, 1873-01-11
A Plot for a Nove1ist-.-T,e Forged
Will.
Bankruptcy Mattors---Items Of
Divorce Business.
All About Two Notes, Two Mortgages,
and a Wealthy Capitalist.
Miscellaneous legal 1ntelligonce"..Tht
Attorneys Record.

A TLoT FOR 4 NOVELIST.
This Ia tho worat lnudt1o OF tho lot. John
Bishop is said to hnvo diel on tho 18th Juno,
1849, and his vito Buaannah, daughter Of Anton
and Margaret Trapp, on tho 18th Of tho aas1e
month, leaving funds In tho hands Of gaid
Anton for their children, out Of which Anton
bought Lot g. Block 10, In Illinois and N1ich-
gun Land Subdivision OF tho cast fraction of tho
southoaBt quarter Of Section q, Township 80,
for $3.50, and built n house thoroon, to which ho
and his wifo mud tho little heirs removed. Auton
lad n BON named John, who got into somo Hort
of trouble with . woman. wheront tho old follta,
by sonlo sort Of Bccond sight unexplained, found
it necessary to mako tho lot safo by transferring
II to friend, ono John g. Michel to hold it for
them till tho trouble between John and tho
woman should blow over. Anton licd inteBtato,
On the 18th january, 1850, tho whole Of his do
acendants being his wifo Margaret, his aon John,
and the infant heira of tho decoased Bishop.
Margaret and Christina. Margaret died on tho
27th February, 1860, blind, bed-riddon, mud in~
firm, lor heirs at law boing said John and said
two grandchildren, wioso Bharos of tho real
estate would bo, ono-hnlf to John, md ono-qunr-
tor cach to tho grandchildren. On tho 2Cth
April, 1850, tho County Court received d paper,
presented by some ono ut present unknown, pur-
porting to DO tho will Of tho doccaaed Margaret,
and admitted 1t to probate, said will boquenlli-
ing $50 eacl1 to hor grandchildren, the lot Of
land in question to Mary Trapp, wifo Of her eon
John, with all hor personal goods and chattels,
with tho solo proviso that said Mary should
maintain, clotho, and oducato tho grandchildren
until thoy reached tho ago Of 10 yenrs.
Cnspar Graves was appointed executor by
tho terms Of tho will, and tho document
purportod to hayo been executed in tho
presonco Of John q. Michel and another. In
curious contrast to tho terms Of tho will, aro the
rotations said to hayo boen subsisting nt tho
timo botweon tho parties. Margaret disliked,
and waa prcjudiced against, Mary, und opposed
her marriage with hor son; John ia described as
a drunkard; to havo treated his mother with
cruelty, and beaten her with Ills fists, and throat
onol to tako Aor lifo 30 TINT she stood In mortal
dread Of him. Tho heirs Of tho Bishops hold
that John, Mary his wife, Caspar Gravos, father
Of Mary, and one Charles II. Barnum, conspired
together to procure this will from tho dying
Margnrot by fraud and computation and affirm
that the will was written by Darnum and placed
boforo tho expiring woman to aign; that aho
mover acknowledged 1t in any way in presence of
the pretended witneaaos, who signed at tho ro-
quest Of Darnum; and, finally, that Barnum
himHolt subscribed tho namo OF tho
almost unconscious tostator. Such boing
tho facts, as they appear to tho
hcirs Of the Bishops, they have brought suit for
tho recovery Of tho property, resting their
lug of the will, than on tho fact that tho prop
orty vas moroy hold in trust for thon, and thaat
were it LIFT to 9 sad Mary it could only bo IN
Sens @ M0f ho % rapps 10 oaofed d0 na 5
possession, they first starved tlo children, thon
sent them out to beg, and final!y drove thon
into the atreasa refusing evon shelter. On tho
12tll OF April, 1864, Mary olrcrcd Margaret, ono
claims on tito personal property Of tho deceased,
and she signed what ahe understood to bo a ro-
copt, but which now appears to be u decd trans
forriag al her right IN tho real estate to aaid
tion, and his widow marriod ono Wonzlor
aud thoy have. steadily refusod to listou To any
oyorturcs towards tho restoration Of Tho proper
ty. Wherefore, the heirs obtained q decree in
laud, and diBallowing tho WILL and this they now
pray tho Court to restore.
DIVORCE BUSINESS.
JoHephino and William Butcher woro 30 inef-
yesterday put them asunder with lis litlo de-
crce Of divorce. Judge GARY did likowiao for
Mary Ann and Beverley Griflthe, auotllor coupIe
that hnd become disgusted with tho holy bonds.
Susan Pcrriuo yesterday filed bill Of divorce
against Charles, her husband. Should it trana-
plro that tho caso coyors anything of a nature
TINT ought to bo mado public tho reporters must
not bo charged with supprossing it, as the bill
was whipped away, and reference had to a
hIaster before thoy saw It. It TaB not in tho
Office tivo minutes.
Margaret Lauguer sues for divorce from 1,or
husband Charles, n galoon-kcoper, Of No. 10 East
Harrison street. The petition praya for ali1uouy,
affirming TINT hor husband il worth ut loast
tS n all rF
plaint.
TIE soRnows OF 4 WEALTHY CAPITALIST.
Hore is a case III which d man appears in tho
character Of q wealthy capitalist aad honorable
gotiatos q lean OF $4,000 for another, as go
betwoon for tho parties, and by cortain repre-
aontationa receives duplicate loto OF $4,000,
which ho converts to Lis own uaes, md now pro-
farthing for it, and lad moro claim, to it than
had Nebuchadnozzor.; ut loast, such is tho
representation mado and ono story is always
good until tho other is hoard. James G. Blunt,
Of Loayo1wortl, k,anasaas, ,saa doing business n Chi
In q pronissory motto for s13, 900, payable six
months after dato, to Farnofl hlunson,
bearing Inherent at tho ratio Of 10 per cont
thin goods and chsttels, aad secured on a chattol
tho noto was aola to Il. III. iIsiues On tho loih,
Of September last, Blunt, forosoong that lie
Eou!u A0t AlAAo Iu1I l'AyhlonC, hppheu TO QUO
Human Lowy, claiming to bo capitalist ind
loan broker, to whom ho Ind "boon recommend
cd as an honorable man, to negotiate a loan for
him to pay Off the note, and Lowy said ho would
purchase tho noto from Haines and o1tond tho
date GO days, Or in solne othor way secure it's OK
tenHion for that torn. A fow days afterwards,
Lowy told him he could not raise tho money, but
lie had interviewed IIainob. who promised to ro-
now 80, 900 OF tho indebtedness for GO daya, pro-
vi1od ho would pay 60 000 cash, anl interoat and
expenses to date, and giyo fnrtor security. Aftor
seysral delays It was agreed that Lowy should
advance tho $4,000, and arrange tho buanoBs
with 1iaincs; bit again, lator, Lowy told l,lm ho
could not ray tho money, but tho extension
unnterosting part--Lowy told him TINT llo lad
arranged with lIaines that Blunt waH to gyu lin
(Lowy) his note for flo, 900, duo sixty days after
dato, and execute trust decd OF Block ., in
Wright i WebHterfa Subdivision Ut tho north
oaat qiarter Of Section IL, Township SO, In tho
nano Of Thomas d. Bryan, to Hoc.lre tho Bamo