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Show . . - -j HrlR TO HAI F A HILLIOX. j A 1'oor rrpentefn W.f Iu New Vork ( KtlUiienlr HoIM lltrh. 2fr.w Yokk, May 6. By a decision rendered in a Montana emit lust lues- ! rf, Mis. Harriet hUellieid, the wife of j a journeMimn carpenter in New Ho-vide Ho-vide Fit Is. is heir to IlM.OOO. She is niece ol A. J. Davis, who died in finite, Mont , several mouth ago, Icatiutr t his heirs a toi'Uiie jt more than IT.OK).-J0i. IT.OK).-J0i. At the lime ot his death it a , supposed that lie bad 'eft a wiii be- j . ipitaihiug the b iik of hU fortune I" a lew tavmite rectus, who ii.ed! ivth him. The d.-iav. however, in producing pro-ducing a will caused some of the o iu-r heirs to begin an iuvestigai.on. They in.ide appliea '.ou for letters of admin- I titration on the theory that Mr. Davis d.i-d 'ntcstate. The' court decided j Tuesday that the will supposed to ha I ecu made by Mr. Dav ton years inr-i had been dtv-.iro.ve I letter t nd- j ministratin i were Uaed to John A. Davit, his Liu ther. Ae-ording to this i decision, tin eM.ito wil be divided in'. eleven puts Mrs. .SiivMleld, who coim-a into a fortune by this deei-ion. is about 40 years old. Sue has helped to .up-I port her f univy by keeping board. is i This is the hist aid she has received j from lor wealthy relative, ami her j good fortune inmost take her bre .uh uway. She heard of her uncle denth through western newspaper. The article said that Andrew J, Dav is hd dieil childless anil without making a will Mrs Shellleld engaged Martin J. Keogh of 'w Roehello to iuveslifl.ito this rumor. S'r. Keogh found that Mr. Davis had died Intestate and that the oihcr heir hint already taken stej toward coining their share of the estate. Mr. Davis' remains were interred in-terred at Munson, Mas. and shortly after the funeral a meeting of relatives was held in SprtnghVld. Mass. U was thought the estate had been left to Erwln Davis, Mrs. Elicit Coi nu of Nevv York ami Andrew J. Davis, Jr. Whn U wa found there was no will. Henry A. Root, a Wall street lawyer and a nephew of Mr. Davis, took tip his resldenca In Montana Mon-tana and applied for letter of admltil-trillion. admltil-trillion. Mr. Keogh appeared for Mr. Sheffield and her brother. Henry A, Davis, a poor man iu Mutiaou, Ma, Ity (framing the demand of Joint A. Davis, the court decided that his brother hud died intestate ami that the estate should l divided bctweeu Ids relatives. During the trial at Butte two claimant who said they were the children of Andrew J. Davin appeared. Ouo of them calling him-si'lf him-si'lf Jell' Davl. ald that hi mother, l.ucretlit llrowu, had lived with Au-drew Au-drew .1. Davis. Tho other claimant was Mr. Jimtina Downald of Iowa. Her lawyer miid Mr. Davi bad lived with Mr. Dt "wmird'a mother for ven veins ami that they had been engaged 'to be married, but for donrn reason the ceremony had ucver been performed. This happened before hi acquaiutanct! with Lucretla Ilrown. Mr. Dovvnard' council did not oppose the lultor of administration, ad-ministration, but wild hu Intended to make hi claim a soon a an nduilnla-j nduilnla-j trator had been selected. |