The record-union., 1896-11-17
THE OPPENHEIM Case AGAIN.
II Appears to be Now in a Somewhat
Mixed Condition.
Mrs. Oppenheim Not Disposed to Push
the Indictment Against
Philip.

The Oppenheim estate case has had
SO many Kaleidoscope, not to say SEN
sational features, that it has been no
easy matter for the non-judicial mind
to keep trace of the proceedings.
Raphael Oppenheim left an estate
consisting of some $4,000 in United
States bonds and other property aggre-
eating several thousand dollars more.
His eldest son Philip was made trustee
for his mother, sister and brother by
a deed of trust. After many years Mrs.
Oppenheim began an action to have
this deed of trust set aside on the al
legged ground of fraud and deception,
and in order to prove that Philip was
not a proper person to have control of
the estate, evidence was introduced to
show that he had betrayed other trusts
imposed in him.
The case was several times before
Judge Prewett of Placer County, and
last summer an order was made ap-
pointing a receiver. The latter went
to San Francisco to take possession of
the bonds held by Philip Oppenheim,
only to find that Philip had gone to
Canada and that there were no bonds
on deposit where he had claimed they
were
Then Philip Oppenheim was indicted
by the Grand Jury, but has never been
extradited. The suspicion was openly
expressed that he had lost all or a
portion of the estate in speculations,
but this has not been proven.
Recently Mrs. Oppenheim expressed
her willingness to withdraw her COM
plaint and also to have the indictment
set aside if Philip would return and
show that he has the bonds intact. She
also filed a petition in the Superior
Court for permission to mortgage the
house in which she lives in order to OBJ
tain a small sum of money for her
maintenance.
A stipulation was agreed upon, but
7. 2. Brakeman, Philip Oppenheim's
attorney, did not sign it because the
promised dismissal of the indictment
was not carried out, and there that
matter stands From papers filed to-
day in the Superior Court, it would
seem that Mrs. Oppenheim desires to
withdraw her offer to dismiss the sup
Elemental complaint.
Judge Prewett, who had heard all the
proceedings in the case, has made an
order requiring Mrs. California Thomp-
son (formerly Oppenheim) and her at
torney, I. 4. Brakeman, to appear in
court on December I'd and show cause
why the order granting Mrs. Louisa
Oppenheim's motion to withdraw her
supplemental complaint against Philip
Oppenheim and others and for leave to
mortgage real estate should not be
vacated in whole or in part
In response Mrs. Thompson has made
affidavit that she has heard her mother
express a desire to withdraw the sup
Elemental complaint and permit Philip
Oppenheim to remain as trustee of the
estate as heretofore Also. that she
has reason to believe her brother
Philip still has in his possession the
United States bonds constituting the
bulk of the estate
Affiant further states that her brother
Emanuel has complete control over his
mother, and she believes that If the
deed of trust mentioned in the COM
plant should be set aside by the court
the said Emanuel would get the whole
Of the estate, to the exclusion of affiant
and her brother Philip.
An affidavit is also filed by Attorney
l>41Aeman in which he alleges that Mrs
Oppenheim had stated in the presence
OF E. Goepel that she desired TO with
draw the action against her son Philip,
and that the proposed mortgage was
"one of Master EmanuePs doingS''; that
she asked Goepel to write to him
QBlakeman) and ask him to come TO
Sacramento and help her fix the whole
matter UP, as she was in a worse fix
than ever before and desired to have
Philip remain as trustee of the estate.
as il would be best for all.
Brakeman further AYERS that it was