The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-07-31
DUNPHY NEEDS 4 GUARDIAN
Nevada Millionaire and Cattle
man Agrees to Appointment
OF His Sister

q guardian Tor James 1. Dunpny, tine
Young millionaire stockman and ranch.
err, who has large land and cattle inter-
ests In California aud at Beowawe.
Nevada, in this county. was made before
Judge Trout in the Superior Court in
San Francisco. on July %. Previous to
the case coming into court Dunphy
strenuously objected to q guardian being
Appointed to look after his business Of
fairs. but waived his objections when
the hearing was begun, provided. how
ever, his sister. Miss Jennie Dunphy.
was appointed t, that position.
81 think she would look after my in.
terests," said Dunphy. "But l would
object 10 the appointment Of any q
else."
Attorney Tim Lyons. who has been
trying for the last few weeks to steer
the erratic young millionaire clear Of
the shoals Of legal incorpetency.
promptly announced that no wished to
| withdraw from the case.
Then Lyons announced that while he
was no longer Dunphy's attorney he
was going to reappear IS counsel for
Mrs. Dunphy. and in that capacity
would stoutly contest the appointment
Of Miss Jennie Dunphy to the position
Of overseer Of the Dunphy conduct.
Everybody Immediately remembered
that there vas such a person as "Dodie"
Valencia Dunphy. and although she
was not there her presence seemed to
all the courtroom with . subtle infn-
ence likely to be potent before the trial
il over.
From now on the fight will not be
between Dunphy and q legal recogni.
ton of the cobwebs which are said to
have gathered about his thinking ma
chinery, but between two women-his
wife and his sister-to see which shall
control him, and incidentally control
his millions.
F. A. Fulkerson. Superintendent OF
the William Dunphy Estate at Beowa-
we, Eureky County, Nevada. was the
first witness called when the case began.
He said there were 1 900. 600 acres under
his supervision. he declared, 10000
acres being arid and the rest controlled
by the Dunphy family.
miss Jennie Dunphy Is the boss"
he told the Court, adding that he raised
hay to feed cattle and cattle to eat the
hay.
Attorney ]. H. Meredith, on behalf Of
Miss Jennie Dunphy, asked If among
all those vast herds Of cattle he had any
Irish bulls. Faulkerson had never seer
any that he knew Of. and added that HI
, had not seen Dunphy at the ranch for Z
long time.
H. j. Lang. manager of the La Pose
ranch. near King City. Monterey. hat
more information to offer both abou
Dunphy and the Irish bulls.
, Ibid you ever see Mr.. Dunphy wheI
: he was suffering from the d. TSP" ask
ed Lyons.
"Yes," said Lang. i've seen hin
looking mp at the trees thinking that ht
saw things there"
. Lyons suggested that Dunphy nigh
. have been looking at the trees las
; poet"
4 "There might have been thing
there" Lyons went on. 81 have seel
some queer things in trees myself"
But Lang protested that there wa
nothing unusual about the trees whel
Dunphy looked.
"Wersn't there any leaves there?" de
a manded Lyons.
II presume there were. They wer,
= eucalyptus trees. and they are green al
r. the year round"
I'll what did Mr.. Dunphy do on th
ranch?" Lang was asked.
r HE slept most of the time, rod
around some. went to King City ono
In q while. He'd get into places wher
N he was not wanted when he had n
business. We'd have to get him out"
Lang. although repeatedly questione
about it.. could not remember an OF
. casion when. while being brought HON
from one Of these places where he va
- not wanted. Dunphy had pointed to th
empty ridge-pols Of . house along th
road and said. with childish glee:
!. "Ohl Obi See all those big men u
= there"
o.. Lang gave it - his opinion that Dur
N ply was incapable Of managing his Al
8 fairs. being too often pretty drunk
and full"
n. The hearing was continued unit
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