Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-03


~ lhe liberation Of hla slave. .,oy,s,,,
NAV upon Ms death they wern ~,eh ~ N,
AA ,,,a, ,nelf icnlom and iau w caAh, mo
t,na WIN, NV, oompanN 81 New ynta.
Wy" Wnh Nep. while $500 waa 10 M
w 70 tho Orphans aAyiun, AZ i,autsvili,
Wy, ifoheft " HOLT. a brother AZ III, AZ
NsH1eui o. NhAuo county, wna uhmed a.
executor Of Tho win '' W."
NOW ron a ni1srrn liiQilr.
~ determined uonteri Ia tho onutla on
w lAil OF tile hnltp " assured IL the
WI, v eVot admitted TO probate. Nh.
NV ,hnl no granting " letters VI al,
nnllHUNiloh was well advertised IA the
heWppArcip, ~ well ~ ihn inrldrntr con.
nertrd With tita nparoh fur ihn inetmeni
WV raise many intricate panls VI law
'lNhtml uNni, ncnuINi chairman and Ntn
nn"inhni The witnnnma, ntu ali dead ann
WINS VIII aid 10 tho difficulties. vsnettail,
Wheh tho relatives ntv dotcrmlnd 10 on.
nuAe every move toward tiiolr dieinhur.
ienrr, Tlloet claiming the estate under
lhn hnvnrh testament viii have 10 shaw
WlnlN u lms been ,hept, u ,bina a mos.
sh UNKNOWN ana how puriionH uf II hnVe
bnrh badly burned.
The petition isr letters OF administration
was hled August ~ imi, On behalf of All
no hrltH' ludno ilolrs hfuthorH and pin.
tee We're itlohard A., 1Aincn d 1,houas
" married. wlllmm Hiofott, and their
uhlldteu wore Wlllhm ", atrtntt, onn uf
the petitioners aud Mrs Margaret How.
muf' iamoH i Holt, who wnA "a prs,nl.
ntnl ludgu m Tcsaa aud the originator Of
mo lrilnl code Ia that AlRln. aud nlphnni
l'ul ul'u unmarried rhamna Holt,
who WIS u farmer. dird ieayinn an ma
sole holr Washington HOLT one OF tho
rbuliuncrH, wltn llVna al Yhsno Mise
Ndhntt llult, who was u prominent lawyor
N MlhHlaalpni and acquired nn indnnpud
ohl intlunu thew hosldra hcina ointment
w lhn 'oniohclhlo ciun"i ind nh children.
now lVlnE ThuRN ARE Sarah, John W.,
lotFo, Robert Thomas, ana inmeh lIoit
Iheto " also Hrnndrilld uf robert Holt,
Nv deoehHrd son, named Juseph This
Hrohda1n IN 10 yearu Ola ana liyoh ~ hhor.
man, reFNa,
COLONEL FrEiueTr lNrnItVugWEn
Ccleht hterett said lpnt cypnug roenrd
ma uhe nnding " The viii that many at
the Rlnlencns given publicity In ronnor
ilnh WIN llH unllo were entirely untrue,
ut IN unUunlrlody fplHr,' said Colonel
hlvrotN that ludHo llull fcfuaed Ia nHan.
tlhtp WIN NE rghllyuHa, I uaud To visit
him al lonni once each week, AMI my
wife went Ia noo him twice each week
during uu last yuNru NJ hlh mo- lie whs
ultimate with hlH relatives, Ito vas Nj
years ola WHOM he died, ana hia Ronlnhlniv
was confined To hla Immediate frltuds ana
hlnHppnpln.
'.huro llott married twice" continued
Colonel Nirroll 'iiin nHt Wlfop name
Wnn iiyu,a liN HOE ho had one child
mat afterwards d'od Ills SECOND Wlfn
wan Margaret WioNiffo "a daughter ot
upvcrnUr Wlnlllffr Vt Kentucky. tlhr tilrd
Ot rnuHWutiun
~ was not HhoNhed at all by tho nm.
nnuurrwrM that nn ALLEGED will had been
fNtlltl / HItNUlfNu "a "a
tMnR thut nroutu IN Warrington Tnn
nrRtnc3 formerly IN ludHo iiollH house
may know something about Mia 1hru0N
morton ur about Miss iiyuou but really
I de- not don't mean TINS at All dlhir.
specifically To elihtr NJ them"
~ wnH on thA most Intimate relations
WIN Judge Hot ON account Of my brlnW
tho unly nephew 1T hlR unly slater ana
ho Hud I diHuuHgud FROM limo 10 time
the political situation OF mo day itumau
history urtdp1riuutun, uud other thipHH
IN which lac was 10 certain cstpnt N.
trrcnloi, hut ! never heart about the
people selected IN the allonrd Will aH Mo
heirs uniil hlA lah, moment ho was on
lnnN Of AN mpuirInp tprn VI mhli ilr
NpH a republican aud ! was ~ dnmpdrat,
Hud there wnn no Notwithstanding hrs
tween uh ~ no had anything on hin
mini Va ruHnd 10 thee" people he never
mentioned " 10 no. ! don't tlinh he ovrr
ll'NfilNN'0 AlliNl w NNNNNAh tlIfH Nv INNAHl
tho nonrNra told me that he said moth.
inR In their hearing about other ponplo m
TINS connection. ! never auHVratod uuys
iihnN In ihom abOui A.
Judge Holt may htyt doViHo1 tito ~.
thta according Va tho alleged wlll hut
thute In not ono ur our family that docs
not know that he never intended IL aui
ooriinH 10 tho alleged viii, nud fhcy VIII
nrht II plumb 10 tho ond, II " costs the
whole Of tho estate rhH lawyers may
got rnH OF the raiHic hut hnbpdy uA
cont the ilult blood VIII share Il 40 beno'
HolnHcA"
wit riuIT no Tilm ni1-rnu HNp,
"jUdgo j, NJ, Wilsou was employed
year or DO nnu 40 fproprntniiyp of Inc
holtH, not ou account OF any idrt That
there would he a oonuRt but hpcnuHn Nv
ildH uHa and time lirra are always pl
tnicV reaiy TO prs ON tho property VI
an iutuHlntr, We may never Bpi a dollar
OF the property, but we don't care whether
we 40 or not for al " us hnvo enough
Of OH own We nhail all be- 81 the Hfuuid
ti rNtkr hnndn with TIE outside person
who h fortunate enough 10 uri 70 cents
OF IT, Tho Holt stuck unn neither DO
hullitd NOT hhGct Thpr ntc an honorable
people, who have never IMPOSED up0ii any
body aud VIII not allow anybody ~ In
pose upon them"
C0lnnoi alnntt tldukH the purlnrtod
Of wills that tho piglaiurun weta un'
doubtrdiy genuine, was premature. No
one w that nfliNp, hu says, hnn uuallnoa.
lions 10 make such hiatnmohtn. witch are
bound to prejudice thu puhlp onp way ~
tho other That question tho courts alone
can decide, The alleged viii was offered
pnly for probate ana record. Colonel
H,nrslt has va idea where the alleged win
nnmu from or whore " has been hert II
aneinn 20 lin remarkable that " IN par
tally burned ana punched with holes, ITO
declares that tile Holt Ianhly have al
ways boon loyal 10 vanb Other ana That
II u doiun the name of Judge Holt q ter
riblp Injustice ~ y prominent man, 10
mipuoHt that he would HiVe Ills property 70
ANY but oleouipayuary institutions or 10
his relatives.
==sssalsaa -sss.lsTssHs-
uro"sboUL unHsip.
urochhcfk. feKaAi August lOI Tho thlrW
unlforua which wefo won by the uliyer
tiuarda OF this place al tile oncaniplnsht
NtIts.