The Red Cloud chief., 1882-07-06

saies. which are by pgin,,c sn-;s,n and
are advertised. ARE atienisd each tins
by about the same mea and wosnen
they arc dealers in seooai- hand male
rials and arc oar regular eussnnrrs. &c
10 sfseak.'
..fon bad = right 20 par thai mrs.
sangrr fsr bringing ihose thing, herr
.'Oh. yes; jutas we -honid have hsi
n riytf, =, bury Schneider and pay tox
the funeral il bis toiy hsd been broggh,
here. II his brother asimiH slsrs oa the
estate we sill aocouai IL him- bot !: We
a~iminisier upon il ~c viii act eSsc;iy
n IL We were a private party. paying
the debts Of the deceased. collecting
wha. was due bim. and selling his pr,p-
ery 20 the best advantage. \ cousin
could qualify as well "a = brother. II be
was next o! kin The law l.. hrs; the
g!fe. next the chi, drcn. third the faith.
or, next the mother. then the brothers
Or sister. or cousins. males Of the near
~, degree Of relationship ba:ing pre-
ierresi 10 females. The Public Adain-
i-iraior come, after The relatives. bsfi
ahead oi creditor. friends AMI AL
others. We have on hAni the case Of
John ID. Graiy. who WIS q rcociver st
stolen goods. H. fence Has = SOFT Of
iewciry or p~agubrnker> shop IN sixth
avenue. lie died. lcayinZ relatives. bat
thcy were n,. able - give security. and
4 mar namei Iiaught,n. who claims
tia, GraIy hal property tha, bad been
s'o.sn from him, applied for letters ol
administration. We applied also, and
the surrogate appointed ~. We hold
the estate and dispute iiauyhion.
claim"
In the last annual report .! the
Public Administrator are ve-y many
names Of persons classified ~ 'un-
kuown,' whose estates are represented
by sums ranging from .5.sJ down IL
ton cents. What about thcm2'
They are eases of those who die ai
sc:-o,,en sailors. Migrants who die IN
the streets and in the public Institutions.
persons who die in hotels and boarding
houses, and Coroncrs eases of all sorts.
The master OF every vessel upon which
n death Occurs must report and STR
render the estate II the dead person g.
u. So must bO1rding-hou> aud hotel
hft'DtEr. Ius EfG 'bEhitfIN ht a4TP
obliged 10 turn over to rs the effects 81
those that come under their notice,
Sometimes five cents, or even a cent. IL
all that is found belonging TO a man or
perhap, lis estate NAV consist OF a ring.
4 lOcSct. or breach. but the law make.
no distinction between such estates AMI
those like that Of Theodore Gcniil. the
merchant, which we recently admin.
istered. Gcntil was a wealthy New
York merchant who retired from busi-
ness and went To France. He died
there. leaving in New York an estate
valued at over $4,000. partly in cash
deposited in banks, and partly in
securities. He had second cousins in
Paris. who applied for the right 10 al
minister the estate. We also applied. and
were represented in the Paris court 10y
counsel. The French law Is like our-,
and when il was decided that his place
of residence was New York. we were
appointed to distribute the estate from
here. Ii became known that there was
n first cousin in Hayre. and To her we
sent the money. which must have
proved n windfall. OF course none al
the several second cousins got anything.
Had they been next of kin il would not
have gone 10 the eldest. but would have
been equally divided among ALL
"Do YOU ever have cases in which
considerable money is left and nc
claimants appear"
sometimes. That Of Eleanor Mary
Kleenan is n case in point. She was .
nurse in the New York Institution for
the Blind. and died leaving no relatives
and $500 in various savings banks.
The money has been turned Over To the
City Chamberlain. and may never be
claimed. or may be claimed loo years
hence. When il is paid over. if il cvci
is, il will be without interest. BY law
the interest on such money is kept by
the city.
Those very small estates you asked
about are rarely inquired after" the
assistant continued. ..They are very
often the effects of sailors whose people
know that they have no money, or OF
that class Of omc who live under as
stunned names and never ,ellthcir friend,
or acquaintance their true names. Con.
sequcntly, if, a is not often the case,
they leave a bank account or jewelry 81
value. nobody ever asks for it, for theil
own people do not know their dead IN.
der the false name that is recorded.
But for this department the property
left behind by those who die intestate,
or while away from their relatives would
often be treated as wrecked ships ART
among the people on coasts where law
does not prevail. Such estates would
be very speedily administered by neigh.
bors. friends. or even strangers. As j,
is, it often happens that n dying per.
son. aware of his approaching end. SAYS
TO a friend or acquaintance: Do this OF
that with my property. Give this to
So-and-so. and do this or that with the
rest of my things The friend. pna.
ware of the law, promises to do as he
is bid. but the clearinghouse keeper,
undertaken. Coroner, or some N holds
the property and notifies us. The friend
finds it necessary to 90 to the Surrogate,
who explains that after the relatives the
Public Administrator is next in order"