The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-12
4 FORTUNE RESTS ON A NOSE.
George kipp irving TO Prove His Claim to an
Estate by Ills Nnsnl OrEan.

KINGSTON, y. V. Sept. ia unique feature.
the Kip nose" has been introduced into the
litigation regarding the heirshtp to the valuable
Andrew kipp estate az SaugertieS. in this coun-
~. When Andrew kipp died without having
made II will, his brother William supposed that
he was the only heir. but ny and by, two Cal.
ifornians, George Kipp and Nottie Kipp. APP
peared before the Surrogate and claimed that
they were children Of James Brown Kip. a
dead brother Of Andrew, and that therefore
onc.half OF the estate belonged to them. vii
liam refused to recognize them as relatives. and
said that they would have.to make their claim
good by solid legal evidence before he would
agree TO give them II penny.
That we can readily do they replied. be
cause pa told us many and many n time that
he was from Saugerties. New York State, and
that you and Andrew were his brothers"
When their lawyer informed them that per
Sonal communications with n deceased person
by one pecuniarily Interested were not legal evi.
dcncc, they were greatly troubled how to prove
that the James Brown Kipp. their father, was
a brother Of the Saugerties Kipp who left the
fortune, because James Brown Kip ran away
from home whom a boy to seek his fortune, and
died in California, au old man. without ever
having returned TO New York State, OF seen
any person who could identify him as a mem
Der OF the Saugerties Kipps.
A happy thought, the Kip rose. gave them
my Identity by the KIP, nose. and lhcn the
course" To explain regarding the Kipp nose,
it is a nose o~f.ratier, peculiar form, large, for
from the forehead and IL broad base. II l. "A
nose which. according to the testimony OF one
other noses that it could not possibly hu mis-.
taken, and could readily. be picked ont In a
crowd. This nose. memorable as fate. has fol
L. Ng.lin lnnE IlNn lima ~ IA inn TRnnnfa
Nature Enllnntly iorchoars TO infict ii upoa :hc
female kipps, whose features are more like
Kip nose in all It's grand proportions. Nettie's
most Inns II pretty turn. 1t WAS thus that
'hS Sh h1pR n n,her became tna, pT 81 m"s. IN n 'nls ease Z i%n
could not be- remembered. or traced, the Kip
nose could BIO traced. Very old res.dcnts of
u hoy, had n Kip nose. Californians rencn-
bercd this striking feature. IT. did not require
a maGnifyinE glass to zoe n kipp nose on his
%tration. When he testified as a witness, it be-
came easy 10 compare his iasal organ with that
Exp mr i1'. r"uld Hdc,Sct the "s salient ei"i,t,I points nj n'' 'n''0'
william kisp did not intend 10 let IL this eyi.
argued that To establish such u precedent would
be cxcocding.y dansorous. Noses oftentiincs
resembles nm; irdn s% ~ home GlnS', ,v ihSnGn inc paruGs n@d
1t was urged that skilful surgeons could even
graft a muse on n mans face aid mould II after
almost any pattern, Strange to relate. counsel
for the California people mad v~ortently strength
enod this statement, Noting that one Of VII
liam Kipp's counsel had IA very Ia: 10 nose, with
one or two angles in II, hc called the attehtion Of
the court to that fact, saying:
Your Honor, here Is an OBJECT lesson. Can IL
be doubted that u nose Ike that of my brother
member Of the bar. tran mitted to postcrily.
would not BIS recognized rs II feature OF his fam
iiyi"" -,
Bless your soul. " shouted the lawyer with
the nose, The peculiar structure OF my nose is
apple thrown by a boy when l went to school.
Before that IL was n very respectable nose
What tho outcome of this lawsuit will DO Ia
not, even s~hadowed, but popular r! mpathy ID
with the man with the Kipp nose and his sister.