The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01

husband vent abroad with his lawyers
and discovered that the two peasants
were positive that my sister-in-law.
Mrs. Charles L. Fair, had lived for
forty minutes after her husbands
death. With this positive proof, my
sisters heirs are entitled to the 49, 00,-
600 fortIrpe."
Mrs. Laura. Leonard. wife OF Joshua
Leonard. of Is Elizabeth avenue. and a
full sister OF the axe Mrs. gair. was
seen at he home b. an EVENING
STAR repre- tentative today. Both she
and her husband discussed the case at
length. Both also announced that-hey
would engage lawyers n get what
Mrs. Vanderbilt. and Mrs. Oelrichs.
says Heirs w,ere Wofully Deceived.
"Oh. I just knew that the truth
would come out sooner or later" said
Mrs. Leonard. "I only got $50, 600 from
my poor dead sisters estate when ]
knew that we we &c entitled to more.
why. all the heirs at law only re-
ceived $225, 900, all apid, whereas we are
rightfully entitled 10 an equal division
of the 5000, 900.
Indeed, the heirs of my sister never
received the $750.000 which belonged to
Mrs. Fair as her priv ate fortune apart
from that of her husba nd.
II know that we were wofully de-
ceived and accepted absurdly small
sums when we ought TO have got mil
lions. I am positive about my sister
having had a private personal fortune
of $500 Besides that, she had 4
splendid collection of jewels worth up
ward of 5000. All that her heirs got
was a division of $24, 900, which was
said to be the sum realized from the
sale of the gems.
..Oh. when 1 think that Mrs. VAN
dcrbilt and Mrs. OeIricbs may be wear
ing my sisters diamonds and sap
phires ~ makes me 80 Nns:ry that i
could tear the necklaces from their
necks.
my brother, Frank P. Smith, is not
a half brother OF Mrs. Charles l.. Fair,
as at first reported. We were full
brothers and sisters. The only half
brother was Abraham G. Nelson, of
New Market.
1.-THE rightful heirs of my sisters
$4,000. 600 estate are the late Mrs.
Hannah Nelson (our mother) and
mother of Caroline d. Smith Fair: Mrs.
Joshua Leonard, William r. Smith, of
Caldwell: Charles j.. Smith, of Boulder,
Col; Mrs. George Bunnel, of Union;
Mrs. Sarah Letter (now dead). whose
heih. is Mrs. Frank Leonard, and Frank
=. Smith,
Fooled the yanderbiIts.
IN makes me laugh when I think
Ib6,N,, my brother fooled the Vanderbilt
ara n he Oelrlch lawyers. Why, all the
Nsaa1 4 nat he was supposed to be host
fyp Mad been at work running down the
cIuess An, t should bring us millions. He
never st. 'pped. me never let up. He
inst keYst right at it until now he is in
nossessifn of the evidence that will
make MS d l really wealthy.
~ know that my brother. William
smith. at ca dwell, will join in bringing
.,,ats ngainst the present p~ossessors of
my sisters 70 tune.
.rws have re ceived word that much
If the evidence in the first suits was
dastroved in tn G "a Francisco fire.
Rut that makes no difference. The
fact remains tina. { the two Ifoureays.
the gatekeepers at the scene of the &C
cjdent which killed Il sister and her
husband, will swear that she lived for
~ minute after ht,r husband died.
suit Brought hi New 70 rs.
The application in Smiths Suit to, re-
cover from Mrs. Vanderbilt and Mrs.
Oelrlchs was made before Justice Fitz-
gerald in the Supreme CAlIrt of New
York two days ago. The application
was for the appointment OF a commits
sion to take testimony Of witnesses in
France. No date has yet bsen set for
the trial of the suit here.
Bowers & Sands, attorneys for Mrs.
Vanderbilt and Mrs. Oelrichs, yesterday
served the following notice our all the
living heirs to the estate Of Mrs Charles
L. Fair
ITO A.bram G. Nelson. w. B. Smith
and JohEl B.. Bunnel, executors of the
will of Hannah r. Nelson (n1other of
Mrs. Char les l.. Fair. Charles :. Smith,
w. z. Smith, "A. Nelson, Elizabeth
BunneI. Laura Leonard, f.. i. Lauf1er
and A. Leonard.
"Please aake notice that Frank P.
Smith, alles ing that he is a brother of
the late Cal oline d. Fair, has brought
an action as ;ainst us, alleging that he.
as one of the next of kin and heirs at
law, is entit ed to an interest in her
property, on the ground that. owing to
the death of her husband, Charles L.
Fair, which aid Smith alleges was
nrior to the death of said Caroline D.
S. NFair, her estate, except as to certain
legacies menti oned in the will, was un-
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