Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-19
WEST VIRGINIA NOTES
LEGAL COMPLICATIONS OVER
AN ESTATE IN GRAFTON.
Special Dispat ch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, February 19.-De-
cidedly interesting legal complications como
from the distribution of the estate of the
late Adolphus Armstrong, lawyer and poll
tcian. of Grafton, w. Va, valued at half
million dollars. He was the largest land
owner in Taylor county. Immediately after
his death, Circuit Clerk ]. Frank Wilson
and Eugene Somerville, attorneys of Graf
ton went to Stafford, Ohio. In quest of
sister of Armstrong, the only immediate
heir. They found her living with q family.
who kept her for the rent of a small house
which her brother had given her. Her
name is Louise Butcher and she Is In IRAN
health. She is past seventy years OF age.
The attorneys secured a power OF attorney
| from her. provided her with the necessaries
| of life and had her room furnished. Hard
| ly had they left Stafford when Attorney
Harry Kunst of Grafton arrived there. 1t
was a close race. but his legal competitors
got there first. Kunst. however, succeeded
in having the woman execute papers revok-
ing the authority of Wilson and Somervflle.
but in the meantime they had returned to
Grafton and had them recorded legal
to Grafton to lock after her interests.
Clifford Males, aged nineteen years, was
struck by the Baltimore and Ohio accom-
mediation from Belington. four miles south
of Grafton, and Is believed to be fatally in
jured. He was lying on the track and Is
said to have been Intoxicated. His body
and his left shoulders are badly crushed.
The capital stock of the American Woods
Corporation, chartered last fall. has been
increased to $5OOO,000. This is lumber
enterprise of Belngton. w. Va, that has
been quietly acquiring options until now II
has under control upward OF lOJO,UU acres.
comprising some of the choicest timber for
ests In West Virginia. The corporation has
secured land near Belington. fifty acres OF
which will be used for its requirements:
storage yard which will accommodate 3d.
O0O. 600 feet Of lumber modern planning
and flooring mill. together with dry kilns
which will be erected on this portion OF the
property; thirty acres of land will be set
apart for the building OF homes for en-
ployes; quite a boundary Will be set apart
for the erection of manufacturing plants.
sites for which will be donated.
The following are some OF the industries
which are arranging to locate on this prop
erty: Table works. hub and spoke factory.
chair factory furniture factory and num-
Der of other woodworking establishments.
The corporation will employ 200 men in Its
own business. The directors are Greed
Collins, Peunsboro. W. Va; r. E. Jackson.
Frederick Moore. Belington; 5 g. Boyce.
Owls Head, NJ Y: charles +. Corkran.
New York, who is president OF the CORPORA
ton; A. ]. Stone. New York; j. w. Selvcy,
Grafton w. Va; N NJ. Marshall. Malone.
n. Y; F. C. limerick. Buffalo. n. Y.
II. W. LenneX. who has been fireman on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad since Au-
gust 81 last, has been arrested as de-
serter from the United States navy and has
confessed. He deserted from the League
Island navy yard. LenneX's wife, Annie
Higgins whom he married January 10 last.
under the assumed name of Bumgarden.
was responsible for his arrest as deserter.
The woman learned that her husband had
two names and she made Information
against him In doing so she let the fact
slip that he was a deserter ana MS arrest
followed.