The Savannah morning news., 1900-10-31
CONFUSED OVER THE LEGACY.
THAT $1,000 SUPPOSED TO HAVE
HEN LEFT THE GERMANS.

HEN LEFT THE GERMANS.
Omccrs aud Members of the CompanS
Are sian In the DarL-Thcy COULD
Learn Little About the Matter.
Morning News Gained the storS
From Heirs OF DominicL brown.
q. VI. Cason says the Germans win
Get the Money ~ 10 Was Wilied
Them and Has Not Been Pnid-IIns
Not CInImed ~ Was Paid capt.
Henry koIshorn.
The question of a legacy Of 5000 3D.
sim concerning thc German Volunteer.
VINO are Discussing the matter ana nlu.s
Ing in no little speculation over b. Two
officers Of the company mentioned tht
supposed legacy yesterday aut neither
had any definite informa Ion about lt ald
both were an AZ sea when i, come 90
giving Information that was 90 che .eaat
authoritative
a queer and. as matters developed under
quest instituted by @ representative az
tho Morning NcWs. an absurd rspar, rcl,-
tive 20 CAPT Henry Kols has bc,n lu
circulation. As tho .iog runs t seems
that Capt Kolshorn himself was concern
ga over the report ana was busly euear-
cd IN proving its falsty Two officers of
the Germans spoke OF tho matter. and.
though neither know anything about g.
they gave very assurance THAT they re-
posed the utmost trust in capt Kolsaern
and that Dee was o. no way responsible for
reach them
This Report was claim ~ tho heirs
OF the bominick brown estate that the
$500 had been paid oyrr to capt Kol-
shorn several years ago. This cant kuI-
=horn Indignantly denied. ana d,aed auy
one 60 show his cept Tor the amount
or prove On ans way that be- had seer
received o. He had absolutely no ltnoWl-
edge - such a Request having ever be,u
made the company. further than hercsay.
and that. 80 first. had never connected
bis name in any way with tbe Watfe-.
A Representative of the Morning NeN
learned that the heirs 81 THE admu,s'.i-
tor 81 tho estate of th. late HominicA
Brown we're 10 bo found az the coru.r ~
jefferson street ana Br luFht0u .tre,t
lane Mr. r. IS Cl.au and his s'e-eou
were found. and De- ftory they told seems
to relieve cant kolslorn ot any uHUcs-
sity for indicating himself. Tor absolute
ly no charges against him are made
Nir Ca-ou married 10 willow the niece
of Dominiek Rrowu ana az hts hrotaDr.
Fabian Brown. both OF whom ore dead.
AR Fabian Brown was administrator %
the e~tntc - Mr. Domiulrk Brown vote
efan member OF the German Volunteers.
who killed himself by shooting himself
through the mead several years aE'. lin
Vas Inferred with military houors. the
Germans turning out for tho funeral
Mr. Caa1n said he knew of 60 such
legacy 90 the Germans. though nc bal
heard hls wife and siep--0u stv once or
twice casually that $1,000 had been i.ft
hv Dominic Brown 90 tho German Vol
uutesrr. This. though. lc believed was
through a confusion OF Ideas. as 81 .p1 was
lfft Co an ts-rurgfon cf the Germans.
who bad treated Mr. Brown so kfully
aftcr hc had been wounded in the oattla
~ Atlanta th8t he sawed bis lex from
lmputatlou. That N.0o hai been paid by
Fabian Brown. the administrator. and
Mr. Cason declared that ~ was ready
since Fabian Brown did rot 40 So. g. pay
over 81 goo to the German Volunteers 30
it can be shown that such was the wish
u Domirlck Brown. who. whom he died.
was worth between $1,000 ana $4,000
Mr. Cason SAYS. however. that Doe is
positive there was no such provision iu
The VIII He has copy of rae So Imsut
that is 300 safety vault in Atlanta. but
his recollection 81 90 is OF no such clause.
lIe reiterated though. trat he would pay
a just claim from the estate of t1e ad-
ministrator. ana chat his wife auI hc~
son had told him chat such was cher de-
SIRE None Of them has ever paid tho
money mad been paid Capt Kols horn
The report chat there was such "a leg-
acy gained currency from an irrespousl-
amount 90 nothing The VIII on nle Soc
tho ordiuary's Office. however. VIII Doc
looked up ana viii settle once and Tor all
the question OF q legacy. II there was
such a legacy ard 30 has not been paid.
the Germans Mr. Cason says. VIII get a.