Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-01-26
-hs gasr Estate.
Special to Globe Damoerat.)

kaowu OF ! Il sarecsients. Hs o.
consist If thaaaanl
acres Of rich farming lands. As
no will was found among his ef
facts after his death IL became a
question as to what disposition
should be made If this land az.
grega,iag in worth $4,000 600 or
$4,000 90 So much property
was not to remaIn witaout 4 claim
ant, aud the form Of the dead mil
liouaire had hardly chilled IN the
grave before claimants began 10
spring up all over the United
States. Or all those claimants
one II p Howard, Of san Antonio.
presented the strongest case. and
in the county court last November,
Howard vas appointed Ramluistra
tor Of TIE estate. W W Russell
Who bad filed a petition for admin
Istratsrship a. the san4 time, and
vas defeatedb v Howard. appealed
the case to the l}strct court,
which viii eoavensin this .itv next
month. IL vas thought that the
matt. r would hers rest until that
time but to dsy the case assumed
a different phase when Brown and
Bliss, attorneys at Sherman, fled "A
petition for the probating of a
viii, alleged To have been written
by Bean, aud lost ui disposed of
after the death of the testator.
The petition il subs.aucs read. As
follows:
State Of Texas. county Of Fan
MN. To Ell Mcclellan, Judge of
said county.
s j Galbraith, d s Galbraith,
Collie Galbraith, Staulv Gllbraith
AMI miu,rs Oscar GaIbrsith. Vic
tor Galtrsith and Mary G~albraith.
who appear by thier father aud
mex. friend. | Gtlbraith ; Suck
~ Byss, John G Watson and the
minors Andrew Byers and To IN
Byers!who appear BY their moth
er suduext friend, Sucksy BTers,
aud alp Doe Byers, the husband
Of Sutkey PJers, joins his wife
herein. All of said parties reside
in Famin county. Kate knight,
z Ivan and Belle Shortridge who
is loins b. her husband, S &
Shortrlgs, all Of whom reside in
Kaufman county, Tex, and Belle
Crews, joined by her husband,
Thos C-ews, ho resi- e. IN the
State California, represent to
YOUR hnor that Thomas C Bean,
late aitizen of your county, dieG
possesed OF a large estate. Said
Beadkied about the oath of July
lS87.nd at his death the deceas-
ed va Of sound mind. They saT
that said Bean had any heirs
theiresideIces are unknown to
your petitioners, but that III P
How'd, OF San Antonio, and Mr.
SaraA Dave, who resides ia
Wasingtonp q. and w Saun
derspf Mississippi, each claim to
be se heirs Of said Bean, which
by ptitioners is denied, they slleg
ing hat Bean at his death left a
rilLwhlch was in writing and had
~notpeen revoked in his lifetime
4 SAD will was written By Beau ii
hiswn handwriting. in ali it,
para and had no witnesses SUB.
scrIbd thereto, 80 far as tetition
ers how; sud that the date of the
Will unknown. Then said vi
can et be produced il court for
be nson that the same has, since
the Oath of Bean, been lost, de
stro9d or taken possession of BY
sonsnnautherized person. TIE
cor, Ats Of the VIII, SO far as
.nos to petitioners, are as fol
lowss
\ Tt s Galbraith was beluesth-
ed q bet OF land in Fannin count,
conts ing $40, and SLIGO III
mons to Mary J Galbraith three
trsctsot land in Fsnnin county,
! agsrsatiug 700 acres, also the
sum $1,000 in m oney ; to Sukey
Bve1 John q Watson, Andrew
Byeffnd Tom BYers, four trtc.'
Of la aggreglting about 200
aerespear the city OF Bonhan slso
all fsning utensils and stock on
sislis of 300 or 800 head of here.
aud Sarge number Of cattle ano
hsgsto J D Galbraith the sun oil
! IS, DO in money ; to Belle Crew.
$3.50 in money ! ta Collie, San
Stauay, Oscar and Viltoi Gal
! braid each lands to the vsue o
$1,000 to Kate Knight, E ward
and Dell. Shortridge, each land
valus at $4,000. The said kais
uKuift, Edward aud Belle short
> ridgearet The two youngest Caugh'
+ tiers 81 William II Hunt nos
= dea1.yho was the intimate friene
r. Of Il deceased. Petitioners pra ,
that aid will be Probatd. ane
thst office be given to all ateres
tedss required BY law.
A,aehed to this doeuaeAt IA
the AdayIt of John I. bat.er,
d wEznown farmer Of Bowie ceun
y ty,sxas, who states thst.he fcr'
g1z is true to the bet of hI'
l. keslsdgs. Never in tb history
It ofais country has ther been I
/ e. that attracted 50 inch attsn
r 10. Bean beng one otse rich
semen in the State, an the pre-
e q annouacOment viii create