, 1879-07-19
pHILADELPHIA's WILL CASE.

Tho Widow Of tho nIlaerly' millionaire
Whitaker Vylth.lraws Through Death.
The peudng contest in the Philadelphia
co,lrts for the possession OF the estate OF
Eubcrt Whitaker, tho millionaire rn,ser, which
at It's first stage resulted In tho imortsonment
Of Wtlltqm r. Dtekerson, assumed luwyer Of
Whitaker, under charge Of forging o will
partly In favor Of himself, Is likely, according to
thu Philadelphia 1I,nes, III Its further progress
to develop romance that for winding ways
and romantic SURPRISES might put many a
fcrtise-braincl novelist to the b'ush. Counselor
Dlckersol5, whose Imprisonment debnrh' hin,
FROM art!vltS III the case ut present, has given
the public to understand that he Ia ready to
simplify the casa by pew complications, md iu
cart! pub'lshcd lust week appeals to lovers Ut
justice III these words:
haze llscd In this city and pract,ccd 'sw for 4
period Of forty yeaEs nn1 upwards without spot
upon my character that evur hcara oi ] have
two jadess ti,rIgRs and Lynd, Of tdo bl.trct
Court. both on tic Bench At tic same tine, and
made Qne other lawyer Of dstlact!ou who haa hecn
the u.eans uf putting nu hero uHl Then dcsertlng
me. It will ba fund In tic Word of God ..::.Tho
wicked feeth, no NM pnra,,eth." Waero ,kho1
no NM In t!d, city who has tho couravo 10 20 NY
bull on tvlng- lnuemniaed In sI,c wh0!u. stun re.
qNrca. that may vndlcato tho truth and ia:scif.
t1Af II NJ, come lul Bee nc,
Moyamena!ng Prison. June ~, 1870.
II Mr.. DIckcssun should be released he will
Ant to oppose his claims the relatives Of Mrs.
Whitaker, whoso death OH Monday Inst In Bucks
County Ia said to have bcen fastened by wos-
rlmout over tho contest. Mira. Whitaker, as
we'll % her husband, tho Tins says, "had q
ltfe story. She was Robert Whltaket's sccoud
wife, anl ho was her second husband. It was
at IIolllngshcad Corner, ncar DrIstol, IN Bucks
County, TINT old Whtalser-lio was oung Rob-
ert thet-fell head oycr herls III love, and It
| was ut llul!ingshcad Corner sixtY years after
wards tllut he full head over heels out OF his
carriage when screamtpg Locomotive dashed
] into II u.d cru8tcd out his lie. The HDlllngs-
heads wore great people .lscreabouts. Miss
lIolI,cslcad had ~ hcE pwn right tie anus
Iit,;u nest-ege Of $500 oW. lsobrrt Whitaker
llxcd her nm! In Iiktd lser dollars, for tu u,scr
Asserted i.scit IN h!ni' young in llfc. and hla
palu, was itching ior sne gold when. his lEh!l
slipped tho wedding, ring upou its brtde'a
| finger. Miss llolinT;l!ead's money became the
nucleus OF llsoturt Whisaker's great fortune.
Along about 1874 did Whitaker met his fats IL
aeeo,,d lime. lle had now Rn,usscl largo fneune,
bit IN q mtserly cosivclt he ever pleaded the
pinchtngsuf pOgGrty, aitlough, stFangc to say,hu
took q seere. delight In hs!ns sllled an m .,,, !,n
more wualshy. liz met Mrs. Maly G. Tllosnp,
widow Vt James Tlornc. alnl discovered shat
aliu pos.ossct, lusge 1neans. Ae detsrtalncl 10
| marry her. Hlat, tO0, IS Win tAc ursk nIE6.
| Whitaker, i,ad becn born ahtl bred In Bucks
| County. HAe WAS u hlisa Witlers. Her old
homestead. anil were She brcathcd her last
upon Monday, was Locust Grove, large, bcau'
tltul placa Ii, bucks County, ono mile from
9elIv,irks Etaslun 0u tl.r Pennsylvania liut!rOol
Willis still p!an Mlss Wlthers she came 10 Fh,l
adclphIa api opened Btore. blo had
Dusiuess capacity AlI1 energy, aHd she
| n,a.lu lnoney rapidly. 6lu 'nurrlcl james
'rhornc, y gentleman Of moderate menus,
md when he ded, shu untoYed lisU possession OI
ahout {9O0,HN, hcarlY every penny OF whiril she
Ind earned herself, In 1Bzl, when Robert Whi.
aker approached her with matrimonial drslre
a,l.l speculative intent combfnoA, g!lu WAS r
years of aye uMl liz was thrus years hsr scn!or
III ncI,l,tt nga nor looks we're tllvy All tlt-aasor
I'd couple. Even yet go would be called iinc
luoktlg woman. Physically Hht was well III
yulupel. Gilu cnud uut he callol Rood.lo1klNE
| buk her facu had ln It lnnrKs Ut character ant
fnIee. There WIS somethIuk III ncreuuntcnanet
to study. Even though wall.uiGh An uctoVenn
rlan her hair was still dark. hubert WAitake
xus tnlck-set man aud Hquately built. lltl
tasA mad look OF sluarcliVss. No rounuet
curves tuaue It genial. The eourtship of TIC ull
folks had something peculiar about It, Eyei
though robert Whitaker asnctuatud by sordlt
[ motives, lAeF0 Was sasll0 sort VI roslance aGoH
tilp ntIalE uut their Aequalutances Will oul!
speak vi by mysterious huta.
'ttn Ills lcsIrt tu ratcll tho widow old Whtt
aker lnaua brief departure frunA hla utg.ur1a
ways, al,l lo replaced tie sorry nays 4lat tot
turxd Gefuru him frutu Bucks County to toWl
mud bark aKutn with handsome poDtel. Ill
ytckety old vehicles made Wny for handsoln