Show SEALED PACKAGE REVEALS MYSTERY IN CAREER OF BLACKBURNS BLACKBURN'S SON SON-IN-LA W Motive for Suicide of Thomas F. F Lane Shown in ill Contest Over the Settlement of Estate I W ASI WASHINGTON Oct 24 SensatIon Sensation Sensational al at features have hae developed dc In the settlement set ct ent of oC the estate of the late te Thomas Thomis Thom Thorn ThomI I as is Francis Lone Lane husband of or the lato Jat I Mrs Irs Lucille Blo Blackburn Lane Lane the be beautiful beautiful beau beau- l. i daughter of at Senator ma or Kentucky 1 These developments ma may affect the disposition of Mr Ir Lanes Lane's estate and reveal cal a l motive for his dramatic suicide The Immediate relatives of Mr Lane have c appeared In court by hy attorney and md have p filed papers to show that Mr Ir Lane did not die die- Intestate and anion amon the papers Is said to 1 b IH j the following note written to l' l Alfred Dear Alfred Th Alfred The hell I go to can never nc be worse than thon the hell heH I endure Protect what little I 1 leave lea and pat par be careful of oC the property I 1 assign to you rou all aL Affectionately TOM uTO Would Havo Have Barred Her I I It Is contended h by the law lawyers awyers er for Cor tho relatives of L nc that If the papers I copl copies s o of were er re filed had bad be been n opened b by Mrs Irs Lane before her death she he would not have haa been granted leti letter let- let i tc ten ter of oC administration The filing filing- of oC the papers may prevent letters of or administration administration administration ad ad- ministration Issuing to to Senator Black DlaCk burn The Senator Is no not now In the elt city and the orl originals of ot the pap papers rs arc are held b by Attorney William H. H Dennis Dennis Den Den- nl nis of oC counsel for fOI the r relatives of Den I Mrs Mr lr Lane who are contesting the estate lanes lane's Suicide Dr Dl Lahe committed suicide In this city on October 15 IS 15 1900 Two days das prior to ending his life liCe he sent to his brother Alfred JT I. r Lane at Summit N N. J. J a sealed envelope en upon tipon which was vas written Open only onh In the event ent of or some come untoward accident or my death T T. J L L L. Oct Before this package reached Mr Lane In S Summit N. N J. J J he Jfe rec received a telegram telegram tele tele- gram ram recalling the same and It was returned to him On the following day daylie he lie committed suicide and the sealed envelope was found among amont his effects Senator Blackburn felt In honor bound not to open the envelope as ns It had been recalled b by his son in w. w Mrs Lane applied for letters of oC administration administration administration ad ad- ministration and they were granted ranted There was no tr trouble uble until some time after aCter Mrs 1 Lanes Lane's death about four months ago Senator Blackburn then applied for letters of administration and upon the advice ad of oC counsel and In Inthe Inthe Inthe the interests of Dr Lanes Lane's only child opened the scaled sealed envelope Half aalf to His Mother oJ Upon one of the papers was written the following following- I 1 declare this my only will that after art af ar- t ter r the death of or m my wife whatever er re remains remains remains re- re mains in Vickers Vicker's Sons Maxim Limited Urn Lim H d one half is to go to my mother This is the paper which the relatives of or Mr Ir Lane assert is hi his will Unless Unies It is 15 probated the estate will go to Mr Teresa Lanes Lane's year old daughter Blackburn Lane Senator Blackburns Blackburn's attorneys it Is understood will contend that when Lane wrote the paper offered for probate probate probate pro pro pro- bate as a will he lie was not of sound I mind and that therefore it should be Ignored Noted as a Beauty Mrs Lucille Blackburn Lane died inthis In Inthis Inthis this elt city on July last She was the youngest and th the prettiest of Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Blackburns Blackburn's three daughters For years her beauty and social prominence prominence nence and the man many Interesting and r romantic ro mantic mantle incidents of oC hc her career kept her the center of oC public attraction Her first love lo affair was was- with a n. young I Spanish of oC Minister D Depuy pu de deLome's deLome's deLorne's I Lomes Lome's legation In Washington ton Their engagement was announced but Senor de dc Lome was constrained to apolo apologize for the Impetuous youth who was betrothed betrothed betrothed be be- to a Spanish beauty The went home In disgrace and loneliness at least so far as Miss Blackburn was concerned d. d Marriage to Lane Miss Blackburns Blackburn's admirers were numerous nu nu- nu- nu Soon Soot afterward she became engaged ed to Thomas P. P Lane a 3 clerk Inthe Inthe in inthe the Treasury department The They went abroad on on their wedding trip and the bridegroom was relieved ed of oC his position because became he be had not made application for or leave lea b became the Che American Amen Ameri can agent for tor the VIckers Maxim com corn pany While living lI at the Hotel Wellington f In Washington ton about four years ago Mrs Irs Lane accidentally shot herself and and- narrowly escaped death After Atter the suicide of oC Mr lr Lane Iane Chevalier Chevalier Chev Chev- alier aller Gaetano Ta e an Italian sculptor who modeled the statue of oC Pore Marquette In the Capitol became her suitor Her engagement to Tren- Tren was once announced but hut was finally broken off It Is said by Mrs Lane |