Omaha daily bee., 1906-05-21
MULATTO WHITE MANS HEIR
3d. Joseph Woman claims Fortune As
Daughter Of Prominent Jobber.
MOTHER is MRS. LULU WILSON OF OMAHA
Latter supports Her Daughter a. 60
Her PsrentsEe and RiEht TO
FIFTY Thousand Dollars
Left by Father.

Left by Father.
Mrs Lulu Wilson a colored woman past
the meridian Of life. living in dismal
little hovel AZ the rear of 1909 Burt street
-Ramcat alley-is figuring cOnspicuously
in a remarkable suit in which Mrs. Mamie
G. Darall the woman's daughter, OF ST.
Joseph seeks to break the will Of Joseph
s. Roberts, white. who was a prominent
jobber and bachelor Of Buchanan county,
Missouri If the plaintiff wins her suit she
will secure half of the estate, which is
valued at 100000
Mrs Darrsll claims she is the llegitinate
child Of Roberts. which contention is
borne out in a sworn deposition given by
Mrs. Wilson before George c. Thompson.
notary, room TO- Creighton block, March
g. in the presence of 81. Joseph lawyers
representing the estate and Mrs. Darrall
Roberts died at St. Joseph six months
ago and left his property to his brothers
and sisters. The property is located at
Newcastle. Ky. and St. Joseph, Mo. The
estate is represented by Culver & Phillips,
while the plaintiff is represented by j. g.
Parkinson and James w. Mytton, all St.
Joseph lawyers.
Mrs. Darrall Brings Suit.
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Darral Immediately brought suit for s5O,OOo,
contendng that Roberts promised her half
his property. March lawyers for both
sides came to Omaha and secured Mrs.
Wilson's deposition in Mr.. Thompsons Of
! Ace. That deposition is now on file in st.
Joseph and is to be amplihed here on June
>, at Mr.. Thompson's office, in pursuance
OF an order Of Judge Mosman at st. Joseph
last Saturday. On Saturday Judge Mosman
also ordered that Anna Martin and Emma
Gaines OF Newcastle, KY, sisters of Mr..
Roberts. be made party defendants, to as
sist Frank n. Devorss, executor, in defense
! of the will.
In relation to the deposition taken in his
Office in March, Mr.. Thompson yesterday
! afternoon said:
Mrs. Wilson was questioned for several
hours by the attorneys The woman said
she met Roberts at hotel in a town near
! st. Joseph. where she was working. /
| have forgotten the name of the place. She
said she was l6 years Of age and Roberts
was then travelling out OF St. Joseph, stop
ping at frequent intervals at the hotel.
The woman declared she became intimate
with Roberts and when she told him Of
| her condition he sent her TO Creston, Ia,
where the child, now Mrs. Darrall, was
| born. The woman's deposition further
states Roberts provided for herself and
child for years until she moved to Pawnee,
Heb., when, according to the deposition,
| Roberts ceased his remittAnces on the
ground Mrs. Wilson had moved out OF
Iowa and therefore was out of the juris-
dction OF the courts
Woman Brings Roberts TO Time.
Further regarding Mrs, Wilson'S deposit
ton Mr.. Thompson said:
THE woman said that when the girl was
| 10 years old and she was at Pawnee she
wrote Roberts letter to St. Joseph, tellL
| ing the man she wanted support or she
would begin action. She then told of Rob-
erts hasty trip to Pawnee and described
how Roberts picked the girl up in his arms,
kissed her and then begged her never to
say anything regarding their relations,
promising her half OF his estate Mrs. Will
son said Roberts took her and the girl to
St. Joseph and secured house for them
In time the Girl married a man named Oar
rail- and Mrs. Darrall has claimed Roberts
took care Of her and husband to the time
of his death'
sition to be taken in Omaha June 2 will
be on the grounds that her statements
regarding writing letter to Roberts from
Pawnee 10 st. Joseph and of an alleged
contract made between the girl and Rob-
erts at Panwee in 1889 may be impeached as
1t Is alleged Mrs. Wilson cannot read write
nor spell In contravention Of that Notary
| Thompson OF Omaha has Mrs. Wilson s
signatures taken in duplicate at the time
of the deposition. Mr.. Thompson says he
knows the woman can at least write har
own name At the time of the taking of
the deposition here the woman was asked
by Attorney Phillips for the state whether
she could spell "c8t." which was promptly
objected to by one of the lawyers for Mrs.
Darrall so the woman did not even try to
spell the word
Claims Roberts Left Deeds.
After the deposition was taken Attorney
James w. Mytton told me Roberts had
actually left deeds for Mrs. Darrall and
Mr. Mytton declared that Executor De-
vorss wanted TO override the wishes OF the
deceased by trying to cut Mrs DarTall out
OF the estate" said Mr.. Thompson yester-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Wilson was seen at her home in
Ramcat alley. The woman promptly ac-
knowIedged she was the woman referred
to as Mrs. Lulu Wilson in the case, but
would not commit herself in detail. She
said she had made all her statements in
the deposition, Which mao gone 10 81
Joseph, Mo. She emphatically refused to
say whether she could read. write spell
and appeared more occupied with chal-
dron of bean soup than with her daughter &
suit.
II was reported from ST. Joseph yester-
day that. To meet any opposition regarding
her ability To read, write and spell the
woman Is TO be put through rigid cur
riculum between now and June ?, when an
other chapter of the famous case will be
/ closed Ia Omaha.
Mrs. Wilson is % years OF age and ne
gress OF the dark type. Her daughter Is
a mulatto and about Is years OF age. Rob