Bisbee daily review., 1910-07-21
CLAIMANT ID
 WEALTH MUST
 ANSWER RIGHT
Queer Test Is Put on Alleged Son of Scotch Wilson in Nebraska Today by Estate Administrator.

TECUMSEH. Neb.. July 20:-No thing has ever put the curiosity to the citizens of Tecumseh under a greater strain than the mystery of old Scotch" Wilson's missing heir. which is to be solved by an unusual test before Judge Livingston of the probate court tomorrow. The claimant. who asserts that he is John Wilson Jr. the son of old Scotch" Wilson will tomorrow, be given an opportun- ity to prove his idenity and to estab- fish his claim to the $30.00O which old Wilson left to his missing son, provided he should turn up within five years after the death of the testator and prove his claim by answering tc the satisfaction of the court, ten questions which old Wilson had writ ten down and sealed and deposited in a saftey deposit vault
 Old Scotch" Wilson died about five years ago and ever since that time the mysterious package in the safety deposit vault kept the curiosity of the citizens at a high pitch. It is safe i to say that there were not two resi- dents who held the same theory con cerning the nature and purpOrt of the ten questions Every possibility was ] discussed from every imaginable point of the test questions formed the all absorbing aopic of conversation and contention in Tecumseh.
 The general interests in the puzzle increased tremendously when, a few weeks ago, a man appeared in this i city who claimed to be John Wilson. Jr.. the missing heir of old Scotch" | Wilson. He stated, in reply to ques' tions. that he had lived in Houston Tex. for more than twenty years un- | der the name of Alonzo Wilson and that be had assumed the name to make it impossible or at least more difficult for his father to locate him. ] He is an attorney and also a civil en- | gineer and has worked for the South ern Pacific railroad for many years. He said, he has heard of his fathers death about two years ago but did not wish to return to claim the inheri- tance waiting for him. But his wife and his daughter had finally persuad- ed him to claim the estate for their sake and he had consented to come to Tecumseh and establish his ident- ity through the prescribed test.
 ! Old Scotch" Wilson. the testator was 'one of the oldest settlers in this locality He owned a fine farm and by shrewd investments accumulated a considerable fortune
 He was a man of may prejudices . stubborn and intolerant and frequent ly quarreled with the members of his
 family and his neighbors. It was about
 thirty-six years ago that the old mar
 had a particularly sever quarrel witt
 his son, John Wilson, Jr., and drov, ' the equally stubborn boy out of tn
 house. The boy left Tecumseh snl
 was never seen or heard of since tha
 time One year later the old man r'
 tented and began to regret havin driven his only son into the work
 He made strenuous efforts to fin
 a trace of his son and spent the grea
 CT part of his fortune in this searcl
 But the search remained fruitles
 and the old man died without havin
 found a trace of his son. shortly b. |, fore his death the old man made J will in which he provided, after ni :. own style, for the possibility of hi , sons return. He deposited S30 00' the bulk of his fortune. in the Te' A umseh bank to be held in trust fc e, his son for five years, ending July 2 e 1910. The old man, realizing the dani f. CT that an impostor might claim th - fortune, wrote down ten questions an g. the answers to them sealed thel Id securely and entrusted them to th a executer of the estate, A. z. Sullivan {. with the provision that the none ,,. should not be paid to any claimar 10 who did not answer these ten que a tions to the satisfaction of the jude rs of the probate court. Iii case TO clain = ant should appear and answer tn T questions before the expiration of tf
 five years the money is to go to th
 nephews of the testator.