The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-13

Just now Dawson 10 enJoyins . senss-
ton caused By the Death Of q ricn miner
VINO bore . common EnsiIsn family name.
viz. that Of william II. sutton.
The man d.ed February !. iAe. Ia the
Fory-Mile District and IL reported 90 have
left - an estate . snug fortune In god
ard nuggets In addition To various rfc1
naming claims. sutton. 90 far back a. can
ba ascertained By Consul Nccock. was but
littIe known In sns ForsyMtie country,
and no one has 90 far turned ap 70 whom
the dead miner connded anything aoout
himself or his past life.
And all this only Increased fhs heaps u
trouble" sutton seems TO nave Jeff behind
HIM with his fortune and estate. for no
less than four women claim the deceased
MINER was their lawfully welded husband.
and, what 10 Of very much more import
ance 20 them. that they and their children
are entitled 90 Suftonfs money. yoES NJ
the four are 81 all basnfui IN putting for
ward their claims. and while none Of them
cvincc N their letters q consuming gref
over Sutfon's death. they unanimously as
sert they need his money. want 10 and are
going o. have 10, ~ 10 10 possible 20 xet 10.
In ADDITION 10 the duarsettc Of widows
after gutton's money, there are sevcrx5 al
legged male relatives. among whom II an
The women claiming to BE- sssto1s wsd-
ows are:
Mrs.. Haims sutton, Of Anoka, MINI, Dus
VINO writss from Chicago.
Mrs. t. L. sutton, Of OTTAWA, VINO has
a daughter, and who has employed an at
torney.
Mrs. Josephine sutton. Of Chicago. VINO
also has daughter.
Mrs. Donna Bruce sutton, 81 Chicago.
who has several children.
4 Mseh-WsSSSel Mes.
From the letters written by the alleged
WIDOWS and the descriptions furnished 81
their husband. 10 begins 20 look - ~ SUIT
ton was a much married man. with out
one legal wife. and surface Indications
point 20 Mrs. Hanna sutton AZ the one
widow6ood and right to the KIond.kers
fortune.
Mrs. Hanna sutton describes her hus-
living with her IN 1897 IN New York city.
aad left her for the KIondike She says
no was u years old. brown hair, blue eyes
and weighed about 10 pounds. and snc
when has been secosnixed a. that Of the
worried on fofsy-NlIs win hsm Mrs.
Hanna sutton aIsc says she has aesrd n
ss . scsseh ss sHnssc VINO claims tho de-
the description gwen o. her husS.nS ~
Mr.. l. L. Sutton ~ OTTAWA, taiIIes
closely with that sfven by Mrs. Hanna
sutton. She also had heard ~ That wom-
an. Josephine sutton" in Chicago. before
n~r husband left for the klono.ke, and
sent her daughter over to- Chicago to see
not msred 70 sea " s rna nS
Mrs. l.. T.. sutton had never heard VI
any other Mrs. eufson's claiming her nus-
hand. He left her some years ago Dc
cause she was perfectly useless" she says.
and hs had grown tired Of supporfinG
her.
Then comes shs Mrs Josephine sutton,
~ chicago. Her description 81 the nsissng
husband gives the same blue eyes, brown
hair. height and weight ~ the osnev wom-
en- describe. but she places the age nc
from 70 To 80. In fact, It IL supposed that
ton. Il mispr.nt, ard shouIA read ..
since the photograph she sends IL Of .
man about that age. Josephine sutton
claims 20 b. lawfully welded wife
description Of her husband does not tally
a. closely with the others az they do with
each other. stu II has many points Of abb
solute similarity. she says her husband
ford. Pa. and gives certain marks and
scars that will b. conclusive proof Of fd~n-
tIty II found on the body buried at Forty
Mile creek. In fact. the Dawson officials
think that Mrs. Donna Bruce sutton 10
probably mistaken IN the man.
MIS- righs Ps~1iseA.
From the fact that both Mrs. Hanna and
Mrs. L. T.. Sutton knew 81 the exi~fencs
and claims Of Mra Josephine sutton. Of
Chicago. = n believed the three women.
at least. are hunting the same man. and
tho photograph sent by Mrs. Hanna sutton
having been recognized by the miners IL
- also likely that the mar they are hunting
- william Henry Sutton. VINO died and
~ buried IN Forty-MiIe district
The prospects for long. kvely and very
bitterly contested fight over the estate %
the deceased miner has moved Consul Nc
Cook 20 commence an Investigation az
once. He has asked miners who knew ~
~. Sutton 10 call on Inn ard take q look
az IN. photograph. The consul mas also
advised the commissioner ut Eagle CITY
10 administer upon the estate 81 w ~
sutton. sending HIM an inventory % sucn
property a. hss been found. This Inelud@s
no cash or duss, but does snum~rns~ the
following valuable claims belonging TO
tire deceased: On the American side Of
forfy-Mile no owned claims On s0tsaw
Hail. Arkzn~aw. Canyon and O'Rrfen
creeks, ard slSo claims On Waters fork
Dome and other streams In addition
sutton r. sad 90 own valuable property ia