Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-28
THE RALEIGH WILL CASE.
III, Mother and Her Demented Son
Both Well provided for Despite
CONTRARY Stories
CHURCH WILEY sLANDERED.


Tho reading public IN these parts
h,s been ruIfeIted with t,orloa cons
cepng Tue Mormon Church and ils
President which have eithor no foun.
Aa,lon AZ an In truth, or are conooctoi
OH the llmmost possible thrond OF fact
which ia woven into such wrctchcd gar.
monte OF notion that they are worse "
rossIblt than the whole cloth false
hoods,
one Of lbo many febricatlons Of this
Kind that has been dealt out with SICK
tnng iteration from doy TO day ~ that
IN which the late Alonso II Raleigh has
hcen made TO nguro, lie was u proml'
rent and noted citizen " Salt Lake an
actlyo worker In municipal afinlre and
nj ono time the Bishop of the Nlno'
,ocnlh ward, This departed citizen has
been mold UP 10 public cNocratDn nnd
the church 10 which he belonged mas
also been shamcfllly llhelled over "a
npthr that hnH been settled by ihu
,ours which alone had jurisdiction of
lbs nso. IN the publications rufcWod
io. the truth The salient points In the
rontro,ers, and litigation have boon
,areluly suppressed, while positive
ioe,boods have been brought ~ the
font ior the purpose OF casting op'
rublum upon the deceased and upon
ihl authorities of the church.
iho latter having no preNcnt
mnntal interest W the estate, whlch
has been administered according
10 the forms OF the viii left by Nj.
.RcgA, .,,..,..
FACTS IN THE CASE
The charges TIM, have uron made
tp 10 the of'ool that Mrs imlly y,
Rtleigh n widow ~ the deceased, was
dttded ont Of hor house and homo and
east upon the street with her neon.
potent son, because her husband had
conveyed Il Ia tho Mormon" church
Instead Of securing It TO her and that
The President OF the Church held ON
To Tho pronortv allowing her Ia be
cast ou like another lingor leaving
ler without u shelter 10 cover her.
Tho fact that the church has had moth.
nv 70 DO with the proceedings could
have hcen Hscorlaincd by reference 10
lhe court rccofda and the dcclslons
rendered, Tho "NoNH' viii here pre-.
Ne may understand the situation of
affairs
Who Mr. Raleigh died his estate
was valued nj about $4,000 lie left
lasl VIII and testament covering lis
o,WrlDullon and II wax found that
WIN certain exceptions, the estate WIS
placed IN trust for future distribution
70 dlnoient parties, The churchs IN
tefes' was q lot on First West and
Necond North street, which /, was not
come into possession of
nh'll Two life leases upon
had expired, Mr.. Raleigh
ieli Two plural wives, 10 one Of them,
IllsabolhRdlolgh,h he bcqncathod home
on center street. and 20 tho other. Eml.
" Raleigh u homo on First West
sWeel consisting NJ real estate. upon
Nnleh ihoro are three houses, with u
tenlol value Of so per month In nd
alloh 10 ms property he provided for
nel a cash allowance Of s?b per month,
tnd further allowance 10 her Of SIC
IeI month for the care OF her lncom-
e"nl ehlld Tho other children OF
ne ,oslalor had received places for
p"'lalhg lots from the estate,
EQUAL REQUESTS,
one provision OF the win was that the
,Ne'OloN were 10 make tho boquosts
70 both wives odunl, and tho lot given
70 Emily j, Raleigh on First West
lreel was appraised ot 1880 more
hen was the lot giyon TO Elizabeth
hhltlgh on Center street and for this
ohNol the executors paid out Of the
Raleigh.
me promises hcquen,hcd to Emily
Wlelgh with the three houses and
plunlnly rent Of N2 have never been
.IpuRhl INTO quCgtlon, fho has always
uhNni without protest, her Sgb monthly
lloWhnoe ana the tl6 monthly annuity
or her SON. Of whom she was appointed
ne legal guardian The distribution Of
we part ~ tho estate bequcnthed TO
Uofcnt people was made In June
"" the records ~ the court show
nav tho has received $1,000 directly
boom tho estate since the death Of Mr..
A., mo time this distribution was
uuue' Emily y, Raleigh set about 10
wlnin possession Of the property a.
ro''y across the street from the prem
Nv Dequelthod to her, known ne lot |,
Mo'N Nv Plat A. She fled suit, nllcg-
WI ADVERSE possession and u parole
W INDEPENDENT of the will,
no Vhuroh has had no interest IN the
Wua' SINCE 1902, ana now holds no
uue o. claim TO any o. the Raleigh
popsfly' Tho WIN gave HE leases on
utpuled piece " property 10 Caro-.
bm y, ~ Wells, and to Jacob Il.
naesh the Church TO receive posses.
Vn ~ tholf death when the dIstrl.
plon ot property was made, tho
,"gron sold ~ claim and lnterest and
now held by the Mutual Invest
MW company The sum renlized ON
WIS sale was $4,000,
COURTS DECISION
AM lM hearing, tho ease consumed
XVI ulyN before Judge Hall and n WINS
nvhded MAT Emily p, Raleigh ma no
NV lllle, or interest In tho proporty
KIN ''almcd, She was represented BY
r". Arthur Rrown, while king. pur.
Nlng and Human Folsom M.
anv"u ior The Mutual Investment com.
FhsS and II Tanner for Tho estate,
ss,. 'shl point on which the declplon
rlah , wnN me acceptance by Mira, I'm.
VIVA Without protest, OF the amount
Iomn' 70 nor ~ nm allowance, md ihe
Ion nven 70 her ana not "a alleged
pipb "'ur or plural wife OF Mn Nn'
~" he' attorney mado q motion for