National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-09-02

| The matter Of the estate OF the late Col.
| William H. Belts comes up for consideration
| In the orphans court on the 9Th instant, the
| principal point being the appointment Of an
administrator. Mr.. William T.. SchaiIcr was
| the first to make application for that position
on the ground that he was the largest creditor
of the deceased. Thisuppication was resisted
/ by Judge Pelham and others as the friends of
| Col. Belts Mrs. Mary +. Belts the widow OF
Col. Belts, has arrived IN the. city from her
! home in Alabama. She has filed an applica-
| ton, asking that letters Of administration on
| the estate be granted to her. In her petition
| she states that her husband resided here tenn
/ pDr0rtly for the ilrst few years, and that he
died in Alexandria, Va, July 20 last intestat.,
! so far as she knows. She has been informed,
and believes, that at the time Of his death he
| had household furniture valued at 800, u
library worth 800. and that there was taken
| from his person one $500 United states gold
| certificate, four $40 bills one - bill, a watch
and chain, and diamond shirt
stud, all of which were brought into THIS
district. She has also been Informed that
shortly before the death Of Col. Belts nc had
with him, in addition to the money before
/ mentioned the sum of $1,000 IN gold ccrtif-
| icatos Of $1,000 each, but she docs not know
| where they now are. she states that she is
| the lawful widow OF Col. lctts that they were
| married in Chamber county, Ala, on March
0, 1871 and two children were the fruit of the
| union, both of whom arc dead. All the rcla-
| tivcs the deceased left surviving him. except
the widow, are three half brothers, L. Wait
lHrncr, Charles u. V. Inriicr, and George
| lnrncr. The first two of Snrdis, Miss, and
the other of montgomery, Ala.
lhrtc dcpogitons are filed in connection
with th1 application. John q. II. Smith and
Dallas u, Smith, merchants Of opclikn, Ala,
deposc hat ,ACy have known Mr.. aud Mrs,
Belts for the pNst iiiCen years. that they lived
together as man and wife, ind during Bettss
absence from home he contributed to her
| support. That he purchased goods Of the
atlantis for hpr aud mid "a bil1 nj 2fn pply "a
short tinr since. That Mrs. Belts Is u lady Of
irrCprohrhablc character, of good family, and
wei aud invorGbly known by the best citizens
IN the community where she lives. They FUR
| thcr declare that they have never heard II
sald, or minated by any one, that Col. Belts
had Abandoned his wife. or expressed any in
tcntion OF doing so. His remains were ship.
ped by express to Opcllka aud taken charge Of
by her and her father, DR.. w. II. II. Griliu.
Another affidavit made by Isaac 1Ieymen, OF
Opelilia, Ala, states that the remains OF Col.
the family burial ground of Dr. VIII. Griffin,
tathor-in.law ofthc deceased. Recently Mrs.
Bets has lived with her father, but not long
since she resided at what was commonly
known rs Belts place aud although her husband
was away from Opclika the greater portion of
his time, that was hisl home, and he was in
constant and regular communication with his
wife and contributed to her support.
Since DR.. Schaftcr filed his application an
other complication has arisen. which helps TO
confuse matters considerably. When DIR.
Schailcr took possession Of the personal prop
erly of Col. Belts 1t was carried to his store
and there kent. on the 18th of last month it
will be remembered that the colorcd woman
Lena Moss stole the pocketbook containing
the money aud diamond pin, from the pocket
of the brother of DIR. Schaiier, who was In TEN.
porary charge Of the store The girl expended
the greater jnrtion of the money in clothing
and Jewell: Gud only n small part of 1t was
returned when she was npprGhcndcd. 1t Is
now contcni4l that DR.. Schaner will have to
make good his loss to the estate.
Every person should go and see the grand