Protests of No Avail

New York, 1895

The Woolsey Estate Was Sold Under the Hammer.

The extensive property of Edward J. Woolsey, the reputed New York millionaire, situated in Astoria, and including Berrian's Island in the East river, was sold by Referee Gardiner under protest on the steps of the County Court House Monday morning. Mr. Woolsey was reported to be sick with pneumonia at his home in New York. Counselor Edgar Foster, in behalf of Woolsey, raised many objections against the sale, as did Colonel Gebhardt in behalf of A. L. Wells, who holds a second mortgage on the properties. Colonel Gebhardt pleaded for the postponement of the sale for one week and offered to give $1,000 guarantee to pay the expenses. Referee Gardiner, despite the protest and overture, went on with the sale. Counsel for Frank Work and others bought in the handsome Woolsey summer seat for $23,000 and Berrian's Island for a like amount.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1895, p. 1.