The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-04

the wrong person. She then notified officer
Dubar, VINO stratghtWay went 10 Mahaley
MltchelIs home and demanded the
money and letter, which she reluctantly
gave up The pOstoffice authorities were
notified Of the affair and they at once
went TO work on the case, with the above
results.
one Of the most interesting civil cases
that has ever come up in a court in
Georgia Is now being tried before Master
IN Chancery Carpenter in Cedartown. 1t
IS rather cOnglOmerasiOn Of cases. some
thirty different counts being involved, all
growing out Of the winding up Of the es-
tate Of Col Benjamin +. Bigclow, who
dled IN CedartoWn some months ago. He
was a resident of Polk county for nearly
sixty years and during all that long pc
Rod formed few intimate acduaiutances.
although in his business transactions he
came in contact with thousands of indi+
Viduals. His early life and history were
shrouded in mystery. for he never re-
ferred 10 them All that was ever known
was that he was born in CoVingtOn. Me,
ana was about 81 years Of age at the time
Of his DEATH He came south In 1884 and
first located in Mobile, but in 1888 he land
ed In Polk county, and was one OF the
pioneer merchants Of CedartOwn. In a
few years he had built up a large business
ana continued accommodating property up
to the breaking out OF the war. Though a
northern man, he remained impressive dur
ing all those troublous times, and the
yankees burned up several hundred bales
OF cotton belonging to Col. Bigelow at
Jacksonville, Ala. After the war he en-
was the largest laRdholder OF North Geor-
gia. Upward of 100000 acres passed
through his hands. He owned in his own
right fifteen or twenty thousand acres
up 70 within few years Of his death,
and it was scattered all over Northwest
Georgia and Northeast Alabama. During
the latter years of his life he sold off a
great deal of il and mortgaged some OF
IT, and out Of the tangle grew the present
complications. He had a habit of keeping
his valuable papers in old-fashioned tin
boxes after the manner Of the business
men of Clden times. When he died a
large number q papers We're found, but
there was one tin box known TO contain
deeds and mOrtgagcs to a large amount
of property that has never been found.
When the estate came up for settlement
the executor uSed every effort to discover
the missing papers, which would facilitate
the adjustment of the dead mans affairs,
but they are probably lost beyond reCov-
cry. He left no relatives except his sis
ters' children, one of which ia the wife
gatee The settlement of the. affairs of
the estate might be consummated in
years time If there were no obstacles
thrown IN the way, but as II is there is
10 telling how long it viii be before the
BigeloW estate gets out of the courts.
Several Of the big mining companies are
operating land that belonged to Col. Bige-
low ana a large number of private indi-
Viduals are mixed up in the affair. Be
ing a man of such methOdical habits, ev-
erybOdy supposed that Col. Bigelow left
reputation of being very wealthy, and it
was quite a surprise TO his friends when
II transpired that the property had dwin-
died down so much.