, 1874-05-01
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

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bill waB filed III tho Circuit Court ycatorday
by Maria j. Doyington, Elton A. Sherman, Nancy
Wifdor, Caroline jackson, e. T. Wlldor, q. D.
Wi1dor, Elm =, Wldor, II. L. Wilder, md Frank
Wilder, against Simon Robert Loitch, Charloa
D. Townsend, Mary A. Loitch, 1'on]au,in Wilder,
Jacob Wildor, James Turner, George W. Alax-
field, Il. NJ. nankhoul, Augustus Hodges, aud
Wells Hodges, which details d worry aad state OF
facts, II truo.
It appears from tho bill, thnt on
tho 10th day OF April, 1868, Elizabeth
Wldor, wife OF Denj jamin Wilder, ono Of tho
defendants, died possessed Of tho N. W. i Of
tho N. ". II Of soc. 8, s8, II, In Hyde Park
Mrs. 1eitcl,, Mrs. Doyington, Mrs. Sherman.
Mrs. Jackson, Nancy Wilder, Chnrlos D. md
Benjamin Wilder, Jr., Jacob and George II.
Wtor, md alBo Hiram L., Ella T., and Fran!t
Wilder, children Of Hiram Wilder, daconseu,
wore Ills cIrs, entitled to one-tonih oacli OF said
forty eorea to ss1o "hp o1s
min Wiltlor had bccn tor yoarn n,nn q intom"
porato hnbItB to es,ch degroo tint 1t Ind sor.
o,laiy Injured Ills intellect. 1lc did
not ,lS To ors st md 0s nv wa Sf or1csted seff n
Huntsville, Texas, md cont to tho Ponitontiary
on aome charge unknown, but Of which 1t IL
thonght ho waB innocent.
Soi,o tilno in tho spring Of 1871, Mrs. Loitcl,
q
brother, Stating his condition, and ashing money
and hop from hiB fallior aid brothere. Sho,
however, lept tho matter secfot from MI but hor
husband. Lcitch, Powell md Townaond wore
thon partnors III tho dlB!illory business. and
occupying n part Of this lana III question. When
they heard Of Doniamin's condition tLoy imme-
tlatoly devised plan to obtain Lin share Of tho
land at low price, aB thoy knew TINT ho WIS
uuaequaintod vit' tho value or land hore hny
MS tho fit noraon, and i,e wont to Huntsville
1Ioro he visited Benjamin, and represented TINT
lo was acquainted with tho prisoners parents.
aud would help him get o pardon. On benjamin
stating that he Ind no frionaH, Powell eomn1uni,
oaled tho information Of his mothers death, anl
asked If sho loft no property, Tbs priaoncr
thon stated that l1o thought Hho did, md oHorod
to mortgage his interest to raiso fands. But
this did not suit Powell mud ho refused to 90
on with tho rnRttcr, uuleea Benjamin would give
him decd of tho lund, Ho that ho could raHo
tho money In his own name. Benjamin.
then ignorant ct tho valuc Of tho
land, apHcd doed for tho nominal d consderat!on
this. Powell, without making All effort to procure
pardon, Immediately started North again. lie
Ind, to induce Bon 1amin to sign the decd, re.
presented that tho land was only worth about
only suitable for hay. Tho decd waH soon after
3anin 3ni ~ t,on, finding htnaof forcaaen,
wroto to q gentleman Of tllis city detailing tho
deception prncticea on lln, md again asking
had neglected to give hle name. tho gentleman
,as unable to understand from whom the letter
camo. aud carried 1t about in his pookot for
months, and until, in aome wny unexplained,
Ing 70 receive any reply to this last appeal, aud
broken in spirit, Wildor sank into de-
cline and died III priaon in August.
In April, 1879, petition for partition Of these
lands was filed by Lo!tci, Townsend. nlad Powell,
fatf f4n~ ur,G4