The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-05
Relatives of James A. Bai- ley, Millionaire Circus Man, Want Part of
 His Estate.
Large Interests in Several Great Shows Is Involved
 in Fight.
Estate is Roughly Estimat- ed at $1,OOO,OOO and In cludes Stock in Buffalo Bill Show, Forepaugh 6 Sells Circus and Barnum & Bailey's-Mrs. Bailey Now in Egypt.
Now in Egypt.

NephewS and neiceS of James A.
 Bailey, the late partner of P. T. Bar
 mum in the show business. have re-
 newed their contest to break his will.
 The contest to break the Bailey will
 throws much light upon the estimated
 valued of a number of circuses that
 make their home in this city, and the
 value of the holdings of the testator is considered.
 When the will was filed for probate in January, 1907, it was contested by nephews and nieces and the eccentricd- ties and alleged insane acts of Bailey were told in court, but the will was probated by Surrogate Willard, of WeStchester County, New York. As the contestants have a right to de- mand a jury trial within two years the Robinson suit has been brought. Bailey's widow, Katherine A. Good win, Gordon Dancey, Charles Gordan and Sarah Beaufeaut are defendants. nieces of the dead snowman and are merely formal defendants.
 The complaint charges in brief that the will and it's codicil were never exc cuted by James A. Bailey 'in con formity with the requirements of law; that at the time he was of unsound mind and incapable of making a. will; that if the will and codicil were ever executed by Bailey his signature was secured by fraud and undue influ- ence of the defendant Ruth Louisa Bailey and of one Edward McGl1inniss, a brother of the said Bailey
 Badley's estate is roughly estimated in the complaint at more than s1 GOO, 900 and included bills receivable from Will liam F. Cody BUffalo Bib for $50, 900, accounts receivable from Barnum & Bailey, Limited of $17, ,632. and for sal- aries and disbursements on account of hat I<a 4u 1c<s y-c,<7if f<><7 with one-hah, interest in Forepaugh & Sells Brothers circus, worth $50, 900, and a half interest in Buffalo Bill's Wild West, worth $50,000. He is said to have owned 113, 33S shares of pre- ferred Barnum & Bailey stock worth s551, ,9H at par; 53, ,968 shares of ordinary stock with a. bar value of s262. SPA; $5,- 900 in bank and thirty-two and a half acres comprising The Knolls: at Mount Vernon, together with much personal property, live stock and other posses sions.
 Assemblyman Isaac Sargent, of No. 40 Nassau street, New York, the at torney for Miss Robinson, said yester- day that much evidence would be given at the trial which had not been given at the hearing before the Surro gate. It appears, he said, that Bailey was addicted to the use of drugs and had a padded compartment in his pri- vate car into which he shut himself when the fits to which he was subject attacked him. Much of the evidence, MT. Sargent said. had not been avail able at the hearing because employees who had been close to MT. Bailey were still connected with the circus, in which Mrs. Bailey had a large interest. She has since sold nearly all of her interest and received for the S551, ,9S1 of preferred stock, it is said. about g, 0OO, 900.
 Batley's real name was McGinniss. He was born in Detroit and, orphaned, lived with his aunt, Bridget McGinniss. When fifteen he ran away to join the circus, taking the name of the manager of the show, Fred Bailey.
 The plaintiff expects to prove that before the will was made Bailey turn ed over to his wife large sums of which are deposited in her name in the Chatham National Bank in New York These amounts added to those accounted for under the will, it is said, would bring the total of the showman's fortune to between s4, 0OO, 900 and S, 000, 900.
 Mrs. Bailey left New York last De- cember for Europe and Egypt. It is expected that she will return next month.