The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-06-18
CLAIMANT FOR
REFUSES MONEY
Wisconsin Man Says He Was
Adopted Brother Of Eccen- =
trio Woman.

Pittsburg, June 1s.-If the claims Of
Carl Fechner of Racine, Wis, said to
be nephew Of the late Miss Laura
Heemens White, who died alone in her
home at 343 Main street, Bloomfield.
leaving an estate estimated at several
hundred thousand dollars, prove to be
correct, St. Francis hospital may lose
the bulk of the fortune which was be-
queathed to it in event that a brother.
Major Robert Hall White. did not
claim the property within ten years.
Carl Fechner, who is represented by
Attorneys Lee & Phillips, claims he
took the adopted name of Robert Hall
White at the suggestion of Miss White
at Los Angeles, CAL. in 1892. and that
she agreed to leave him the estate and
would name him in her will.
The Fidelity Title and Trust COM
pany, executor of the strangest will
on record has charge Of the property.
There have been several claimants to
the estate. Just what merit there is
in Fechner's claim cannot be deter
mined at this time. He has sent in
the letter to his attorneys as copy Of
the agreement, which, he says, was
made with Miss White, his alleged
aunt, under seal. and to which is at
tached her photograph. He also claims
he can prove that she agreed that II
he would become her adopted brother
he would get her property II he
claimed 1t within ten years after her
death.
Left Big Estate.
Miss White was found dead in her
home, her body being badly decom-
posed. She left Q will which provid-
ed that her body must be kept at least
one week, that it be visited three times
daily and at the end of that period
the heart was to be stabbed three
times by an accredited physician, who
was to be paid $40 for that service.
and that her body should then be cre-
mated. The trust company caruied
out this provision.
At the time she died her fortune
was estimated to be worth at least
100000 and this. 1t is said. has in
creased. The principal beneficiary
was Major Robert Hall White, sup
posed to be with the British army in
South Africa. Tho new claimant states
that Miss White meant to givo this es-
Soto W uAAIp Sb1AU tAxhs A0 AAoOo SAA0
agreement to become an adopted
brother by that name. He says she
carried out her agreement in the will
and that he now claims the property.
Her library, said to be a valuable one.
containing many rare old volumes.
was bequeathed to the Home for In
curables. A few minor bequests of
real and personal property, including
q farm In Los Angeles. were willed TO
intimate friends.
Story Of Death.
Miss White was last seen alive FRI
day. January 2. when she visited .
grocery store in tho vicinity Of her
homo. She was . recluse, and as she
often won't away for day or two
without telling her neighbos the fact
that her homo was locked UP for sev-
eral days did not appear strange. AZ
her doors were strongly built and &C.
curely locked her neighbors could not
get into the house and the following
Friday notified the police. They forced
the kitchen door. Her body was found
lying on q couch. Feshner's claims
will be Investigated. Since the will
was pUbated the Fidelity Title and
Trust company has made strenuous
efforts to locate the brother but has
not been successful. 1t IL not really
known whether he was ever in South
Africa or not.
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