The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-10-27
STRUGGLE FOR
WOMAN'S MONEY
ESTATE or AN ECCENTRIC RE
CLUSE is AGAIN IN THE HANDS
OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 15.-For
second time within four months the
Public Administrators is making an eff
fort to secure possession of the estate
of the late Mrs. Emma K Loring the
wealthy and eccentric old women
whose partially decomposed body was
found in her home at 2409 Sacramento
street on June 23d, nearly a month al
ter her death. The present struggle
for the estate, of $4,000 value, is
brought about by the death last We'd
nesday of Mrs. Emma NJ. AttenboroUgh
the putative daughter of the eccentric
Mrs. Loring. AT the time the body of
Mrs. Loring was found by the police in
| her lonely home the Public Admins
| traitor took possession of the premises
and all property belonging to her es
tate, but that official later relinquished
/ control of the estate to Mrs. Atten
| borough, who succeeded in securing let
ters of administration after a brief le-
gal struggle.
Mrs. Attenborough established her
claim as the heir-at-law of Mrs. Lor-
ing, setting up the declaration that
she was the old ladys adopted daughter
The estate at the time of Mrs. Lorings
death was alleged to consist of jewels
and other valuable trinlxlets to the
amount of $4,000, besides real estate
and personal property in Oakland and
San Francisco valued at $1,000 This
seems to have been an entirely too con-
sentative estimate of the value of the
estate and an official of the Public
Administrators office now estimates
the total value of the Loring estate at
nearly $4,000. Counted in this APP
praisement is the house and real estate
at 24OO Sacramento street, where Mrs.
Loring passed the last lonely days of
her life.
Mrs. Emma K. Loring was a woman
of education and refinement, but
known, in the last decade of her life
as q very eccentric and "testy" old
lady. She was the widow of a New
York physician. In 1898 Mrs. Loring
closed up her residence in this city and
went to Europe. She visited in Ham
burg, Germany, and. after starting to
return to San Francisco, mysteriously
disappeared for more than a year.
During this period Mrs. Attenborough
who claimed to be her daughter, be-
gan legal proceedings to have a
guardian appointed for Mrs. Loring s
estate. This action was defeated by
the sudden temperance of the old
lady. The two women, mother and
daughter were never on visiting OF
speaking terms after that and up tc
the time of her death Mrs. Loring re-
fused Mrs. Attenborough admission tc
her home. Neighbors and friends who
had known Mrs. Loring for years have
said that she was a recluse and an in
valid for years prior to her death land
that she had a hallucination that some
one was trying to poison her.
On June 23d last William Martin, g
colored man from Oakland who oc-
J caslonally did odd jobs for Mrs. Lor'
, ing, called at her home in this city
and, discovering a gas jet burning il
the kitchen in midday, called the at
tention of the police to this fact. Wher
entrance to the house had been fordeC
the body of the old lady was found il
her bed. She had been dead at leas
three weeks and I'VE Coroner's invcs
, tigation showed that she hai dee
, from natural causes.
) The same day the Pubic Admins
: traitor placed his seal upon Mrs. LUr
: ings house and took possession OF al
her property, ami then came the con
| flict with Mrs. Attenoorough TIL
!, latter's heirs-her husband and fou
children-are now brought into con
$ flict with the Public Administrator
e who has again taken possession of tn
= Loring estate.