Arizona republican., 1895-03-31
Contest for a Dead
 Woman's Wealth.
How Daniel J. Murphy Lost
 Caste in His Own House.
He Was Given the Freedom of the Back Yard and Access to
 the ThIrc Table.

A fight for a dead woman's estate was begun in probate court yesterday. The parties to the action were Daniel J. Murphy of Gila Bend, and Attorney S. E. Hszzard, executor of the will of Aletha Murphy, the deceased wife of Daniel Murphy, and representative of Carrie Hazard, his wife, formerly daughter-in- law of the Murphys.
 Daniel Murphy used to be an import ant parsonage at Gila Bend. At one time he was about all there was of the Gila Bend Townsite company and he was also postmaster.
 His wife died on Sept ember 19 of last year, seized of certain property per sonal and real. She was buried on the following day and four days later Mir. Murphy signed bills of sale to Mrs. Hazard of several town lots, dwell ling and lot of household furniture worth about $250. The dwelling house and the lot on which it was situated was held by Mrs. Murphy under deed from D. A. Noonan and wife.
 MT. Murphy is now an applicant for a restoration of the property included in the bill of sale. to the estate. His application is supplemented by wierd story of wrong and ingratitude.
 He says that as soon as these bills of sale had been executed by him the at- titude of his former daughter-in- law and her present husband, MT. Hazard, changed toward hin He WAS relegated to an obscure roouy ef the house of which he had been the head only week before. He was compelled to eat not ct the second but at the third table and what he got depended upon the capacities of his predecessors. At length he was excluded from the front yard, of which every body else, including even the house dog, had the freedom. His obscure and meanly furnished room, the back yard and the unlimited priv ilege of kicking were the only malien- able rights now left to him.
 He filed a petition about two weeks ago for the restoration, as has been stated. of the property included in the bills of sale to the inventory and for the removal of Mir. Hazard from the executorship. At the hearing yester- day he was represented by Mir. J. M. Burnett of Gila Bend. The applicant claims that the property which he de- sires restored was irregu arly segregated, that since 1t belonged to Mrs. Murphy at her death it became a part of the estate and that it's alienation by Mir. Hazard, who though the executor, had not then qualified, constituted a crim: inal offense.
 The defense claims that the property did not belong to Mrs. Murphy, that the furniture WAS the property of the husband and that the home belonged to the Southern Pacific Railroad con- pany under g judgment against Noonan by whom it had been deeded to Mrs. Murphy.
 The applicant is ready to admit this claim as to the lot surrounding the dwelling house but he is armed with disclaimer from the Southern Pacific as to any right in the house itself.
 A presentation of the facts in the case took up nearly five hours in dis trict court. The evidence was in- teresting in substance and manner. Occasionally the old man, referring to Mrs. Hazard would employ the fa- miliar name of "Carrie," by which he had called her when she was his daugh- ter-in-law. "I object" MT. Hazard would say to the court, ''to his calling her Carrie If he has occasion to speak of her since she became my wife, let him say Mrs. Hazzard,' if before, Mrs. Murphv.'"
 No attention was paid to the objec- tion. but the old man thus frequently admonished fell into the way of saying variously, "Carrie," Mrs. Hazzard." or "Mrs. Murphy"
 Mrs. Hazard, testifying concerning Murphy's complaint of neglect, sad that he did not eat at the first or sec ond table because he did not like Mir. Hazard.
 "I didn't eat because the door was always locked and I couldn't get in, :" corrected MT. Murphy. The case was not concluded.
 Beside the property involved in this dispute there is more which will some- time become bone of contention. It is in the shape of trust fund held by man named Milliken, of Illinois. for a Mrs. Schroyer, mother of the deceased Mrs. Murphy. Upon her death the fund was to go to the benefit of Mrs. Murphy and thence upon her death to her husband or ''his representatives. :" That iss es far AS the trust was d.