New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-18
d. L. CROUSE'S COUSINS.
SIX MORE OF THEM CLAIM A SHARE OF
HIS PROPERTY.
HIS WILL PRESENTED FOR PRoBATE-TlE
ESTATE ONLY oNEFIFTH AS LARGE
IS HAD BEEN ESTIMATED.
(pY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

svtocusc y y Dec. 17.-Mauricc A. Graves ana
Jocob A. Nottingham executors OF the Will OF D'Hei
Edgar Grouse. offered Mr.. Crouses Will lor pr"o''o
10 dav together with complete list Of the next Vi
Kin 50 far Us known. and cose estimnte OF tie VAIN"
- tho nropcrtv The estate was found 10 have been
greatly ovcrcsmated. The personal property amoht'
to ~ 500 900 aud the real estate, to S2oVoo ma"
,nc totrl Of sfOcOcOO Instead Of S2O,ooO,0oo gen
orally conceded The poor showing Il the estate WAS
di.oppolntmcnt but nrother blow was given ID
those Who expected to divide the fortune oy the d'-
cov.ry ,i six more first cousins who were not Aho""
to exist John White uncle Of ID. Edgar Grouse
oicd in Canton Mo-, last January. His cAildrea Pr"
ecnfcd clnllns to-day. They are HenY T. "Wte'
Mary \. White. Hardin Halsey White and susan
White of Canton. Mo-. Thomas II. White OF Gertrude
Tex. and John B White. Of Smthield, Tex
TN. whole amount Of the estate being approximately
.,-tlcI # +, easy t. find the amounts which VIII by
law be distributed 70 the noat OF Mn, proVl'u 'h'
tic is not decreased ny contests and nearer relatives
do no, appear and prove their clh!ms. FROM '"e
-atc must frsi be taken between Sl1o"o an"
.Oo osi inheritance taN for thc benefit Of the stale
treasury, Then come, :5jOOO0) I'm lcsaci"' t.
nicna, servants and charitable and re'ie l' in-iu-
lions. This will leave about ss.2jo.Ooo for h''''
-ccond md third cousins. Of th' hist cousins there
are tv,nty seven each Of whom + cntiicd to m 'i'
hare in the personal property. or approximately
st1:Io.u each. The SECOND anG tuIi c"-'h' "'' "
i1,.n ,Nty and seventy I'm number. ana are ehulo'
with the first cousins to an clunl saar' IN the io'''
Their intcres; will thus b. worth ABOUT F1'Ooo '''"
In round numbers.
whrp ,he will Of John Grouse, disposlng Of about
n oooooo. vas admittcl to PROBATE. II was by u"
tho rrest .;tnf. ever administered An vn'hdHEi
Couniy but the sons estate, including nearly al! o'
that ralses the figures by htlc over Fl'o"""p. III
,f stance the petition 10 surrogate "a"s Il ns lo""'
The petition Of Jacob \. Nottingham ana M"Hih"
4 or,y,s respectfully shOSeth thLt Daniel thIir
rouse died Al the cliy s,Iacu," OH or about Inc
81. day 4 nov .mber ls0.. being al or Immediately
,tevloy. :, fhr tlme ~ hl, d-uih ctE"u oi IN"
II toi siaies Your pet Il incf- lpon Information
md belief that Daficl EdsaI Cfou l"Ii ~ "i'""'
child chIiren. defendants. f. hri. moIh"r D'"'h''
sistcr grandparents uncle or aunt sr'i'mg b"' !'I
the lo wing pc ms only h'ir' alta" ana nrN' OF
KIN w.: Cieorg. y. Crouae. Jacob Cron'" '""il''
r. Grouse of s,.au use: Daniel y. Cronn". thaI.r' b
c,onso. John NJ Grouse Clara Grouse La tlctt kalr
p,own Lctll. of Uica. '."ny Clou'e. oi Memphis
y Y: Catlarine strong. Louis Dunham. of 'l'rI"'
lanes A. B.uwn. Of kirksi;lc. Jacob Hio"h' oi
Dewitt: Helen brown Hall. Of Bridgepot' seward
Go So Of Kcarney. Neb. Mclvina {. "l"m'' oi
Al en- : c.: Francis J. P.rhhul II. "i todw"i"r
Mich: Lidin ~ Iutclins. Of thit'eianso; 'nti"ilh
r. Wheeler Of Nogthport Anna LII i@nch"llr. lai'e'
u g. Whit. Of Chicago. ana tn Children Of White
mrnuOLcl abnvc.'
The finding Of John white W., almost 70, great
safIri.e As II the e,tate had been carried away bS
little Domtlea Edgara. II hc had not di'n IN
Canton No. last January he would have ~ pe"r'd 10
n,At of hin and taken ali the p"pcfN II" Wa a
brother Of Mfs. JOhn CIous" th" m"ther OF b""''
Eagar Grouse. He IS sad to have gone West forty
wear, ago. and every one who thought OF blm ai AT
.uDposed that he had long been dead. Ii !, now
dIsrnverod tha, afic, ne went W-sl b" marli'd ana
9is good sized 'amily Of children nov come III Ai
nil shares Il the millions to b" distributed
The formalipcs Of Offering tn" VIII TO- pf"bh" N'I'
shOr and consisted simply of hai dng III u" sh'W -.
20. .mlnou, petition. \ consultation - 10 tn br,
day Ia make the citation rrturi ahi" WA mo- "hn
lrbrunry ! was inserted I'm The bhnA sDtcc l"lt ~.
IT, This don- there f. practically noihn- NOR" Tor
me rxccut Jr. to do except adt erisr the cltl"n
and walt patiently or objections ii",m aI'gep Wv" w,
or chiIlreu to their names not being Inserted a. next
of lin.