The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-05
Death Of the Man Who Remarked
His Second Wife Last Monday
Leads to Complications.
Declares That She Had Lived With
Fruin Five Ipars-In His Will
.Johannah Fr,!in and His Chill
dren Are DeyiSccS.

jeremiah Fruin, the aged man who re-
married his former wife on his deathhcd in
ST. Mary's Infrmary at No. 1855 Fapin
street last Monday, died yesterday morning
between ? and 10 O'Clock. Only the sister
who nursed him was at his bedside when
the end came.
On Monday, Immediately after the mar
riage ceremony had been performed. the
old man made will leaving all his prop
erty To his WIFE Johanna. and his children.
This will was drawn up by a lawyer in the
prescT,ce Of the priest who had married the
couple. The priest signed it as n witness.
Yesterday the will was filed for probate by
the children. After this had been done n
woman, who gave her name as Mrs. Jen-
ME Eruin called 1T the Probate Court
and said tha; she had lived with Jeremiah
Fruin at No 1891 South Twelfth street un-
til las. Thursday. when the old man was
taken 10 the in'irmarr She applied for let
tcr.; of administration on his estate, valued
AT about $4,000.
Later in the day Mrs. Johanna Fru:n,
the wife who was remarked To the old man
~. Monday, called at the court and said
| tha, she was the second wife of Fruin. and
! that she and the children were his only
immediate family. When the sor:s were
told about Mrs. Jennie Fruin they he
came indignant and SAID that their father
had merely boarded with her. They de-
| clare she has no claim to the estate.
II seems that jeremiah FrunS first wife
! died in ISL Her children-Robcrt. Ellen anC
Elizabeth F'ruin-are still alive. Shortly aft
er her death Fruin married again. and sep
aratcd from the second Wife. Johanna
Fruin about seven years ago. Fruin was
| a farmer near Bloomington H.. and whei,
| the couple separated, Mrs Fruin remained
! i'm Bloomington. while he came to St Louis
| In the will which was made. on the ":i
mans dcathbcd, the children of Johanna
; Fruin are also mentioned. They are 'si'h'
ard Frank lcrt miah and William f'rui
and Elizabeth ponahoc. Richard Fruin IL Il
rollccman and Robert truin, MS step
brother was formerly "A fireman. Thc Won-
an representing herself as Jennie i'ruin. III.
wife who said she lived with trnin at No
| 1877 South Twelfth street. could not p'
found at that address Yesterday. The neigh
bors said that she would not see strangers
They said that on Monday afternoon two
sons of F'run. with a policeman came
10 their tenement apartments ana gave . Airs
F'ruin y note purportinS 10 rnins l'ut IN
| jeremiah Fruin. asking hcr to deliver TO ms
| sons the KEYS OF Il safe deposit vault left
! in her safe-kecping The vault contained
| his old will.
| left finally with the officer declaring theS
| would invoke the law - obtain what they
! desired. Since then she has not seen an!
| strangers. To the knowledge OF neiShhors
! in the house. the woman has lived there as
| the common-iaw wife of Frnin tor fv'
| years. They speak highly of her. She Is
| about 81 years old.
Robert Frun was seen last night at hi'
| himc. No. 5l02 E:,stnn avenue. where tn.
| body of the dead man viii remain unit
! the burial. which is Ia take place to-mor
| row IT o'clock in the afternoon. He His
! credited the woman claiming to he Eruln:
| wife and said her name was jennie lEeSsel
| He declared that she had never lived Will
| his father as wife, asserting that ih'
! old man had merely boarded with her dur
| ing the last few years.
| In tha will Jeremiah r. Ernin Is named
| as the administrator. 4 call was made cl
| jeremiah Fruin of the Fruin- Bambri2r
| Construction Company. al his nome, No
| 6sCN Columbia avenue He SAID that. a!
| though he was cousin of the dead man
| he knew nothing of his affairs. and # h
had named him as administrator he knev
| nothing of it. and. Furthermore Wante'
| nothing to do with 1t. He visited th'
| Fruins on Easton avenue last night.
Frank Fruin. of the sons Is black
4 smith at the quarry camp. NO. Si Souti
| Spring avenue, where he lives.