further asserts that all that she could learn from those that de- tained her was that her husband's leg waa only alightly Injured. Tt seemed to Mrs. Landi, too, that the police weré In league with the railroad people. Her father. who is a banker in the Italian colony in the upper part of the city, she says, appealed to the po- lice to obtain her release, but they paid no attention to him. Took Tickets Away. Acoording to Mrs. Landi she and her husband hal purchased their raflroad tickets to go to the One Hundred and Twenty-fitth street station. After the accident these tickets were taken away from her, “I was snatched by somebody from the cars just as my husband was struck," is the story told by Mrs. Landi “Then I fainted, and when I awoke I was Is a room In the station. They told me that my husband was only slightly injured; his leg hurt. I begged to go to him but the people in the room would not let me. A woman and a doctor were there. Whea I was able to sit up a tail, thin man came Into the room, He had a paper and he said he wanted me to sign it. I said I would not. “He insisted. The woman tokl me, too, to sign the paper. They kept say- ing my husband, was only slightly burt and that it would de all right to sign the paper. For three hours YT was kept there and the request was made again and again for my signature. “After some time my father and brotaer,came to the station. I saw my brother's face through a window near the door of the room and I called to him to come to me. A policeman dragged tin away. Then my father asked the police to make the railroad people release me, but the police pald no attention to him, They seemed to be working for the railroad.” Mrs. Land! added that her freedom was finally obtained by Henry E. Hay- never man, her father's attorney, who was summoned by telephone. But the alleged high-handedness would seem not Quits |iiave ended there. The discovery w made that the ratiroad had had an ui dertaker ti the body. Then Mi Landt's father appealed to the Coroner. “My father telephoned to the Cor- oner,” resumed Mrs Landi. “I think it was Coroner Harburger. oner sald he had not been informed of chim: The CASTRO DEFES. UNITED STATES IND FRANC Two Countries Likely to Act Together in Bring- ing Venezuela Down, WASHINGTON, Jan. §—Secretary Root has Leen notified by cable of the complete failure of the negotiations that have been in progress at Caracas look- Ing to a settlement of issues between the Bermudez Asphalt Company the Venezuelan Government, and the dé- parture from Caracas of the company'e treasurer, Clyde Brown. 4 Tne Secretary has accordingly calle@ upon Mr. Calhoun, the President's spe- clal commissioner, for his report upon that controversy as the basis for tm mediate action on the part of the Dae partment. It is probable that the report wit ‘ve submitted to Congress and some Ine of action suggested. PARIS, Jan, 8.—Government quarters express the belief that Venesuela'p prolonged delay in settling the Taigny incident will necessitate an early re- course to energetic measures. It 4s added that (France will act only after @ full understanding and accord with the United States. ‘The present Indications of firmness appear to be coincident with certaia energetic measures adopted by the American Government. These include, \ it is said, instructions to Minister Rus sell of a rather peremptory character, scying that Venezuela's past course has given grounds to expeot that she intend- ed fully to repair the offense and there~ fore akin that these ex) : date be elay. realized without furthed ‘The effect of the American tions {s to uphold the French position that the withdrawal of the offensive letter to the French Charge a’ Affairs ‘aid not sumes Goda - bic 7, should promptly accord prope! % Gn ot Rk Faigny. who throughout ta carried out the specific instructions of the french Government. EMILIE GRIGSBY ‘IS ASSESSED FOR $500,000. ‘The Tax Commissioner to-day gave ‘cout the personal-tax list. In the list was Miss Emilie Grigwby- She {s aesensed on $500,000. Miss Grigsby, it will be recalled, was a particular friend of the late Charles T, Yerkes. Hi h Elias, the colored protege of Millionaire Platt, is assessed on ‘$150,000 worth the accident. He came anc made the faitoad let our own family undertaker have the body. All my husband's effecgs ney till held by the railroad. ‘The rasi- Toad people also took the tickets we had to go to One Hundred and Twenty-fitth street” Felice Rubano js, the name of Mrs, Landis father, She and her hu who was a tailor, made their home with him. a anton ttorney Hay tol a@ reporter rhe Evening World toulay thes 09 ine rh ing @ sil or dam- Herne str e 3 behalf. He as ni a claim of this size was not remarkable when one considered that Landi hed an income from his wvork ae a tailor of from $80 to $125 & week. serted that a. 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