Show FORTUNE I INVOLVED IN VOL I IN PECULIAR FIGHT Divorce Laws of New York Cause Trouble in Denver C Case BUTCHER HEIRS IN BATTLE Australian Merchants Merchant's Second Wife In Spite of Will Nill May Be Rejected I Denver er March 29 Tile Thc The fact that tha I tile thu divorce horco laws of the state Hale of ur ew cw prohibit tho the remarriage of the divorce orce litigant found guilty ull of or Infidelity lull lull- II delity JH In ill an nn action tried In that common commonwealth com coin mon during the lifetime of or the thc innocent party part mo may bo be the basis bals o oa of ofa a lengthy contest in iii the he Denver probate pro pro- bate bale court oer o'er the tho will of James Walter Butcher a wealthy A milan merchant who lied died here hero last Jast year The Tho rJ ol claimants to 0 tho tile left b by the tue deceased aro arc four sons n b by his liz first marriage and the widow and anti two daughters au of the second Butcher II Ie is wild said I to 0 have havo contracted the last lait marriage mar mar- a a. few years cars after the divorce was obtained a against him b by hi his fil list t wife The Denver property involved consists con con- conI I 51 sits ls several of-several thou thousand an dollars dollars' worth woith of realty really but ul the Australian estate is thought to be lie a largo one Mrs rs T i man Butcher Bucher the widow of of tho second marriage arrived in Denver 1 a a. month a ago o from S Sydney n having ha In Iii her possession what purports purports pur pur- ports to be the last will of Butcher ma made o January 2 27 1888 and naming her as his ills solo beneficiary Perry Perl Pratt Files Jile P. P Papers Paper pel Previous to th the appearance of Mrs Mr- Jr Butcher Dr DI Perry 1 K IC Pratt had l tIIe flied filed u IL petition for fUI letters of administration loll lollIn in the estate naming William W. W David F. F Butcher George o C. C Butcher and Henry Hem C. C Butcher all aU of or New Xe York lork city as the heirs helis It further stated slated in the tie petition that a 3 woman cJ claiming tobe tu-be the wife of or the tile deceased with wilh her liei two daughters 10 me- sided i cd in Australia On her arrival arii Mrs Butcher retained retain retain- e ed coun counsel cJ anil riled a 3 petition to be le appointed a administratrix ix to collect collect- Sh She also asks that Dr Jr Pratt Prall be he re required IL i-c- to tu close his ills c connection with the estate and make makr a final Sinai r report port of or what he ha had done duno as us administrator This act on her part is said ai to be simply a friendly one Tho Tile divorce thai that the tile first Mrs secured was wag granted In iii York YOlk more than 3 30 35 years ars ago She and amid her husband ha had lived c together I for or eight ht years when the trouble arose that ended in the separation and the stiR lIle Iut I lie He To Married Again giulii B By the terms tei of the lie decree Butcher was wa prohibited from marr marrying during hiring the lifetime of Mrs lri Butcher Despite this or order er of tho the court he Is alleged ed edLo to Lo have o gone gozie to Connecticut nn and again entered tho the matrimonial tat a for fore Nei e South Wales a a- sho shot t time Urne later S Butcher became Int Interested in Denver Den Den- ver Cl real estate in later years rears and was preparing to move hl his family here when he died He Hc is said to have lia been very r successful in Australia as a merchant mer chant but bein being of or a a. speculative na nature mt- mt ture turc lost a con considerable i of his wealth aft after r years cars In unlucky ventures In the South African diamond fields I |