The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-16
SUES FOR JEWELS
DEAD BROTHER
GAVE F|ANCEE
Administrator Wants $4,000
in Gems and Cash Left
in Deposit Vault.

| Something out o. the ordinary n o.
tered IN the action on trial to-day be-
fore Justice Hendrck and jury In the
Supreme Court, In which Highland T.
Flnnell as administrator OF the estate
Of his brother. Airy L. Flnnell, demands
from Miss Lillian Cunningham the re-
turn OF $500 In jewelry and cash
which was LEFT In deposit box at the
Colonial Safe Deposit Company, OF
which Miss Cunningham had the key.
The contents OF the box were deposited
In the custody OF the Court BY the Co.
~lonial for the Court TO award TO It's
proper claimant, for Miss Cunningham
Airy Finnell. who, she says. was her
affianced husband when he committed
suicide after long illness last August.
Became His Nurse.
Miss Cunningham Is a good-,ookng
young wom6n, with Titan hair and
sweet, prepossesslng manner. She says
that Airy Finncll cour,ed her and asked
her to marry him in December. 1907,
and set the wedding day for his own
birthday. June 10. laVs. But when June
came around Alry was III; too III to
marry. and his lady love became his
faithful nurse. She attended his sick
bel for nearly two months, and was
generally supposed 20 be MS wife. only
the immediate family and intimate
friends understanding the situation.
The young woman says that on Aug.
Il, 1905, At Airy's request she accom-
,Sanied him to the Colonial Safe Deposit
Company, where he rented box, gave
the receipt for the rert to her. and then,
taking an envelope, put into II lot Of
diamonds. sealed 1t, and as he placed II
In the box said: "These are yours.
want you TO have them. All my prop
ertr belongs to YOU
Gave Her All In Farewell Note.
mfr. Finnel took another, large
envelope from his pocket II was full
and thick" said Miss Cunningham.
"He sealed that up, too. and said: IT is
all for you" He placed that in the box.
/ and some other things. too. and then
he locked the box and handed the key
TO me.
Then he called clerk ard demon
strated that the box could not be un-
locked with one key. He got the other
key and give that to me, saying that I
should sew them up carefully in n
chamois bag and be careful and no;
lose them. Then lie said, Now. watch
| carefully, unlocking the box and taxi
ing out and replacing the contents:
This is all for you, Lii
When opened the box after his
| death I found that there was one 5000
bill and two $50 bills In the small en-
velope and the iewelry described in,'the
complaint In the other.
The day after We visited the deposit
vaults / went out for Il while. ! got
home a. 40 o'clock. There was a
strong oder Of escaping gas, I hurried
In. The fat was full OF gas. l threw
open the windows and ran 10 his room.
/ Mr.. F!nnell lay on his bed with a tube
| in his mouth. turned off the gas and
removed the tube. Thon l ran TO the
drug store and telephoned for his ply.
slclan. But Mr.. Finnell ives dead"
He left a note on his desk. The note
was to say that he gave all his property
TO me-"
The inventory OF tho Jewels included
a three.stons diamond stlckpln. q ruby
ring. s!nsle-stone stud. solitaire ring. an
old god carved In gold. diamond and
sspptsrs ring ana the IKE, ,a<Srssattns
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