The Washington times., 1910-08-06
Heirs Receive the Dividends
on Stock Bequeathed 70
Years Ago.
FINAL SETTLEMENT
OF WINN'S ESTATE
He Was a Purser in the United
States Navy in
1880.

HarkiI 2 back TO the Washington OF
three-quarters Of a century ago. with
its slavery and quaint customs, at
torneys today find in the mUsty will Of
Timothy VIM, a purser in the United
States Navy in the POS and Sos, a so
luton OF a 'lapsed legacy" comprising
-0c shares OF stock in the Franklin In
surance Company. Of this city, and $500
IN unclaimed dividends. a legacy that
has gone begging for sIxty-one years
When the affairs of Timothy VIM
were settled in 1873. thirteen years after
his death, it was believed that the
closing chapter in his life had ended,
but the perseverance or the Franklin
Insurance Company directors re-opened
an interesting romance of other days
and caused the resurrection Of relics
OF q misty past
Produced in court after three-score Of
years, the antique viii. executed with
the quill pen in 1884. proved the instru-
ment in finally settling claims involv-
ing the $4,000 worth Of insurance com
pany stock, and once again drawing
the curtain on the life and affairs Of a
Washington pioneer.
Distribution Is Made.
Through the light thrown on the
''lapsed legacy by the reading Of the
faint lines Of the viii, now brown with
age, today was reached a compromise
distributing the S20.0O0 or more to AIRS
Josie D. LippincOtt, OF Kansas City,
No, and fourteen heirs Of Timothy
VIM, representing three generations.
one, Miss RebecCa =. Hooe, Of Wash
ingtOn, and others residents Of BaIti-
more
A--or,o- 81. L5.r4f~--,.-x r,.g-- -. ~
Eliza Rebecca Beau. Miss Mary VIM,
Mary II Thompson, Cough Thomp-
son, and Harry Thompson, the latter
three. being represented 1y their
mother, Mrs katherine W. Baldwin.
who IS acting as their guardian AIRS
BeaIs who IS the widow OF Edward :
Beal and the granddaughter OF limo
thy VIM, lives at Hotel Sherwood. IN
Baltimore, her father having been VIII
The Washington heir. Rebecca D.
HOOes was the daughter Of Mary
Louisa. daughter Of Timothy E-Inn She
lives at l1J . street northwest
Several months ago Frederick A.
FeuninE, a Washington attorney and a
member OF the board OF directors OF the
Franklin Insurance Company. deter
mined % locate the heirs Of Timothy
HNinu, and settle the rfghtfUl ownership
to the 20 shares OF stock held By the
had purchased them eighty years be
fore for less than $ each His in
veStigatiOn led him through a mass OF
legal -echnIcalities and far back into
archives OF by-gOne days.
Search Is Successful.
This search made By Mr.. fleming has
ended successfully. and his reward is
10 per cent Of the dividends.
In the course Of lis investigation he
was made attorney for the latter day
administrators Leigh BOnsai and Wal
ter A Johnson, and Judge Barnard
made the award Of 10 per cent as
attorneys fees
From the documents dealing with the
estate OF Timothy VIM which had been
fled away, as II forever, sixJy-One years
before II was found that VIM le1t his
estate TO his widow, Rebecca- VIM, his
son William Timothy VIM, his daugh-
Ter Mary Louisa VIM. and his grand
daughter, Rebecca Ellis, daughter OF his
preoeceased daughter Final adjudication
was made in 1913, the estate being
worth upward OF SO, 90
Tracing the Heirs.
The granddaughter mentioned in the
will Il was found, had died in Kansas
City, Mo. July l, 1901, leaving the bulk
Of her estate to Mrs Josie D. Lippin-
colt, wife OF William V LippincOtt.
formerly Of Washington. aid son OF Dr..
and Mrs Benjamin LippincOtt, pioneers
OF Washington, with whom the grand
daughter Miss Ellis, lived Tor many
years though no relation ItSappeared
that 70 Miss Ellis had been beQueaJhed
the stock II the Franklin Insurance
Company, and as a consequence II nat
uraLy would fall to the beneficiary
under her viii, Mrs LippincOtt
But on that point fell The light OF the
mUSty nd will OF Timothy VIM He
SpecInc ally provided thai the SAID stock
should 50 TO Miss Ellis, and that she
should nave the proceeGs from It dur
in her life time. but in the event Of
Her dying without issue the stock
should revert 10 his son and daughter.
Attorneys in the case, therefore, f1g-
ured II out that proceeds or DIVIDENDS
from the stock prior 10 the death OF
Miss Ellis belonged to her estate, and
hence TO Mrs LdppincOtt, and as a con-
sequence a compromise was signed al
loving her 81 500
heirs Of the son and daughter Of Tim
Othy VIM under The terms Of the COM
promise
Echoes of Slavery Days.
Echoes Of slavery days are heard ini
the viii. ore clause ref..-slng to his two
oldest slaves, reading
They are neither to be sold nor set
free on any account whatever. l have
too much regard for them to set them
free 20 provide for and support them
selves in their old age. after having had
tA-NA4 LoALAA- ~ SCI nc AD4 AAAC DEALEl
Of their lives They must be comfort
ably and well provided for and kindly
treated and supported and receive every
indulgence compatible with their situa-
ton
Mention Is also made of the fact that
Judge POwhattan Ellis, of Mississippi,
had two Of his slaves and she should he
allowed to keep them unless he returned
them voluntarily.
y family Bible and silver spurs, be-
queathed to Timothy VIM by his grand
father, Timothy VIM, OF Middlesex |
county, Mass. was left to his son under
the terms of the old will