Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-01-23
O'BRlES'S BROTHER.
A Couple of Women Mysteriously Sp irit
Away Brother of the Late BOnaza
King.

d About four months ago the subject Of til
e article, Mr.. I. $. O'Brien, was empoyl
q ut the Insane Asylum as carpenter, Lu
s being very weakly, he wls taken very 81,
and retained at the asylum, and cared +,
r at the expense of the State for some tim
J Aitcrward it was concluded to send hi
4 to the Aims House, to he provided for
9 the county authorities. Learning Of th
abrupt decision ON the part OF those
charge Of the affair, Mr.. Waters, a whol,
/, sQuled lriah gentleman OF this city. hl
Mr.. u Bnen carried to his own r&ldrnr,
where ne was assigned tn
best room and provided wit
every comfort. Instead Of improving. Nh
u Bricn grew weaker and more hpIplrs,
and soon became as dependent as an in
FAINT. Mr. and Mrs. Waters, howcvc
were untirug in their attentions, the pa
tleut having 10 he lifted from his bed an
waited up5l as though he was child
After Mr. q I3rirn had been ut Water.
house about one month he happened I
pic; up an illustrated New York paper il
which he saw Il notice Of the death O
O'Brien, Of the lionanza.company Of F'loo,
~ q Bricn, California. The paper ais
contained notice Of the will OF O'Eiricn
leaving his immense fortune, rcputed t.
be G,uOO,O 900 to his two sisters and thri
Lcirs.
Knowing the deceased to be- his brother
Mr.. q 'Ricn at once wrote to his sister il
! California telling her that he was alive
knowing that they thought him dead
The sister, in order TO prove beyond a
doubt that this was the missing brother
sent Il lawyer to investigate thr matter
This having been DONE and all uauic,
satisfied Of his identity. she knowing by
tins time his Impoverished condition, ply.
sicaly and financially, sent Inn fund,
through Father White, Ehom She had en-.
poycd as her brothers guardian, and told
him to suffer for nothing that h, desired
torcomI0gt and ease; that she would tur.
nsh him funds for all purposes.
/ Regular correspondence now having
been opened mp between sister and broth.
en- all the circumstances connected with
his hrolher'S death, fortune and will were
made knownto him. But since Mr.. T. :.
| - I'ren had only one herr Il daughter.
and that was amply provided for by one OF
/ the sisters, and as Mr.. O'Bricn's wifi,
wa, dead and he almost dead with con.
SUMPTION he cared nothing about the i'm.
mCn,e fortune left to his sisters, a. he
was provided with everything hr desired
that money could procure.
/ A Mr. Smith, Il lawyer of New York,
raring through - California lawyer Of
| The whereabouts of the missing brother.
wrote him. advising him 10 break the will
and claim hi, porion-$2, 600, ,OOC-or the
estate. Mr. O'Brion at tir.t refused to do
this, but through Smith continued solici-
tution finally consented, lint even post
ponel irom time to time the signing Of
the necessary Documents. On the litn Of
last November Mr. Smith paid Mr.. OBI
en brief visit To cNIrnjt him to sign the
papers breaking lis brOthcr'~ will. IL re
fused saying ii was time enough, and that
he di not rIro to break the viii. At this
Smith, it !, said, became indignant. and
after staying one day and night with Mr.
O'BMen. at Mr.. Wa'or'' residence. left
for New York. Before leaving
Raleigh, however. Smith had an
interview with Mr. Waters, telling him
New Yor}, 10 In,cf HIM in rn,grj to tqis
ratier.thpt he ,bonII have Mr.. O'Brian
thcrn Lv Dnrrr,l,rr II at ,ll hog,r1s ,,J
asked Mr. Waters if h" would take kim
there if h. smith would send him pal
nc" cur and 800 to dclay his expenses
there and back.
Mr.. Waters ,onscntod to do So. expect.
ing TO hear from Smith hy each mail, hut
to his astonishmant, instead Of the looked
for letter and the 800, about ten days nj
ter Smiths departure two ladies present.
cd themselves al Mr.. Waters door a, "Mrs.
and Miss O'Brirn." Mr. Waters met them
in the hall. aud after bidding them rood
morning, the eldest one remarked to him:
as this Mr. O'Brin?"
"N0. maIim," he r,pliel, 81 wish to
God ! was.
"Oh." ." raid she, "yon looked so much
like him thought it must be he"
Mr.. Waters weighs about 225 hounds.
while Mr.. O'Bricn is only shadow of A
man. weighing about srycnty.fiyc or rirh.
tynomds. He invited Them IN. feline
Them they could see Mr.. O'Brion inn short
time, whcreupou he returned TO thr inyal- |
id and .lid 10 him:
"Y5ur wirc and daurltrr ure in fine
pnrlor."
"Can that be soy" said he.
The ladies were tbcn usbcred Into ,hc
sick man, room, where ihcy took A seat.
one on either side of the bed The one
claiming to be Mrs. O'Bricn proceeded to
scan the invalid with her eyeglasses. At
length she said to him;
Don't You know me-"
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