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Show ORBELEY'8 WILL CONTESTED. New York, 10. At White Plains yesterday.the daughters of the lato Mr. Greeley with a few friends, aooompao- ' ied by counsel, appeared bofore surrogate surro-gate to offer for probate the will of their father. This will was eieoutcd Nov.2Sth.lS72. It had been written by Mr.Greoley somo time ago but was only presented by him for execution a few hours before . hia death. It gavo all the property equally to his two daugh- 1 tors. This instrument had been placed among his private papers by Mr. ' Greeley and was only taken from among them at tho time of the late attack and at tho first lucid interval there- , after offered him for acknowledgement. At the same timo counsel appeared before tho surrogate to contest this will and offering in its stead ono of January, 1871. The contestants are Samuel Sinclair, Richard Manning, and Charles Storers, the two latter being named as executors. Counsel for contestants then said that he hoped tho proponents of the will would ao-quiesco ao-quiesco in the will of 1871. He thought the will executed by Mr. Greeley bofore bo-fore his death did great injustice inasmuch inas-much as it gave all tho property to Miss Ida, with the qualification that one half of it was to be used by her at i her own discretion for the support and education of her sister Gabriello, and that some relatives would be deprived of property intended for them. Counsel Coun-sel for the daughters thought these remarks uncalled for and announced that Miss Ida had offered to assign to her sistor ono half of the property, also to grant suitable annuities to relatives. The Misses Greeley declined to consider con-sider any proposals for compromise and regular proceedings for oontest of tho will ensued on the ground of incapacity inca-pacity of the testator to exeote the will of 1872. The first witness) was Miss Sampson, who testified that she became be-came witoeas to the will on the day Mr. Greeley died. Mr. Greeley was then, a few hours hfara his death. oonseious and rational. After some further examination of this witness adjournment ad-journment followed. The will of 1871 gives tho property to his daughters, but in addition gives bequests to his relatives and a legacy equal to tho value of a share of the "Tribuno" to the ChildrcnB1 Aid Booiety of New York. |