Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-18
THE HANoyER WILL CASE.

The Hearing Yesterday-The VIII Ad.
nitted-No Trace OF the Missing Pa.
pers-The Contestant VIII Ming suit |
--C1aim That the Adoption VIII He
Proven.
The hearing on the admission to probate
of the will Of the late Mrs. 8. P. Hanover |
came up In tho probate court by continu-
ance yesterday morning. The will had
been proved some days ago.
The will was admitted to probate be-
cause the contestant, Mrs. Harry Elliott,
could not establish position of heir at
law.
It will be remembered that the contest
ant confessed to illegitimacy of birth. which
gave her the right to the money left by the
Hanovers, which, it is claimed, on sppar-
entity valid grounds, was given to the Han
| overs for the contestants maintenance by
the putatlve father, and by the grand.
father, William q. Bradley.
1t was also claimed that the child was
adopted by the Hancvsrs. II that was the
case she could contest the will as an heir
at law. At the previous hearing Judge
Robertson reported that there was no
record of the adoption in his court, but he
continued the hearing to make further in
vestigstion.
Yesterday Judge Robertson reported
that after diiigent search be could find no
record. He sympathized, he said, with
i, Mrs. Elliott, but had no option than to ad-
, NIT the will. In his opinion there was no
doubt that adoption proceedings had been
started in the town agents Office, and
D probably the Hanovers thought that was
all that was necessary and believed they
, had adopted the child. .
Mr.. Asher, for the contestant, said II
: made very little difference to him whether
D the adoption was proved or not. He be-
lieved he had valid ground for contestirg
the win, and that course he would pursue.
He had just returned from Judge George
W. Wheeler Of the superior court with q
petition signed by him, setting forth his
intent to bring suit, and asking that the
testimony of Sarah III. Hadsell, q witness
who knows tho entire proceedings of the
adoption, etc., be perpetuated. Miss Had
sell is an aged lady, and might not survive
long pending suit. A copy of this pc
tition he intended to serve on Clarence E
Thompson, the trustee of the estate. Mr.
Asher also said that he would sue for thu
entire amount of the estate.
Mr.. Thompson was required to give bonds
in the sum Of SAC, 900 for the faithful per
Torrance of his duties Two Wills art
covered by this bond. The property Gov
cred by Mrs. Hsnover's will is ALEC covered
by the will of her husband. Mr.. Hanove,
died two weeks prior to Mrs. Hanover, leav
ing all the property to his wife, and 1t wa,
in expectancy of his interest on which
Mrs. Hanover made her will.
8 Both Wills were admitted to probate. aue
v Mr.. Hsnover's will being the first, will ~
i ha eh Ars nf
= when that ia settlel aud the propert,
transferred then Mrs. Hsnover's will vii
bs acted upon. The bono, therefore, which
i Mr.. Thompson was compelled to furnish
n covers The first will, and will be subee
q | quently transferred to Mrs. Hsnover's es
r tate when the property passes to her inter
a | est from her husbands estate.
Mr.. Asher then aaked for an order per
d hitting him to see the securities, his pur
= pot being to trace them to Mr.. Bradle
3 and prove that they were given by him TO
Is tho maintenance of the contestant. Thi
II | order was granted by Judge Robertson.
Judge Robertson then appointed W. I
a Fields and George W. Crane appraisers o
II the estate of Mrs Hanover, and increase
, the trustees bond to So, 900.
q Wrote an Abusive Postal Card.
- George B. Hartford of SO Whalley av,
nue. was arrested yesterday by Unite
States Deputy Marshal Loveridge, charge
with sending an abusive postal ca,
through the mails He was taken befo
United States Commissioner Wright in Il
afternoon and placed under $500 bonds f
preliminary hearing Tuesday next. tt
bonds were furnished. Hartford CLAIM
that he wrote the postal card while apg,
not thinking that the law was go strict
| this resDect.