Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-19
B. Cohn's Alleged Widow and
Children Claim His Estate.
The Claim Put Forth by the
Contestants of His viii.
Several Cases of General Interest
Acted Upon.
Not an Exorbitant Fee-Her Father Was
Her Brother-Flores Pleaded Guilty
to Assault-Court Notes.

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in Judge Clark's court room at o'clock
yesterday afternoon, at which time tn,
netition of julius B. Cohn for the dis
tribution OF the estate of B. Cohn, de
ceased, was set for hearing, and disap
pointment was general when the
respondents to the petition filed ar
amended answer and objections, and the
case was continued for the term. 1t wa.
expected that the contest over the Cohn
estate, which promises to be a long and
hard fought one, would begin yesterday
and the crowd that filled the court room
showed that even greater interest has
been aroused in this case than in the
celebrated Leonis will contest, which
lasted over month.
The amended answers of Mrs. Delfina
Varelas de Cohn and her tour sons state
very clearly the grounds on which they
demand share of the estate, and al
the same time give a complete history
OF the relations of the deceased and his
alleged widow. portion of the docu-
ments, which are similar, reads as fol-
lows; a
"This respondent deniesl that the
whole of said estate was the separate
property of said deceased, or that he
died widower.
"The respondent denies that the said
j. B. Cohn, Caspar G. Cohn and Mis-
tress Carrie Cohn, are each entitled to
an undivided one-third of the residue of
said, estate, or any interest therein
greater than an undivided one-four-
teenth interest in said estate each.
And for further answer and objection
to said petition this respondent alleges
as follows:
"This respondent, the said Delfina,
intermarried with the said B. Cohn in
the year 1886, and she is the widow of
said deceased.
1.-The said deceased left four children
born of this respondent, to-wit: Bernard
M. J. Cohn, Miguel Daniel Cohn, Mar
Gus Cohn and Edward A. Cohn, of whom
the last named was born after the mar
riage of this respondent with the said
deceased, to-wit: ON the 9th day of
April, 1887.
1.-The other three were born. prior to
the said marriage, to-wit: The said
Bernard M. on the oath day
Of February, 1873; the said Miguel
Daniel, on the 3rd day OF January,
18th day of June, 1885, and all of them
were from the time of their conception
to the time OF the death OF said B. Cohn,
recognized and acknowledged by him as
his children, and ever since the mar
riage OF their parents they have been
received by the said B. Cohn into his
family, with the consent of this de-
fendant, and publicly acknowledged as
his children, and in all respects treated
by him as his legitimate children, and
on or about the 23rd day OF December,
1885, the said b. Cohn, by writing
signed in the presence of competent
witness, viz. j. A. Domingo, and sub
scribed by him, acknowledged himself
to be the father of said children.
1.-The said children and the said Ed
ward Anostacio are the lawful children
and heirs of said B. Cohn, deceased, and
they as such children and heirs,
and this respondent as the widow, are
each entitled to distributive share in
the estate of said B. Cohn; and this re-
spondent is also entitled to an undi-
vided one-half of all the community
property of which said deceased died
possessed"
Mrs. Delfina de Cohn will attempt to
prove that she was married to the de-
ceased by contract on December %,
1885, six months after the death of the
former Mrs. Cohn, whose children, j. b.
Cohn, Casper G. and Mrs. Carrie Cohn
are petitioning for the distribution of
the estate to them. Shinn & Ling and
respondents, and Hon. S. M. White and
Judge Anson Brunson for the propon-
ents.
NOT AN ExORBITANT FEE.
The case of Jean Leonis We. M. V.
Biscailuz, which is attracting consider
able attention in department three, will
probably be concluded today. The de-
tense introduced great deal of testi-
mony, and called the following witnesses
to the stand: Pedro Uharriot, M.
Etchepan, M. Larronde, Jeanne Lar
ronde, Wm. Lindenfeld, J. P. Goytino,
John Roberts, s. M. White and
George Mesnager. Biscailuz takes
the position that Leonis, when
he granted the attorney half of his in
terest in his brothers. estate, knew per-
fectly well what he was doing, and was
not mystified as to the contents of the
document he was signing. Notary Lin
denfeld, before whom the grant was at
tested, has sworn that he explained the
nature of the transaction to Leonis, and
the latter stated that he was aware of
what he was doing. John Roberts, one
of the witnesses examined yesterday
and one of the executors of the estate,
gave the valuation of the property left
by Miguel Leonis at $4,000. Jean Le-
onis comes in for about $50, 900, and of
this if he wins the case Biscailuz will
get half Mr.. Roberts stated that he
did not consider this an exorbitant fee
considering the amount of work it was
necessary for Biecailuz to perform.
There are but few more witnesses to
be heard before the case is submitted.
''HER FATHER WAS HER BROTHER"
Sarah Kinney, an Irish domestic 18
years of age, was examined for insanity
yesterday afternoon before commission
consisting of Drs. Kannon and Hagan in
Judge Smiths court. The girl for the
past year has been employed as a SER
want by Mrs. Gray, on Third street, but
left that place several days ago and was
sent by an employment agency to the
residence of Mrs. Hall, on Hill street
near Eighteenth, from which place she
was taken in custody. She has no rela-
tives in this city, but sister resides at
Santa Barbara and an uncle at Daggett.
Mrs. Gray testified that the girl is ut
terly incapable of taking care OF herself,
and that she had kept her merely out of