Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1876-02-03
|NFATUiTlON.
a Cincinnati Millionaire In
. The Tolls
The Will OF the Late Thomas
kirby---sHew a Notorious
Woman Invciglcd Him.

The community will be shocked this
morning by the intelligence that the late
Timothy Krby's will is a document that
Is scandaIous. 1t has, however, been for
a considerable time within the knowledge
OF many persons that he was possessed by
an iniatuation that amounted to lunacy
for disreputable woman named Francis,
popularity known as "the terror of Cum.
minSyiIle." She is horror incarnate, has
been repeatedly in the Workhouse, and
in her drunken violeace she has more than
once inflicted upon Mr., Kirby serious
physical injuries, His children would
long ago have been justified in shielding
his venerable hairs in the lunatic asylum
from the shame and danger of contact
with the frightiul woman who, in his age
and weakness, tyrannzed over him, rob.
bed him, scorned him aud attacked him
like wild beast ; but they dreaded pub.
licity. The skeleton in the closet was so
h!deons, they felt they could not bear to
have put in the light. But the will, in
which the woman appears like a night.
mare. leaves no alternative. We do not
known a more melancholy illustration
than the last few years of the lie Of Mr..
hrby of senile iuGrmity. He was but
the wreck and the shadow OF himself, and
all who knew him when he was in his
better days-when he was h1sptable and
gentle and kindly, the head of most in.
tSresting family--cannot help feeling
that he has been irresponsible during the
closing years of his life, and that it will
but justice to him aud to lis children to
blot from memory the record Of that
period.
ltrom the same paper, local rcport.l
General Banning was asked yesterday
by a reporter of the Commercial from the
points Of the will of the late Mr.. Kirby.
AS stated that the bulk OF the producing
portion of the estate was left to the two
sons and two daughters. The two sons
'n.Iaw damn Piatt and HIMSELF are
made the executors of the will. and they
are instructed, in wild rambling way, to
provide for five youns children three
OF a Mrs. Turney, one of Mrs. Potts,
aud one of the notorious Lad Mary
Francis. The will speaks of these chll
dren as adopted, but makes no admission
of any responsibility of the testator for
their paternity. The Mohawk property
is set aside for their support, Mr. Khky
was close upon 80 years, and these chill,
dren are all young, under 10 years Of age
aud one OF them coIored
General Bannlng says the will is evi,
aeutly that of a crazy man He adds
that Mr.. kirby's insanity was notorious
and that the will shows that. 1t provided
among other things, that none Of toe heirs
shall ever spend any of their money in
travel abroad. All these five children
we're born of women in wedoUk, and yet
IL would appear that Mr.. Kirby has been
Influenced to think that there was a claim
upon him on their account. Perhaps hi,
vanity was hattered to that point
There is also in the will bequcst Of
some kind to the city.-we cant say in
what shape, not having seen it. The estate
is variously estimate at from $l,C00.00(
to $l,jO00O0.
| The Times, of yesterday, having pub
lished the rumor that Lady Mary Franci.
and Mr. Kirby had been married by the
Rev. Emery, a reporter of the Com
mercidl last evening sought Mr.. Emery
and obtained from him an unqualified
denial of the statement. lie says h,
never saw her but once, and that was il
the Woykhouse. lie certainly never uni
ted her IN marriage to Mr.. Kirby.
} Another point as to Mr.. Krby's iasan
} ity +: Six years ago an effort was made b.
} some of the heirs to have guardian ap
pointed over him, in view of the fact tina
he was squanderiug large sums of none!
, on women OF the kind mentioned. Tbi
l would have been done had it not Leen 70
the resistance of General Banning to tn
6 movement. Cincinnati Commercial.
ES OF the one hundred and seventee
= women now studying at the Michiga
, University, four have chosen law, forty
seven medicine, and ftty.six literatur
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