The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-02
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Both. are.expecting to. be appointed guar
4 diane the estate, if such can be found.
of Clprriveau, the erratic Frenchman, who
died March 49,. ,....
Since. the death of Louis CorriYeau the.
atmosphere has. been. filled with rlImors
concerning d considerable sum +of money
and real estate, known to be in his:
possession. a few weeks prior to his death;
but which has. m y.steriously disappeared.
If Louis Corriveau had spent his entire life.
in an almshouse he. could not have died
possessed OF less than the surface of his
assets now: show. 81. -. L. ,.-s
Two months prior to his death itiwas posi-
lively known that he. had $40, cocoon deposit
in the. Savings rnion, besides $$224, 800 which
H..W. .NNestphal say 5 he paid In 1894. This
money was to satisfy a mortgage oil. SO 600
held by C0rriyeau ON San Mateo County
property and also the purchase money for
. a LOT. on. Mission. street. If Corriyeau did
have $45,0 900 in cash six months prior to his
death he either. carried it TO another State,
was wheedled out of it, or Spentitin riotous
! living His phy sicalcondlti0n would pre-
.icludesthe: latter theory; and: the woman
who claims to be. his wife positively afirmS
. that he. did not leave the State. Believing
the story of his wife, and knowing tnat lie
could not have spent the money foohShly,
the friends OF the dead barber do not hest
tate. to say. that the erstWhile money and
property have been. gobbIed p@by sharks.
:. - Dr. Campbell; who attended Corriyeau at
the time of his death and for two years
previously, Is very. pronounced in his
views, not hesitating to say that the widow
is. being. outrageoAsly. swindled, Others
are equally outspoken. and in all of this
talk the name of. H Nv: 'Westphal. OF the
firm of Swanberg IL Westphal is promi-
.nentiY mentioned. According to the story:
told bythiS last-named gentle he has
had no business connection with CorrGyeau
since 1894 when he paid mortgage of
100000 and purchased aloton Mission. street
Tor which he paid $4509, though in January
: Hast Corriyeau went TO: him and asked his
aSsistancejn- eyading a Judgment for $500
lnfavor of a life insurance company.
: @ Mrs Corriyeau, however, tells a very diff
ferellt story. She boldly asserts that West
phaI IS in possessions of her husbands
) property, which was transferred to HMM
order to AVOID: the insurance. execution. I.
: his man Westphal,' said Mrs. Gorri-
. yeau yesterday, "has behaved outrageous
toward me since my husbands: death.
hy3.the.yery day he: died: Westphal came
TO: the house accompanied by his brother
and desired to see me alone: Il went. into
the parlori and to my surprise: Mr.. West
ePhal turned the key in the lock. He then:
. IN which. / disay owed any interestwhateyer
IN: the estate OF my husband. L hardly.
" knew " hat: to do, II was So badly fright
ened., Making some. excuse. to leave the
room, though promising. to sign the paper
on my return the door: was opened. to me.
En-. a lew minutes game back with the.
nurse and then asked Mr.. Westphal. to ex =
plain again. He replied il have nothing
TO say, land that IS all IcouId get out OF
him. -. -:
when this insurance matter came M
my husband went to see Mr. Westpbal
I about it, and finally turned over every cent:
and allthe property he had to him: + 11ro-
: tested, but without avail. My husband
then went: to Santa Rosa, where he re-
mained several weeks and when. he re-
turned home he was. a very: sick man Mr..
I. Corriyeau sent for Mr.: WestphaI, told him.
Z that be was going. to- die. and that he
wanted the property. back. estphal told
my husband that be would be.Well in a. few
days and let the matter:stalld until he
:, was a bleto attend to business. .Welly my
husband died, and now Mr.. WestphaI
holds: Improperly. ... -. :. ~.
+. ...Afy husband brought all of these trans
re rs home, as 1T was difficult for him to
: read. ENGLISH, and: l read them to him, and
then, without his knowledge, tooka copy
OF everything. M y husband also. received
papers from himF but Just where. they are
!. i don teare to say just now. S. f.
=AF hen. did Il ':marry Mr. Corriyean?
Well j. don't care to talk: about that now.
4 am his wife: and will, prove it at the
proper time. Whether. was married by
'licensei. contract or law matters very. little.
solong. as can prove that | am his widow.
!: Mr.. E:H. Wakeman is my lawyer. Maybe:
: he will tell ou>more, but that is all 1 care
TO say now -
Mr.. Wakeman declined positively to go
into the merits of the case. He did. saw
however, that he expected to see Mrs. Cor.
rlyeau appointed administrators, and he
firmly believed: the estate of Louis Cor.
rlyeau was worth at. least $4,000 and.
would not be surprised if it went as high
I. as $l25, 600. In any event, he intended to
: ten million. Mr.. Wakeman limited vaguely