The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-25
JUDGE DAVIS LAST WILL
II is Said This Important Document
Has Boon Discovered.
Old and Musty 1t was Filed Yester-
day at the Court House 1T Pur-
ports to Have Been Written
rs Years Ago Back In Iowa.
by the standards Special Wire.

BY the Standards Special Wire.
BUTTE, July M.-Quictly and unostcn-
t~atiously a new document was this morn
ing placed in the hands Of the clerk of the
district court Of Silver Bow county, a
document that is bound To upset COM
pletely all the proceedings In the case of
the applications for the misunderstanding
of the estate of the deceased millionaire.
Andrew j. Dayis.
The new document was none other than
the last will and testament OF A.. ]. Davis.
II is an old will, and is battered aud vel.
low with age. II purports To have been
made in lS6 and has been I'm keeping back
in Iowa. The document was filed by John
A.. Davis. brother Of the deceased, who re-
cites that he is a citizen of thec county, that
the deceased was n resident of the county,
that the deceased was the owner Of such
and such property, that the deceased left a
last will and testament thai is herewith
produced and a true Photographic copy
attached to the petition. The petition
gives the names and places of residence
of all the known heirs of the deceased, in
Guiding Thomas }. Davis, who resides at
Selma. Van Buren, county, Iowa, and il
about q years old; and Pet Davis, also
mentioned in the aid will, who, the petit
ton states, has since died, and Caroline
IJtTkttl. flftlt1pfitu /" III" WILL
who has intermarried with one
Smith, whose first name Is to the petit
toner unknown, concerning Whose res
dcnce the petitioner has no knowledge
hut is Informed hat at time she
lived in GAINESVILLE. Texas.
The petition also states that the exccu.
tors named IN the will, James Davis and
dob Davis, have died. They were the
same persons who Witnessed the will, the
other witness. j. &. Sconce, does not re-
side i'm This state.
The petitioner prays that in the light Of
these circumstances the order made by
the court on April y, 1880, appointing
Gated that the will be admitted to pro-
bate that the usual order be made, fix
ing the day for the hearing of this petit
ton, and due notice he given to the
heirs and that letters of administration
with the said will annexed thereto he is
The petition is presented by w. w. Dixon,
attorney for John A. Davis.
Annexed to the petition is n photo
graphic copy of the will. IL leaves sub
stantially the entire property to John A.
Davis, the illegitimate son and daughter
only To have an annuity for life, the an
nuity to be fixed by the executors.
The will, with a blank for places that
are ind~ecipherable, is as follows:
Know all men by these presents that I, A.. i.
Davis Of the county Of Van Buren, and stale Of
Iowa, being In good health and of sound and dis
passing mind and memory, do make and publish
this my last will aud testament and ms Ia my
worldly estate and all the property, real, per.
sonal and mixed Of which ] shall die seized and
possessed, or to which l shall he entitled at The
time OF my drccase. | devise, bequeath or dis
Ihosc thereof in the manner following, towii:
My viii istlrii ! give and beqnealh To Thomas
Jefferson Davis and Pet Davis AMI her mother,
Miss Brrgeit, all three Of Van Buren county,
Iowa, a life tim. maintenance. That is To say
they shall have The nceessarlcs o. life OUT OF my
~ annuity Ia he stipulated by my executors
hereinafter named, and the Judgment Of M eN-
cclltors as Ia the amount necessary ~ lie set
apart for the support Of above named persons
shall he final.
second-l give, devise :and ~bequealh to my
beloved brother, John A. Davis, possession Of
remainder Of my property. whether real, per
soIal ar mixed, To have and to hold the same for
ever, together with all the lprollts and income
thereof, TO the said John 4. Davis, his heirs, al,
ministratOr ar assigns, 10 his and their use and
benefit forever,
lhird-And lastly, ! do nominate and appoint
James Davis and. Job Davis Of Davis county,
state of Iowa, to he The executors of this my last
will and testament.
In testimony whereof J., the SAID A.. !. Davis,
give Ia this my last will and testament contained
mtina and afixei of our Lord on.
thousand eight hundred and slNty.six. Signed,
,ssr,sJ s sad nns saia ! p. Niis' p~ hs i nad w Hsi
and testament In the presence oi us who, at his
request and In his presence and In the presence
Of each other. have subscribed our names as
witnesses thereto.
Witnrss: j.. G. SruNrE,
JAMES DAVIS,
joH ANS.
Two orders were issued by Judge Nc
Hatton after the filing Of the will. One
was that the will being Of great value, il
should be at once placed in the vault of
Hoge, Brownlee x Co.'s bank for safe
keeping only to he seen on M order from