Show WESLEY REDHEADS ESTATE It Went Into the Hands of a Iowa Assignee Yesterday Des Moines Feb liThe estate of Wesley Redhead went into the hands of an assignee today Redhead was a pioneer of Iowa one of the first rich men in the state He was the founder of the coal business and made a fortune for-tune out of cQal mining grain stock real estate and other interests When he died six years ago his estate was considered worth 750000 to 1000000 Since then it has suffered severely and today the whole was assigned by his widow and son to R T Wellslager The estate includes great areas of land in northwest Iowa city property a number num-ber of stock farms and mining interests inter-ests Hard times have made It impossible impos-sible to raise money and to prevent attachments at-tachments the assignment was made although the liabilities do not exceed 100000 and the estate is said at present prices to be worth 250000 All the claims are held in the east |