, 1877-04-28
THE GAINES CASE.
The Romance Of Now Orleans at Last
Concluded.
MIRA Clark Gafncs' Struggles for al
Inheritance.
The Question Of Her Legitimacy and Of
Her Tather's Will.

nous property Ia and about Now Orleans, the valuc
Of wh1chts paAced By pcfAons Of enthusiastic Ills.
positions as something like $50. 600, 600. sup.
pose Mfs. Gaines would be et.d to compromise lot
one.anhrtcr Of this sum. sho has bccn before tho
courts now for thiEty.aVe years. Correspondents
who know lhotr business always fcol In daty bonnd
10 srcak Of her ~ tho Miss Fllte OF America, and
II there wesc any failure 10 compare tht litigation
Ia which she has been engaged 10 The celebrated
case Ut Jarndyc6 ~. Jarndyce, tho public would
have abundant reason to feel a4grIeved and ont
ragged. Whether Mrs. Gaines Is
THE MISS FLlTB or AMERICA
or not, somolns tHbe sccn. Tho parallel may hold
mort strictly ttue than many persons now suppose.
The tudgment rendered In her favor Is not, "a has
been reported, fnal. The decision 10 by Judge
Killings, Of tho United States Court In tho State
md thcre 10 no reason, In tho nntura Of things
why an appeal may not b taken, and 1[rs. Gaines
die before tho end 10 reached. She realizes well
enough that the $40, Q00, eco spoken Of by her
trusting ndmitcss ID rnther Ideal fGurc md the
many Efforts she has made 10 secure compromises
shows that even her courageous sptr!t has
She offers to give tho city clear
titleto tue property sold by II under tho drst will
in 1870. Her toru1s arc 81, COO ooo Tic city sold
tho property for 5000, 600. which ~ would now
cost In the ne1ghborhood Of s3 0oo COO to refund.
Mrs. Onlncs'
STRUGGLE WITH TIE COUNTS
hasbcen continuous record Of pcrtioacity, intel
sfe has spent several asxc iSrsunes in .Se coars
and has retnttted nothing ffum the diligence with
which shs boaan ths original prosecution. Ataeh
suits has boon dsro.ed 10 The purpose .of eaf:
ss s..::.na ss;,s K. j. H. * as;
Nolth 81. 900 Soo. snd BIZ eyof snee boon veal.
ten, which Tho Scriptures haye sct u ths imIt Of
ttng with hcr old cncn,y, which has new hea1s do.
q 1iopawaiE e!alm. situated n ii tho VET; ve.y
ses ID" S:e1 .ss sf scass nS dss.on a'a y
upon BY the Land 0alee 8 washington, aul has
courts. ssri,s owners 81 .as s1sn" ssys ~ the ths
Nsw Orleans Utmottat, "havo no reason for ,ap.
nrehen;Sn 9, disturbance In regard to tlelf tslo
u . bright. hcti!c old woman, Of !ndom!tablo
sGassS sSss shs s,sss, md h ts a eSs boy a f,
hero have learned 10 her and even thoso who
fear tho results Of her lawsuits hayu kind
They reucmber how ably sho nrgusd hor own cass
ln 1861, when tho Judge was against her and her
attorneys had been shut out from Tho Court OF
IL Jass peaSsa q
ability, snnbbel tho Judge. fascinated the Jury,
and p tsC end snF By hSf
Edmund Pcnl1oton Gnnts, tho senior General Of
our army. 1ie fought At Fort Erle, thwnTtoti
!vas tho bosom friend Of Andrew Jackson. Clad in
ial! uniform, he snt svery aay IN the conrt'room
snd .tenea ntsnvel{ t. The Of tho
might taku thcro from tho civil tribunal In which
10 Ebdk tina DnnOA}nR cnunArl. t0nchfNV hqz ND
tSsieaiter hat tao sttiotsst aseofum prevailed ID
Mis-. Gaincs case il a complicated oue, dividing
naturally into two branches The frat question
ri1s 1no1rlNAcr or urR n1aru.
Her father was nn lrlehMAn who iuanigrAted TO
New Orleans at the beginning Of shia century, md
anes liz msslsd Fhads,phis @ Ia ise5 ons a's
Hullne CaVrlore. It IL acknowledged On al sides
that she previously bad contracted matrimonial
her hrst husband had committed bisan,y IN
marrying her. lio was never convicted. but was
tSa tsn ~ t wh asa%ng
lance With Clark. Tho resnt Of this marriage va.
two children, ths Younger of whom. Myra. Ia tho
parents disagreed, each snspsctins-wth loo tnaeh
reason, 4 II scared-the f1esIty Of The other.
Clark, with want Of chiyary lltle consistent with
lowed biz wife 10 re4t under tho lpntation Of b..
Ing hs miatFess, and bis children to 10 accused Of
llteXltaWuC$s
rlls rfnsf WILL.
Acting under ths fcellngs aroused by thts dig.
mSHs me A.; s:n essw sa s anS
These phrtners, armed with power OF attarncy pro+
ceedea' to d!spoas Of the property, selling II BY
thoso under which ii ths dsioadsnts TO- tho satls
originally tnstituted 1y Mra. Gaines held. Her
Claim rests upon the alleged Haklngof
SECOND WILL,
BY which the property was devised to tho children
never been discovered, but Il. e1i.tenco hs. besn
ceased, and by abundant cofroborntivo eviItnee,
THE TAaK or MHs. GAINES,
I'D e sst h.a IL ss mats
sae W. :aeeesasi u bea p..es,s; s ee' Rs tss; s3
e, s.s "na 1t W.T. ~. ptsssa aasa1s ssas Ma H.
Clark had repeatedly In tho presencc OF many wit.
ne.;ses Affirmed tho legality q III marriage. lts
F.iasssS AZ ':se tSs .eeesd "a
sasked sy1a as% a aecams"s ' as ssaa VIZ Il
.:se,ua % 10 the theory oi Judge niiInzs
s,at the pes.ons who presented tho nfst
.tseo 81 a"oSss wsss S1sS vo,a ill., !spe,.sd. sds
H., y; itTas s.own. :l'o, shat Mr. uoisfon.alns.
w s4 20 Interest " d,Ssgs no ore
bu:lnsss relation. With shs ieeeased. va. informed
only swo ds.s betose tho drath Of tho lator that
0NVkAEs WV A0A OoCM G4ECut11t AHA Nn4E tu9 pMf~
port Of It was. Anolhor wttneag, DO IL C.oix, tes-
tined to the eame effect md said hu had been
shvwnt tho will by clark, who lntImatcl tu him the
nntare Of ~ contents sorcral other per.ons cor-
roborated shess statements. Thu Court Ia render.
inR tho 6nAl dectatoa touched upon
this vEIY INTERESTING POINT:
Tho will not being found after hla dcath, 10 tbs
Presumption u law ossteoHe By she evidence IN
and after thu dcash Of ctarkt II ioes not scsn to
no ~ bo necessary 10 conclude that Half desyed
It: Clark may have dcpo.!ted It with sun,u person
who never produced Il. What does the evidence
Tho time Of ~ deuth Tha mind Of any one familiar
with the evidence IN this CASE it being established
by irrsIraya9le testimony that ho bad nlads Tbs
MIls II lst To9d b. telsetant e bs!ieys tsas
tho Fua.oa probably that thu acknowledge.
a.ys r.. Ia iq..ris,ea Si.h h. gsrensi sneioa
cdgment from tho public; bad Ia fact. Hvcl .
twofola llfa,-ono part OF which wa. necessarily
Inconsistent with ths othar,-but who had ccn.
ts.sd upon tn. daughter ~ The a1ce.ton which
any ono would reluctantly receive. shu eonyiction
ind sltrnt Il nso1,e