The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-07-27

Tribune Will Make an Effort to
Unravel the Mystery.
NIX. rRAuGER INTERVENE d
ue Spent Last Winter In Los Angeles auG
Thcr0 Saw tho Announcement That
Or. Le0te Had Been Left
Money by Henry b. Carey.

The Tribune has undertaken the task
Of unraveling the mystery surrounding
the DIR. A. N. Leete legacy and will sift
the matter to the bottom. and II It is
within the scope of possibility the peo-
pie Of this city will know ere long
whether the fortune is n myth or exists
the rightful heirs.
Far more than looked for success has
already been met with. The investlga-
tiOn was scarcely begun when the dis
covery was made that one OF our own
citizens was in Los Angeles. Ca. at the
time the Carey will is supposed to have
been made public. and that he read in
the papers there at that time of the be-
quest to DIR. A. N. I.eete.
This man Is George ii. Trauger and
his residence Is at 525 East Market
street, Green Ridge. Mr.. Trauger Is a
clerk In Atherton's store on the Provi-
dence corners. and there he was sought
by The Tribune representative yester-
day afternoon.
What MIR. Trauser Had TO Say.
When asked If he could throw any
light on the case he said he did not know
whether or not he could tell anything
that was not already known, as he had
not followed up the case and cnsequent-
ly was not familiar with what had been
published on 1t.
II spent last winter in company with
my wife. In Pico Heights, a suburb of
| Los Angeles, California, where | went
for the benefit of my health" said Mr..
| Trauger. "One day In the early part
OF February the man with whom l
boarded, Silas Umstead. asked me II l
knew a man named DR.. A. N. Leete in
Scranton. at the same time handing me
a copy OF the Los Angeles Times, and
pointing out a paragraph in long ar
ticle about the bequests of man
named Carey. This paragraph an
nounced that $4,000 had been be-
Queathed to DR.. Allen Norton Lecte, of
Scranton. and spoke of him having
loaned Carey money many years ago
l at first thought the reference was
made to the physician DR.. Leet, but
but when l recollected that his initials
were N. Y. ! concluded that 1t must
be some brother of the physician, OF
whom I had not heard, and with tina,
dismissed the matter from any further
thought until few days ago when my
wife called my attention to an article
in the Philadelphia Press, which, she
remarked was about the same DR.
Leete matter, which We read of when
We were in California.
1 had not been reading the papers
closely of late. and, not knowing any.
thing about the case, did not realize
that what I knew had any importan,
bearing on the matter"
Thinks 1t Was u Copy of a Will.
Mr.. Trauger was asked If he could re.
member what the nature OF the article
was of which the Dr. Leete paragraph
was a part, but he was unable to state
saying that to the best of his knowledge
he did not even read the heading Of the
article and merely glanced over the
body Of 1t. In answer to a query as tC
whether or not the article had any veri
fication or denial he said that his i'm
preston is that the article was copy
of will and was not commented or
one way or another. He does not re-
member having seen anything in the
Los Angeles papers concerning the mat
ter after his attention was first called
to 1t.
AT o'clock yesterday afternoon
which corresponds to l o'clock in the
afternoon in California, the following
telegram was sent with rush" instruc
tions over the Postal lines to the 10.
Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Cal.
Some time about the latter part of Jan
uary you printed an article concerning IN,
will of one Henry h. Carey and beques
OF $4,000 to DIR. A. N. Leete, Of Scranton
Please telegraph at once a summary o
the article and full particulars Of the por
ton relating to DR.. Leete; also anything
else YOU may know Of that will throw
light on the case. VIII explain by letter
Scranton Tribune.
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