The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-24

Seelig has never claimed to have been
other than the vile of Jude Charles
Game. brother of the deceased man.
Some years ago. after the death OF
her husband. she married Mr. Seelig,
well-known resident of Ogden.
Neither Mrs. lSeehg nor her daugh-
| ter is making any claim whatever to
! a share of The estate of their relative
and they state that they feel deeply
| the Injustice of the misstatemeDts.
AS legal heirs to the property involv-
| ed. they Will be pleased TO accept any
thing which is proved to be rightfully
/ theirs. but, until the estate is TO be
regularly probated. no claim will be
| made,
The principal heir to the John Caine
estate Is q brother OF the deceased,
Reuben Caine, who now lives at Che
| halls. Washington and is a well to-do
business man The latter has COM
munioated with his sistcr-in law, Mrs.
| Seellg, and Will be in Ogden shortly
! 10 confer with her before leaving for
| Los Angeles.
In relation to the story of the ped
dler heir" Phillip Caine, it is stated
emphatically that Phillip was not a
! peddler bat was a miner at Park City
and also an Odd FellosS of good stand
J ing. The latter fact, alone. would dis
credit the story that he was unoared-
fer at the end.
Phillip and Reuben Caine came to
! America from the Isle of Man some
! time after the arrival Of the present
! Mrs. Seelig with her former husband,
| Judge C. Caine, and the latter's BROTH
erS, William, and John who has left
J the estate in Los Angeles. John Caine
made his money at Silver City. Idaho,
and instead OF thirty-five hundred dol
lars as stated. his estate is probably
! worth many thousands. Phillip, it Is
: stated. was the heir to his fathers
estate in England.
/ The dispatch from Los Angeles
above referred to, is as follows:
Los Angeles, Cal. April ga new
chapter to the story of a shoe lace
! peddler, who eked out a meagre exist
ence In Denver and died in a hovel
! without knowing he was heir to a
tidy sum. has been revealed in Los
y Angeles In connection with the settle
ment of the estate Of John Calne,
who died at Long Beach year ago.
! The peddler was Phillip Caine, Johns
+ brother
Charges of intrigue are now added
to the tale They involve death-bed
statement from John Caine, that he
/ had been fleeced OF rich mining prop
critics There is also disclosed the
! claim of a woman. that she is the Wi
, dow of John Caine, while his death
bed statement was that he had never
been welded.
The contest will center in Salt Lake
City, within a few days. but Public
Administrator Bryson. of Los Angeles.
is holding So 500 in cash belonging TO
the estate, and British Consul Morti'
, mer is representing British heirs
I four children of William Caine. who
| lived on the Isle OF Man. The three
brothers were second cousins OF Hall
Caine.
When John Caine died there were
filed letters OF administration IN salt
Lake and Los Angeles. Caine had
lived previously in Utah. and the let
ters of probate were In the hands of
+ F. McGurrin of that city. The
clash of Jurisdiction brought out be-
fore a commission testimony from a
Long Beach physician, as he said.
John Caine told me that he had
never married, and all OF his business
was represented in a bundle Of pa
pers. He said the address OF his agent
was there"
The physician testified that he did
not look at the papers until the man
was dead, and then found that the
I ,,a. NfcEurrtD
The physician was asked If Game
said anything about McGurrin having
defrauded him in any way
HE told me that he beat him out
of a valuable mine" was the answer
Despite this testimony that John
Caine never married, there came for
ward as claimants TO the estate Mrs
A. NJ. Seelig, Of 101 Poplar avenue
Ogden Utah, who said she was the
former wife of Caine. and her dauSh
ter. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bulkley ol
Ogden. said to be the daughter oi
Caine.
The heirs in England have peti
toned that letters of administrator
issued 10 McGurrin be revoked. alleg
ing that John Caine left other mining
properties and claims In Utah which
have not been included in the invcn
tory in that state, They have asked
that a Salt Lake banker take charge
OF the property.