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Show I Salt Lake Woman to Figure Prominently in the Legal Warfare. ISABEL SELLS GILBERT, ACTRESS AND LEGATEE Is Granddaughter of the Late, Elijah Sells, Former Territorial Ter-ritorial Secretary. I A legal war for millions is at prcsont being waged at Los Angeles, In which a Salt Lake woman figures prominently In the proceedings. The lady In question Ik Isabel Sells Gilbert, who Is a grand-drughtcr grand-drughtcr of the late Elijah ScIIh of Salt Lake, Hecrotary of Utah under territorial rule, and sho Is also a cousin of Mrs. Diwcy Klchanl3 and Mrs. FranJc Rich-arcs, Rich-arcs, both well-known Salt Lakers. The vcallh involved In the contest is that of Lennls Li Due, A'ho is also "heir to the trillions of the famous Joel Le Due at Montreal, and who died at Colegrove tomo ago. Lo Due has willed th bulk of his wealth to Isabel Sell3 Gilbert; hln daughter, Mrs. Georgletio Elliot, having been cut off with tho proverbial dollar, v.'ith the addltlonul proviso that If she contested the will that one plunk was to go to the Salvation Army. It looks as though the army was going to loso thai dollar, for Mrs, Elliot has aopllcd for hitters of administration in Colo'rado. The question to be decided by the California court is whether the estate Is lo bo administered ad-ministered there or at Montreal. In the vlll Miss Gilbert, the legatee, is deslg-i deslg-i ated as 'My trjc and devoted friend," the executor being J. W. A. Reich. Miss Gilbert's Story. In an Interview given to the Los Angeles An-geles Times Miss Gilbert explains her oMtIon In tho drama as follows: My maiden name wns Luetic Isabol Sells. In ISM, at the oj;o of 17. I was married to Vlllln.m II. Morehouse of Omaha, lie wna trlvvn to fnst horrcs. which ultimately caused hi nnnnclul ruin. Before r was In my twenties twen-ties I flcurel n divorce from hltn la Uo DourIm county court of Omaha, Nob., on the jrrounil of non-aupport. In 1431. accompanied by my fathor. I went to Colorado, and to Cripple Creek. There ho Introducid to inn MuJ. Frank Enrlc. mining engine vr aw! superintendent In tho Crlpplo Or district. Against my father's wlrheji, I married Mr. Eerlo In 1S5S. He wan taken ea-rlously ea-rlously 111 and was compellwl to abandon all work. "V"e went to Denver and, bclnc without with-out support, I necured a position with a railway rail-way company aa stor.pcrnph-r and clerk. At tho end of four veers' time I learned that Mr Earlc was llvlnrr In Colorado, and had married me tinder his nom do slumo, "Frank Earlc," ne ho had betn known for twnnty years previous, his real name bclnc Aaron T Gilbert. I traced him to Chlraco and from his brother broth-er renldlnK there, found he hnd a wlfo living In Beatrice, Neb., from whom he hod never been divorced. The deception caused Immediate Imme-diate oeparatlon. and, not wlshlnp a ncandal, havlnc already had ono divorce, I left Denver Den-ver and wont upon the ntaso for n. llvoll-hcod. llvoll-hcod. My Jim encasement wns with Lfwls Mcrrlion In IaSS, Their FirBt Meeting. I won Introduced lo Mr. Lo Due by Mr. Kjuie, on tho floor of the Colorudo Mlnlnu ITchiuiRfr, June U, 1SSS. Thero v.as nothing moro than an onllnnry acquaintance until after af-ter I went to San FmncUco to Join Mr. Morrison's Mor-rison's company. While there 1 rocfilvcd a letter from Mr. L Due. wlihlns; me huccoss end sjlclaz ins to write him, A correspondence correspond-ence ttpj maintained Detwien us. and upon my rriurn to Denver I resided with my mother at Twen'y-sttlh .irtd California streets, whore Mr I, Due was a frequent caller. Tho following beason I wc-nt to Kansas City to fulfill an enifajicmcnt with the Woodward atock company; durlnK that time Mr. Lo Due und I correrr'jnilcd. On my return I wont to the home of my mother In Denver. In September Septem-ber I wnt East und Jolnwl the- "What Happened Hap-pened to Jonb" company. Durinsr this cn-KQgcincnt cn-KQgcincnt Mr. Lo Due wrot, me dally from Denver, Upon my rotunt In the fprinir, ray inothnr havlnc left the city. I roomed In a private family at Nineteenth and Pearl. Mr. l-o Duo'b residence bclr.c at 5:3) Elshttcnth avenuo At that time Mr Lo Duo's daughter, Georci-rtti Georci-rtti wai at Loatta H.-Jght cenvont Upon the closing of school, her father Invited nio to spend tho summer at his houso ond chap-tron chap-tron h'.s dauchter; tho child and I wero ao-parently ao-parently on the bos; of terms. Sho and hrr fathor. at that time, had considerable trouble, nnd many times I acted as a mediator between be-tween them. Mr. Le Due, anticipating a trip lh:it winter to Montreal, prevailed upon mo to remain with his laushter for tht winter and Klvo special performances at tho Broadway Theater. Mr LoDuc was prevented from Kolnjr to Montreal by pneumonia, nnd for ton days, with Drs. Blair and Serols. I nursotl him without rest. Thin Illness left him In poor health, from which he never fully recovered. That 8pr.nc T organized a company nnd took them to Lincoln. Nob In the company wns Robert Klllott- Two weoks later Mr. LcDuc, with Louis Kock of Denver. Joined us. Mr. LeDuc did not lofo any money thero, but llttlfl wim ndvunced. It was at that tlmo that Mr. LeDuc became strongly prijudlcrd ppalnst young Elliott. Ho ordered Klllott from the house and forbado his dauchter p.si'Oclntlni; with him. Sho gavo her father sreat troiihle. Under the strain his health jnwo way and he joined mo In San Antonio, Tex., where I was onRaccd In stock work. While ho wns In Snn Antonio he brccnie Jntlr.iate with Charles A. Gnllowny, manaser for Mr. Clnrke, nnd nl.-o mnnnirer for the Mlnnequo. Stock company of Pueblo. Mr. Gal-Icway Gal-Icway Interested Mr. IeDuc In the Mlnnequa rummer proponltlon: he advanced to Mr. Gnllowny Gnl-lowny S1"00; my nnme was meroly uned as a ilRuroheod nnd I was to receive a ynlnry the same ns tho other members of tho company. Mr. LeDuc wont Into this as a legitimate proposition with Mr. Galloway. Again Gives Him Care. Shortly after his arrival In Pueblo he was strlchen with a virulent form of erysipelas, nnd for weeks wes not expected to live. I tool: up .my resldenco In the same hou.o to seo that he received proiwsr care and to nbslst In nursing; him. This lllnesa threw the cntlro responsibility re-sponsibility of the mnnuseinent of tho theater on mr hands, which cnused nervous prostrn-tlcn. prostrn-tlcn. Vt tho end of tho tenson I was compelled , to rtst for a week or fo, selectlnc a quiet winltnrlum for thnt purpiie. Mr. LoDuc lost nlxut JiroO In the speculation. From Pueblo J went lo Lincoln, Neb. Mr. j J."Diic went to Denver. Ono week nftor I arrived ar-rived In Nebraska ho wrot mo to Join him In I Denver, that he wns lcavlnc for California, very III, and unable to travel alone. I joined him thero and accompnnlcd him to Lns AnReles where he Improved rapidly, and scon heenme Interested In a project to build a larcc pardon theater In Los Anodes, after the stylo of tho Japnnr$c tea pnrdens In San Francisco. At tho time of hla death ha had succc-ded In tntcreatlnc Canadian capital In the fcheme. My mother anil brother Jolnfrd us In California, Cali-fornia, and at the tlmo of his death he was residing with us In tho bungalow at Hollywood, Holly-wood, To the last moment he absolutely refused to nllow his dauchter to be sent word of hjs death, and was Intensely bitter araJn.it youns Elliott Mr. Elliott U mlutnken In his statement state-ment that I hnd a child by my first marrlnfro. Ho Is Hl mistaken In his statement that Mr Earlo Is a fugitive from Justice, fo far as I know. |