The Irish standard., 1912-09-28
PARENT OF GIRL WHO LEFT
MONEY TO OTTO MEYER
HERE, DIES IN DENVER.
DEMISE Is A MYSTERY.
Alleged Mystery In Demise Attracts
Attention Of AuthorItIoe.-Attor.
ney Declares Death Of Wheeler
Will Not Halt Suit.

Denver, Sept. Z6.-James cooper
of Hollis, Long Island. father
Of Miss Candaoe Wheeler. who was
drowned in Bowles lake. near Denver.
June %, died here under circumstanc.
es which the authorities consider mys.
FERROUS. Wheeler came to Denver last
Friday In connection with . suit in
volving his daughters will. His suit
to have set aside the will which named
DR.. J. H. Warren Meyer az admins
traitor. was postponed until Oct 8.
Wheeler registered under the name
of James Woodrow and his identi-
ty did not become known until Tues
day. He was accompanied by his at
torney. Emil Schnallock. also Of Hollis,
who registered az Emil Sheridan"
Schnallock Is under the care Of ply
sician. According to physicians.
wheeler died of uraemio convulsions.
Why Wheeler and Schnallock reg.
tstered under assumed names has not
been explained.
Wheeler's death probably will end
the contest he instituted to gain pos
session of his daughters estate, valued
at $4,000. In this event. Otto Meyer
of Minneapolis, who was Miss Wheel
er's finance. will receive the bulk Of
the estate. after the payment of a $751;.
900 bequest to DR.. Meyer. Otto's broth
er. who is administrator.
The estate comprises insurance pol
icies amounting to 312.500 and prop
erty bequeathed by the dead girls
mother.
The fact that Miss Wheeler's body
was not recovered for ten days after
she was drowned gave rise to rumors
that the drowned woman was not Miss
Wheeler, and that the real Miss Whee-
Ter had gone east with the intention OF
going to Europe. The rumors resulted
in payment of her insurance policies
being held up pending exhuming of
the body and positive Identification Of
the remains by means of dentists
chart. After the recovery of the body
friends of Miss Wheeler asserted that
several weeks before she was drowned
her jewels and other belongings had
been secretly removed from her rooms.
When the will was presented for pro-
bate and 1t was discovered that her
finance and his brother were the bene-
fciaries and that her father was cut
off with one dollar, Mr.. Wheeler insti-
tuted suit. alleging that the beneflci-
aries had exercised an undue influence
over the girl, that the instrument was
"the product of deceit and conspiracy
and was, in fact. not his daughters
will at ALL"
Suit Not to Be Dropped.
The suit to break the will of Can
dace Wheeler will not be dismissed az
result of the death of her father. ac-
cording to statement by Emil schnal-
lock, attorney for the dead man. Mr..
Schnallock said the contest would be
pushed in behalf Of Mr.. Wheelers
| second wife and their three children.
The attorney said Mr.. Wheeler regis
tered at a Denver hotel under an as
sumed name for the purpose OF avoid
ing publicity during the time he was
In Denver waiting for the suit to como
to trial.
Minneapolis.-Otto Meyer, the Min.
neapolis musician mentioned in the
dispatch from Denver concerning the
death Of James Cooper Wheeler, who
opposed Mr.. Meyer as beneficiary of
the estate of Miss Wheeler, the daugh-
ter. declared that he knew little con-
| corning the case. II left Denver a
few days after the funeral Of Miss
Wheeler" he said, land have not kept
in touch with the legal aspects Of the
case. having turned that part over to
. firm Of lawyers in Denver.
New York.-James Cooper Wheeler
was the author Of number Of novels
and many short stories, most of them
for boys. He was the uncle Of Henry
l.. Stimson, secretary Of war.