Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-05
TIE EEAE ESTATE.

ad IiRistratorship, on az appeal
from the last term Of the county
court, booked w W Russell VS. RI
p Howard. In the county court
trial Howard vas granted letters
Of administration on the evidence
cf h:s relationship .. thu deceased
IN Iiicnlire. In bis trial be was
opposed By " W Russel, .ner.
chant CT this place. Who bases bis
Clara to &dmisister on the estate
upoa the fact 81 h.s being = repu-
tab,a ei:iIsn ard a dlsinterested
party, being urged 20 contest How
aEd- nghts by another set Of
claimants. By asreeEer. the np-
Peal ~as continued to-day TIL the
August term Of III. District court,
on The grounds tia. the plaintiff
waited a jury trial. winch could
not De granted without great loss
Of time IN securing qualified men
for that position.
No e1ss IN this State has ever
attracted such universal attention
owing % peculiarI,iss ani camp'i-
cations before and sfier the death
Of Gel. Bean, which occurred IN
this city last July. The deceased
vas BY odds the wealthiest nan IN
north Texas. his sstst. beng vslu-
ed at sbou. 100000. lie came
10 this couaty at an early dsy. BY
acting in the capacity of surveyor
he managed :, accumulate several
Thousand acres of land, which IN
creased in value with the progress
Of the country, until the estate 10
now Of the IN est valuable in
thc State. Bsas vas osten.ibly a
bachelor, and spent the greater
part Of his life in q small one-
roem cabin near the public square,
where, with tia exception of three
or four coisrsj servants, former
%sIaves. be lived In utter seclusion.
Very few persons can claim the
distinction of having gained the
confidence Of the eccentric bache
Tor, consequently little OF nothing
vas known Of his autecedents. At
his death when NO will was found
speculation ran high as - what dis
pesitioa would be made Of the
property. 1t Wa ouly = short
time until claimants began to be
heard from in every state IN the
Union. who had learned the his,o-
~ Of The deceased through special
and associated prssa reports.
Ono ST these claimants. uLo
was thought TO have 8 pretty
strong case, is J w Saunders. of
Oxford, Miss, .hose remarkable
stsry created quite = sensation.
Saunders claims that Tom Bean
vas his own brother that the
name Bean ws< assumed about
yesrs ago to conceal bis iden
t;ty, as be had commit ted a muir
der ii Mississippi. and that tins
tie retiring disposition
e Bean during his ieus residences
at this place.
II z. Howard, postmaster at
San Antoine, claimed to BE- = coas
II 70 he deceased. and jointly
With Mrs. Sarah Fl Dcvt, Of Wash
Ington. ID G, sues ss next Of kin
for the admiaistratosship Of the
estate.
5. J.. Gslbraith. who vas psota-
tly the most intimate friend the
dec eased ever had at this place, a
short time age fled al Application
to PROBATE = supposed lost viii If
the deceased. IN .hish the estate
was bsqueathed to Ga.braitb, Ksts
Ksight. Edward snd Belle Sso,t-
r.dzs. of Kaufman county, Tsxse;
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Crews, 81
CAiiiorniz, aai the solo rcd ser
wants respectively.
# vas thought that 40 more
claims of importance you'd &c pre-
until !. became generally
known to daY thay An Attorre!
named Hassman. 81 Princeton. y
j, VA in .ows who rspr esentei
claimants Of quite a different char
scter from anv hsrs,ofore brought
ferzasd. HIS story is that a man
named Ten Saunders married Va
New Jersey IN 1889. and scpara
ted from his wife and left there
about 1872. I've daughters xere
B IN 81 tie marriage. ~GUn shsiT
father kept NJ correspondence
with after leaving New Jersey.
Tsese letters received from their
father were all written from Texas
some Of them sigsed Saunders, ard
Others Bean snd Oliver. The wife
aud daughters we're convinced that
some mystery was connected with
the life Of their husband ssd faith
e., but exactl, vhat thsr never
discovered. The last letter reesiy-
Ell from him vas dated Marshall,
Tex, and sigacd Tom Bean. A
poseript Was added il which Bean
stated that he vas going tto Bon
ham, Tex, which was then a vi
legs OF zoo Or 500 inhabitants
Attorney Hagsran brought these
letters With him ALSO . photograph
Of the man supposed to be Bean
TIE handwriting of the letters Is
similar to that of the deceased. bn'
there Is little resemblance In th.
picsure. Mr.. HagonEn stated u
- reporter thst be Sas ters sHiy
for investigation at present, and
that ifthe man wv Saunders
uha claims 70 ne n brother to 70,