The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-25

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The abandoned WVs and sC1Qdren 3,
q Deceased Millionairs Ssetor HI.
Property. ss. ..ss,S
lFfum NE Ioaisvills Uourier.l
twill be remembered that some
months ago the newspapers contain.
an account, with various comihents
Of the death Of Gnstavus Sohutmann
q very wealthy resident Of the oity d
indianapolis, who left an estate il
that place and in this city amount
ing in the aggregate to about q, ,OOO,.
The abandoned wife and children
have entered suit 10 the chaneery
court ~ ~ possession of that por.
tion Of his estate in this city. The
petition was flied on Tuesday last.
II appears that tho decedent, Gus
tavus 6churmann, had becn married
in l846, in Europe, and afew years
afterwards he abandoned his wife
and two infant children, and eloped
TO America with one Catharine Ben.
gcls, . factory girl, taking with him
a greater part,Of the joint estate ol
himsslfand his wife. He esettled il
indianapolis, whore he lived with
Catharine Bengels as her husband
until her death il 1853. He had By
her i've children, and he died IN Oc.
tober, 1870. The suits is BY the first
wife against the administrators Of her
her husband, the FIVE children oi
Catharine Bsngels, and her own
children, they, tho last two men.
toned, being added as defendants AZ
matter Of form. The plaintiff il,
and has been from her birth, q resi-.
dent Of Aix-la-C Chapelle, and . sub
ject of Prussia. Gustavus Shurmann
was also born . subject Of Prussia.
Plaintiff intermarried with said
Schufman in 1845. Some days be-
foro their marriage. and in ,contem-
plation thereof, they made an anti
nuptial contract, by which it was
agreed that there should be q com-
munity Of estate in all acquisitions
made by the parties TO the contract
after their marriage, and that the
survivor of them should be entitled
to one-haif the said acquisitions, and
one eighth Of the other half in fec
and one fourth Of the remaining hall
for life. IN 5U ~.
CAS- . somewhat legal curiosity,
we give the commencement and close
of the said ante-nuptial contract YER
batim: eve, Willism, by Gods gracy
king Of Prussia, &c., &C., make known
to all men by these presents, that
our hereinafter named notary hss
indited the following document =
BE it commanded
aud ordered that eli minister's oi
justice execute this act, that our gen.
eral attorney in fact, and attorneys
in fact in the courts Of justice, oh.
serve the same, that al commanders
and officers Of public authority and
their deputies lend it the strong
hand, when they are lawfully called
After the death of Catharino
Bengels, Gustavus Schurmann rec
ognixed the plaintiff as his lawful
wife, and endeavored BY divers let
ters and other ways to induce the
plaintiff to leave her home at Aix-la-
Chapelle and live with him ct In
dianapolis. When said Gustavus
abandoned plaintiff he took with
him, Of the joint estate or acquiai-
tion of himself and plaintiff, about
$50, 900, leaving her about So, 900.
Tho property owned by Schnrman
in this city and indianapolis was all
acquired by him since his arrival in
this country, and belonged to the
said community estate provided Tor
by tho ante-nuptial contract. Tho
plaintiff claims the full one-half and
one-sixteenth If said estate in foe
simple, and one-eighth for life. The
property in this city sued for is in
part rs follows: A large amount oi
stock in the Louisville, Cincinnati &
Lexington railroad, Louisville &
Nashville railroad, and other cOrpo.
rations and real estate, some on
Fourth and Jefferson streets, on
Main street, including Fails City
Tobacco Bank, about 13O acres Of
land within the corporate limits Of
tho city, and Numerous other tracts
throughout the city. -
turing the life OF said Catharine
Bengels, Schutmann conveyed 8
large amount of property to her, tbs
conveyance Of which is prayed to b.
cancelled, or IN equivalent amoun'
deducted from Schurmann's interes
of the community estate.
SchurQann having also conveye,
q large amount of property to on
of his daughters BY Bcngels, tn
came prayer is made iu regsrd to hez
The rents Of the real estate in thi
city, amount to shout S20, 200 pei
annum. The annual income Of th,
dcoodsnt amounts to over 90, 900
In the hands Of defendant, Charles
Post, tho administrator appoin ted 10
Indiana, thcrc is over 100000 in
cash. Plaintiff prays that The real
estate in Kentucky be placed, under
the control Of tho commissioner o.
this court ss receiver, with authority
10 onjoin, repair, collect the rent
land report to the court. She prayt
that the ante-nuptial contract b
specifically enforced, &c., according
i 10 the law Of Prussia; and she pray,
for q settlement, division and par
titi0n OF the said estate.
/ On yesterday the court appointed
the Commissioners rsceiver asprayet
and steps are now being taken x
marshal the assets Of the estate.
George Emerson, an Rnglishmar
residing in Exter, having lived ,
bachelor until he was nearly fifty
conceived the idea OF marrying !,
Chinese womsn, and accordingly SCI
sail from Liverpool for Canton
There he selected girl of eighteen
gave her father 422 for her, wa
welded ON the spot, and re-embark
ed for homo. He quarreled violent
ly with his wife before reaching lsnt
and was with difficulty preventct
from throwing her overheard. H
now offers to dispose Of his Chimes
connubial investment at less thar
halt price. IS