The San Francisco call., 1905-06-04
Foreign Heir After
Simon Seymour
Property.
Widow Files a State
ment With Court Tell
ing Of Demands.
A. Hansmeyer of Germany
Says Capitalist Promised
Him Wealth.

In report fled last night as special
administrative of her late husbands
estate, Mrs. Susan c. Seymour says the
property is threatened by a series of
suits for nearly all of IT by a foreign
relative This relative is now here,
seeing that his alleged rights are
properly looked after. His actions, If
instituted, will constitute a series of
the most remarkable civil suits ever
Instituted in a San Francisco court,
says c. F. HanIOns attorney for Mrs.
Seymour.
a further complication is added by
the fact that claim is made TO half
interest in the st. George stables by
a man who was originally employed by
Seymour TO look after that interest.
Mrs. Seymour's husband was Simon H
Seymour, al one time proprietor. of the
Russ House. The relative who demands
the property is August Hansmeyer who
was q nephew Of the deceased and is q
citizen OF Germany His claims are, says
Attorney Hanlon, based mainly on al
legged verbal promises made by Seymour,
who died on June 3, l904. II is admitted
though, that two unrecorded deeds made
out by Seymour 10 Hansmeyer for valu-
able property were found among Sey-
unour's papers
The present value Of the estate is $685.
s6I 81.
WnLED TO THE WIFE.
The viii Of Seymour gives the com
munity property TO the wife. Il was made
IN the presence Of Attorney R h Lloyd.
The separate property is given TO the
three branches Of the Seymour relatives
IN Germany. This part Of the estate is
not described, but the widow claims that
IL IS only a small part Of the whole
Now" says Mr.. Hanlon, instead OF all
Of the foreign heirs suing on the viii for
the property, this one Of the seven chill
oren of one branch advances claims
which cover nearly the whole of the
estate" II is the statement OF these
claims and the answers made TO them
that makes Up the report which the
special ezecutrix fled with Judge Ker-
rigan SO highly interesting.
The report was fled with Judge Ker-
r1gan last night. Attorney Hanlon said
the unusual time of fIfng was due only
mp the statement than had been
thought. He claimed there was no rea-
son for particular haste.
According 70 Mr.. Hanlon the first Of
the series Of claims made by the foreign
nephew is for the value Of q note for
$4,000 due the estate from A c. Bilicke,
the proprietor Of the Hollenbeck Hotel
Of Los Angeles. It seems that Mr.. Sey-
mour lent this sum OF money 10 Mr.. HoI-
lenbeck from the proceeds of some land
that he had sold. Haneneyer claims that
Seymour had made him d verbal promise
that he was TO get this property on the
death Of Seymour. and that this promise
was broken by the sale Of the land to
others. To compensate him for the loss
OF his prospective wealth. the nephew
says, Seymour gave Instructions TO Bi-
ncke for him TO pay the proceeds Of the
note 20 Hansmeyer when il fell due. In
the meantime Seymour died, and when
-
the order OF the nephew, the adninistra-
trix secured an order from the court stop
ping the payment until the case was set
tied under the Law. This is the first
claim OF Hansmeyer against the estate.
$4,000 IN THE BANK.
The next clam is for the sum of $4,000,
now deposited in the Bank Of Califor-
MIA. The action was first brought against
the bank alone, but the court granted the
request of the latter to make Mrs. Sey-
mour party 10 the suit This money
was placed on deposit at the time when
the dead capitalist was about to take a
trip TO the Continent and il was in the
name Of the deceased or V, Kordmeyer.
Koremeyer drew some Of II out on ac-
count OF Seymour. and when the latter
died there was 500 left on the account.
Now according 10 Attorney Hanlon,
TIansmeyer claims that he is the Kord-
meyer on whose account the money was
deposited and he says that Seymour
promised the residue 10 him on the lat
ter's death. The promise was a verbal
one.
Seymour owned a piece of property
or the northwest corner of Geary and
Octarfa streets, valued at $4,000, and
another on tho southwest corner of
Geary and Jones, worth $4,000. He
kept a rin box in the Union Trust Com
pany'S vauIts and when he died this
nunuQd hr p II ouo of
fhe executors of the Will and the per-
sonaI representative of Mr. Seymour
while the latter was alive. In this box
WIS hidden away a deed conveying
this land 10 his nephew, August Hans
meyer. This deed, says Mr. Hanlon.
was not known TO be in existence by any
ono aad the nephew did not evea dis
cover IL until the box was opened by
fhe executors There was no delivery
c1 this deed nor does there seem to
have been any cash paid for IL, but
Hansmeyer asks that ft be given him.
as was the evident intention of Mr.
seymour, he says.
IN this same box were round 500 shares
Of the Spring Valley Water Company.
valued at s34, 400. These are also claimed
bv the nephew. He says that Executor
Hawkins told him they were to be given
10 him as soon as Seymour died. Haw-
kfns, II is claimed. was given these In
structions by the aged capitalist before
his sudden death.
In her report as special administrative