Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-20
KINDREGAN HEIRS
Turning Up in Probate Court
 By the Dozen.

JOsepn w. klndregan tolu HIS Irieno Judge c. H. Cowell, president of g local bank and others, that he had near relatives. He had brother, he said, who was in business in the low or part of New York city but he went | to South America or west, and he had not heard from him in 30 years. Therefore he assumed he had neither kith nor kin in the world. But in the probate court to-day there were
 heirs and representatives of heirs by
 the dozen and such state of affairs ! that Judge R. A. Lowe remarked that
 M his 16 years as judge of the court
 he had not witnessed such case.
 Last week Attorney Frank Kenna
 of New Haven, notified the court that
 he represented John Thomas Kindre-
 gan, nephew of the deceased and
 he and his client and his clients son
 were in the probate court to-day.
 Attorney John J. Dwyer of Hart
 ford was on hand representing six
 heirs, Mary Ashton, niece, and Anna
 F. Coyle. grand niece. both living
 in Brooklyn, N. Y.. John T. Kindre-
 gan, nephew, Thomas, Joseph and
 Mary Kindregan of Brooklyn.
 A lawyer wrote Judge Low from
 Jersey City Saturday informing him
 that he represents an heir and would
 be on hand Tuesday. As the hear-
 ing took place to-day the gentleman
 from Jersey will get left. Last
 nunntno faIonhannA Ifdpn
 Lowe from Brooklyn, N. Y, asking
 for information regarding the
 Kindregans and what time the hear
 ing on the application for an admin
 istration would take, place. The
 judge gave him all the information
 that he knew. Attorney N R. Bron-
 son was in court but whom he rep
 resented was not disclosed and Judge
 Cowell was on hand as a friend of
 the deceased; so was Samuel P. Wil-
 Hams who was friend also.
 It was some time before those con- cerned got down to business and con- siderable time was thereby lost. Fi- nally, Judge Cowell who took the initiative by filing application for administration on the estate, arose and said that he was present as friend of the deceased. A short time before his death, the judge said Kindregan called at his office for the purpose of making his will. He then told him what has been already stated above regarding his rela- tives. He led me to infer" said the judge, "that he had no relatives in the world and l felt justified in filing the application for administra- tion on the estate" Attorney Dwyer then spoke. He said that Mary Ashton was niece and Anna F. Coyle grand niece of Ellen Kin dregan, who was a sister of de- ceased. John, Thomas. Joseph and Mary Kindregan are children of John | Kindregan who was brother of de- ceased. John Kindregan is deceased | also
 Attorney Kenna stated that he represented John Kindregan who was a son of Patrick or William Kindre- gan deceased. who was brother of | Joseph, deceased. He wished the court to know that Patrick and Will liam were the same man. For req sons best known to Patrick William and which the attorney said he would inform the court about at the proper time, Patrick took his second name William, and by that name he was known for the last 35 years of his life. He left many children, but all except the claimant John are dead.
 Both Attorneys Dwyer and Kenna favored the appointment of Attorney James M, Lynch for administrator, saying that the estate was easy to administer. It is compact, the money Is in bank earning interest and the rest consists of railroad stock and a few personal effects. There Is no creditor except the undertaken.
 Attorney Bronson asked why the attorneys should not offer proof that they represent heirs to the estate be- lore making any request for an ap- pointment. He did not doubt the made by his brethren but le considered 1t would be only proper that they should show some hing to prove that their clients are leirs to the estate. F.
 NAANSi "Ai AAohooh udu udu HIS say Judge Cowell spoke again. He said t was very peculiar why Kindregan hould for the last 35 or 40 years pro- laim to all who knew him that he lad no relatives or kin. Even a nonth before his death that he hould make a statement and vet here are over a dozen claiming kim i hip now. In all these years 1t was | trange that he should never have mentioned to those with whom he Fas best acquainted that he never lad had a sister or brother. Of , curse 1t may have been that he had . enied them, or that he had had :, rouble or bother with them and did ot wish to keep them in his memory. :. lut, nevertheless, admitting all that. he judge said 1t was strange that a ' ionth before his death Kindregan l hould have told president of a To- l al bank where some of his money is ' n deposit. that he should have told . man with whom he worked for 35 h ears, and told everybody in a gen. u ral way, that he had neither kith T Or kin living. In view of this state Ii things, these statements repeated : yer and over again for 35 years. the idge considered the court should be cry careful in the matter.
 Attorney Dwyer stated that the ay before his death Joseph told s. 2 Williams that he had a brother D amed Thomas. b Judge Lowe said he would consid- a the matter and in few days make fir lown his decision. The out of town b,