The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-07-01
HOPKIN 5 WILL SETTLED.

Eccentric Bachelor and Have
Compromised With His
Relatives.
The contest III the courts over
the Will and estate III tho late
Charles Grandson Hopkins has
been compromised aud settled.
The thirty five heirs 81 Hopkins
have signed over their right and
tittle to any interest III the estate
10 Thomas M. Bar., The will,
which left four houses 10 Miss
Harriet y, Calvert and the rest
of the estate of nearly half mil
! lion dollars u Thomas Nj. Barr,
will be proved up in the probate
court this week, the law suit con
testing the viii Is to bo dismissed
and that will leave Mr.. Barr and
Mis- Calvert in undiBputed poses
sion 81 the property, thus ending
a long, complicated and some-
what noted legal controversy.
Charles Grandson Hopkins
was an old bachelor, ard had
very few friends and he ii said to
have despiaed his own family.
He lived for years in ono Of his
own houses at 4lS West Tenth
street, kept as a boarding house
1 by Miss Calvert. His only BUS
mess associate in later years was
Mr.. Barr. Miss Calvert nureed
him when be wa sick and was as
kind to him as she would have
been il he had been her father.
Barr was the only man who was
/ implicitedly trusted By Hopkins.
Shortly before his death Hopkins
called in q. O. Tichenor and
Henry G, Kumpf to witness the
will he had written, leaving the
four houses on West Tenth street
to Miss Calvert and the remaind-
er Of his estate to Mr.. Barr. He
died October 20, 1896, and this
will was filed for probate.
The personal estate left by
Hopkins was appraised at S85, 600
but was worth much more. The
real estate consisted 81 a one
third interest in a large tract
known as West Terrace bluff
The sloping, rough ground be-
tween Eighth and Twelfth street
from the railroad tracks to the
bluffs, WI ich has been taken for
a part Of West Terrace park; the
vacant tract at the southwest
corner of Tenth and Broadway,
Iopposite the Coates hotel; tract
on the east side of Washington
street just north Of the Progress
club house, between Tenth and
Eleventh; 100 feet on Eight street
west Of Harrison, with a ten room
brick house on it, now occupied
by Isaac Bachrach; the old Gil
liss house on the leyee; 100 feet
on Broadway at the corner of
Ninth and Broadway, and other
tracts Of land scattered about the
North end. This property was
nearly all very valuable.
MONEY PAID TO THE HEIRS.
When the will Of Mr.. Hopkins
was filed, showing that not a rel
atiye Of his had received a cent,
relatives in different parts Of the
country gave notice that they
would contest the will These
relatives, thirty five il all,
combined together and brought
suit in the circuit court ii Feb
ruary, 1897, alleging that the
will was made by Hopkins while
under the Influence and control
Of Barr and Miss Calvert. The
only near relatives were Mrs,
/ Narcissa Nelson Of indianapolis
and Mrs. Martha A. Martin of
/ Maysville, KY, a half sister.
| The other claimants were enephews
and half nephews, nieces and
| half nieces.
/ Mr.. Barr and Miss Calvert were
represented by attorneys Gardi-
ner Lathrop, Francis NJ. Black
and jules G.. Rosenberger. The
! contesting heirs were represented
tby Frank p. Walsh, Samuel
| StrotheF, William Warner and
! w. II. II. Miller Of indianapolis.