The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-15

visit from Price II have Gomez he said. ITO
tell You that shortly after your arrival here was
expected your friend made will In which we
We're named as joint executors. am not aware
of its terms nor whether he had any near rela-
Jives living. but ought, at any rate. to collect
whatever there is Of his estate and to see that 1t
is disposed of according to his wishes. AS | re-
member the will is the Office of his attorneys,
your friends, Fisherson & Coffin, deliverable
upon our joint demand; and / called upon you
to see whether You would not proceed i'm
mediately with the matter" at once
assented, and we went to the Office of my friends
and obtained from them the will It was entire
~ in the handwriting of Wilcox, and was not
witnessed. The requests were few and simple.
He had left to me his body to be used in the in
terest of science, and also his private library. OF
his money, he left S., 900 to the college in the
State University for the foundation of scholar
ship to bear his name. The remainder together
with all the interest in the partnership with
Price, and his chemical library. he left to Price.
Then followed the clause, And lastly, name
as the executors of this will my dear friends DR..
George Haight and Edward Price, to whom I
leave all the remainder of my property in trust,
by them to be used IN manner and for the pur-
pose which shall hereafter disclose to them"
When the last clause was read, looked at
Price inquiringly. to see from his general man
ner whether nything had been communicated to
him; but his face seemed to express surprise
rather than anything else. Indeed, when asked
him rather indirectly of what the remainder OF
the estate consisted, he answered: "Of that,
have not the slightest idea | remember now.
that Wilcox said to me, jokingly: Price, if
ever am taken off suddenly l want the world
to have the benefit of my discoveries but what
those discoveries were do not know He was
always experimenting. and possibly there may
be something among his papers that may supply
what he referred to-"
Suppose then that we make the search among
them at once" I said.
WELL to b. sure if you wish it I can per-
haps make arrangements to go with you now
But have some very urgent business at the
laboratory this afternoon, though we may find
time before the inquest We can make the
search this evening, however, if you desire,
among the papers at his house, and put the rest
off until to morrow morning. mean looking
over his books and papers in the Office For my
own part, should prefer to do this: but still, If
you wish otherwise" mo, no." answered.
that will be entirely satisfactory TO me; and if
you will call for me about this evening, l shall
be prepared to go with you to the house" To
this he assented, and for the time we parted.
At the appointed hour, Price called for me
and we went together to the house where Will
cox had lodged. The room as we entered seemed
cherries and desoate, the pctures on the walls
recalling the old times we had passed so pleas
antly together, adding to my grief at the mo-
ment l remember, too, that at approach,
Wicox's dog sprang forward, joyfuly as if to
greet his master, and then when he did not see
that face, he lay down again with piteous
whine, as il he, too, were conscious of poor Will
cox's death. poor fellow" gasped Price, con-
vulsively, while both tried hard to choke
back something, let's go to business; can't
stand this"
We made a thorough search. but were unable
to ind anything of the character We desired.
Nevertheless the examination took us quite
time, and it was therefore, too late to go to the
laboratory on that evening" we agreed to meet
there on the next morning to resume our search.
HAD Wilcox left any such papers as he de-
scribed? Though the appointment was for half
past s, l arrived half an hour, in my anxiety,
before Price. spending the interval in question
ing one of the employees.
Seeing the tiled work table which the body
lay Tuesday morning, made some remark to
the different burdens it had held. Yes" re-
marked the young fellow. 1--WE have most OF our
things In place again. Wasn't much on it then
had been helping him bring from the Office"
1T didn't take long to clean it, theLP mo, Mr.
Price took it back to Mr.. Wilcox's Of
fee almost Immediately after his DEATH"
These instruments of Wilcox's had beer
brought piecemeal to the place. so my inform
ant said, had never been entire either before
or after Tuesday morning, and one except
possibly Price knew their use. The place was to
be closed until after the funeral. but they must
first get off an important order Just them,
Price entering, set promptly to work, after
exchanging cordial greetings.
Our search may be dismissed with few words
We found some apparatus of my friends devils
ing, and many note books, all of which had been
Price explaining their easily understood use to
me- As he finished, asked carelessy, is this
ALI" yes all" he answered; then, as by
afterthought, ''Wilcox attached rather too much
Importance to these methods of his. 1
am inclined to think he was very visionary in
his ideas. There are traces OF the widest fan
cies here To some such purpose is the bequest
of his will, as he limited it to me- He believed
some of his researches might be valuable, and
wished us to make the best disposition we could
of them for the Advancement of his beloved
science, but there is little available here We
might collect his results and buy chemical
works for the university library with the pro-
ceeds of their publication, Beyond that, in my
judgment, do nothing. You agree2 Well,
so be it," I suggested removing everything to
my Office for greater convenience of examina-
ton, to which Price assented. Then, after
making an inventory of Wilcox's private posses
sons, left the place.
TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT SUNDAY.
of Mr.