Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-09-07
Yus 9nseies alsrala.
Th. Trust of Trou...Au.

A communication in the Santa
Barbara Press gives the following
vs. the correct version of the sensa-
tionAI article published in that pa
per some time ago about dying
mothers trust:
Sixteen years ago the wife of the
Spanish gentleman died at Los An
geles. AT the time of her death
she possessed some valuable arti-
cles for her personal use, which
were, more or less, those specified
IN the lately published account.
She did not dispose of them, nor
entrust them secretly or publicly
to ahy person for the future use OF
any one. She had husband and
she knew him well, and she would
have been incapable of concealing
anything whatever from him,
especially any desire she might
have at the time Of her death.
Tranquil and serene, she resigned
her soul to her Creator, satisfied
that she left her daughter to a
father who needed no ipjunetions
from her concerning his charge.
About two weeks after the
death of the wife Of the Spanish
gentleman, he invited three friends
OF the deceased to arrange and place
In Q trunk all the effects of his late
wife. When this had been done
the Spanish husband kept in his
own possession this trunk until, on
the Invitation of the Ventura lady,
he Intrusted her with the care of
his daughter, at that time a mere
child, and when he removed his
daughter to her house he thought
1t proper to 1ntrust her also with
the personal effects of his deceased
wife. 1t was not, therefore, the de-
ceased friend of the Ventura lady
who made the deposit, and which
was not deposit at all; but it was
the husband of the deceased who
dslivered these articles to the
Ventura lady, with no other
recommendation than a request
that she would do him
the favor to keep these articles in
her possession and under her care
until he should apply for them.
1t 10 necessary to state here that
the Spanish husband conceived the
plan at the time of the death of his
wife that, whatever his future cir
cumstances might'be, all and every
ono of the articles which his wife
had been accustomed to use should
be preserved, with the design of
presenting them to his daughter
when she should become of age, or
should marry; and he carried out
that purpose. Nor is 1t true that
this deposit was kept secret, for the
daughter Of the Spaniard was fully
informed by her father of the ex-
istence Of these articles.
After q lapse of time the father OF
the child referred to was united in
marriage with q lady residing in
Santa Barbara. The step-mother
visited Ventura county soon after,
expressly for the purpose of bring
ing home with her the child of her
husband. Before leaving Ventura
with her ep.daughter the Ven-
tura lady, of her own accord and
without any directions from the
6paniard, arranged to deliver to
her the trunk of valuables, but she
refused to seceive it, saying to the
Ventura lady that she knew from
her husband that those articles
were destined for his daughter, and
that it was her wish also that they
should remain in her possession
until her step. daughter could use
them. The trunk consequently re-
mained in her possession until they
were sent for by the father, and
were presented to the daughter by
him upon her marriage.