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Show WHO DIED FIRSTr A Question of Importance to the Heirs of Two Victim of Battle Creek's Disaster. Among the persons killed in the frightful fright-ful disaster at Battle Creek, Mich., a few weeks ago were Mr. and Mrs. Charles b. feaxe. bo tar as tee evidence showed both died instantly and simultaneously. Nevertheless the question as to whether the man or the woman died first is one of considerable importance to the heirs of both," and an inquiry is already "afoot to discover if possible whether there wa9 any calculable difference of time between be-tween their deaths. If it could be demonstrated, for instance, in-stance, that the man was the first to die, his property would pass'- to the heirs of his wife, whereas if it were shown on the other hand-that the -wife died first her estate would fall to the heirs of her husband. Considerable property is involved in-volved in this question, and the case is one of peculiar interest. In cases involving somewhat the same question of fact the law has held that the woman, being supposedly the weaker person, would naturally be the first to expire. In the present instance, however, how-ever, where the death of the persons appeared ap-peared to have been simultaneous, the courts, if it is brought before them, will encounter a problem of a peculiarly vexation vex-ation character. New York Herald. |