The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-03-20
KANsAN OFFERS QUEER WILL
Document Made Up From Memory
Presented for Probate in Saline
County Recently.

For the first time in the history Of
the probate court of Saline county an
application to admit a will made up
from memory of the original will,
which is lost, will be heard by Judge
G. w Wilson early next month. When
Daniel KiIahan died without known
relatives some months ago all efforts
to find will said to have been drawn
up in 1907 were unsuccessful. The
will was executed by Judge W. F. Mus
ser, now deceased. James Marley
makes application to have admitted
for probate a will drawn up from mem
DRY, which names a number of bene-
iciaries. By law the administrator
and the county become defendants.
Kilahan, who lived alone, was found
dead in bed. After his death the
shack in which ne lived, and his sta
bles were wrecked in hunting for val
uables. Several hundred dollars were
found, and this with the farm, stock,
and money in the banks, totaling sew
eral thousand dollars, were thrown
into the hands of the court. If the
probate court refuses to consider the
will drawn from memory the Kilahan
possessions will revert to the state.
The case may find its way into the dis
trict court and later in the supreme
court before it is finally settled
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Wireless Line in Kansas.-The Kan
sas Gas and Electric Company Of
Wichita, which furnishes gas to con-
sumers there, is installing a wireless
telegraph system between headquar-
tiers at Wichita and its branches at
Pittsburg and independence. The gas
company hopes by the wireless to pre-
vent unforeseen shortages of fuel when
breaks occur in the mains by prompt
information. The consent of the fed
eraI government must be obtained be-
fore the wireless can be put in opera
ton, but as it will be utilized solely
for commercial purposes it will be
easy to obtain.
Murdoch Back TO His Paper.-Victor
Murdoch, ex-congressman from the
Eighth Kansas district, has returned
from Washington with his family Mr..
Murdoch will take charge of the
Wichita Eagle.
GraybiII Heads A. o. U. W-Dr. ].
| W. Graybill of Newton was reelected
grand master workman by the grand
| lodge of the Ancient Order Of United
! Workmen by reclamation at Hutchin-
son. w H Nelson of Smith Center
was elected grand foreman, and A H.
Denton of Arkansas City. grand re-
ceiYer, also by reclamation.
Women Put Up Own Ticket.-Deter-
mined that Colony, thriving town in
Allen county, shall progress as a COM
munity center, and that it shall have
a building especially dedicated to that
purpose, the women of the town will
| have a full ticket in the field to be
voted upon at the municipal election
in April.
An Accident Proves FataI.-Char1es
C. Boss, % years old, a farmer of
! Ottawa county, is dead at q Kansas
City hospital, following an operation
| to remove his right leg. A bullet
from a-22-ealibeT rifle, fired accident
ally by his 9-year-old nephew, Henry
Sink, entered Boss right leg at the
knee
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Fall May be FataI.-Naron Edwards,
a newspaper man. is at a Wichita
hospital lowering between life and
death due to a fall from a second
story window In attempting to raise
the window in his sleeping quarters
he tumbled to the pavement below
and for two hours lay in the rain IN
conscious
| Farm Sells for $50 an Aere.-A
farm containing 100 acres west of
Salina, recently sold by J. E. Hamil-
ton TO Andrew Ingermans for $24, 600.
This is at the date OF $50 an acre.
Bank Robbers Escape.-Harry Nil
ton and James Harmon, two youths
who robbed the State Exchange Bank
at Yates Center February 10, have
escaped from jail The prisoners
waited until after a deputy sheriff
brought their supper, when they
climbed up the side Of their cell and
tore out the plaster ceiling.
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: early Settler Dies-Jane Coburn
81 years old, a settler on the SaIina
: townsite before the Civil war, Is dead
at the home OF daughter II McPher
| son.