The sun., 1919-07-22
100000 is LEFT BY
OLD INDIAN FIGHTER
Ezra J. Travis Was Also Pros
pector, Miner and Terror Of
"Bad Men" in West.
SCOUT IN THE CIVIL WAR
Two Sons and q Daughter Get
Most of Estate-Sister and
Niece Remembered.

Ezra johnson Travis, civil war vet
sran, Western trail breaker. Indian
fighter. buffalo hunter. prospector. miner
and terror OF bad men, in the days Of
the real wild and woolly West, left an
estate Of approximately 100000 when
he died July ~ In the POSTGRADUATE
Hospital here. His will was fled for
probate yesterday by his son. Albert
Chester Travis, of 20 East Eighth street,
and a member of the law Arm of
Rearick, Dorr & Travis. II Broadway.
He leaves to his sister. Mrs. Mary F.
$4,000. and to his niece. Minnie Travis
Brown of 1929 Oak street San Fran
cisco. the income OF $1,000 during their
lives. The residue Is left to his chill
dren. Wesley Elgin Travis, president Of
the Taxicab Company OF California, of
12ao Bush street, San Francisco: Han
nah Travis Fulton. wife of Robert Edi-
son Fulton, vice-president OF the Inter-
national Motor Company. of 900 West
End avenue, and Albert Chester Travis.
The residuary estate Is divided into
three shares of "a, AZ and 81 per cent.
going to the residuary legatees in the
order named. The inequality of the pro-
visions. the will states, Is due to ad-
vances made or other disposition OF the
estate during the testator's lifetime. and
the larger provision made for the daugh-
ter is because of her comparative in
ability to meet the responsibilities Of
lfe."
Fought MorEan's Raiders.
Mr. Travis was born in Greenville.
Pa. in 1S45. the descendant of Colonial
Virginia stock Fondness of adventure
lured him westward, but he returned to
Illinois when the civil war started and
enlisted. For two years he performed
scout work in Tennessee and Alabama
and figured in numerous skirmishes with
Morgan's Raiders. He was commended
for his gallantry in orders and in
personal letter from his commanding
officer. Gen. Speed S. Fry, to whose STAFF
he was attached. This letter was one Of
Mr.. Traviss most cherished possessions
After his discharge from service Mr.
Travis returned TO the West. When his
outfit arrived in Montana the Alder
Guch discoveries had just been made
and the gold fever was at its height in
that district He became a member of
the Vigilantes and when he moved to
Salmon City. Idaho. the lawless element
of that community, fearing his advent
there presaged an extension OF Vigilante
activitise. served notice on him to move.
Mr.. Travis barricaded himself in a
cabin and with slug loaded, sawed
off doublebarrelled shotgun held the
desperadoes at bay until the timely ar
rival of a friend, who afterward was
elected a United States Senator from
Idaho. They drove off the bandits.
Takes Trail Again in 1860.
Always seeking excitement. Mr.. Travis
took the trail again in 1869. when the
White Pine and Phoebe discoveries were
made. He established a stage line be-
tween Hamilton and Phoebe, later join
ing forces with the noted firm Of Gilmer
& Salisbury. a large stage transporta-
ton company, having 5000 horses draw
ing passengers. freight and mails over
land.
During this period Mr.. Travis was a
deputy sheriff in Phoebe under his
brother, on whose retirement he served
as sheriff. Phoebe was known as ono Of
the most lawless towns in the West and
Mr.. Travis frequently said that at one
period there were seventy~fve deaths
by violence-from guns and bowie
knives-and only two from natural
causes.
Ho was a predecessor OF ]. r. Haggin
and Lloyd Tevis in the ownership OF
the famous HomestalSe No. mine at
Leeds. s. D., but his interest in horses
caused him to abandon mining and other
adventures to establish a ranch at Cas-
cade. Mont This was among the larg-
est Of its kind in America, Mr.. Travis
having 5000 head Of cattle He after
ward held mail contracts in Chicago.
New York and Philadelphia until his
retirement some years ago.