The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-05-22
LAY IN THE ASHES
ALLEGED LAST WILL AND TESLA
NENT OF JACOB z. DAVIS.

MINI VI JAUU6 " UAtlSs
There Mysteriously Appears in the Pro
cesdlngs In the Estate Of the Eccentric
Millionaire q Document Reported te
Have Been Found in the Urn Contain
ing the Remains of His Late Wife
Back of This is q Still Stranger Story OF
VIII fndubitably the Last. Bot OF
Questionable yalidity-C Court News.
San Francisco, May IA will declar-
ed to be forgery and discovered in the
urn containing the ashes OF the tesla
tors dead wife, is one Of the sensational
features thai will be presented in the
contest over the estate Of the late ia
cob z. Davis, the San Francisco million
sire, rhiianihropist and patron of the
arts ana sciences.
Davis was born in Philadelphia and
was a man OF hobbies. Not the least Of
these was q desire TO collect the remains
Of his relatives in the old Dunkard
church-yard al Germantown, near Phil
adeiphia, where he expended over s10,-
900 in erecting white marble headstones
over their graves. He also caused TO
be built an addition 10 the old church, and
i, was during a visit 20 Philadelphia
10 attend the completion Of the struct-
TIRE t5at he died. in October last, at the
Continental hotel. Davis was al one
time president Of the Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty TO Children, an ac-
tive member Of the Acadamy of Sciences
and took a deep interest in the stae
mining bureau. During his life he not
only gave them a great deal OF money,
but made them presents Of statuary and
rare MINERALS.
On the night Of his death, it is stated,
Davis sent for John Senderling, a rela-
tive. aad requested him TO write at his
dictatlon what ne intended TO be his
will. Senderling had nearly completed
the document when Davis suddenly de-
ciared that mis- pulse had stopped beat
ing A few minutes later ne died.
his uncompleted document Senderling
submitted 20 the American rust COM
He was advised that, while there was no
signature 20 the paper, such documents
have been construed by courts TO be wills
and he accordingly iCwsaroaqme,emp
and he accordingly filed 1t with the trust
company. About three weeks after Da-
Wis death and after Alex. Boyd, his part
ner, and z. 3. Mastick, his lifelong
friend, and attorney, had searched high
and low for will, without success, the
document now before the probate court,
making Lizzie Muir and Mrs. Belle Cur
It's the sole iegatees of the dead million
aire. mysteriously appeared. 1t is al
legged 20 have been found in the urn con-
tail ng his wife's ashes. The document
was fled for probate and is now being
contested by the nephew and niece at
the east, Catherine Stead and Joseph
Wilson, who set UP that the paper is a
forgery and is not the last will OF Davis,
or, If IL Is, that 1t was made at a date
when lie was OF weak mind and under
undue influence
THE FAIR WILL CASE.
San Francisco, May A.-Little or no
progress has been made 80 far in the
trial Of the Angus-Craven case, David "
Carvalho. the New York expert, being
the only witness examined. An attempt
was made by counsel for the defense,
upon cross examination, TO show that the
witness had formed an opinion as TO the
genuineness of the signatures submitted
TO him for inspection, before the case
came to trial. but This imputation Car
valho resented. II was drawn out how
ever, that the expert was under contrac.
with the Fair estate for 800 per diem.
and that he had received already $500
On account
SUIT OVER A MINE DEAL.
Chicago, May 21-An assumpsit suit
Tor $4,000 involving a mining deal, has
been flied in the circuit court by Albert
c. Frost against Chauncey D. Clark.
he plaintiff is a Chicago mining broker,
while Clark is a resident of Arizona.
Frost alleges that he negotiated a sale of
a large mining interest for Clark and
claims that there is due him from the de-
PENDANT $4,000 for commissions for his
work.