Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-11
BEEM'S CURIOUS WILL.
PECULIAR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
STANTON, NE6., SENSATION

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4 Supplement to the Generals WIN In
which He DarisIy Hints at Fear OF Pol
son-Another Coroner's Jury Gives AN
Open Verdict - Discreditabie business
Internationally Wife's Grave Charges.
CHICAGO. May 1.-THE developments yes
terdny in the mysterious shooting of Gen
BEEN were Of most startling nature, but
practically only serve to deepen the depth OF
uncertainty which hangs over the fate of the
dead man. Judge Knickerbocker, of the
probate court, who directed Bailir Galpin
to secure any testamentary documents found
among the effects of the deceased, decided to
make public the will of Gen, BEEN, which
was dated and executed on April 27, tho day
previous TO the generals visit TO his wife at
stanton, Neb No attempt to probate the
will has yet been made, but the judge de-
cided that the interests of justice required
| the publication of the peculiar document.
| The will is written 10y Gen. BEEN, but the
writing shows unmistakable evidences of
hasty preparation, and Il nervous excitement
which can not be disputed 1t is written
upon ordinary legal cap, covers but one side
of the sheet and reads ms follows!
| | want this to he my last will want Carlos T.
| sawyer 10 De appointed Dy tne CouTb NlNhoul
bonds, and ask him to act as my executor. want
| my wife, Lula Stoughton BEEN, 10 have only
what is permitted by the law. want all the res
| idue Of my estate 10 20 to my sisters ut Alton,
| Ills, in equal parts, after the payment OF my
debts ! want Carlos Z. Sawyer To have all of my
books and business, | want 10 be buried In Alton,
| Ills, by the side Of my mother and brothers, aud
especially request that my funeral I've strictly prl
waite none hut family relations aud such family
friends as may be ne tcsSaty To help them TO bury
He want no monument nor parade OF any
kind
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand
aud seal this eth day of April, 1883,
lSeal.I MARTIN BEEN
Upon the other side of the sheet, in the
same handwriting, appears the following
startling directions to his executor, Carlos /.
Sawyer, and the subscribing witness, Evans
S. McComas:
Private MEMoRAYpA-I want Mr. Sawyer and r.
S. McComas to make n rigid examination into the
manner OF my DEATH see If have been poisoned
or otherwise foully dealt with to prosecute any
parties who may lbs suspected. My troubles make
me suspicious, and all may be without cause, yet
a letter in the vault sent to my office boy, her
closing paragraph Hay guide you 10 where have
apprehension of most danger have written her
if she wanted 10 he free would sever an artery or
kill myself, but this was only a few days ago and
said solely for effect have no such purpose and
never dreamed of it. have others TO live for, TO
say nothing of soderly duty to discharge, |
fear poison more than all else II my death should
be accidental then say nothing. Destroy this, but
enforce the will unless revoke it, | mean destroy
this memoranda, also the private papers and let
ters of my wife, cts But if necessary to prove
anything make use of them and spare one,
Mr. Il. =. McComas and his brother are
the witnesses to Gen. Beem's will, and the
former says there was nothing in Gen
Beem's appearance the day before he went to
Stanton to indicate that he contemplated sui
eide As to the apprehension of poisoning
Mrs BEEN was seen and said: at rs utterly
untrue and absurdly foolish There are no
letters of mine which ever suggested such a
thing. absolutely know of no such letter
Another thing does it seem reasonable that
Gen BEEN, if he was afraid intended to
poison him, would come directly to where l
was, and thus afford the opportunity he SO
much feared! 1t is not true, and is only one
of the many unfounded notions which the
general entertained
OF the financial embarrasSments of the
general there can be no possible question. As
one gentleman said yesterday: Gen. BEEN
tried all day Friday and Saturday to raise
81, 800 II he had succeeded he would have
lived until it was gone, and that's all there
is about it" Already nsmber of cases
where the general had obtained money-on
collections for clients, for the purpose of in
pay an inStallInent on II home she was buy
ing-and has spent the money and made no
return of it to its proper owners have come
to light.
Evans S McComas is the proprietor of the
"Totem of Health" a mineral water, and the
general had made arrangements to go into
the enterprise. McComas says:
He said he could dispose of some stock, |
and he took some away with him. Sure |
enough Miss Haas turns up with $500 worth, |
for which she says she paid him 800, and to- |
day Dennis Harrington, of lOl West Polk |
street. came in with $500, for which he paid |
BEEN $500, and Professor Routan told me to- |
day that he loaned Gen. BEEN $50 the day he |
left for Nebraska. If the report of his hay
ing raised s. 200 by exchanging checks With |
Union League club men is true, there is |
81 $50 in cash which he collected since the |
Friday before he left, not to mention $3.50 |
which let him have Now, what want to
know is, what became Of this moncyp
The above is only specimen of the numer
Gus cases in which people have lost money by |
Gen. Beem's services
In Mrs Beem's behalf it is asserted by |
some of her friends that she discovered some
two voors 400 that he had been unfaithful 10
- - .htt b,, bis our, confession rrba 30
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sums Vi SUCH t'''' VI i'iichuS WI o"cn' ~ ~
Chained, rs preFeIlUeu Ihelr living UoSeoheI as
man and VIE, ana that MIS- BEEN refused 10
have further relations with him. This
fact is said to have induced her visit |
to Furope where she could be free
fo,, +ha o+tantions of a man who bod vol
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ud'"i ny 'li1 so ou' P"y
OF uhiaWlui ciiii'IiH'i Ii''li''''y, ihto tne re-
iatlons between MIS- Seem ana her husband
should have been strained after this discovery