The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-01-13


 tor of the Hitler Estate--The Public Still Discussing the Mysteries of the Case-What is Said Pro and Con.
 Attorney George D. Watrous made application in the probate court yes terday for the appointment. of the New Haven Trust company as administra- tor of the estate of the late Abigail Hitler, rnother-in-law of Charles A. Edwards, who died under mysterious circumstances at 117 College street, the house in which Mrs. Hitler died. The petition for the administrator was signed by Judge Charles A. Hitler and Mrs. Charles A. Edwards
 The matter of making the appoint ment will come up for hearing before Judge Cleaveland on Jan. 19, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon. A. MaXcy Hiller did not sign the petition, and his counsel, Lawyer F. P. Arvine, arranged the time of the hearing. The applica- tion had a clause written in it in ink to the effect that, and 1t is further ordered that copy of said order be mailed to A. Maxcy Hitler or E. IF Arvine, his attorney The persons that signed the petition represented that there were only three heirs to the late Mrs. Hiller's estate. They are Judge Charles A. Hitler, A. Maxcy Hiller and Mrs. Charlees A. Edwards The last named is daughter, and the two former are sons. The business of making the application was quickly attended to by Clerk Crawford of the Probate Court. Judge Cleaveland was not present. A copy of the application was made out for Prof. Watrous for publication in the newspapers for three days. The petitioners set up that they could see no reason why administra> tion papers should not be granted. The counsel for Judge Hitler and Mrs. Ed wards will urge the appointment of the Trust company at the hearing Q week from today.
 It was said that the petitioners agreed on the Trust company for ad- ministrator in order not to stir up any family troublees by attempting to have one of the heirs wind up the estate. The application of Mrs. Edwards and Judge Hitler shows their feelings on the matter of a will.
 POINTS TO NO WILL
 The fact that they have asked for ad- ministration papers indicates that they are certain that there Is no will
 IF the affairs of the estate are settled by an administrator each of the three heirs will share alike in the distribu- tion. Mrs. Hitler left an estate estima- ted to be worth one hundred thousand dollars, of which fifty thousand dollars is in real estate. The homestead in College street, where she died, is as- eessed for nearly eighteen thousand dollars. Mrs. Hitler also owned store High streets Mrs Miller died Novem- Der g, 1905. and since that time the af- fairs of her estate have not been at- tended to by any one in authority ap- pointed by the Probate court. It is said to be necessary for the best interests of : the estate that an administrator be ap- pointed in order that the property may be cared for. During the lifetime of Mrs. Hitler her son, Attorney A. Caxcy Hiller,sattended to her affairs. He had a law office in her College street home. It had been generally supposed that Mrs. Hitler had left will and that A. Maxcy Hitler would wind up the af- fairs of the estate.
 A, Maxcy Hillers counsel was not in court when Professor Watrous made fine application, but 1t was understood that he had consulted MT. Aryine be- fore having time set for the hearing on the appointment of an administrator. Charles A. Hiller's name was neatly penned and appeared first on the appli- cation. Mrs Edwards name was writ ten in by her attorney as follows: "Sara Katherine Hitler Edwards, by her attorney.
 Mir. Edwards the night before his death said a few words to his friend Dr. Metcalf, whose office Is next to the HIiller home on College street, and who has been friend for a quarter of a century of the Hillers. Dr. Metcalf said yesterday:
 eEdwards was at my house about half an hour the night before he was killed. He came about 10 o'clock, and we ehatted about matters of mutual in.' terest He was in tip-top spirits and never seemed more cheerful. Just be- fore he left to go to the Hitler house, where he said he was to spend the night, I said;
 "Charley. why don't you stay here with us? You can as we'll sleep here. He declined, saying that he was ex- pected at the Hitler house
 "He said: By the way, we (meaning his family) have been in to use your telephone a great deal for out-of-town calls. We had the charges reversed, Ibutif the telephone company makes any mistake in any of the calls let me know, and if they are charged to you T will come in in a few days, and will settle the bill with you
 The above is of interest as indicating that the state of mind of the deceased was not one of perturbation or alarm or foreboding.
 The fact that two blinds of the room where the late Mrs, Hitler slept, and in which she died, were closed on the morning of the suicide or murder has aroused discussion. Neighbors say that those blinds had been closed for fifteen