The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-03-04
A LONG SEARCH FOR A WILL.
RcscuIng an Estate From Chancery- Bones
and Papers Found In . Cave-A Charm
Ing widows Help.

RescuIng an Estate From Chancery- Bones
and Papers Found In q Cave--A Charm
Ing widows Help.
[Brattleboro tvt) Special
John Stevens. who arrived here on Sat-
urday night from q three-year > search
through the far West for his fathers win,
tells q remarkable story. In the early
days OF the Colorado golI fever his father,
Bartholomew Stevens, then living In Mon
treal, disappeared with his infant daugh-
tee. Every effort in the power Of money
was made TO fnd them bu without sue
cess Prosperous In his busin SIS and hap
py In his dom ,stc rel atoms, the reason Tor
his sudden departure from Canada has
never been explained. Ten years after.
ward, when his wife died, no trace Of his
will could be found and as the two sons.
Peter and Richmond, could not establish
any claim 70 the estate, IL went into cham
Gerry. Richmond Stevens died soon after
ward, leaving Peter, although tho heir 10
several thousand pounds, compelled 70
work for his living. For several years he
remained In Montreal, working for small
saiary and trying in vain 10 WIN favor
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ne .non oesan ho oi "Ans,
which he worked, begged and ''roughed
IL" In nearly every part Of British America
and the United States. In California he
made the acqaintance OF Abram Beckett,
~ n.n "no nae nyeu uis "uo'p u ~. =,
W sn' 'nounsi'hs anu mining camps no 'o'u
1Se'on' 'na' iHaa ahu "ouian ans" ns
.uo aesel,p',on " us ~. or anu s'sVSr nsu
hV'u ~ 'no "auSaUon "oun'a,ns, N oset
,ol so'ein yoa' sna' ous Vi onu'n,p
iof o'oyenS, Vnofou " su'ue nun 70 'ns
spo~ no vho'n ~nele sney nau h'eu nAu
ooeh ourneu "nen 'ney arrivou, ahu no
uaco VI INC nnau Ut WOMAN rema'neu'
Stevens, whose hopes had been revived
by the statements Of Beckett, was now com.
pie'eiy discouraged ne sooa turned MS
race eastward again. arriving ~ v tawatn
Iee' i"oyears aHor"aru ne came 10 BRAT
''eOoro' "nere ior se'erai months NO wasa
common uaekman on tne ranroad ana
worked ior dolar DAY In loos nc re-
Go Ved ieeter from oait LAKE City, wnich
nau ain IN tho Montreai ros1. once un-
nouced Ior many year. Inc letter was
from q man whoin Beckett had got 70
write ior n'm' ana contained ciew 70
the missing wiiL Stevens lacked sufficient
money TO take him to Utah, aud bor-
rowing what he needed oil his landladyf
daughter, a charming widow to whom
no was betrothed, he again started west-
ward. Arriving In Salt Laka City, he
iound that the man who wrote the 'etser
was lead, and that Beckett was s1me-
whero near tucson, Arizona. stevens
had but ~ lett, and with half OF that
amount invested In eataDies, DO started
on loot Tor Tucson, unarined and at the
mercy oil the Indians, whose country he
nad 10 cross IL t'ok MIN wo months TO
reach Tucson, aud another month to lind
Beckett
Here another disappointment awaited
him. Beckett hal foun tho bones aud
clothing OF man in cave In the Wah-
satch mountains, about ten miles from the
burned cabin where Stevens father and
sister are suppos u 10 have vel. A wall
let was found IN the cave near tho dead
man, and several papers, more or less uu-
tilat,.d. wers alrown abouL r. okat could