The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-29
v. i. Cook & {.
Tho WA Peter Mc,IeiiHnd Deceas
ed GOnIecturc- aud Facts -Opiu
tuuau on tn. street.


Yesterday morning, discussion OF
the will Of Mr. Peter McClelland vas
ahead Of other subjects in interest In
this city Jno. 4. Flint, o-q., wrote
the will, aud he alone knows what It's
contest truly amounts to. Until 1t
/. lilcd ia the comfy court for pro
bate. the public cannot arrive ut IT.
contents But ia view of tho fact that
Mr.. Met LELAND lwneG n great poses
sion OF real estate in tho heart Of
Waco, hi, viii Is fairly subject Of
public discussion, and IHt EXAMINER
will treat 1t ~ such. Mrs. MCClclland
j., mn old lady and very feeble
and II is barely pos
siblc that size will ever
ascertain that the matter has been n
newspaper thomc aud young MIR. Nc
Clclmud hAs indicated something OF
preference for discussion. 1t can
not hc assumed under such circum
stances that the press is outside OF il-
province m handling the subject.
IL In generally believed That Peter
MrClclnnd lr gets $3.50 per month
tor lite that he gets nothing else 10y
the will that Mrs. McCl'lland gcia
the homo place aud an annuity sulllc.
lent To maintain her in comfort aud
luxury all her dat-. II is also believed
that W. pruthcr aud j. l.. Gilbert
are the permanent trustees ana cNecu
tors; it IL believed that these gentle
men ARE not required to give bond,
and Arc To- got 2l.2 per
cent. each, Of the entire rs
tdc.A ~ pal mcnt for their services.
A-rcGArd- peicrJr'syicws,h inc has Y
pressed himself as utterly di--a' isilcd
with the will and it. provision, and
has sad thst hr intends 20 sock 10 set
it aside. lie says that hc has reason
to suppose that the widow, his step.
mother, will not oppose his plan in
this respect. II appears TINT with "A
view of breaking the Will. Peter ,lr
has employed Mcs,r, Clark ~ Dyer
TIC couiccturc- gwen 30 Tar are be.
lirvrd by substantial people, well
situated 10 Judge in This case, almost
H- certainly W. II they knew Hnd the
sugg, ,tiuu- made may bc accepted
nearly ON basis of news scarcely
less respectable ARE The reports that
the executors are instructed to turn
over the estate to Peter Jr nj the end
Of twelve wears, In the event their
Joint Judgment Ju-titIos such action
when that period has elapsed. OBJ
security rests upon conjecture At thi,
point, such ~ writing "a, this Is like
taking photograph utRghost When
guessing AT y choice between glle-7cs,
il z, like seeking To warm cold fingers
IA mooub,am, but the public want,
to know, and IliR Examiner, like
BHrki-, IL willing. And THE EXAM.
SER is ~ near the facts rs anybody.
At the end of twelve years, then, II
Peter Jr.. has lived according 10 the
views uithc father, the cNccutOrship
Aplrr- ald lac takoa the place of the
executors as controller Of the
estate At tho death of the Wild
ow the entire property passes
into hi hands, absolutely or under
limit according to the premises
already given. At the death of Peter,
Jr., tho property goes to his legsl
heirs, whoever they may bo, provided
tanned, should she survive the son. a
couy of the will in pcnrll Is referred
to, hy the uuid nuncs. Perhaps there
" such u copy, No newspaper re
porter has laid eyes ON 1t. Mr. San-
fora johnson has not seen 1t
Nh. 4. H. hrmkorhoH has
not seen il. The Day man has
not seen 1t, and rnE EXAMINER re.
porter has hunted for 1t in double
sighted pebble glass spcctacles, ana
wept on the hunt, and knows moth.
ing about 1t for MI that. THE Tx
ANlNEW reporter believes that codl-
ellis have been added which MIR. Peter
cClcl,and, jr, does not know Of
aud hn also believes that the will,
when opened, wall bea revelation TO
everybody rVccpI Jno. 7, Flint, esd