Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-23
FAIR millions
AND TWO Wills
Another Long Drawn
Out Contest Is
Expected.
WILLS DIDN'T PROVIDE FOR
SIMULTANEOUS DEATH
RELATIVES OF MRS. FAIR PREPAR.
ING TO MAKE FIGHT FOR A
PORTION OF THE MANY
MILLIONS.

covered the bodies of the dead million
aire and his wife as they lay by the
roadside been removed by the Coro-
ners men when the lawyers were at
each others threats and all who
thought they ought to inherit began
snarling at the heels of those whom
they feared would inherit.
Public Administrator Farnham wants
to be made administrator of the es.
courts grant his petition, and he has
lost no time in taking whatever advan.
tage the first move may give him, The
mother of the dead wife is preparing
to hasten to San Francisco and her
sons and sons.in-law are consulting
lawyers and talking of the division
among them OF $4,000, 900. while the
sisters body lies wrapped in a silken
shroud in Paris. Other lawyers, with
apologies on their lips for the I'm.
seemly haste they are compelled to
exhibit, are terrifying their position OF
defense against those wAo will attack
the claim of the sisters of the dead
man to his enormous wealth.
Litigation Expected.
Attorneys scent the battle from afar,
Bitter litigation, prolonged legal war.
fare. is anticipated. Certainly that or
expensive compromises are inevitable.
As yet nothing decisive has been an.
nounced to determine whether Mrs.
Fair lived even an instant after lie
passed from the body of her husband,
and possibly nothing legally cOnclu-
sive on that subject will be nailed
down until the dispositions are had or
testimony in court secured of the few
people whose accounts of the tragedy
must settle that important question.
One eyewitness, the wife of the inn.
keeper in front of whose maison the
tragedy occurred. says both were kill.
ed instantly. Another eyewitness, VI.
RAYMOND, an autOmoblist, asserts that
both lived for few moments.
While the attorneys are profuse in
their statements that there has devel.
oped no friction as yet between the
Fair heirs and the relatives OF Mrs.
Charles Fair over the disposition OF
the estate, they are already making
preparations to ward off any litigation
of that nature. Attorneys knight and
Heggerty have been the legal advisers
for both Mr. and Mrs. Fair for years,
and il is quite unlikely that they will
take any stand in the matter other
than to take every precaution to see
! that the last will of both is carried out
to the letter. Mr. HeGgerty was q
warm personal friend of the deceased
and he has declared his intention Of
making every possible effort to ward
on any attempt to thwart the carry
| ing out Of the wishes OF 4. and Mrs
! Fair as expressed in their respective
| wills. 1t can be stated upon good au
thority that Mrs. Fair willed most Of
the few hundred thousand dollars
worth Of property which she possessed
in her own name to her mother, Mrs
Anna Nelson. Neither made provision
fora simultaneous death, and in on,
of the wills which they made Mrs Fai
named her husband as executor, ant
ne in turn named her as executriX IL
case of his death preceding hers.
Sends for Mrs. Nelson.
There was an unusually warm bon'
Of sympathy and trust between the VI
fortunate millionaire and his wife. II
speaking of the likelihood of a contes
over the estates of Mr. and Mrs. Fail
a mutual friend remarked last night
IF Charley Fair thought that his wifi
or her klth or kin would not receiv
every dollar that was coming to theL
he would turn over in his coffin"
Joseph Harvey was one of the Clos
est and most intimate friends tina
the Fairs had in this city. After a COZ
sultation with the attorneys yesterda
Harvey sent telegram to Mrs. Nelso
requesting her to come to this city a
once. There was no particular wal
like attitude in this move, so the alto
neys say, and those who are familia
with the affairs OF the heirs vouCh 70
this statement. All unite in sayin
that the property will be divided jus
as Mr.. and Mrs. Fair wanted 1t TO b,
Mr.. Harvey requested .,lrs. Nelson t
come TO this city, they assert becaus
her presence here will facilitate tn
disposition of the estate.
The popularity of Mr.. and Mrs
Fairs demise and provision in tn
law relating to simultaneous deaths
however, give a wide latitude for sI.eC
ulation over probable contest. Tn
law Of California provides that wher
two parties die in the same catastrC
phe the male is presumed to have SUI
vived the female. If there is no ev
denCe produced TO show that Mrs. Fai
lived longer than her husband, the al
posite will be presumed in law, an
her relatives will only receive that pol
ton of her estate which she decree
them in her will and that portion @
her estate which she decreed her hus
band will revert to his heirs On tn
other hand If it is proven that Charlie
Fair expired before his wife that POI
ton of his estate which he bequeathe
to her in his last will and testamen
will fall in equal shares to the heir
of his wife.
Attorneys Worried.
The will nupstinn 10 wnrrvinp tho nj