Show ALLEGED SWOPE NOP Will IEL STRIKE SNAG KANSAS CITY Mo 1 Feb 13 When 19 When Elmer Swope of Martinsburg W. W Wa Va a who assorts asserts that he hp Is a son of ot the late Into Thomas II U. Swope whose death Is under investigation by a grand Jury in this city appears In Kansas City to press his claim to the Swope fortune he will be confronted with an affidavit sworn to in 1895 by the late philanthropist in which he states he never married This document was unearthed yesterday evening on the records of at the Title Tille and Savings Trust company by an attorney for COI the estate It is properly re recorded recorded recorded re- re corded In the tine office of ot the registrar of ot deeds In the Jackson county courthouse It follows Book B B B Page 21 Thomas II U. Sw Swope Affidavit filed tiled 17 June 1835 1895 State of at Missouri county of ot Jackson ss as Thomas II n. Swope of at lawful age on oath says that he has never been married mar mar- ried THOMAS II H. SWOPE L. L S. S William E. E Garrett notary public inand Inand in inand and for tor Jackson count county Missouri Commission Commission Commission Com Com- mission expires S September 1897 Elmer Swope asserts he Is a son of or Thomas II Swope He lIe declares that his mother married the Kansas City philanthropist philanthropist philanthropist philan philan- shortly before the civil war This affidavit the Swope attorneys say will effectively disprove any claim of of at relationship relationship relationship rela rela- he might make |