Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-10
TOM BEAN ESTATE.
PARTITION SUIT FILED AT BON-
HAM-LiST OF HEIRS.
Whole Case Eeopened-Some Talk Oh 'he
State Intervening and Contrasting the
Right of All Claimants
Special TO the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette
BoNHAM, FANNIS COUNTY, TEX, Nov. =;
The famous Tom Bean case Is reopeueu
for litigation. This morning petition was
filed in the county court for PARTITION oy
Sarah 4. Dove. who resides in Washington
u. c. ard Jane hurry and Mary T. Murry,
who reside in Fairfax, Va They represent
that they are heirs of the estate OF noHAas
c. Bean, deceased: that the other heITs VI
said estate are as follows, to-wlt: ID. /.
Howard, resident of Fanuiu county, lex
Jacob H. Brennerman. Martha a; brenner-
man. Fisher p Hackney, Sallie Mcintosh,
Elmore L. Mcintosh, Annie M. Hackney
Phillip H Christman, Hettle Cnrlstnan,
Mary F. Murray, Florence Murray, nVins
Murray, Theodore Baden, Charles l.
Hoover, C. W. Howard, Mary A: Bacon,
Caroline wilkins. Virginia Middleton
Thomas c. Howard, Olivia Van Reswick,
". H. Bean, NJ. Heimer, ". NJ; tarrar,
Charles II. Bean. Annie NJ. Colllnower;
Margaret Bean, George 9: Caste;l, EoWara
Casteu, Alice Bean, William %. Howard
Sarah r Boswell. Cathariue NJ. F'ugitt,
Virginia T. Van Horn, Benjamin Bean,
| Thaddeus Bear, Kate NJ LOOMS, George
| W. Bean, j. j. Jones, Frank Jones, cora
| Hutcheson and Ella Carroll They furtaer
represent that if there are any other heirs
| to said estate they are unknown 10 sne ess
| applicants; that said Thomas {. Beano1eo
| intestate; that at term OF TINS court lnS
| heirs interviewed since the expiration OF
we've months from the original granting,
| of letters of administration TO II. z. HOW
ard and j. L. Hume herein: and
there is residue OF saf "a
| administrators, after setting aside COM
| petency for the payment OF all debts ana
| expenses of administration which residue IS
| subject to partition and distribution among
| the persons entitled receive SAID estate
| to-wit, these applicants and the other nelrs
of Thos G.. Bean; that these applicants are
also owners of shares of SAID residue oy
purchase as well rs by heirship. Premises
considered, they pray for process cltilS
| aid II p Howard, who is 4 resident OF
F1annin county as an heir and also rs ad-
ministrator. and said j. l.. Hume as admin
istrator of said estate, and also Tor process
| Inv publication citing said other named helrS
Unless tney shall appear herein, and for
| General citation and notice according TO law
| ~ all unknown persons who claim to De helEs
of said estate, to appear ana SNOW CAUSE
why a partition and distribution OF s2id
! residue OF said estate should not DC Inaue'
and for general and special relief and such
arSers as may be necessary in the premises.
! II will be remembered that an old man Dy
tine name of Sa.uderS Claimed TO be the
| brother of Thomas G.. Bean, deceased, VINO
| died intestate, saying Beams real name
was Saunders, and that he was MS orouhef
and the sole heir to the estate; that MS
Tenn. some time before the war and neG
to Texas. where ne assumed the name OF
1aamas c. Bean in order to evade the OIL
GERS; that H 2 Howard, formerly OF san
Antonio. came in as claimant, alleglne
thar saunders claim was fraudulent; thai
they fought the matter through the courts
here for while. when Howard compro
missed the matter with Saunders by buying
! hlm out. so it Is reported, and Saunders
t | withdrew from the contest The estate
: | consists of something over twenty-fou
| thousand acres of valuable land scattered
t | all over North and West Texas, grea
5 many acres OF which are in possession o
+ parties who rented it during the life TINT
of Bean, and now refuse to give 1t up Il
3 any one unless they are put off by the law
e About four hundred acres of the land tnre
S miles northwest OF mere have been takeT
t possession of and fenced by parties mere
who claim that Bean mad 10 title to tn
land. This partition suit reopens tn
whole case and there bids fair to be endles
We have heard some talk of the stat
i intervening and coutesting the right OF a
:, applicants and make an effort to nave
i escheat back to the state.