The evening times., 1900-04-18
RENOUNCED HER NAME.
Mary Moran Takes a sudden Dislike
10 Her Husband


BALTIMORE, April 1S.--A remarkable
story in connection with the late so-Called
Miss Mary Moran was discovered yester-
day by the filing of caveat to Miss No
rams will in the Orphans Court. The cav
eas was filed by Miss Della Fiynn, who
claims that the so-Called Miss Moran was
in reality Mrs. Flynn and her mother. The
story, as told by William J. O'Brien, jT-,
attorney for Miss Flynn, is as follows;
Mary Moran executed her will IN the
nth of March. 1899, and died on the l4th
Of April OF the same year. In the will she
stated that she was unmarried and that
she bequeatbed her property principally
TO charitable institutions, for the reason
that she had no one who had any claim
upon her and had no near relatives living
AS a matter Of fact, away oach Ia lS4S
Mary Moran was married to Patricl Flynn
at GIrtymadden. County Galway, ireland.
Della was their only child, and she was
born In Ireland in 1S49. About two or
three years after her birth the mother
left. as they supposed, fer New York IL a
sailing vessel. The plan was that she
should get into service in this country
and later on the father and daughter
would come over. For a number Of years
they never heard from her and thought
that she was dead.
Some years later the father went to
England. and finally came to this country
where ne died in 1888
Il seems that after coming TO America
Mary conceived an intense dislike for her
husband. which dislike or antiDathy eX-
tend, d to everybody by the name Of Flynn;
in fact she grew to heartily desplse the
name II Flynn.
"The daughter. Della. came TO America
about 1867, and visited her mother. who
was then living in Richmond. Va. After
remaining with her mother for some time
she went TO New York where she has
since resided. After leaving Richmond the
mother and daughter cOrrespOndCd for
some years. but the letters OF the mother
were filled with complaints OF one kind or
another against the Flynns. and so bitter
was her antipathy TO them that she would
enclose clippings from newspapers reflect
ing upon various F1ynns in different sec
tions OF the country. There is no doubt
that this bitterness constantly increased
with age. until il so affected her that she
I really believed that she was an unmarried
woman and that her name was Mary Mo-
ran and not Mary Flynn, and that mas
much as she had cast aside her husband.
| Flynn, together with all the other Flyuns.
she had no near relative living at the time
OF the execution Of the will
Letters on the estate Of Miss Moran or
| Mrs. F. m were granted April Il, 1889,
/ TO the Safe Deposit and Trust Company OF
/ Baltimore. whom she named as executor
Her estate was valued at about $4,000.
/ Among the bequests in her will were SlO,-
| 600 to the Catholic University at Washing
I ton. D. c.. as an endowment for the Celtic
/ chair 10 preserve the Gaelic language
! 81 500 to the Convent OF Mercy in Port
unna, Ireland. and $1,000 to the cathedral
| OF the town OF Loughrea. Ireland. TO be
I used for a memorial window to the Mo
| rams OF Gurtymadden. The residue Of the
! estate was left 20 St. Marys Industrial
/ School for Boys OF Baltimore.