The evening times., 1895-09-02
Mr.. THROCRMORTON LEAVES
he Sees the Register of Wills and
Chief Of Police.
Validity of the Document COnclu.
sively Proven by the DiscIos-
ures of The Times.

Mr.. j. wyckliffe Throckmorton, brother
OF Miss Josephine Holt Throcknorton, one
OF the two beneficiarIes under Judge Hollis
mysterious viii, returned to his home in
New York this afternoon. Ever since his
arrival in the city on Saturday night Mr..
Throckmorton hag been busily engaged
looking after his sisters interests under the
| Will.
He yesterday held a long consultat ion with
Executor Luke Deylin, which resulted in
the agreement to place the entire affair
in the hands of Attorneys Blair Lee and
j. ]. Darlington.
Mr.. Throckmorton called the second time
upon Col. Wright this ni,rning. Both gen
tlenen asserted, however that there was
not a single new stone turned, and that
MFR. Throckmorton had merely called to
bid. the register goodbye.
From the City Hall Miss Throckmor-
toms brother went to call upon Mai.
| Moore before returning to his hotel.
''Mr. Throckmorton's father and my
self were old friends" said Maj. Moore,
''and the son kindly called TO pay his re
spects to ME. The will was hardly men
toned, and he did not consult me- in an
official capa city at all
The solution by The Times. exclusively,
OF the mystery surrounding the reap
pearance OF the Holt will or 1873, after
its passage through the fiery furnace of
the Knox fire. continued yesterday 10 Dc
the subject OF general commcndation for
It's enterprise and sagacity.
belated morning contemporary con-
fesses its utter defeat in the race for the
news by attempting 10 discredit one of
.IT.
was found
The evening papers flsult their own
dullness in the faces of their readers by
stating that the news was brought to
their offices. With their usual lack Of
horougbness they failed to investigate.
They might have discovered as The Times
did that not one man. but four. were pres
ent when the Will was found and all re-
membered the incident clearly.
IL remained for The Times TO take up
The report and verify il 50 that the only
interest remaining is in the question, Who
sent the paper to the registers office?
This is or minor Importance. and The
Times has narrowed that do wn to
very Few persons.
IL Is practically Impossible to prove who
inciosed the paper and directed il: for there
Is no water mark or other possible Ineais
or eDtification about the long white
envelope md the direction in a wkwa ri print
characters completely conceals the identity
OF the writer. Ectcctives may continue to
work on the cIs-, iV1tit is very Improbable Z
that the sender will ever be known beyond /
doubt unless lie. or size shall come forward I
and make a Statement.
But after all the great question OF the !
geDuineness OF the will is settled. There i
is also no longer any basis for the theory that /
the will was in the hands of some interested (
person and was withheld for the purpose OF /
gaining some advantage.
-Four men have said they found the
viii, and all efforts by persons whose fine
spun theories are thus destroyed to break 1
down their evidence, have ended in igno- /
mlnlous failure.
When the instrument will be offered 4
FOR probate has not been positively de- |
cided II Is probable the iegatees will /
take advantage OF the next regular day !
for probate court. Friday. September B, !
10 lay claim 10 the property Meantime /
The Trust Company. now administrator.
remains in charge under the direction OF |
the court