Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-03
THE MYSTERY OF A WILL.
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rAurred Sheet Of Paper Makes It's
DIumotic Appearance,
sI0urAIIlS JUDGE llOlT'S ESTATE.
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,nssls,c- Wright r,pds ~ Document
which ignores iieirH Who
uin'm-u the Property.


In thv nniao Vt 0od, amen, 7, '. Holt,
Of tho ClN ~ Washington, u, e., being
Of sound mind declare this 10 he my lant
Mn and testament | do hereby riye.
dcVlse, and heutphth all uf my ptnhntty,
rnih porhuuhl ana real, 10 iiHfio iiinpa,
cousin OF my nrat vito, and 10 Josephine
itolt ThtuVhmuTtun, Whu N my rudehlld
and to their hglta aud hhnlRns forever
40 hereby direct that at ny death ali
Of my property DO divided equally bes
tween thOn,
Llssio llinos la TO ihharit here al my
death, Josephine at tho axe OF twenty
one her father Major Charles ~ rlfnuns
morton, viii holt hur nhaio ~ tnat, i
apppnt Nc Luke Dcylin, " the pllv OF
Washington, H. g., whose character / br.
ilysye 10 he ~ the highest standard, hud
who viii, I am certain, carry uut my
WISHES my executor hlHnen ana uenlad
by me, M the presence vt those witnrhAon
III tn clly Of wuphngIon, u. g. Eepru.
ufy 4 ma. i, Holt
Ellen n ~ Hhorman,
" n urNut
w. y sherman,
Vely plain aud unromantio appears THIS
document M tho typo uf nowHpnptr
Around H. however, II woven "a story full
NJ dramatic interest II has coma uomrs
where from tho unknown dropped, ua Il
wore, from the Hltlun,
Joseph ilull Judge advocate genorai
dutlng The exciting years of tlW var.
taiuaOl fnl mn government intho Putrau
MAI lIVd m ihh'Viiy on TIE ~ " Au.
uitt lHi lie VAS then IN old mnn All
iha monument autura who had hrpn ,oHo.
RATED with him on thu nptipn'R troubled
saUa wen drnd aud Hnne, QurrulOusf
scientific, SOLITARY, ~ livod the llfa Ut IA
hermit IN hn hnlie On New 1erHrv ave.
nuc, ehfnrlntlnif only WIN hiA faithful col.
efyd HrtNNnit,
Whom he dind ho neenod To hnvn laft
.a "A A IfunI La
thpuHh h1plln Hnd pflyato pNugrA wero
thoroughly rrurrlnd ANIL closets und cub
Nb0lea tonHiqhodl Consequently. unnn
tho petition uf Whuhlnuinn n. Holt john
W iioli and colonel William q, Hturttt,
correspondent NJ the Galveston NoWH bi
this city tho nest NJ hin ~ tho Decreased
ihu National Nnfe nUpnHlt Naylnrn uui
Trust rpmpnuy uf Fifteenth ntrntt nud
Now Notk avenue, waa appointed hdininil.
traitor August 20 1T last ycnr Tho com
ppnY hh4 performed ihla office oycr since.
iNllnt uto NJ tho rrnl nud priHlntl uruus
'fU OF tho ioCrunUd which was rntimNtai
10 mnne above il00luOD An Inventory nj
tho prHnnal rHtAtr Amounted ~ 9iln.uut 40
lnrronHra ~ ill.2ii0i IN drhtn owing the
estate ami ilniiaN in money, Though
II has been N charge of tho estate fur u
Year tho National Hafe papomt pompnuv
has only distributed tho sum of inci1
anluuH the heirs nj law, which IL arnrooly
ftl ftom tho total ~ the ouiirr property
No Tar the story runs smoothly rnourh
Prom the crave, however, the dead aopun
10 have ~rrken,
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c0lonh wright ronlater or w,llA found
N Ms melt Yesterday morning q inrrr ~.
,el0pe itH nddrNsn caught hiu attention
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plain, IN Mot FOR inHNnd Of o,dIunfy
whiting the wnrdh worn printed IN ohpinl
iriiep ! to ouened tho nnuiarr aon found,
To hln utter nnloniHhmnnt, tnc dnoimeni
vhlnh M above tlvdn, lnifporA 10 h.
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