The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-01

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Got No Benefit
Of Vast Fortune
/ sIsTER or kpoEPI1gl isla;
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.rRAFT6N. Aug. re- people 2et
Taylor county who we're 80 well &C
quainted with the late Ado'pbus Arm
Strong have taken great interest," Z N
I 1.-THE litigation oyee TIC FmstF ong 81;
tats and AaSe Vim sagerdeSs
ths aFious sceHs q is proc E
which the Sentinel has from tine 70
! time. pubAshed4in its columns. and
nothing, which hal, 50 far been chror-
icled, presents q more interesting 9eal
ture in the now famous controversy
than the deathqsy koqea Butcher PC
Efull sister Of the deceased, and, there.
ford tile heir.toAhe estate which = hi rtook
\ place Tuesday night at Woodsheld,
Ohio. i-,---
The particularly sad feature connect;
ed with the demise Of Miss Butcher is
That she never got the, benefit Of one l.
cent Of the vast fortune Of 100000
yhich she inherited. II will be recall:
ed that Immediately upon the death OF
1 Armstrong rush was made to Ohio
Iby 4 number Of people to find the sis.
ter Of Armstrong; nd get to represent
her IN recovering her estate: She was
beset from all sides. The first to find
her we're ]. Frank Wilson and Attor-
hey Eugene sommeryille, Of this city,
who took a contract for one-half OF
Ithe estate in consideration Of defend.
ing her interests against the more re.
mote kindred, and no sooner had those
gentlemen departed, than G. +. a;
i Kunst, prosecuting attorney Of this
county, and close friend Of Mr.. Arm:
i strong, appeared upon the scene and
he, too, got Miss Butcher to sign Ger;
tain contracts relating to the estate,
and soon thereafter Messrs. McGraw,
Of this city, and Dorr, of Webster
| Springs, took deed for certain por.
lions Of the property in consideration
Of 100000 to be paid cash In hand.
but the collateral heirs were not; idle,
and Immediately took such measures
in law to prevent Miss Butcher from
disposing of her estate, claiming her
to be an imbecile. and incapable OF
ttransacting business and handling the
vast estate. In accordance with these
\ legal proceedings the courts Of Ohio
appointed a guardian for Miss Butcher,
which action was appealed from, and
during the pendancy:of these various
points and legal proceedings the heir
Ito the estate died, having never got
the benefit of one cent of the estate.
/ Numerous suits, one way and anoth'
err, grew out Of the controversy over
the Armstrong will, it being the object
OF the remote kindred TO hold the Eesf;
tate intact until the death Of Mtsss
Butcher, and their object has been 3ac.
complished aand nov comes the fight
| between those4 who claim under Miss
| B{iteher5by deed and otherwise, and
the remote kindred which will be long
and bitter as It now appears. Messrs;
sommerville and Wilson claim, that un-
der their contract Miss Butcher would
have gotten at least $4,000 and
Messrs. McGraw and Door claim tnat
under their deed she would have got
ten $4,000 from her estate, all Of
which they claim would have been far
more beneficial than to have received
nothing. The more remote kindred,
naturally defend their action by asesrt-
ing that as the heir was very agHe ana
near deaths door 1t was unnecessary
for her to have the handling of tbs
vast estate and thus deprive them OF
any share whatever.