Daily Republican., 1884-02-20
F|F I'll EDITION,
STILL AssERTINGHER .,,.~
eo,o"ei bethn.e's ALLEGED v,.
Takes out Letters On . Vile

The sudden death of CoIo,',I "''at.
g. Bethune on Saturday n,nt. r",pneI job,
caused sorrow among hi, h"' ,no'oaIl
friends and relatives, but h,. persona
considerable litigation betws,,c po c'ers
and Mrs. Il. Stultzback-Ha"',I'eu thu
claims to be the lawful wils W 'ntune' sbs
ceased and before the mattrr " 'ns Dc
settled set ,i,n some interesting deyoIor"nn'a.!l d.
Soon after tie train, bear,,,,
body OF the deceased, le,t W. tHe dsi
Mrs. Bethune, accompapjed 'Is h 'lH
Lrrche, her adviser, proceeI.l y! At
office Of the Register of vii "h
purpose Of procuring letters ,f of a, ~, 's
istralion for the widow on the sa.nl aaa'l,
the deceased. Mr.. Biggs a, ss',ass s's
INJURED and objected, bnt VA. ".a Do
influenced to grant the Letter. DuiI
the lady wept and told how h,,i Sli
she had been wrOnged, wbiIs hm.N'I
wiser insisted upon the letter. .'t t.1 n,
granted. VaNs
AS soon as the proper docrr.,
were secured a final demand wa. s'n'la ,'a
by the man and woman unon 1' ~,u uSs
Smith, At his residence, for III tina o'.pSs ,s s
left In his hands. The latter I r.r,'l e49a
hand over the same on accom-, r'DSI Ss y =
information he had received Of f. n" W " u
istence of a will made by the dsc.a.l ,ro u
Mr.. Hildreth, the dead man, Is%ss
had suspected some such actjon o,!HH
parties after he left the city anA " ~
cordlngly when he arrived in pGI,t
phia he telegrapheI to Coroner ",at, S@t%
10 the effect that if any sreI, '4.. 4.
taken to obtain possessjo, n, W"
property In his hands, to uo,itv w.
and he would return and defend a,,.. r
such proceedings. s-N
The batlled woman again Secured Il,
services of Mr.. Harrington, vb4, '
and Mr.. Lerche again urged the Co,as
to deliver the property to them. n.
Coroner again refused until he had m
suited his legal advisers. At,or-
General Gray was accordingly q.
suited, and gave 1t as his Opinion tss
the letters OF administration wond !,
title Mrs. Bethune to the properly
Register Biggs, when he granted d.
letters, had no idea of the existing ~,
Of affairs, and If the existence Of a Il
can be shown the letters of admin,
tration will be promptly annulled
At this writing Mr.. Smith is lo1ku
for a telegram from MIR. Hildreb
reference TO the will, and he will rsu,
possession Of the property until
lears from Mr.. Hildreth, who ia opl
The executors named In the will.
Both the father and the brothsA
aw Of the deceased affirmed that !,
will WAS in existence, the latter, NJ
stating that he had wi,nas
he signing of the same, which IAN
10 doubt rs 10 its existence.
Coroner Smith has proved himself
)e "a competent and efficient Ottcg
he trying circumstances of this In
lar case, and will not do anything d
What is right and proper. Manage
). Hydel, of the Arnoux EleCltcL!t
company, of this city, was in CotNs
alton with Mr.. Lerch YESTERDAY d
IL res sult of the interview, he Vas n
d to 90 security forMrs Bethunes4i
10 consented TO do after he bad ID
dvised ty a friend In New York,
Up to an early hour this morning A
ng further had been done. Mr. Hs
tated that upon evidence being ,1n
hat a will exists the letters of a4za
ration will be revoked. as theyH
o power to do business outside d "a
astle County. AS considerable Vi
, attached to the papers they wIl.t
arefully examined, and If found imr
ant, additional security will be reqan
i. Until the will is heard from D
oroner will hold on to the papers
ase they are replevened and tans
yer to Mrs. Rethune she will have
nter security for their return il
landed. Further developments
Spected a any time.