New-York tribune., 1912-02-06
SEEKS PART OF ESTATE
Chauffeur'S Wife Sues as Heir OF
Mrs. H. |. Cammann.
SAYS SHE IS A DAUGHTER
Mrs. Anita McGuinness, of Green
wich, Formerly Anita Smith,
Objects to Probate of VIII.
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tBy Telegraph to Tbe Iripuhe'I
Greenwich. Conn. Feb 5.-Rumors Tor
the last month that Mrs. Anita Louise Nc
Guinness, wife Of Frank McGuinness. G
Greenwich chauffeur, would lay claim TO
daughters share of the estate OF Mrs'
Henry l. Cammann, of New YORK. VINO
died in January, became fact to-day
when Mrs. McGuinness filed an appear ana
q bond in the Greenwich PROBATE court
which says the Complainant Is the daush-
ter and natural heir of said decedent ana
Is aggrieved by the order OF Judge Jere-
miah Tierney, which allowed the propauns
of the will giving the entire estate OF some
$2S7,1S7 TO Mr.. Cammann.
The complaint reads as follows:
That on the 9Th day of January, 1872, a
certain written instrument purporuns 10
be executed on the 2th day OF DeegendioTid I'LL YEA
1903, and purporting TO be the Iast WI iate
testament of Grace II. G. Cammann' late
OF Greenwich, in said district, was pr
sented, approved, allowed and aonlliSso .ii nS y,
probate by this court as the last wiz a'iN
testament OF said deceased. -, c,roan-
That Henry L. Cammann. Of said Green,,
wich, one OF the executors named acS1or ni Y
instrument, duly qualified as sucn env eI,sd a.
and George G. McNall, therein haiheu @"
executor did not qualify. so,gh,en
That your complainant Is the daueN'S
and natural heir of said decedent h.ar
, THAT your complainant as sucn uauShts -
and heir is aggrieved by the order ana ,o'e 1S
cree of this court passed oil January ., ~ -
proved, approved, allowed ana SailieeSh noon,,sh
probate said instrument dated S .nSta
81 D. 1908 as the last VIII anu teor os,a
nnent Of said deceased Wherefore your coa,a
plainant being aggriever as ABOVE, ,s,hin
an appeal and does hereby appeal WI 81
one month from saiG 9ra sSid
the last will and testament OF satu ,he
! ceased, passed on January ., ATpLi ATppLri,de1nort
Superior Court 10 be held IN ,Irseia IN
within and for the county or faarmeio "a "a
| the first Tuesday of March, lsiI' hand
offers herewith a sufficient propase porS -
! in the sum OF $50 payable TO tne tnSI'r so COM
Connecticut and conditioned tha' yDneaI 10
plainant will prosecute salo aPPS
| effect
Mrs. Cammann was the daughter OF tilo
late william Churchill. we'll known IN Ne"
| York City a half century ago. She was 'he
! first woman to take up modern farming III
! Greenwich. where she ran North brooh
Farm. now the estate Of ]. II. Flasler' as
! dairy farm. She married Mr.. Cammanh
| on June S, 1898, and no children were poii
/ to them. ~.
| Their house. on the exact spot where Put
nam started to ride down the stone s'ep1
in Revolutionary days, Is the priue VI
| Greenwich This property, incluolns All
island and a shore front, opposite com
modore T.. c. Benedicts estate, was all III
Mrs. Cammann's name.
During her lifetime Mrs. Camman was
prominent In the Daughters OF the AmerI-
can Revolution and equal suffrage WORK
and was connected with the Naples Cor
poration, where she and her nusoand mads
their home OF late years. She died after
being confined to her apartments for sew
eral weeks
Mrs. McGuinness, as far as Greenwich
people know, generally was cared for ~hen
an infant by Mrs. Studwell, who received
nav for the services she rendered. The
child went by the name of Anita Smith.
She married when young, and her husband
committed suicide.
The girl was married to McGuinness an
ex-army man without means other than
place as chauffeur He is now unemployed
william p. Mulville, young attorney,
was appealed to by the girl upon the death
of Mrs Cammann, and it is understood
that he consulted the Stamford law firm
OF Kenealy & Heating. The lawyers have
spent a month investigating the statements
made by the girl, and. on the other hand'
the attorneys for Mr.. Cammann, having
knowledge Of a possible contest. have Sc
cured. 1t is understood, affidavits to sub
stantiate their claim that the girl has not
one bit OF right to the estate snd have
undoubted evidence az TO the parentage
OF the girl and that the father and mother
are now dead.
Mr.. Cammann is at present in Florida or
Tennessee. It is understood, recovering
from the shock OF his wife's death, and
his attorney. Judge George G. McNall' said
to-day that there would not be any compro-
mise. that the appeal had no foundation
and that he had abundant evidence to dis