Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-25
ALVEY MISSING YET,
Police VIII Put Forth Special
Efforts to Find Him.
THE CLAIM OF CORA BAILEY
To Be Paid The Money she Had Given
Mr.. LipScOmb.
THE WIFE STORY NOT BELIEVED.
Relatives of the Deceased Deny That
He Was Ever Married to the Wo-
creased Reward offered.

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cate him, or to find his body. if he be
dead. not the slightest clue has been OBJ
tanned.
After conference with the Chief of Po-
lice yesterday. Mr. Edward Alvey.
brother OF the missing man. placed the
case entirely I'm his hands. and increased
the amount Of the reward offered to $500.
Major Howard is using the many means
I'm his control to search for the Cost
merchant" and new circulars Offering
the increased reward and giving a minute
description Of Mr. Alvey are being scat
tered broadcast throughout the country.
DO NOT BELIEVE HIsf DEAD.
The police DO not incline to the belief
that Mr.. Alvey has made away with
himself. They rather lean to the theory
that he has gone away. and has placed
many miles between himself and this
city. In accounting for this strange action
on his part, however, they. as well as
the family and frienGs of Mr.. Alvey, are
at sea, and are entirely without a theory.
Ihere was. so far as can be seen. abso-
lutely no reason for him 10 leave his
home. His domestic relations were Of the
most happy nature. and his business af-
fairs are in excellent condition.
Mr.. Alvey. as is generally known, was
one Of the administrators on the estate
OF his uncle. Major W. c. LpscOmb. who
died in July last, leaving a fortune esti-
mated TO be worth over 10000. The af-
fairs Of this estate have been carefully
looked into since the unaccountable de-
parture of Mr.. Alvey. but as was antci-
p1ted, it was ascertamed that the estate
was not involved in any way whatever
by his departure. Indeed. IL could not
have been. as no moneys could have been
drawn from the estates repositories with
out the joint signatures Of Messrs. Alvey
and Benjamin Lipscomb. the other adj
| minstrator.
THE CLAIM OF CORA BAILEY.
A rather complicated situation deve-
Oped I'm the case soon after the admins
/ traitors qualified. Cora Bailey or Cora
| Lipscomb. as she calls herself who
claims 10 be q Creole and 10 have been
the wife Of Major Lipscomb put in a
I claim FOR portion of the estate She
asserted that she had many years ago
given Major Lipscomb sums of money
assregating more than $1,000 for invest
/ mcnt and that no settlement had been
/ made. Her son. William II. LipscOmb,
also claims that, besides having worked
/ ON Major LipscOmb's farm for years
/ without receiving any salary he had
given Major Lpscomb money received
from an uncle To invest for him.
This complication. some of Mr.. Alvcy's
friends think. preyed on his mind TO such
an extent as TO cause him 10 lose his
mental equilibrium, and that while labor
/ ing under halucinatiOn Of the brain be
/ wandered off.
The interest in the estate claimed by
| Cora Bailey is not based on her allega-
ton that she was the wife OF the late
| Major Lipscomb or heirship on the part
| OF her son, but she asks for a refund Of
| the money. which she claims 10 have
| turned over TO the deceased and for ser
vices rendered. She acted through her
son. to whom she has assigned her inter-
est and placed her claim in the hands Of
! Messrs. Leake Il Carter, attorneys Of
! this city The administrators secured the
| services of Mr. Jackson Guy, and JUST
prior to Mr.. Alvey's disappearance the
| counsel reached a compromise whereby
| the womln was to receive a stated sum,
| though this amount has not yet been
made public. The money would have been
paid before now but for the absence OF
| NJ. Alvey.
THE WOMAN'S STORY.
The woman. Cora Bailey. tells a rather
interesting story She is now in a little
| house on the outskirts Of Bermuda Hun
dred. on what promises TO be her death
! he'd. and is apparently, in rather desI-
! tute circumstances She asserted In an
interview that she was born Of Littleton
| Bailey. "a Nirginian, and Creole woman
some forty miles above Alexandra, La;
that she was educated at ST. Boosters
School. q celebrated French convent. and
that while a student there she eloped or
| was married 10 w 9. LipscOmb, who
was then living in New Orleans. where
he had made considerable money in the
tobacco and cotton business. This was
| in 1862 when the woman was 10 years or
age. Shortly thereafter the Federal troops
burned a large portion Of the town OF
| Alexandria, and the record Of the mar
| riage was destroyed.
After this the woman claims, she con
Quoted a restaurant in New orleans, ana
cleared from the enterprise between So
600 and $4,000. which she turned over to
| Major Lipscomb 10 invest for her
NEVER GOT ANY MONEY.
! In concluding her interview the woman
| said: Il have never gotten back any part
of this money. which ] suppose is still
invested. In 1873 / came TO Virginia, and
have lived ever since at Pressure Isle. Du-
ring most OF that time / helped 10 man
/ age the estate. After Mr.. lApscomp
death / had nowhere TO go / have no.
thing and | understand he has cut off
me and his son without a dollar, ana L
cm here dying. and have not enough TO
nav FOR my funeral expenses. / put my
! claims. with all the papers, into the hands
/ of "a legal firm in Richmond. signing pa
pers which transferred my claims 10 my
| son. Since that was done / have been so
! i'm thai | have not been able 10 make any
! further inquiries into the matter but
! have heard that the claims would be set
! tied satisfactorily"
The son. W. r. LpscOmb, says that
Major Npscomb told him not long before
his death that his will had been drawn
and was in a private box in a richmond
bank. and that he was provided Tor IN IT,
WAS NOT HIS WIFE.
The relatives and friends here Of Major
ianscomb DENY that the Bailey woman
was his wife. Nor do they believe her 10
he a Creole. Mr.. Calvin Lpscomb said
Yesterday that there was no truth in the
story of she having been married TO his
brother she Is not a Creole" said Mr..
| iuscomb but colOred woman and has
! kinkv hair like the rest Of the negroes
eve see about here. She lived at Presque
Isle during my brothers lifetime, but she
certainly was not recognized by him as
his wife. nor dld she set up any such
ciairi during his life
THE LIPSCOMB ESTATE
~. property left by Mr.. Iipscomb con-
sisted OF The splendid farm. Pressure Isle.
part OF the building on Main street be-
tween Ninth and Tenth. In Richmond,
and extending back TO Bank street
known as the Commercial Hotel; the
building al Third and Main streets, oc-