The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-04-24
wADM'a mIssINo WILL.
All the Elements to Make a Firat'olasa
Novel,


Especial 10 rltlshurs napaleh)
CINCINNATI, April e0,-Afler being miss
Ing for two score Of years the viii Of Gen.
oral Melanoton 3, Wade has been found
t,s''''d fhe discovery "" at this late
date Of the document means the ilghtlng
la courts for the possession Of valuable
real estate, and is the solution Of a mys.
terry that was talked OF u
great deal at tho time OF the Generals
death,
When General Meanoton 3, Wade, one
0f tho pioneer citizens OF this city and
well-known throughout the country aa q
rich man, died soon after the war, the
relatives of the deceased were surprised
10 learn that the General had left no will,
his estate comprised large tracts Of real
Gstate, including properly Ia AyOndale,
Walnut llIll and iU the West End,
Melancton and Wade streets were nam
cd after the General aud lao owned al
most every foot ofgrOund on both streets,
and also u large tract IN Toledo, which IN
stlll in tho possession Of the heirs, Coy
ernment bonds, plate, Jewels and other
bonded lntereAtn swcllod the amount Of
tho dcoodent'a estate close 10 $4,000
Those who knew the General best and
were acquainted with his vast fortune
Administration upon the estate was de-
lnycd until thorough search was made,
llut ua lime wore on and the still anxious
yluuWd document did not turn MP, the
uiluifH OF the estate required the appoint
mrut uf Hn administration who was np'
polulod In the person Of Judge NJ, ~, w,
oliver, aud qualified under bond OF t0O0,-
900 for the personally alone,
An nnte'nupilpl contract entered into
between tie deceased and his second wife
turned up at this iunClure. This confirm.
od the heirs IN the belief that a will would
ultimately be discovered, Then trouble
"a o-o hctween the widow and the four
auryiviug RlcpChildrcn, and IL was broadly
limited that someone had aecrcicd or de-.
strpycd the document, Miss Fannie, the
Generals daughter ana Miss Catherine
Armstrong, nlcco Of the decedonpA first
wife, were loudoat ln this assertion, Miss
Fannie, however, did not have na much at
stake aH Miss Armstrong, aud made no
peHOual endoayor lO confirm her auapi'
clGna, Miss Armstrong, however, who
often heard the general say that lac would
remember hor Ia hlH viii, clung 10 tho be-
lict OF its existence,
Tho o6tato was finally closed up, and
some 5000 that the General had held aa
her guardian was paid over 10 her Soon
after she married Judge farrand, Of In
Porte, Ind, Through all those years her
belief never changed, She became q
widow, aud from Nlllu0nce she descended
20 respectable poverty, nnd hcr only hope
was conferred In the thought that some
day hcr deceased hcnoiactor'a will would
turn mp und her golden dream berenlized.
Some weeks ago an old sofa, supposed At
one time 20 have been IN the possession
of the Wade family turned up In upholat-
rring establishment for repairs, When
the work cover was taken oil and the
springs exposed, paper crushed and
yellow with age, was discovered ~ the
bottom,
la some manner Mrs. Farrnnd heard OF
thiaAnd from inquiries since instituted by
her she N convinced that this paper IL
nothing moro or less than the long buried
will, She has written 10 numerous friends
In this city, among them Judge Hogana,
who will make an cllort 10 establish her
rights, ~ she claims that a good slice OF
the estate will fall TO her N u can be on'
tnhlIahcd that the document 80 strangely
found should provo TO 10 the missing viii,