The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-01
WOMAN SHARES
OLIVER MILLIONS
Funeral Of the Steel Magnate
Guarded, but Estate Yields
Wealth to a Child.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service
New York, March 1.-Henry W. OIL
yer died at Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. Z, 1904,
leaving a fortune variously estimated
funeral was attended by the financial
generals and political leaders Of the
country. ~.-f %
Only few keen observers in this
vast company of mourners noticed that
every door Of the church was guarded
by silent, vigilant men, who closely
Inspected every applicant for admis-
sion. Equally viglant watchers guard
ed every approach to the dead million
aire's palatial home in Allegheny City.
It is only now that the facts have
detectives and their sole business was
to prevent an invasion Of the church
or Of the dead millionaire home by
Mrs: Margaret L. Kingsley, or Mrs. A.
G. Carpenter, as she sometimes prefers
to be known, who, twelve years ago,
was a stenographer employed at the
Fifth avenue hotel in THIS city, where
Oliver met her for the first time.
Woman's Colossal Claim. J !
Almost before Oliver 8 body was laid
in the grave, Mrs. Kingsley, or Carpen-
ter, opened her campaign, making
colossal claim upon the Oliver estate.
There is good reason to believe that
this claim was for $6,000,O00, and that
q substantial compromise, made by the
executors Of the Oliver estate, has
alone averted lawsuit.
Mrs. Kingsley Carpenter has one
child, a daughter years, born in this
city and bearing the name of Charlotte
Carpenter. Mrs. Kingsley Carpenter
claims the dead multimillionaire is the
! father of this child and the DESTROYER
Of her own happiness.
There is no doubt that Henry W.
Oliver contemplated making certain
modest provision for the woman g sup
port, and that just before his death he
confdentially Instructed his lawyers to
buy home for her.
It was this certain knowledge Of a
close relationship between Mr.. Oliver
and Mrs. Kingsley-Carpenter that threw
the executors into CONSERVATION. With.
in two weeks of the woman s first move
small army Of detectives had gath
cred evidence tending to show that the
charge Of betrayal against the deac
millionaire was absolutely false ant
that the paternity Of the child, Char
lotte, was problemetical.
Woman's Life History.
The life history of Mrs. Kingsley
Carpenter-an amazing history Of ex
traVagance-WaS iald bare, but ever
with this evidence in hand, the Olive!
executors did not venture to publicly
contest her claims. The executors de
cided to compromise.
This compromise is in the nature Of
trust fund, with Charlotte Carpente:
as the beneficiary.
Those in the best position to know
the facts, state that the amount of thi:
trust is $500, 900 and that it's custodian
is New York trust company.
1t is equally sure that the Olive
executors have provided a separat
fund, with which Mrs. Kingsley's law
yer is now settling all the legitimat
debts of the woman, whose claim ha
SO greatly impressed them. ..
r. These debts, in the aggregate, viii
t foot up close to 100000, for MR.
!, Kingsley Carpenter has lived with proc
: igal extravagance. Not only did sh
squander every dollar of the princel
y allowance given her for years by Oh
d yer, but she borrowed right and lef
among the women of her acquaintanc
It and ran up colossal bills with score
r of tradesmen.
. Mrs. Kingsley is now living in
1t handsome cottage in New Rochell
q n. Y, which she rents. She makes n
:, friends, sees no visitors and lives b.
y hind closed and carefully guarded door
"a with the child Charlotte, negro nurs
.e and small staff Of household servant
/ There is another inmate Of the hous
h Police Sergeant John F. Tappin. Fe
e years he has been her intimate frien,
y and neighbors say he is now Mr.
T. T. Kingsley's husband.