The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1886-11-11
A WOMAN'S PERSISTENCE.
How it Has Been Devote d to Tracing Up
Estate.

Mrs. NJ. E. Cody, who some time since
identified herself with the great Euclid
avenue inheritance in Cleveland, o.,
has returned from that city, firm in the
belief that she has got tangible case,
and that riches are in store for her and
hers. She has made a thorough investi-
cation of the subject, and returns jubi-
liant over her hoped-for success.
The Euclid avenue property of Cleye-
land, o., valued at Sl5,O0O,OOO, now
claimed by the Cody heirs, has associat-
ed with it many interesting facts, some
of which are given below. The rights
of the Cody heirs we're made public by
Mrs. NJ. F. Cody of this city. She is the
wife of Elijah Cody, the third son of
Philip Cody, to whom the property
formerly belonged. At an early day
Elijah Cody and family emigrated to
Colorado from Weston, Mo, where Mr..
Cody had been engaged in the mer-
camille business for nineteen years.
Isaac Cody, the father of w. +. Cody
Buffalo BID. emigrated with his family
to Weston in 1854. and remained there
as a guest of his brother Elijah until the
whites settled in Kansas. At Salt Creek
Valley he took up a farm, and during
the Kansas war took a very active part
in politics.
Joseph Cody, the youngest son of
Philip Cody. is the one who, it is alleged,
perpetrated the fraud by getting his
father, who was demented, to deed the
property over to him. A short time be-
fore his death he is said to have con-
fessed to William Cody that he had rob-
bed the Cody heirs and had PRESENT.
ment that he was not going to live
long and wanted the heirs to claim the
property. He left wife and daughter
in Cleveland, where they are at the
present time.
William Cody visited his aunt, Mrs.
M. E. Cody, at Virginia City, New,
where she then resided, aud told the
story of how his Uncle Joseph had de-
frauded the heirs. Mrs. Cody immedi-
ately wrote to the law firm of Teller &
Orahood, this city. for advice. Mrs.
Cody came to Denver and from here
went to Cleveland, where she began her
search. She first examined the records,
where the forged deeds, she says, were
found.
The next movement was 10 find the
heirs. She travelled north, south, east,
and west, including Canada, searching
not only among the wealthy, but max
ing inquiries in the alms-houses as we'll.
She visited the Society of Quakers, went
to the stone-quarries and graveyards,
where she had to kneel down, in some
eases, and scrape the snow and earth
from old moss-covered tombstones to
get names and dates.
As an instance of her energy, she
heard one evening of witness VINO
lived somewhere in remote part of
Michigan, and left on the earliest train
for that point. She has spent almost
two years in just such hard work as
this. because she firmly believes that she
has good case.
Her attorneys frequently remarked
that her services were worth over $40
day to the Cody heirs, which it has
proved, as the heirs have gained the
lawsuit in the Court of Common Pleas,
the four hundred and odd defendants
setting up the statutes of limitation. The
court held that the statute could not
apply as bar to Judgment when crime
was shown. The case was then taken
into the United States Court, where it is
now. w.-DenUer Tribune.