St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-02
THE FATE OF A MISSING WILL.
Romantic Story Of Hungarian Estate, One
of the Heirs to Which Resides
i'm st. Paul

Early in the present century there lived in
Pressburg, Hungary, an old couple named
Weisowitch. They were very wealthy, and,
being childless, adopted young girl as their
daughter. In a few years the aged wife died,
and in due course of time the old man, then
over 20 years of age, married the adopted
daughter, who was II. Two years later he
also died, and the vast estate passed into the
possession of the young wife, no will having
been found. She sooon married again, this
time physician but few years her senior.
The direct heirs of Weislowitch believed
they had been cheated of their rights, and
brought suit to recover part of the estate,
at least, from the young widow. The suit
hung fire in the courts for many years. The
heirs became scattered, and many died, so
that the case was finally dropped out of court.
The widow of Weislowitch after marrying the
physician, held the property of her first hus-
band until her death, when, as she was
childless, it went to her second husband.
Nothing more was heard of the matter for
years.
There was but one family at the time who
could lay any claim to the estate, and most
of the mem bers had passed away. One Of
the sons married and became the father of
eleven children. Four of these children now
live in this country-John Weislowitcb, or
Whiteaw. as he is known, called q million
aire, of Akron; Mrs. Trattner, Mrs. Emanuel
Goldberg and Mrs Emanuel Rosenberg of
St. Louis They had, of course, abandoned
all hope of ever inberiting any portion of the
wealth of their deceased relative.
Not long ago the doctor, the husband Of
Weislowitch's widow, was stricked down in
the streets OF Pesth by a stroke of paralysis.
Two young students in that city in reading
an account of the incident in paper were
struck with the name, and upon investiga-
ton found II TO be the man who had years
before cheated them, as they always thought,
out of their inheritance. They began An in
vestigatioD, and were fortunate enough to
find an old lawyer, now living in Poland
who remembered having drawn up will for
Weislowtch In which after allowing his
young wife comfortable income during her
lifetime he left all his property to his heirs
at law. With the aid of the lawyer the two
students instituted a search for the missing
will, and at last 1T was found hid away
among some musty documents in the law
ver's Office, where it had lain forgotten for
years.
The physician died and the estate which he
had possessed since the death of his wife was
found to be worth in the neighborhood Of
! 5000 900 forms. The Old will was probated
| and there was no one to dispute it. An or
der of court was granted turning the prop
erty over to the rightful heirs. The Ohio
heirs were lately notified by their lawl ers in
/ Hungary that the whole estate was to be dis
| posed of as might be mutually decided UPON
| by the eleven brothers and sisters. They
win probably 90 themselves or send lawyer
! to Pressburg to look after their interest All
the parties here are in moderate circum-
stances.
The sequel TO the above interesting story
is that one Of the heirs, Herman Weislowitch,
is resident Of st. Paul and he is TO be
shortly united in marriage 10 Miss Ella
Brown, daughter of Deputy Sheriff Brown
Of this CITY.