The herald., 1894-02-22
THIS IS ROUGH ON THE LAWYERS
A Sardonic Paragraph in John
w. Sherman's Will.
Two Marriage Licenses and but One
Wedding Reported.
A Mystery Surrounding Sarah sherm an
as shown by Two Marriage
Licenses-Her Sister IL
Investigating.

For several days past quiet, slender
lady has been busily engaged looking
over documents in the county clerks
Office, and her movements have been
the subject of considerable speculation
among the deputies.
A petition was fled Tuesday by the
lady, who is Mary L. Sherman of Pass-
dena, asking for the probate Of q pecu-
liar will made by her father, John N.
Sherman, and that she be given letters
teetamentary upon the estate.
John N. Sherman died in Los Angeles
county in August. 1898. He left an es-
tate in this county, in Des Moines coun-
ty, Ia. and Ingham county, Mich, val
ued at S17, 900.
He lett number of relatives, and in
a Photographic will makes various be-
quests of small amounts to the more
distant relatives. But the bulk OF the
property is left in two equal parts-one
to his widow, Mrs. Carrie E. Sherman,
an6 the other to his two daughters,
Mary L. Sherman and Sally M. Sher-
man (HalD.
He directs that his executor shall
have control of the property for seven
years from the time OF his death, and
only pay the principal legstees the in
terest, the principal to be paid at the
expiration of the seven years..
The closing paragraph OF the will is
unique and is as follows:
''if there is any dissatisfaction about
shares, it must be settled by arbitra-
ton. Let each party choose some per-
son noted for probity and honor, and
these two arbitrators when chosen
choose third one, and decision of the
disputed matter by these arbitrators
must be q final settlement without an
appeal to the courts.
when once will gets into court,
lawyers will keep it there until they get
all, and in the end bring the foolish
contestants in debt"
Isaac Drew of Mason, Mich, is APP
pointed the executor. Mrs. Sherman
prays that George r. Dubois of Los An
geles, in whose possession it is alleged
the will is held be required to produce
it. 1t is stated that the executor named
has failed to petition for probate OF the
will in the time required by law, and
Mrs. Sherman praye that the letters OF
administration with the will annexed
be issued TO her.
lady appears to have been engaged upon
similar investigation relative to her
sistsr Sarah, or Sally M. Sherman,
mentioned in the will as half partici-
pant in the share of the estate be-
queathed to the two sisters.
She visited the marriage license de-
partment of the county clerks Office
and looked up two licenses which were
Issued therefrom, displaying great worry
about the peculiar record which she
found.
September IL, 1892. license WAS is
sued to Warren Hill, whose age was
| given as 81 years, q native of Pennsyl-
vania, and Sarah Sherman, age %
years, a native of Iowa, both residents
| of Los Angeles. No record OF marriage
under this license exists in the record
er's Office.
December 10, 1898, license was is
sued to Isaac W, Hall, age %. native
of Pennsylvania, and resident of South
Pasadena, and Sara M. sherman, age
"a, native of Michigan and resident Of
Pasadena.
Under this license the parties were
married December 81, 1898, at Pasadena,
by Rev. J. W. Phelps.
Miss Sherman stated that the parties
in both these licenses were the same,
and that it was her sister who figured
under the different names in the two
licenses.
She was very mysterious about it and
was very anxious lest her investigation
should get into the newspapers. She
said that it might become necessary to
make the matter public hereafter, but
| at present il was not