The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-04

a New Claimant to the R1O0ooRsO Estate
Nay BE Susy'e Child.
A claimant to the estate Of franklin Matthias,
Q pioneer and prominent citissn OF this city in
whole Of his sstate, amounting to shout $4,000
the claimant 10 . Nm. Rebecca Lena
Graham, who says that she u the law
full daughter Of Matthias BY Q wife
Who died long before him. and that her
maiden name was Rsbecca Lena Matthias. Her
identity 10 not well sstablished, - the claim
IVES only died yesterday and notice served upon
Ar. Samuel L Crawford, administrators for the
estats.
Nj. Matthias had mot been resident of this
city for some years prior to his death, but had
returned TO Biairsvtlls, Pa. where he has sisters
and other relatives who have heretofofe been re-
gardsd - his heira From Blairsviile Nj.
Matthias went to Lake Tahoe, Cal. where he
died on August q, 1891
On October Of the same year his nephew,
Charles Matthias. who IL in charge of the news
department of the United Press at Chicago, ap-
piled Tor Letters Of administration, which were
granted, and Samuel L Crawford, OF Crawford
4 Conovsr, was appointed administrator.
II II believed that Mrs. Graham 10 the daugh-
ter Of ekookum susy, . siwash squaw whose
name was connected with both Henry
l. Yeslsr and franklin Matthias in the
early daya IL 10 said that the pater.
nifty Of 6usy's children WAS extremely doubtful
ana that claims were to have been put in
against the Yesler estate on their behalf. This
woman. Odsy's daughter. has made known
her claims to Mr.. Crawford before,
but was headed on from pressing
them when It IVES shown that she
daughter both Of Yeslsr and Matthias still it
was anticipated that she might renew her claim,
and the move was not entirely unexpected, q
u ehown from the tenor Of Charles Aatthias'
Telegram.
when Mr.. Crawford received notice this
morning Of the claim he immediately tele-
grsphed 70 Charles Matthias. telling him what
had been done, and received the following
answer:
''Glad they've shown their hand. Write full
particulars to Chicago"
The fact that Mra Graham claims 70 b the
lawful daughter of Matthias and that she says
that her mother died years prior to her fathers
death, but remains silent - 70 her mothers
name or the place of her birth, tends to confirm
the theory. The fact 10 well known that in 1856
. girl was born to skookum Susy Whose pater-
nifty Was In doubt
II - also we'll known that although this
daughter was . protegs Of Yesler's, she was In Q
way patronissd by Matthias. who decided her
twoilots on Sixth and Jefferson streets. The
only dificulty OF connecting the identity of
this girl Julia with the claimant 10 that the
former has bsen married for the past
three years TO . man named 1ntermela,
and has lived with him at Quilcens,
although she has considerable property in this
city. How she can now appear - Rebecca
Graham. when she has always bsen known -
julia, IL . tribe pushing, but her misty account
OF her ancestry, the fact that she II In the city
at present, and that Matthias was living here
thirty-thrse years ago and had no other rsputed
children. would Ill lead one to pass over the
apparent contradiction in the names.
Mr.. Crawford's course 10 an easy one, for he
Gays that now that she has made her claim, she
may prove who she t., and that he stands ready
70 turn over the property to whomsosvss the
court declares to BE- the heir.