The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-31
Mrs. Fair Talks of the Quarrel Be-
tween Herself and Man Killed
in Auto Accident
EXPECTS TO ESTABLISH HER
RIGHT TO MANY MILLIONS
Second Wife of Coast Croesus Visits
ST. Paul-Says Her Husband Called
on Heaven to Deal With Charlie
Fair as He Dealt With Her.


upon my son if he fails to keep his
promise!"
Her dark eyes glowing with the
pent-up wrath of years, her tall, state
ly form a culver with emotion, Mrs.
Nettie R. Fair, widow of the bonanza
king, Senator Fair, of California, and
the stepmother of the late Charles
Fair who, with his wife, was killed
while automobiling in France, stood in
her room at the Ryan hotel yesterday
afternoon and repeated the above
words of the deceased millionaire.
Those words my husband spoke the
day he inserted the clause in his will
by which Charley Fair was reinstated
as his heir" she continued.
Charley did not keep his promise to
treat me equitably 1t was because
Of my importuning that the amend
ment was made in the document. The
senator was opposed to it, fearing I
would be denied my rights after his
death, as 1 was.
ITO me Charley Fair owed his mil
estates has seen to it that the oral
clause which my husband registered i'll
heaven with uplifted hand has been
carried OUT
A Dramatic Situation.
The situation was dramatic. All the
fire of the nature which captivated the
multi millionaire coast statesman and
which for weeks has smoldered despite
the frequent attempts in many cities
to fan it into an outburst, had sud-
denly broken out.
The tall, finely proportional woman,
erect and graceful, despite the fact
that the tracings of the fatefuI hand of
time has lined her features, seemed in
her Intensity and full bloodedness al
most as one to be feared.
Dlfhdent at first, armored with the
acuteness and knowledge born of years
OF litigation and association with law
yerS, the former Mrs. Craven, whose
claim to the name of Fair has been so
bitterly fought by the Oelrichs and the
Vanderbflts, softened when the proper
chord was accidentally struck in the
conversation.
The torrent once started was not to
be stemmed. This woman who will not
be interviewed forgot that she was in
the presence of an interviewer.
Justice for Her Enemies.
And 1 firmly believe" she continued.
that justice will be meted out also to
those others who have wronged me-"
Since Wednesday last Mrs. Fair has
been registered at the Ryan. She has
remained in seclusion, before continu-
ing on her way eastward, whittier she is
bound to take up with her ATTORNEYS
the final details of the arrangement by
which she expects to come into one
third Of the Fair estate
When first approached by a repre-
sentative of TIL e Globe in the ro-
tunda of the Ryan the statuesque fig
ure Strengthened to it's full height, the
deep black eyes blazed with indigna-
ton and two bejeweled hands went
into the air at the prospect of talking
to a reporter.
Later, however, in the seclusion of
her apartments, the natural gracious
ness of the woman got the better of
her determination and she talked
She Is Recognized as Widow.
I'm the first place, have secured, it
appears from my best information,
what is of more consequence to me
than all Of the Fair millions-the rec
ignition by my traducers of my posi-
ton as the second wife and the lawful
widow of Senator Fair" said Mrs. Fair.
This came fatty and unequivocally
m the demands of the lawyers for
the other side that the name of Net
lie R. Fair be signed to the documents
releasing all my right and title to the
tair estate, and also redeeding to them
over $1,500,000 worth of real estate
which had originally been decided to
ne by Senator Fair in the name OF
Nettie r. Craven.
mo recognition could be more plain
seems to me, that that. They were
forced to meet me more than hall
way, and have succeeded in estab-
fishing my right to a third interest in
the estate.
Fairs Daughters Get Their Share.
when Senator Fairs first wife was
divorced the two girls-the present
Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt Jr. and Mrs
Oelrichs-received handsome settle.
ments, choosing to cast their lot witt
their mother, and the latter received
100000.
Charley Fair, who was killed will
his wife in the automobile accident il
France, displeased his father by hi.
Wild habits and his marriage to Maud
Nelson, and he was cut out of his will
pleaded with the senator to rein.
state him. This the senator was dis.
inclined to do. He declared his con.
vlct1on that Charley would not do tn,
right thing by me once he secured
possession of his fathers fortune.
insisted that he would, and 1 believed
in him even after his fathers dealt