Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-24
LONDON WOMAN'S SUCCESSFUL
APPEAL TO MCKINLEY.
One OF the Heirs OF Estate OF Patrick
McCabe Asks the President 10 As
sist Her in Getting Her Portion OF
the Property-Executive Sends Let
ter to Mayor Whelan.
Madison, Nov. -.

IL HOO WIZ tOAu lie u NEll5 10
YOU said Mary Jane McCabe of Lon
don, ELg., in a letter to President Nc
kinley begging him to assist her in
getting her snare Of an estate left by
her uncle, Patrick McCabe, who was
at one time surveyor Of Dane county
and lived at Mazomanie He died in
England, where he was visiting, in
1876. 1t was lucky day when Mary
Jane bethought herself to write to
Mckinley and it was likewise fortu-
nate day when she hit upon the telling
expressions contained in her letter
IDENTIFY deeply impressed Mckinley for
without delay he forwarded the letter
to Mayor Whelan, with line request
ing that the case be looked into. The
letter furnished information long
sought by Administrator James Conk-
lin who has had charge Of the McCabe
estate for about 20 years, being unable
to settle it up because the whereabouts
of one Of the heirs were unknown.
Upon receipt of the letter Mayor Whe-
Ian took it over to Spooner, Sanborn
& Spooner, attorneys of the admins
traitor, who will have the estate of
$4,000 partitioned among the heirs to-
day and Mary Jane will soon receive
her portion. This information is be-
ing conveyed to Mckinley and Mary
Jane by letters written by Mayor
WheIan late Monday afternoon.
The history of the McCabe estate
makes an interesting story. McCabe,
who was a bachelor, left a will, drawn
by Joseph Ford, bequeathing his prop
erty to his sister, Mary, and his
brother, James Before McCabe came
to this country his sister ran away
from home and her whereabouts since
have never been known to her rela-
tives. A thorough search was made
for her, but to no avail and year ago
on petition Of Spooner, Sanborn &
SpooneT, the court declared her legal
Iy dead. Then the state claimed the
estate or a portion of it on the ground
that the heirs had not secured it with
in the time fixed by laval years and
8 months after the death of the
legator. The state was finally beaten
and preparations we're completed for a
distribution of the property when
Mary James letter arrived. The letter
reads as follows:
ITO President Mckinley of the
United States of America:-Please
will you be so good as send me my
Uncle Patrick McCabe's money. 1t
+1- pIx c;, ho
died and left his money to us, his
brothers children. My uncle was a
government servant in Madison, Wis.
He held Office for over thirty years as
city and land surveyor. He had to
give all his money to the aid OF the
war and only for his grey hairs he
would have had to go to fight for his
ter that was not much, only $50 each
and there are six of us in all, so the
solicitors, Messrs. Arnott, Swan &
Walker, of Pilgrim street, Newcastle
| on-Tyne, where we were born and
brought up and lived all our lives, say.
Well I, Mary Jane McCabe, am the
youngest daughter of James McCabe,
Cabe of Madison, Wis. l have had
great illness. l had to go through a
serious operation. l had to leave my
situation where | lived as nurse in
Brussels. What | had saved | had to
pay to doctors. l am not able to
work for myself. I am staying on the
charity of this lady. She cannot keep
me. In February of this year the con-
sui o. the United States in Brussels
sought me out. | had to go to the Of
fee and give an account of al! my
brothers and sisters and he saio the
whole particulars were correct and he
said we would get it in six months. |
have hoped it would come every day.
By brothers and sisters cannot do any
thing for me because they have SO
many children. Please send it, Mr..
Mckinley. It's God who told me to
write to you. Don't refuse to send it.
All | can do for you and yours is to
pray that God will bless you. l can
scarcely write. I'm in such pain with
rheumatism. My hands are all twisted
with it. The 6 so will get me into the
Little Sisters of the Poor Please ex-
cuse my addressing you. Yours very
respectfully,
Mary Jane McCabe
please don't put me into the waste
paper basket"