The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-03
IS SHE HIS WIDOW z
PosTHu noUs CLAIM FOR ALLEN
GREGoRY's PROPERTY.
Martha CIybaurn Asserts shs
His LavfuG Wife aHd
Her share of sI.eoo.et'o He LII
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vx.~. sua- Gregory and Martha ely
So, ,.,,ss,.,,s and wife il the eyes q me
fzW7
\ ~s<rar.s coed name. TIE pride Of az
- ,.s,1r.va family ard the dlslrlsafton O.
80 ezase worth l.eop8 hang upon Ias
.zngwsr. 100
kt,sr Gregory was ore % this city's olo-
-, t.ea4 tsnyyvn and Ficnest stockmen- he
sss.t August 2 without a will Twenty
eve collateral heirs united IL a petition
recising that they were ms OILY ia"Lal
tnherltorz and, there being no eoaIess' TIE
probate court appointed admits FaioFs %
Distribute the estate among fneE1i-
Nov comes Martha C4yb2arn, daughter
az Archibald cly boarn. Allsn 6reEoFy :
oIseat fssslness associate 81 Chicago. and
sister Of has closet ard most trusted liisi'd
wl;n fns claim saat she Is Allen Gregory 9
3sv.ft4I vrsfoPx she asks tEat The former
apgo.ntulent % administrators - sci ASIDE
aaa az administrator % her cnoosai-s Dc
gaue8 instead ,.,..,.-
sas story uafoIaed contains both The es-
aenftsIe asd fae lucldenIals Of romance.
4n uasnf q lime K dates back 20 the begin
nlug 81 Chicago history. The ehtfac.ers
Ia i have been conspicuous in the aeyei-
osneat og lbs metropolis. The s4Etss ions
s4eavs Inc strained irnaginings Of tae pay
haS5Ger 81 a discount
Thefr Relations Close.
Il Il fact admitted on ali sides OF tue
controversy thar the relations between
AlIen Gregory and Martha Clyo3uFn we're
close. very close. through forty years
on one slte X l. C9ntcnded that the lae
Scr, of tnese two S. oDe u unsullied love.
RUNNING ualntefruntediy through al the
trials Of lse0 score years Until both were
eli aua ore had 10ftered into his grave.
~ fhe contention AZ the other side the
word "Ioge'' Is displaced with a harsher
tenn ans the mutual relations Of these
two uersens Is placed on the lowest plane.
the attorneys FOR the pseudo widow say
sflAg sill bring forward iudubiiable proof
fsv fssa4.e az min peachabie Witnesses 20
the fact that 3 marriage contract was
made between Alien Gregory and Martha
esgvbaufn. The attorneys for the collat-
ersf befFa gcoN 90 such claims. and assert
their abillty % prove that this claim
against Alien Greg0ry's estate Is me
manufactured scheme OF a woman, crafty
ard eonscleneeses&
On one glide L. q woman, educated ana
refined. Behind her stand a mother, now
Is years old ard brothers imbuca with
all me pride that comes from financial
eueeess and pioneer prestige. One Of the
latter Frank T. Ciyb0uFn. was Allen
Gregory confidential emp.oye for TWEEN
IL years and j. now Of the firm Of Ba
con Dawson & Co. which succeeded 10
the business Allen Gregory butt up.
James Ia in business at Division and
Clark streets. Henry Is the Beach Land
Company.
on the other side are twenty-five col
lateral heirs and The administrators ap-
pointed on their petition. Merton g.. Ba-
ker and Byron A. Hathaway. Baker Is
nephew OF Allen Gregory and clerk in
the employ Of Bacon. Dawson * Co,
Frank T. Clybouru's firm. Hathaway en-
tered the employ Of Allen Gregory TWEEN
ty-iIve years ago and remains with Bs-
con. Dawson a Co. as the confidential
clerk OF Frank r. Clybourn and his part
nar.
Mans DupiicEts.
Alien Gregory came to Chicago from New
York tn 1877 and Immediately took ~ the
business OF stock buyer and drover. Archl-
bald Clyhourn had been established here
about twenty years. and was then the rep
reeentatlve OF the city's growing meat
packing industry. Business relations pc
tween Gregory and Clybourn were estah-
lished from the first. These broadened into
social relations.
Martha Clybourn was then % beautiful
and refined with the added accomplish
ments conferred by the attention Of gov
erness and the finishing school Gregory
fell IN love. proposed and was accepted.
and child IN New York The man talked
as men Do under such circurnstanees-held
cat the hope Of divorce and Of the early
death Of the first wife-and the gtri who
had confessed her love said she would
wait
Mrs Gregory No. was not divorced and
did net die mill fSG. Meanwhile. after
tTne bad dlmmed recollection % his du-
piic3fy In conCeaiiEg his first marriage
Gregory was received on the lrleudlie5t
footing by I'll the Ciyhourns
Nartha Cl.hourn remained spins'er
After her fathers death she lived With
her mother with her brothers and At times
lived by herself The attachment he-
tween her and Gregory never vas broken
of. nor. SO far AS known. even strained.
She received valuable presents from MIN.
Including nancy and north side real estate
worth $1,000 oy t21s This fact viii be
advanced by ths attorneys fer the col
lateral heirs as evidence that The e0nuec-
ton vas not one tending toward matri-
nony. The attorneys for che woman VII
argge that r. merely acceatuates Tire at-
iaehment As 90 the facts up 10 this point
there IS no dispute.
The Nomsn's Claim.
Chicago Times-Herald
Martha C'lvh0urn went 90 1--we IN the same
heuee with Gregory az Sixfy-nrst and But
ieE streets Eve years ago Three years later
M. Gregory No. 8led. The woman's
e1ain nos is TASK Alien UregoTy tAeTeupou
entered into a lawful contract 81 marriage
Vim her AMI iB thp presence of Witnesses,
1sssc Mayer, of Moran Kraus q MAYER.
Saws thts fact can Pc established beyond
DISPUTE Ruuyan & Runyan. attorneys for
the collateral heirs claim TO De- able 20
prove thAt 10 sucb contract was made;
2at Gregory never acknowledge the
weFuan as his wife ana that she never has
cla'mea 20 Pr Mrs. Gregory untu within
fgw DAYS. having signed her name within
= nson&h as Martha Clyhourn
TIE collateral heirs make much q The
points tt8{ no public acknowledgment ~
TIRE marriage was made that the woman
did not 50 90 she fuuerAI as a widow. and
that her movement 70 establish her claim
vas an aftertaouEht. The waman's friends
snsweT that both ptrsIcs 20 the contract
were - CID aat SO needless - social cor
ssdsratious shat they ga not take the pains
"a publish their marriage. That che woman
vas sick on the day q tbo funeral ard jsst
ene hat sixty DAYS Wr3er the 'aw lu which
20 arpiy for an administrator. l. Ga also
ci lined shas the heirs tried % dispose IS
her ~ The homestead the day after the
funeral Bot these arc side issues THE
case hinges on ore question 81 faet-the
existence 81 marriage contrast
me estate = worth nghtlnE for. " con-
ststs ef Indiana real estate worth go so.
I.tra1s real estate. Xaes1 aaa q holdings
fa Texas ard other states ragtnsrsalu
property owned ~ Tire ola arms IL tseeS-
6.y q cooley ena Gregory s Hastings and
t1Kea-Qfisa as peraon&L enough ie rg.rg
tbe tettl yo 81. &c esl The inheritance laHs
81 tie Rari0as states are sach ths. ths
- aAtai. * successful will ges rFaefs-.sffv