Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-07-08 | Page 3 | Copper King's Estate Defended

C COPPER KIN KINGS KING'S S 'S A If Late Senator Clark Not Same Man as Clark of Mo Defendants Claim BUTTE Mont Jont July 8 AP AP- AP Testimony that the father of three women who ask daughters' daughters shares In the estate of ot the late Senator William Andrews Clark of Montana was as not the Montana Fontana capitalist and statesman bat one William Anderson Ander Ander- son Clark Clark of Mo o. o to today today to to- day was part of the court record In the trial by which the trio seek seeka a portion ot of the late copper kings king's estate Such evidence wa was aa offered by four tour defense witnesses yesterday in inan inan inan an attempt to refute the allegations allegations allega allega- of Mrs Irs Addle L. L Clark Miller of Denver Den and Mrs rs EWe Effie Clark McWilliams Me- Me c- c Williams and Mrs Irs Alma Clark limes Hints of Missouri that Senator Clark was their father tather by an earl early marriage in Missouri and that he later deserted his wife and chill chil chil- l dren Mr lr and Mrs W W. A A. A Cottrell of Amity Mo Io the latter claiming claiming- tobe to tobe tobe be the plaintiffs plaintiffs' aunt both testified testified testified fied that the Montana 1 Clark and the Missouri Clark were not one and the same as did William T T. Clark dark of Apache Okla who de described described de- de scribed himself In a a. deposition as the St warts ille Clarks Clark's nephew and Mary Iary Ann Carroll of Clarks Clarks- dale Mo o. o who ho said she shoe was Aniece a aniece aniece niece of the claimants' claimants father tather Before the appearance of the Cottrells cottrells Cottrells Cot- Cot on the stand Charles W W. Clark son of the late rate senator and andone andone andone one of the legatees under his will testified to some of the details of ot othis his hU fathers father's life When questioned as to the name of Effie Ettl Ella Clark which appears in the family Bible b belonging to the Mon Montana tan a. a Clark family he declared that he ho knew of no Ella Clark or Efflo Effie Clark The plaintiffs hold that the Effie Effle Ella Clark whose name is contained in the Bible is Mrs Effle Ertle Clark Mc- Mc Mc-I Mc