The herald., 1895-05-27
presumably to Mrs. e. Martin and Mrs.
z, Donahue

presumably to Mrs. E. Martin and Mrs.
P. Donahue.
Senator White positively refused to say
what steps would be taken by the admin
istrator after the will was opened. The
senator knows how to be non -committal
when he chooses and ho was strictly 20
upon this occasion.
Mr.. Munroe had nothing to say. The
matter was entirely in the hands of the
senator. who might or might not talk
about the case.
j. Dcwney Harvey. after the conclus-
ion OF the consultation, was met by a
Herald reporter. He. too, begged to be
excused. lie was willing. however. to
denounce the telegIams from San Fran
cisco stating that neither Mrs. E. Martin
nor Mrs. Donahue would contest the
Will. as fabrication. He said that his
mother and his aunt had not seen the
will. did not know it's provisions, nor did
they know as yet whether the document
was authentic, and here it was tele-
graphed in every direction that thev
we're willing that the property OF their
deceased brother should be disposed of as
he intended.
Mr.. Downey admitted that the will if
no later one could be found, stood good
chances of being admitted to probate.
rado. ha / died childless. However. lie
gave this as legal theory only and by no
means as thing which had been decided
upon and in which the heirs OF the attor-
neyS concurred
He said that the will would probably
be opened today in departmnt two of the
superior court and that there would be
no great delay in announcing what
course would be taken in the premises.
Referring to the various newspaper ac-
counts which have been printed since the
discovery of the will, Mr.. Harvey laughed
sarcastlcally at their inaccuracy. and
mentioned as an instance that the estate
OF the late governor had been variously
estimated at $3Co. 900 and $500, 900. "And
yet, sahl Mr. Harvey, iii the writer's of
all this stuff had gone two blocks to the
court house they might have easily
learned that the property had been Off
clally appraised at million and quar-
ter. The less SAID the soonest mended.
nave been abused like a pickpocket for
attending to my business, and am not
going to say anything more Just now"
Adm Illustrator Harvey's soreness was
caused by the way in which he had been
treated by morning contemporary that
had published certain facts that he con-
sidered erroneous. He went to have
editor had passed upon lt-snd that
that settles it. You can print what
the devil you please" quoth Downey,
and he walked off on his ear.
The reporter inquired whether the
newly discovered will would or would not
c5orroborate the claims of the Guirados,
but the administrator did not care to ex-
press himself upon the subject just then.
The suit brought by r. G. Guirado, the
eldest brother of the first Mrs. Downey,
against the administrator of the estate is
to recover one-eghth of the whole prop
erty. He alleges that heHahd his broth
ers released their interest upon their de-
ceased sisters estate to the governor,
upon his executing to them a contract IN
writing that he would will to them one
half OF his property when he died. He
DIED without making any such will, and
Gulrado lost the contract. The brothers
and nephews of Guirado have not brought
suit for their share, probably preferrIng
to await the outcome of their relatives
action.