The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-07
A CONTEST FOR $25O,OOO.
,ro SONS or deE NAME. ONE OF
WHOM rs LEgITIMATE

.aarxard openly. The worry day before the
Id man died, a year ago last September. he
made will dividing his money between my
beloved daughter. Rose Monaghan Ia daugh-
.sr Of Ann Murphy now, living with me. and
N, beloved son. Thomas Monaghan, Jr.'
put which Thomas Monaghan. Jr.. was the
,.loyed son to whom he had left property es-
timnted to DO worth quarter million dollars2
Wa n Thomas. the son Of Ann MsAvoy. whom
Ma father had sent of eighteen years before
10 earn his own living by working on West
arm railroad2 Or was II ThomAs. the son Of
Ann Murphy. who. together with his mother
and his sister Rose, was still living with tho
old man when he died2 It would seem as II
he meant the younger Thomas. whom he kept
f nv him, while tho older Thomas Was bhnished
But II go. why did he insert the phrase. now
living with me-" in tho will aftet Roses name.
and omit It after the name pi lny beloved son.
Shomas Monaghan. Jr"P
Thus there appears reason to question the
tcstator's intention. and that is how there is
contest now In tho Surroehtes Court over the
issue Tho will has been admitted to probate
nv consent OF both Thomases. They arc con-
tending only as to which Thomas shall inherit
under 1t.
In 1856. when Thomas Monaghan. the elder.
married Mary McAvoy. he was poor. He was
house panter by trade. and had saved some
money, which he put into city real estate. In
those days city property went UP rapidly. and
about this time the house painter began to
make profits in this sort Of speculation. which.
Invested over md over again the same way.
eventually made him worth half million.
Three children were born to the painter and
his wife. They were all boys The oldest and
youngest died early. The second son. Thomas.
Jr.. lived. When he got old enough Tom help
ed his father In the paint shop. But old
Thomas was not kind husband and father.
He auarrelled with his wife. and his children
had little love for him.
It was before little Tom was born that his
father took up with Ann Murphy. and at tho
time Of Toms birth his parents were living
apart. Later the pair made up their differ
ences and lived together again somewhere UP
town on the east side. Several years later
they separated again and finally. and Mrs
A %sssssme a Thomas Monaghan had installed
Mary in a afa IN iew
second family Very quiet for several years, tIIi
e. fse Gp ss 1sd p%th Ann
ply claims that there was a. civil marriage
ond household. boy. whom his father named
Thomas. notwithstanding that he ALREADY had
one son Of that name. and younger daughter.
When Mrs Mopagha9 died hef Thomas hon .s,o was
stillxery small M0nSghan put me poy INTO an an
lin lin to the home Of Ann Murphy. The other
dy Mgrpa ths william %ss he
was in the house. but ALMOST always referred
e e.. s when ae t. nsys
might as we'll Keep the boy ID the house. he
sst at t aSi 1sss enbar
4 month later. Mr.. Monaghan sent Tom
away. and Ann Murphy never saw him again
six X or sesen years cd then In is5
t6loSsh TIE Shdrsps Ala sSS,st y: End Sdd th Is
Iowa ever since. and for years has, worked on
airoads In the - e%pl9y q EdGs sained
ing q sober and Industrious mechanic. He
ala not Keep up any correspondence with his
Mssnt,Re the other Thomas IS! MS,nsghan 9r
York. He became painter. and when his
a Real ssa fs ana
Thomss ws9t inte tSs shsp; r. Il noX !: q /;
%enasha an fereot ali about bis Older Tom
olE G had never
beloved son mentioned in hts fathers will
sm 81 Se
On pi to New York to ind out i there was an in:
shsr t very i Wien M Evans
iPed The will Re Ct once retained B" Boz &c
esm or THOMAS lava IS
toned in the will. Thomas Of Iowa arrived
1 Sa as IL sq New sd the
Thaddeus b; Wakeman and James j. Perry to
uphold his claim: BY common agreement mel tn
Ing claims are now being hotly urged before
aghans as they t sit near each other In court.
s MN YORK wSc sc With hs ssesr
RIoPd Thomas q SsW S,f Is ne sqfefIS;y
necn e His
inEs and looks as il he. felt Internationally
,sgns Resf il ssert GS :s Is
Enthusiastically Irish. but unlike him. his bear
e& f and but hi aSsa
taneeoi q Quartz. mii!i@ sPpesry q thss court
oSt tie Gpiito lis Isli frSther; he = nea1I y
essep i sssias az his a brotes
ns sSyssHEs e %hG RS d SrS
that Thomas, Monaghan the llEht Is not
the Oldest son OF old Thomas Monaghan md
aed F Ess s%s teS Prov S fSst
ne the GPP hs LIVED was VII
other side have, witnesses, relatives Of Ann
McAyey. who declare positively that this
s sss Wt' ion is Thomas atthe sss who died
The lawyers for Thomas the dark admit that
he Is illegitimate. but aver that's civil mar
riaFe s1tstea between HE parents by reason psOn
believed his son in Iowa Was dead. The law
yers for Thomas the light say thsy can prove
that the old man knew that his fowa Thomas
was alive when he made the will They have
legal relationship with Ann Murphy by haysnG
Int as 1883. :. They claim that IN any case.
Thomas the light. being the, only living son
born in legal wedlock. must inherit
WANTED TO LYNCH EDWARDS.
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