The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-29
EMBITTERED ALL HER LIFE.
MRS, PARSONS SON LOST TO HER
TEN YEARS AGO.


Supposed This Circumstance Is Ac-
countable For Some of the Eccen-
tricities of Her Will-John
schwabb, Agent of DIR. Parsons, Re-
fused 10 Let the Temporary Admin
fstrators Take CharEe-Judge Fer
riII Issued an Order Yesterday Civ
ing Them Charge OF the Property,
and the Right to Enter the Prem
Uses.
The temporary administrators of the es-
tate of Mrs S. c. Parson-Messrs. John q.
Butler and Robert II. Tatem-did not take
possession of the property left here under
her will until yesterday afternoon at
o'clock.
Arrangements we're made to put
Waterman in charge of her personal effects
on Saturday night as staed in Sundays
Morning News, but John Schwabb, who
had been left in charge of the place by
DR.. Parsons, refused to allow the door to
be opened by a locksmith, and threatened
to have the administrators arrested If they
interfered with the property There was
nothing for them to do but wait and take
the matter before the court of ordinary
which they did.
The temporary administrators filed pc
tition with the court of ordinary in which
they stated that they secured the services
of locksmith and went to the building at
the southwest corner Of Price and Liberty
streets to take charge Of the property, but
objections were made by Schwabb, who
said he represented DR.. Parson, as agent,
and he prevented them from doing so. The
petition also set forth that the property be-
longed to the deceased, who had taken me
keys away to California with her, and that
under the circumstances they had the
right as temporary administrators to en-
ter the premises for the purpose of taking
an inventory of what property Is there
rule was issued by Judge Ferrill re-
curing Schwabb to appear before him at
once and show cause why he should not
allow the temporary administrators to
take charge. 1t was shortly after y
O'Clock when the matter came up for a
hearing, at which DR.. Parsons was repre-
scented by Mr. A. c. Wright and the adj
ministrators by Mr.. +. r. Richards.
Schwabb filed an affidavit in answer
stated that he did not know
what property in the house belonged
10 Mrs. Parsons and what property be-
was the residence of DR.. Parsons,
who left it in his charge
and he declined to allow, Mr.. BUT
ler. and Others to enter by breaking or
picking the lock, because he thought it
was his duty to do so.
He submitted that neither the admin
istrators nor the court had the right to
adjudicate the title to the property. He
stated that DR.. Parsons is on his way back
to Savannah, having been telegraphed to
by Mr.. Wright, his attorney, but in an
swer to the telegram no reply has as yet
been received.
After hearing all the evidence in the case
Judge Ferrill granted an order giving pos
session of the property to the temporary
administrators, and giving them the right
to employ a loeksmith for the purpose of
opening the premises A Waterman was
put in charge of the place, and he will be
kept there for the present No doubt con-
siderable more will be heard of the matter
in the courts when DR.. Parsons returns.
There developed in the evidence be-
fore Judge Ferrill some interesting facts
which may give some insight to the char
acteristics of Mrs Parsons who left such
a peculiar Will 1t appears that Dr. Par
sons was her second husband, and that at
the time she married him she was a Mrs.
Alden.
by her first husband she had a son, Har-
old III. Alden, who was educated in the
north. Mrs, Alden living at the time in
Boston. When he was lad of is or 10
years he developed a pulmona-
ny trouble, and after consultation with
physicians ii was found necessary to send
MIN 70 some climate favorable 70 such
complaints. His mother did not like the
idea of sending him away alone nor did
she want his education upon which had
peen spent much care and money, stopped
m company with some one, who could be
az once compa Mon and a tutor to him.
RMS plan was adopted and the son and
tutor went west. A short time went by
ana the mother, hearing nothing from her
son, became anxious Inquiries were made
In every direction, but no information con-
cernlng his whereabouts could be secured
detectives We're finally employed and put
upon the track of the pair The two
We're traced as far as Denver, Col, where
Al trace or them was lost, and since that
TINE nolnlng has ever been heard of Har-
This happened about ten years ago and
since that time the anxious, waiting moth-
er mas spent thousands of dollars trying
10 md out what had become of her LOST
son. Long ago she gave him uD as dead
put awe or dead, she has never since then
heard anything about him. The generallv
accepted theory was that he was made
away with in some manner by mis- com
panlon on account of the fact that he had
considerable money as well as valua 10
personal property with him, which had
been given him by his mother
rms, 1t Is said embittered Mrs Par
son whole life and she has never since
peen entirely happy. She almost ALWAYS
wore black, continuing always to rnonrn
hel son as dead, though she heard nothjno
OF nlm Whether this had anything 10 Dc
WIN ner VIII or not is unknown biit II ie
un1ouDtedly an interesting feature thar
VIII be heard from in the TESTIMONY If IA
NH Il warmly contested, as II is exnected
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