The copper era., 1905-03-16
A ROYAL BATTLE FOUGHT
 OVER BIG ESTATE.
People of Arizona, New Mexico and
 Chihuahua Interested.
Los Angeles Examiner.

S3OO.O estate of Nathaniel Bell. who died here in 1899. was hegun before Judge WfIbur in the superior court yesterday.
 On one side i, Sonora Ella Bell Goldner of Nucve Casa Grande. Chi huahua. Mexico, wife of the general manager of one of the largest con- mercial concerns in the Mexican re- public and who claims to be the daughter of Nathaniel Bell. On the other is Mrs. Susan ". Bell, who claims to b- the widow of Nathaniel Bell. and with her are her two chil drcn.
 Bells fortune was made in mining. He was a pro7pector in the old days in New Mexico thirty years ago and left valuable mining propertie, and real estate.
 Mr,. Goldncr claim, that her moth CT. Librada Valencia Bell. wa, mar ricd to Bell in Silver City in 1872: that she and two brothers were born of the union and that six years after her birth Bell deserted her mother.
 Mr7. Susan WOolfork Bell claims. through her attorney. that there was no marriage with Liberada Valen- cia. but that Bell, a single man, married her at Pinos Altos, New Mexico. November |. IsS4. and that she i, his only lawful wife. also that |. (r,lI,Y, NNnnl- folk Bell. l9 years old. and George Levi, Bell, r year, old. are the only lcgal hc:r- to the fortune.
 If Mrs. Goldner, the plaintiff, win, her case, the marriage of Mrs. Susan Bell was illegal and her children are illcgitimatc.
 If Mrs Susan Bell ie q winner Mrs. Goldncr, wife of the p~oud Erne,to Goldncr. of Nucva Casa Grande. i1 herself an iIlcgitimatc child.
 The plaintiff :, husband is interest ed in banks. railroads. factories, eat tie. ranches and mines all over Chi huahua, and i, a personal friend of the president of the republic.
 "I WAS forced to % after thi, c,- tate" the husband said, proudly. yes tcrday. It i, not the dollars care for. would spit on them. But my wifc-I cannot stand the brand of infamy on her mother that has been placed there by the attorneys for the other side. It has become
 known where reside. She is my wife. know the story, and her her story i, true. That k enough" ."
 We made the offer" said the at torneys for Goldncr. that if they will acknowledge that Mrs. Goldncr is q legitimate child of Nathaniel Bell we will pay the costs of the suit and not ask d dollar"
 In the court room yesterday morn ing Sonora Goldner's attorneys out lined her CaSc. She claims that she is one of the children of Nathaniel Bell and Librada Valencia Bell. and that she Was born in Silver City. N. M., August 2S, lS74. and lived there eight years.
 She declares her father left her mother and forced her to go with her children into Mexico. where she died
 Not so calm are the claims of Mrs Susan Bell. whose attorney goes back to the war between tbc Mexican re- publican leaders and the Emperor and his French allies and brands the mother of the plain | tin d> having been an infamous wom- | an throughout two decades.
 In addressing the court her attor- l ncy said that Nathaniel Bell died | May -. 1899. intcstatc: that his wid- | ow, Susan W. Bell, was appointed | adminiStratriN of the estate: that i some mining claims were presented which had to be carried to the su- prcmc court of the United States and that just prior to the settlement If these claims. the petition of Mrs Ella Bell Goldncr was presented.
 Mrs. Goldner. a handsome. dark laircd. black-eycd woman. who howcd her Spanish blood. wa, sit ing in the court room listening to III that was said.
 Close to the attOrncvS who were ightin% for the good name of his yife and child. sat Senor Goldner. lis face flushed with anger. The .cep red of passion flashed to his hcck> when Judge Dillon said
 I've deny that this woman Librada Valencia was ever the wife of Ma hanicl Bell. or that the plaintifr was iS child. We propose to prove that his woman, Libradada Valencia. contracted ceremonial marriage at 'ccerdc, sonora, with q man named .prcto. who bscame soldier in the 'ar with MlNamillian. who is still live and who was never divorced rom his wife
 The lawyer then went into the ctailS of the womlu's career in the ariouS mining camps of New Mcxi- 70.
 About fifty witnesses have been from Mexico. Texas. New IcXico. Arizona and California. who include some of the most prominent itiZeuS of the southwest.
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