Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-03-30
HEIRS TRY TO
BREAK H. V0N
WILL.
One Son, Cut off with So,
and Two Daughters, Protest
Probate of Instrument
Estate of Rich Rancher of
Fem Section Said to Have
Net Worth of About $4,000

Shit to break the will of the late
Herman Won Bargen, wealthy Idaho
county rancher, who diel February 20
n his home near Fem, has been in
Nituted in probate court in the filing
Of protest to probate Of the will of
Mr.. Won Bargen by three of his child
dren, Otto Won Bargen, Mrs. Mathilde
Thompson and Mrs. Clara McHugh. A.
s. Hardy is attorney for the contest
ants, who, in their petition, claim that
Mr.. Won BaTgen was of unsound mind
on January 25, last, when the will was
made.
Hearing on the contest has ,een set
for April 3 in probate court by Judge
j. E. Byron. Attorneys Fogg & Camp
bell and H. Taylor represent the estate.
L. NJ. Harris, of Grangeville, and w.
B. Hussman, of Cottonwood, are named
in the will as executors of the estate,
which, it is claimed, will inventory
about 100000, with net worth of
approximately $4,000
ONE SON GETS SIS
By his will, Mr.. Won Bargen leaves
his widow, Mrs. Frieda Won Bargen,
$4,000 He gives his son, John, 9
years old, $4,000. To Walter, he be-
queaths the home place of 100 acres,
near Fem. To Otto, he leaves So,
Sin consideration of the fact that he
has already been given the amount of
his inheritance by me"
Mrs. Mathilde Thompson, another
daughter, is given S. Sin considerable
of sums she has received from me pre-
viOus to the execution of this will. "
Mrs. Clara McHugh, another daugh
ter, receives $3.50.
Mr.. Won Bargen bequeaths to August
Jaenke, of Spokane, $500, with the
consideration that, 'provided that the
sum of $500 | have invested for him
in his behalf is repaid to him out of
such investment, than this item to
be null and void, otherwise to remain
in full force y
The remainder of the estate is to be
divided among his wife, son, John;
son. Walter; daughter, Mrs. Thompson,
and daughter, Mrs. McHugh, except
the machinery, farm implements and
watch, which go to Walter.
GROUNDS OF OBJECTION
The objection to probate of the viii,
filed by three of the heirs, claims that
the instrument purporting to be the
will of Herman Won Bargen was not
executed and attested in the manner
and form required by law.
1t is set forth that the purported
will was not subscribed bv Herman
Won Bargen in the presence of Dennis
u. Howard and G. w. r. Reuter-, whose
names purport to be subscribed as wit
nesses, and that Mr.. Won Bargen never
acknowledged TO Howard or Reuter-
that the "purported subscription there
to was made by him or by his authority
nor that he. signed his name thereto,
nor that it was signed there by his au-
thority, and that the subscribing wit
nesses- did not sign the said purported |
Will at the time the said pUrported !
subscription was made thereto.
CLAIM UNSoUND MIND
As second ground for contest, the
contestants declare they care informed
and believed and upon such informa-
ZION and belief allege that the said I
herman Won Bartgen was not at the |
time the said purported will was exc
cuted of sound and disposing mind and
and that he was acting under
undue influence and was not in con-
uition to fully know. appreciate and
understand the terms and purport OF
the said pretended will. -
Attorneys for the executors have
Med a demurrer to the complaint, stat
ing that the complaint does not set
forth sufficient grounds for objection
TO admission of the will to probate.