Daily inter mountain., 1899-05-30
Second Alleged Will of John D.
Airport
MAKES ITS APPEA EARANCE
Petition For Its Probate Filed in the
District COurt-.PrOrerty
IS Valuable.

! A document purporting to be the last
will and testament Of John D. Airport
who died in Basin on the oath of Novem-
ber, 1895, was found yesterday by Mike
s. Giegerch and placed on file in the Of
| flee of the clerk Of the court a few min
utes before the hour for closing. The
document bears the date Of October, IS,
1895, and also the signatures of b. c. w.
Evans and NJ. S. Giegerich as witnesses
1t reads as follows:
| Il, John D. Airport. in Butte city,
state of Montana, realizing the uncer-
taint yof life, do hereby make, execute
! publish and declare this to be my last
will and testament:
| First, do hereby give devise and be-
queath unto my sister, Caroline Viola
Kelley, now residing in Denver city,
state Of Colorado, all my property, both
real and personal Of every kind and de-
scription, wherever the same may be sit
uated at this time, or at the time of my
death.
| Second, do hereby designate and ap-
point my said sister, Caroline Viola Kel-
ley, eXecutrx OF this, my last will and
testament without bonds.
| In testimony whereof do hereby ex-
ecute this document as my last will and
testament, in the presence Of B. G. w.
| LN uHl 4s1. 0lcSGIlCI dS WllucSSeS,
and do request them to execute the same
as such this 18th day of October, A. D.
1895 JOHN d. ALLPORT."
| Them follows the signatures of Mike S.
Giegerich and B. C. w. Evans.
When the document was found it was
taken to Attorney j. L. Wines and Mrs.
Kelley, the latter Of whom is now a resi-
dent of Butte. 1t was also shown to
John Devlin. The four escorted it to E.
"A. Nichols. justice of the peace, where
the story of its discovery was related by
Giegerich. He said he had found it in a
! tin box in his trunk, which had been
stored in the hardware department OF
one Of the Anaconda companys stores.
Up to the time of the discovery he said,
he had forgotten it's existence.
| Justice Nichols examined the alleged
will and returned it to the party. 1t was
| then taken to the court house and filed
along with petition for its probate. The
petition stated that John D. Airport had
died in Basin at the age Of Sc years, but
the will had been drawn up in Butte and
signed. The property left, it said, con-
sisted Of six patented mining claims in
/ Jefferson county, quarter interest in
the Minnie Healy claim, $3.50 on deposit
in the First National bank, $34O in the
Boulder bank, 60 lots in Basin and per-
sonal property not to exceed 81, 900 in
|
had been used in the administration of
the estate prior to the discovery Of the
will. The value of the mining property
could not be accurately fixed. but it
would not exceed 100000. The Jefferson
county lots We're valued at $4,000
The petition shows the next of kin and
hers-at-law to be Caroline Viola Kel-
ley, sister, aged about 45 years, and
residing in Butte; Mary Miller, half sis
ter, aged 20 years, and residing at Hell
ena; Lille S. Farleigh, half sister, aged
80 years. and residing in Chicago; De-
vincy Airport, a brother, aged 4S years,
residing at Glare, Mich. Mrs. Frances
Wellman, a niece, whose age and resi-
dence are unknown
A few months ago another document
purporting to be the last will and testa-
ment of Airport was dug up and it's VAL
Ildlty was questioned It's conditions
We're practically the same as the one that
Hoated TO the surface yesterday. 1t was