The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-28
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San FRANCrsco, june N.-Ihe cominl
conteut over tho will OF the late DR.. Wash
iueton NJ. Aver BY Christopher y. Aver Q
this city. who claims 10 b the dead million
aires natural son, ID likely 10 develop ints
another long contest OF the Hlyths and
Jsssup ordsr. @. d. Aver. who was born j.
Stockton thirty mine years ago. claims thai
hia mother Was Mrs. Dolores Diax, and that
his father Was Dr. w. M. Aver. The claim
ant for a share in Ayers millions u now
commercial traveller for . firm In this city
but he lived for many years in the ia
Joaquin valley, and thsre are many people
OF Stockton and Modesto h havo alwayi
understood that he was DIR. Ayers son. A.
all eysnts. they say the doctor supported
him and sent him TO school until the vonnG
man began life for himself a. q butcher.
Christopher Aver was not men toned IN
DR.. Ayers last will, not even being cut off
with the traditional shilling, although he
had always Q expected that he would be heil
to some portion of the great estate. When
he learned that he had been ignored en-
tirely he determined to make a contest in
the courts for q share Of the property. and
the fact TINT he had not even been men
toned was Il legal point in HIS favor. II
now transpires that no has been further ia
vored in his case by chance and in . some
what romantic tanner. The story runs
that in 1886 or thsrsAbouts DR., Aver quar-
relied with another physician in Stockton
named Langdon. The two finally agreed to
settle their differences on the field Of honor,
and they fought a duel down by the
Stockton slough. III view of this
duel Dr.. Aver made a will. which
was drawn up BY the late Judge
Terry. in which he bsqueathed real estate
-, In~, J~~rns,,L urA A&aniolara NNnntSon
valued then Vt about $685. 00. to his son,
Christopher. who was m infant and lied
in Stockton With his mother, the widow
Diaz. The mother OF the boy was made
heir to the rents OF certain houses i'll stock
ton sufficiently valuable TO maintain her IN
comfort. & &s4rT-
When Aver and Lapgdon met one morn
Ing by the slough the latter was wounded in
the knse, but Aver came of without injury.
Time rolled by. aud about ~ years ago hs
mada his last will. which was drawn in New
York. 1t has two codicils, one made in
New York and one in this city. The old
will made just before the duel has just
been discovered. however, and II said to be
now stowsd away in the vaults OF the Safe
Deposit company until it il needed in court.
It's value in evidence will be chiefly to show
that Christopher Aver was DR.. Ayers son,
INT was 80 considered by him.
The old will that has just come to light
was found a few days Z among the papers
OF Dr.. Reid. who died at Stockton within q
few years, and was formerly DR.. Ayers
partner. Fletcher r. Aver, the son OF the
dead millionaire, DR.. Washington Aver,
has no knowledge whatever of the alleged
illsgitimate son, Christopher II. Aver. and
the first intimation Of his claim to a part Of
the estate he heard OF for the first time
three days ago. According to F!etcher's
story OF his father was a cautious man. who
would not have overlooked an illegitimate
child in his will, if he was conscious that
he had one.