The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-16
SUIT AGAINST
MRS. CARNEGIE
mas BasR Brought by IIIegi-
innate Heirs of Former
Owners
CASE IS IN j. S. COURT
crovatt & Whitfield, OF This City,
Represent the Hers--Ths G -
- "a
~, x,sn Now Claim All Of the
u Valuable Property.

Ben Wilson, deputy United States
9rshal OF the United States court,
sn headquarters in Savannah was
sahe city Monday en- route to Sav-
WGnnah from Dungeness. tae magnlf-
cent country home Of Mrs. Lucy Car
20 on Cumberland island. where
tent 10 serve an important legal
ament upon Mrs Carnegie Capt
8lson was royalty entertained on
aoae island He reports that prepa-
srations are under way to receive no
hess a parsonage than Andrew Cane-
- gle himself. who will visit the island
; next week.
"a The suit is forerurner of one
on which Nancy Stafford Gassman
nd Cornelia Stafford Williams. both
New York. but the former now IN
4Iwitzerland. seek to recover seventy
seven hundred and forty acres OF
land on Cumberland island. constitu
ting nearly the whole OF the island
and now being the country home Of
the Carnegies-
Claim, 10 be Children.
The complainants in the hll
which was Aled by Croyatt 4 Whit
field, Of this city. claim thai tfey an
the children of Robert stanora, sos
nlcr owner Of the property They say
that Stafford, who is now dead tarn
81 them over 10 one Sarah We b as
lis children and Instructed and paid
her TO educate and maintain tn IN.
aal that lie frequently visited them
Taoy BAY that Sarah We5b instructed
them and vas their governess for
several spars.
This iii IS but a forerunner OF one
which will be fled within tho next
thirty days The object OF the pres
snt suit Is TO ptFpepuate the tesu-
ruony Of certain uged Witnesses.
Captain Wilson was trs ated with
the utmost courtesy Mrs Carnegie
was most grac!ou- She received
Lin cordially and Ingted him 70 re
Inain to lunch Captain Wilson was
cot 10 be outdoue when II came 10
question of gallantry. he returned
her eourtesles in his Chesterheldian
style. assuring her that while It
would be pleasure and an honor 10
accept her hospitality. circumstances
conspired against IT, Capt. Wilson
lliie boy was III.
air Page, Mrs. Carnc gie's repre- en-
tative, was very kind, and at the IN
stance Of Mrs. Carnegie. drove Capt.
Wilson about the place. The repre-
sentative OF Uncle Sam secured some
moss and ivy from the grave Of Light
Horse Harry Lee. Capt Wilson was
impressed by the grandeur OF the
place. The mansion is vertd5le pa
ace There is a garage with doz
en- or more automobiles, an ice plant,
elephone exchange with automatic
Le.lo girls, macadamzed thorough
fdres. golf links and every opportun-
is H. recreation api outdoor sport
and luxurious living.
Capt Wilson went TO Cumberland
~ on the steamer Elamallne. When he
q arrived at the pier at Carnegie homo
10 saw u carts being filed with
shells for paving the streets. He say"
the home Is a regular little nunici-
pdlIty.
After having served the papers ae
returned 10 the city and left imme
dlately for Saganna1. The case
reiinises TO be a hard fought one
and the fnal result will be watched
with more than usual interest.
Two Firen1en Killed.
frafo,b+ tr,fn -,og ,fra.to5 r., tho