Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-06-01
Estates Of the Unknown.

traitors office, one of them beneath
heavy load of yalises and bundles. These
he dumped on the floor in the Office.
Effects of dead man." he said, as
he Strengthened up.
One Of the other men. who proved to
be Mr.. Daniels. purser of the steamship
Colon, then explained that there had
come aboard that vessel at Aspinwall an
invalid named G. Schneider. the head
of the firm of Schneider d Martin. pro-
prietors of the Great International Hotel
of that city. and that he died the follow
ing dav. His remains were buried at
sea. and. after an inventory of his eff
fects had been taken, they were tied up,
sealed. and when the steamer reached
her dock. brought at once 10 the Public
Administrator. The assistant in charge
of the office was making a minute of
these facts when the man who brought
the effects interrupted him
"Give me dollar and let me CO."
said he.
.How can give you a dollar?"
"Why, there's plenty of money in
that envelope" the messenger replied.
pointing 10 an envelope that the purser
had put on the desk together with
collar box and a pocket-book. The as
sistant tore the envelope open and took
from it bills and gold pieces amounting
to $50. He gave the messenger one
dollar Then he licked off the items in
the purser's inventory: One hundred
and fifty dollars. gold watch. gold
chain, amethyst ring. diamond ring,
Sl.40 in soils, three shirt studs, pocket
book, valises, etc. He gave the purser
an itemized receipt, and the purser said
that Schneider's brother lives in New
York.
Now. what will the Public Admins
traitor do with those things?" the assist
ant was asked.
First, we viii enter all the facts in
what We call our rough book. and next
we will put the valuables and money in
the safe" said he, land store the
goods in the back room. When the
brother has qualified As administrator
we will turn the estate over TO him If
there had been no brother or other rela-
tive here we would have sent the Jew
elry 10 the safe deposit vaults, stored
the valises in our store-room in Duane
street, and deposited the money in one
of the banks, which, under the law. the
Comptroller specifies shall be used for
that purpose. After a certain time, if
we had not heard from the relatives or
friends of the dead man we should have
sold his effects and turned the proceeds
and the other money over to the City
Chamberlain. who would hold it in
trust forever for the next of kin. We
very often 90 through this. and our
sales. which are by public auction and
are advertised, are attended each time
by about the same men aud women.
They are dealers in secondhand mate
rails and are our regular customers. so
TO speak.
You had right TO pay that mes
senger for bringing those things here?"
'Oh. yes; Just Is we should have had
a right TO bury Schneider and pay for
the funeral if his body had been brought
here. If his brother administers on the
estate we will account to him. but if we
administer upon il We will act exactly
as if we were Il private party, paving
the debts of the deceased. collecting
what was due him. aud selling his prop
erty TO the best advantage. A cousin
could qualify As well as brother. if he
was next OF kin. The law is. first the
wife. next the children. third the faith
er, next the mother, then the brothers
or sisters or cousins. males of the near
est degree of relationship being pre-
ferred to females. The Public Admin |
istrator comes after the relatives, but /
ahead of creditors, friends and all 1
Others We have on hand the case of /
John ID. Grady. who was receiver of 4
stolen goods. His fence was sort of I
iewelry or pawnbroker's shop in Sixth |
aNenue. He died leaving rnlafivns lint |