New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1915-05-07
DIVY MRS. v. C. DALEY
IS SCOTS DAUGHTER
Lively Contest Possible Before
Cheshire Mans Estate is Settled.


claim Of Mrs. Walter c. Daley o.
Cheshire that she is the daughter OF
Mr.. Scott, by his first marriage. Mr.
Daley has told a reporter that should
the Scott heirs make this claim there
will be contest and that it will be an
easy matter for Mrs. Daley to prove
her identity.
IF the Scott hears make this claim
said Mr.. Daley, I'VE are prepared to
contest 1t. We ask no odds of any Of
them but we do claim that Mrs. Daley
is his daughter, and that we can easily
prove it, for the nurse who attended
the first Mrs. Scott is living right here
in Cheshire and can testify to the
facts
Lulu Only Daughter.
A well known Waterbury man, who
said he was speaking for the second
Mrs Scott, the widow, says that Mrs.
Daley was not a daughter, and that
Mr.. SCOTS only daughter was Lulu,
daughter by the present Mrs. Scott,
who died when she was seven years
of age. s
II assure YOU" insisted the speaker,
that Mrs. Daley is not Mr.. Scotl's
daughter. AS understand it, she is
the child Of Mr.. SCOTS first wife, born
after her second marriage, after Mr..
and Mrs. Scott No. 1 had been di-
vorced."
Depends on Will.
1t is claimed that unless will is
found. there is bound to be trouble
over the distribution of the Scott es-
tate. If Mr.. Scott left a daughter, and
there is no will, she will, of course,
come in for a portion of the property,
but If a will was made, and is pro-
duced, she may be unable to get any
thing, unless by a contest in the courts
in which case she will have to prove
her identity, and also show undue in
fluence, or other legal grounds, for
setting aside the document.
I One story in Cheshire is that Mr.. and
Mrs Scott entered into a mutual
agreement, som e years ago, and that
each at that time made a will in favor
of the other.
SCOTS First Wife.
Bertha Todd was Walter SCOTS
first wife. She was a, resident of VOL
colt. Her daughter (the present
Mrs. Daley was named Jennie Wal
tina. Walter Scott and the first Mrs. 1
Scott were divorced and later the
first Mrs. Scott became the wife Of
Louis Kahl. One child, Louis, Jr.,
was born to them. Mrs. kahl died
last June. Her daughter, SO the
mother is reported to have said, was
named Jennie Waltina, on account OF
the child's fathers name being Wall
ter. Mrs. Kahl claimed that she was
paid for the support of the child, even
after the divorce decree was issued,
and it was claimed by people who
knew the family at the. time that
there was no question Of the present
Mrs. Daley being Mr.. SCOTS daugh-
ter.
Mrs Daley has also been married
twice, her first husband being Mr..
Gamer, from whom, it is said, she
was divorced.
Mrs Daley Silent.
Mrs. Daley was asked if she in
tended to claim part of the estate
of Mr. Scott. She said she had
nothing to say on the matter at pres
emit She didn't care to discuss the
case to any extent, but Mr.. Daley
was emphatic yesterday in the state
ment that his wife was Mr.. SCOTS
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daley were among
those who attended Mr.. SCOTS fun
eral yesterday.
Institution to Older People.
Walter Scott may have been only
name in the younger generation of
Waterbury and Cheshire, but Walter
Scott was an institution to the older
people of those places, who remem-
Der him both as baker and as a
caterer. AS an innkeeper Walter
Scott thought first of his guests, and
then Of his house, but at one time
his house gave him much concern,
with expensive litigation, and also
gave the property owners of Cheshire
something to talk and think about
This was in the days Of prominence
of Samuel F.. Thrasher, the heavily
mustached head of the Law and Or
der league in 1896 or 1897.
In those days the cellar of Walters
! hotel was well stocked with the very
best vintage. But unfortunately for
Walter the town went, no license and
the wet goods in the cellar were bot
tied UP. One day, however, MI.
Thrasher and his trusty agents de-
scended upon the establishment and
seized everything drinkable in sight,
including two bottles of whiskey
which were kept upstairs. To the
town hall marched the Law and Or
der league, taking the wines with
them. 1t was highly priced stock,
and although Walter protested this
did him no good, the justice con-
demned the liquor to be emptied out
in the streets of Cheshire. Walter
appealed to the district court of Wa
terbury, where the issue was tried
OUT before the late Judge Arthur D.
Warner OF Woodbury., then judge
Of the common pleas court Of Litch-
field county. who was brought here to
hear the case.