The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-09
TIM bean CASE.
How Teuncsscc Mountain Ind He
came u Millionaire.

New orleans Picayune.
There Is very interesting case up
for trial in the courts at Bonham, Texas,
said gentleman from the Lone star
state last night to a reporter OF the Plea
yune.
"a civil suit?"
Yes, and one that involves the right Of
ownership in Il million dollars worth OF
the hest land IN the State. In the year
1910 man by the name OF Bean appeared
In the country round about Bonham. He
hailed from the mountains OF Tennessee,
and was a large, uncouth fellow inlet
tered and morose lie was never heard
TO speak except when the conversation
pertained TO matter OF business or trade
In lands and horses. lie Wore clean
shaver face, Jean clothes, felt nat
smoked a cob pipe and his name was
William Bean
"rhcre never appeared IN the vicinity
of Bonham a man who was 20 shrCwd III
a trude and VINO gained the possesslon of
lands at such Il rapid rate. tie never
told any one whore he came from, and the
ola inhabitants OF Bonham say he never
wrote letters He acquired acre after
acre Of land, and his cntte and his horses
were on hundred fertile plains but he
concealed bis identity He became the
wcnthiest man IN the whole country and
had great influence in Il quiet way,
mo one knew his to@mer home or What
his name was. except thHt he was plain
Mr. lean. lie left the mountains OF Ten
nesSce poor, iliteratc aud disappointed,
hut was possessed of that peculiar intel
lectuality that enables men TO make
money without knowledge OF college
text books and the dead languages. lie
married and was disappointed IN the
match he made, for the reason that the
mountain maiden who gave hin her hand
loved another better, but was induced
and influenced TO marry him by her par
cnts against her will. At the end Of tho
hrFt siN months of hts marriage he began
TO be aware OF the cNtrome unhappncss
OF MS WIFE and no resolved 20 leave Tie
country incog II was the custom of the
people of lCueasee IN primitive days when
leaving their homes, to 80 Invariably 20
Texas for there wealth was promised
ana an unbounded iiold of Riches wu8
opened TO View There was fertile soil TO
be Tiled by the hands OF the Industrious.
and uour5hnE fields whore horses and
cattle Bra2od az large, Holding firmly 90
his revolution TO leave his wife. he gave
her hls p1sseSsions save one morse which
was TO bear him TO The Lone star State,
thcn the Republic OF Texas. lie did not
tcl har where he was going; no one knew.
Five months after ne lett his young wife
Of siN months n child was born. The
child BleW up and married n neighbours
son, aud the two went TO Missouri to re
side. Ihey had au only daughter, who
now lives IN St Louis, and who ls a poor
worklng girl, her parents having died
and left her young and without prop
erty.
"Tho Bean who went 10 TeNus so mys-
teriously hecnme n millionaire and died
without having married again, solitary
and alone lie lott properties assessed
for "a million dollurs, with no heir 10
claim Il and no one To receive IL. Tho
State being unable 10 Ind an heir, as no
one knew from where Bcan came, dis
posed of the property "A few years after
wards. II was sold to first one and then
another az a greatly reduced price. untn
year or two ago the people ana their
heirs who bought the property felt secure
in their titleg but the uneNpectad arose.
"A man named Brighton. from North
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