The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-15
DEAD MEMS SHOES.
How THE BATTLE FOR OTHER. PEG
PIES MONEY IS WAGED.
Millions Involved in Contests Over the
Wills of Great MiIiionaires Who Failed
to Please Their Relatives-How Law
yers Reap Rich Harvests.

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"rahghhe V"t so hhuoh "iahsiet 'uiio
gate complaining that ne Is Overwhelmed.
And all for what2 Other peoples money!
A hattie for Henry Georges "unearned
increment ~ SURROGATE Rollins who went
a'. - ams. ,aa. 80 IA 90, Ill, oon
o"' Y. o'".0 '"s' "S."' i'" o0' "',.' WI
tested before MN IN three years term'
He admitted all but fifty OF them. 1t
would be impossible to estimate the
an,ount of NANCY ;nvolved in ,hese con.
80 -. s.oo 900 600 -, ~, ~ -
"s.'' pa' <ooV,oVV,ooo Wo.'u no. We o'.'
estimating II, ior they hciuue the estate
OF Samuel j. Tilden, the SlOOOO,UOO oil
James Hokes, the $ll ,000,0 900 OF Jesse
Uovt the 60 400 oc,, of Iouis Uamerslev.
the IL O00 600 81 sarah Burr and the
e. OOo mo M poran Stevens besides the
oraat fortunes nj A r. Stewart and his
yyidow Twen,y.fvc men are Maid Inv the
c;tv m look uItcr the nroner distribution
M dead mems estates according Ia their
wishes hut SURROGATE Rollins saws there
orgh, 20 ho ioo cmrloyed in iie worl,
orow;po creator every day
Scsrcefy boIf a dozen wealthy mon ar
women aI,ber for that matter have died
here in tho mast ION wears without LEAVING
a legacy Of endless iitigation among their
heirs Tho late William II Vanderbilt
and Miss Cathorine Wolfe are the only ex-
ceptions I recall M present. Even Miss
Wolfe. though. had 10 make the terms of
her viii in such explicit and iron-clad
terms that il vos plain thai she feared the
Humiliation of a contest before the surro-
gate. In fact, Il has grown to be the pre-
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PUN ToI THE LAWYERS.
Who reaps the HARVEST
The louyc,s -cy,r, time
n Ia the oxccp,ion when n will Il broken
bnt that iact ,lain nalnahle and nrotrud'
inc ,hrough Tho history III ali The hig will
cases Ans NOT dc,or now contcs,anis or
lessen Tho nrr.is,cnce oi Tho seekers oiter
fortunes ,l,at others Gathered Malice and
ne,,y family i,aIonsies often nromnt some
~ t6esc conies,s Ihe nncontrollable do
siye IN some pc,nle IN COT in ahead Of
somebody elsr 1'bo paran stevens case
- ar ovavnic "a ,Lis I, uas only sc,,lcd
,,crnancn,I,, T, u,c,k oco TO-DAY ait,r M.
leon yeors ri li,iga,ion and personal abnse
~ thc u,ors, s,rt from The widow IN nor
son.in.la,y AMI yicc yorsa Tbev fonght
owe, notLing a, nll anil lilo LAWYERS every
one ~ thc,n bieh. nriceJ nlaaJsrs reaned
Thousands pnrnn stevens wns ono az
our c,,.at no,i,eccs ana b;s csta,e stiII
boids an i,,nr.s, In Inc E;,,h Avcnne ana
Victoria Lotcls nor ami similar nrnnertv
In Ho.,on lilo 1icd in $50 lenving bfs
vidow a married dapoh,ey AMI son.in.l nyy
b. mo,,,s,, III ,..,ato ana di,jJ, he mon.
s,,y anon, abont ,,ycnty bcirs Ms
s,cyons mi Lcr In. ;n'las never mi COT
nm ,oge,Le, ,ni he brsacb ,SideneJ aiicr
lie IA MOI, ,iioI EarI, In 1870 shc IL.
nonnced him. andlrgan snit 10 have him
rcmoycJ NJ cSccn,or Evcr since tbcn the
,,as, ss,,,c L,s i,c,.,, io.Lcd az, ,,crJing Tho
,lccision ror1c,cJ Las, sa,,r,1av In ,yhicb
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ataJ a scn.atio,, "A Ncx,,.,,, iss, s,,,,nc,
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Jicr I,,l,, m ,,,st bcr son.in' Law cn.t S5'n :
ooo a, ieasi
WLo m ,loso ,,ho kucv Daniel y Tvdb,
wo,JJ La,,c ,bonoht ibai be ,youlJ ~ mi
forwnrj bv his bro,bcrs ni,er death as n
snlior, ~ un,lne infncnce3 I rcmrmber
having talked with him a few weeks before
he died in December. and lac appeared 10
understand himself rs thoroughly M at
any time during the six years hal known
him. Every one who goes to Long Branch
In the summer knows the handsome Lyddy
cottages, and remembers the span OF horses
In which ho took 10 much pride as he
rolled along the bluG. lie was ~ sane as
any man that ever lived, and yet he was
hardly in his grave before his brothers
the ones who made themselves notorious
by accepting $4,000 from Sharp-dcclarcd
war upon his widow for his estate. Ills
safaf.p Not lao "A onnI deal The luIt-