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3). EDGAR’S MONEY.Hcglnning* the T*ro codlings to Settle tha Qtiestlom of Helrehlp.The* formality of having Ansel White, jr.. the maternal uncle of the late Daniel Edgar Crouse., declared legally dead is being attempted before Justice Vann in Special term to-day. It is the first of the issues to be decided in the ease of Jacob Nottingham and Maurice A. Craves, executors of D. Edgar Crouse's estate, against .7 a cob Crouse and the many others who chum to be entitled ilt; a share of the residuary estate of. the deceased millionaire. There are other issues besides this one to be decided, and the case'may drag- along for two or three--days, after which a decision will be about all that is necessary before the executors wiy consider that they may safely proceed to distribute the estate.,. ,Theu .Dorothea Edarita Orouse-Tvoisterlitjs- will•' receive - half, ;o£ v.duu is left after the special bequests' are paid, and the cousins will receive the other half.The next step, after this distribution, will be a settlement with the State as to the inheritance tax. and that, too,luts been practically agreed upon, and no witnesses will be called before* Commissioner Bendy unless t he affair take* a very abrupt turn. The State ha* agreed to a compromise, it is said, and the terms are that the Crouse cousins shall pay 5 per cent on the amount of their inheritance and the child will nay but 1 per cent. There 5s a rumor that the attorneys for the Kostorlitz child submitted satisfactory proof to the Suite that: the infaut was legitim ate,hut none of the attorneys will talk .about the matter and it will remain for the present, at least, merely a matter of conjecture.After ii.v-iSarrogate Cook had moved the case and stated that, the cousins had supposed D, Edgar Crouse to be a bachelor, ex-7 us dee Kennedy suggested whether it would not be better to have* the issues pending brought, to the Supreme court where a more speedy determination might be reached. Th# question was left open.Maurice F. Graves was called ami testified to the circumstances of Mr. Crouse’s death. The will was then offered in evidence, and Jacob Crouse testified as to the family irenea.logy.George . X. Grouse testified on th* same line*. George Brown of Kirkvill** also testified.Mrs. Catherine Wheeler of, Nortb-port. L. I..* daughter of Fanny White, who was a sister of Ansel White, th* alleged missing uncle, was sworn. Sh* had heard that he was dead. 'Chi* information was frem the foreman of th# ranch on which White lived, in Cal-j i forma. fie was not married as far as she knew.• Mrs. Katie H. Parson testified that according to her record of the family,. which was complete, no record of White's death was entered.Mr. Tracy read a commission taken in Canton, Mo., in which Mi try Ann i White-Harding testified as to what she ! knew about White. She had never | heard of hi* death. If living now hm I would he S7 years old. __rmDon’t fail to see the.Art Garland parlor stove for iSStt at KieSer Bros. It’s *\ beauty.—Adv.
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Syracuse Evening Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Tue, Feb 19, 1895
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