Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-17
MARION BOOTH
Sues the Estate of Her Father,
Junius Brutus,
For horey Given Him When Ninor-The
Means by Which the Charming
Young Actress Has Been
Robbed Of Her Due.

THIArFIrHIt December l6.-MariOn
Booth, n very bright and = very pleasing
sctress. member ot a distinguished theat
r!cal family and very well known in both
theatrical and social circles, is now the
laintit in a case in which the executors OF
the estate OF the ate Junius Brutus Booth
and Mrs. Agnes Booth, third wife. are made
The parties defendant. Mrs. Booth is now
play ing in this city, while Marion has yir-
tually retired TO private LIE in New York.
The girl was born Of n second wife ofJunius
Brutus Booth while he Was living In Cali
forria. ,'nder the laws Of California land
Ell property OF which the father became
possessed in that Stat', upon / e mothers
death reverted TO her IN part. When the
mother died in 1850, the daughter, by the
operation OF the law, thus became the half
owner with her father in very yalusble
property on k.srnsy street. San Francisco.
Marion Booth was brought 10 The Academy
Of Nurte Dame on L RmenhOuse square, in
this city. wh.re her education was con-
Quoted. When she was in her eighteenth
year. al q still in the convent, her father
paid her visit and represented that he
was in great pecunary distress and that
she could aid him il she would ol,y sign
certain document, which he brought al.
ready prepared with him. She did not hes
i'ate nor question when his Appeal was
nade, but signed il at once.
Her Father Pccuniary Difficulties.
il seems, had been brought about by his
Efforts 10 enlarge his scope Of operations as
a hotel keeper. He had settled at Man.
Clcsler-by the Sea, near Boston, aud had
opened Il hotel, which became very pOpu-
lar What he wanted was the means 10
extend il. Some time after his visit % his
daughter it was ascertained that he had
sold the kearney street property in San
Francisco and had used the proceeds IN
buiiGing the MasConOme House at Nan.
chester blythe Sea and, Furthermore, that
the paper which Marion had been induced
To Sir n was an entire and complete convey
anCe TO him Of her one hall interest in the
Kearney street property. The friends oi
the young lady Immediately took steps TO
have her rights protected, aud her fathtr
WAS eventually induced 10 pay her s. OpO
which he said was the full value OF her hall
ownership in the estate in question. be
fore long the discovery was made that this
property had really been sold for $JJ"o,
and that Marion was entitled in fact 10
SiiJUV more.
While matters were in a temporary
status quo,
III. Oae.Ti,1c Popular Tragcdta".
and latierly the really popular landlord,
died. hi death occurring OF the "a Of last
Sept.mber. A. the time 0f his des;h he
was a citizen OF Massachusetts, and his
prCreTty subject 10 It's laws. Ia addition
To biz widow Mrs. hugcs BDO'h, he LETT
three cc!ild7ep-Marion eud two boys, still
minor. by the third marriage. by his
will Eooth l.it his entire estate TO HE
widow and absolutely omitted ali reference
20 hi children. CuG,r the MasN8chusstt
law I,su csra0t thuV Gis'nbr'it all his
children and therefore n" counsel Tor
Marion Il 9th sre ueIt week 10 0rIng sttI
in the Bo,ion Superinr Cour, 20 set aside
the viii on Tie ground OF its inva'idlty.
This viii pTes'Tvc tie rigbts OF all the
children. In gdditiun,-it ~ UNDERTOOK
that lbe cOuusei for TIE daughter will also
bring snitto recover ont Of the estate. be
fore It's division under the inter state Laws,
the balance Of 'er share in the kearney
street property. The case, from the very
names Of the parties, will naturally at.
tract a large share OF public attention.
THE man that succeeds nowadays Is the
live msp, who is up to the times; and no
| better evidence Of this Is needed than the
fact that every go-ahead housek7eper Is
never without Dr. Bulls Cough Sprup.