Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-23
NO WILL WAS FOUND.
Mollingers Attorney Says the Bishop
Was Misinformed.
WOULD NOT AFFECT THE RELICS.
The Missing Testament Was Drawn Up
Twenty Years Ago..
ACLAINANT FROM NEW YORK APPEARS

Bishop Phelan must have been misin
formed regarding the finding of Fathe
Mollinger's will" said Attorney Muelle
last night, .tas the will has not been fled
| and have heard nothing further of it,
Gregor Meyer, administrator of the estat,
for the relatives of the deceased priest
physician of Mount Troy, had heard moth
ing further regarding the will and said h
feared one would never be found. 81 an
taking the necessary action" he continued
Coward distributing the estate as directed
by law, just as though the will was not il
existence"
In speaking of the possibility of Father
Mollinger having secreted the valuable
document in some peculiar or out-of-the-way
place, Attorney Mueller said the healer o.
Mount Troy was as eccentric and singular in
certain ways as other men of similar promi
nence most frequently are 'T do moi
know to what an extreme he
carried this eccentricity," continued Mr..
Mueller, ''but have observed it upon many
occasions This is not strange considering
the great mental burden carried by Father
Mollinger, and have never been surprised
at what he did.
ItWould Not Affect the Relics.
The will supposed to have been left by
Father Mollinger was one he frequently
spoke Of to me. This document was drawn
up score of years ago by N. P. Feder-
man, who left this earth many years ago.
1t could not affect the disposal of the sacred
relics in any degree, as the will was made
long before the relics were obtained,
consequently 1t is obvious that
Father Mollinger did not make any dispo-
sition of them. I frequently talked with
for some reason or other the matter was
postponed from time to time, and as he did
not express any desire to do it,I did not feel
like insisting. When he was seized with
his last illness there was some trouble exist
ing on account of the refusal by Bishop
Phelan to consecrate st. Anthony's shrine
and l suppose there was some ill feeling
and, furthermore, believe that Father Moll-
lnger did not make a new will from pique.
"The inheritors of the estate are brother
and sister in Holland and the children of
the former, whether or not they will be dis
posed to give the relics to the church can
not say as have but Just commenced cor
respondence with them relating to the
property and have not touched upon the
other matters at ALL"
A New Yorker After the Estate.
Register Conner yesterday received let
ter from probable claimant to the estate
of the late Father Mollinger. The claim
ant, however, is a cousin, and under the
intestate laws Of this State the cousins
could not participate if there are any BROTH
ers or sisters or their children. The letter
is as follows:
NEW York, June 20.
To the County Judge or Surrogate of Allegheny
County:
DEAR S1R-We have been retained by a
cousin Of Father Mollinger, deceased in re-
lat1on to the estate of the deceased.
Did the deceased leave any will? Has any
application been made to you for letters to
issue upon the estate? We have written to
George Myer, President of the Allegheny
Trust Company. for Information, as
we notice by the New York World Of
yesterday that he was a witness to
the will of deceased made some
20 years ago, but which Is missing
and cannot be found. Please give us such
as you possess. We enclose
stamp for reply. We shall apply for letters
for our client If no will is found. Please re-
fer us to some good, honest lawyer Of your
city.
An early answer will oblige
Yours, etc.,
C. julius LAUaBEIN,
For Laugbein Bros. & Laugbein.