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Show MslorSi ' I of aJKj Estate I Minister-Actor. Brings Action ln Chi. cago to Recover Holf-Millioix Dollars, CHICAGO. June 25.-A remark- able suit ,it law to determine thc final diopooltion of the $500,000 estate of thc late Thomas M. Jordan of thc Chicago Board of Trado, has ben begun beforo Judge Marcus Kavanaugh in thc Supreme The suit comes as an entire surprise to thc widow of Jordan and thc other heirs. It was brought by George C. MUn of London, once pastor of Unity church In this city and later a Shake-spcarcan Shake-spcarcan actor, jointly with his wife, Louise Jordan MUn, who is a daughter of the dead Board of Trade man. " MUn was the pulpit successor of the Rev. Robert Collyer. His wife has made a name as an English novelist. During thc last week the MUns, ac-companlcd ac-companlcd from London by an English barrister, Henry Wellington Wack, have been ln Chicago engaged ln an ex-amlnation ex-amlnation of court records relating to the managing of the estate In question by Mrs. Anne J Jordan, widow of the capitalist. Based on this investigation, sensa-tlonal sensa-tlonal chargos are to follow ln tho courts regarding an alleged attempt to deprive the MUns of tho share of tho Jordan estate allotted to the daughter by the will, and collusion and an al-leged al-leged conspiracy discovered by chance by thc defendants. In substance thc plaintiffs charge that for sixteen years the Income from tha Jordan estate has not been rightfully distributed and thc sums of money for-warded for-warded from Chicago to the daughter In London have been Insignificant com-pared com-pared to those to which she was right-fully right-fully entitled. |