The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-08-16
JUDGE NORxILE's WILL.
A Peculiar Document Made Out
Just Before the Deed.

When Mr.. Robert NJ. Noonap, the
real estate agent at Eighth and Chest
nut, opened the mail which the post
man brought him ON his IL o'clock
round yesterday, he was gu pri,ed to
fluid litter from his friend and C iert,
Judge Normi!e. inclosing will. Mr..
Noonan wss the judges confidential
friend. both 10 bu.iness and socially,
and had charge If his real estate. He
was accustomed to getting letters from
his friend aud client, but not missives
bringing .uch hsrbingers Of death as
wills and teslams nts. and Mr.. N,onan
VAS puzzled. His suspicious were
still further excited by the fact that
the letter Was written with pencil in
the judges own handwriting. and bore
other evidences OF having been fixed
up on the spur of the moment. Mr..
Noonsn started out at once to investi-
gate and was soon met by the news
which was Their flying over the city
that Judge N ,rmiie had killed him
self.
The following noe accompanied the
will
R,BEKr NJ. NooNAN. E.q, DEAR
NooNAN -Accompaning this nv will.
just drawn in pencil. You will End deed
TO that Eleventh street property in my
x in the Safe Deposit Company, Sixth
and Locust. Have il secured al once.
NoRMILE
The deed referred to had never
been recorded. though Judge Normile
had held the tide to the property for
years. The piece of property called
for by this deed has house upon it
recently built by Judge Normile at
a cost of about 10000, The entire
property is worth sbou. 1925. 900. In
addition to this the Judge owned
some farm pro. e.ty, lot at Eureka
Springs and some mining stock of in
DE- finite value. Executor Noonan es-
tima:es the value of The estate at 500.
900 or s35, 200.
The inclosed will was was writ ten
on three pages Of paper which at one
tine belonged to sten,grapher's
note book, and read as follows:
Tuesday Morning, Aug. 9 1891,
J ,mes c. Normil in anticipation OF ap- |
preaching dea b, M IKE this my last vi |
and testament. l inquest my executor,
hereafter named. TO provide im the pay
ment Of 81 coo TO my Gu isel, Judge Ches. |
ter H. Krum. l request him to arrange
for the payment Of my note for g, 800 held
BY the Continental National bsLk If ST.
Louis, which NOE natures October 4, '92
l wish that a mortgage be plaead on my
Eleventh street property, lately acquired
b. me, TO meet this note. / request that !
tbs property be not sold at present. /
leave all my personal effects-books, furni.
iuIe, o,hes and jewelry-to Ben Finney.
l r. quest that my Pacific and Eureks and
Excelsior mining stock be not sold within
five years, as these stock. are likely to be
raging soon. All my property
will ultimately be divided between my
nephews and nieces, but must not be sold
al present and divided mong them /
appoint Robert NJ. Noonsn N, executor Of
this will, and rsquest him in the event of
my death to have my remains crematec
and my ashes thrown in the Mississippi
river. On my death he viii please notify
Wm. Chsves Of Atchison, Kas., OF the
event. JAMES G NoRMILE.
Witness:
w. A. STUART.
WILSON LARKE-
A peculiar feature of the will is that
while it makes the nieces and nephews
Of the devisor and residuary legatees
it utterly fails to identify the benefici-
aries. 1t Dies not give the names or
of these nephews and nieces
and even the number of them Is not
stated. Little is known of Judge Nor
miles relatives here, and when seen
yesterday Executor Goonan bad no
dea WHO the nephews and nieces were
Or where they could be found. Dur
iug the afternoon Il friend of the dead
man called upon Mr.. Noouan and tod
him that sister Of Judge Normiie
was q nun in the Convent of st. Muy .
1t St. Marys, Kas. In his npt- to
Judge krum, Judge Normile men,
lions VIM. Normile Of Purcell, Doni-
phan county, Kss., as his nephew, srd
hat is the only thing definitely known
10 far of the residuary Iegatees under {
he will. Z
Mr. Noonan could not say yester.
Law what he would do concerning the
-equest Of Judge Nornile that his
BODY should be cremated. He said
ne would wait until he had held COM