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Show (ALBERT OEDDES HEIRSHIP CASE ON TRIAL IN DISTRICT COURT . Sixteen-Year-Old Salt Lake Boy Who Is Said to Be Son of David Eccles Opens Legal Battle for Portion of the $6,-000,000 $6,-000,000 Estate Special Venire of Talesmen Summoned Sum-moned for Jury in the Case Judge J. A. Howell Presides. Whether Albert Geddes of Salt Lake, who claims to be Albert Eccles, is an heir to the vaBt estate of the late David Eccles. will be settled by Judge J A Howel and a jury in the district court within the next week or ten dajs. The Issue was joined in the court when David C. Eccles, administrator of the estate of his father, petitioned the district court for an order providing provid-ing for final distribution of the proj cry. real and personal, of the estate. Aii exception to the proposed order was made by young Geddep. The principal ground for the protest was that the administrator failed to name all the heirs of the estate, pointing I out particularly that the name of the lad was not mentioned In the list. The issues as joined by the pl ad ings involve the question of heirship, and the relationship of Albert Geddes and .David Eccles deceased. In the protest and complaint the attorneys for the boy aver that he is the son of Mr. Eccles and that in his lifetime Mr. Eccles recognized him as a son. It is also averred that Mrs. Margaret Geddes and Mr. Eccles entered into a marriage relationship. It Is claimed that the hoy is entitled to a one-thirty-third part of the late millionaire's million-aire's estate. The total valuation of the estate as given by the administrator, David C. Eccles, is $7,110,106.20 and the net valuation $6,054,607,15. The complaint and protest filed by ThomaB Sloan guardian of the boy, claims that the estate Is valued at $6,250,000 and that the children Including his ward are entitled to two-thirds of it. Mrs. Bertha Marie Eccles. widow of the decedant. Is entitled to one-third of the estate, which leaves something like $4,000,000 to be divided among trio otnor neirs. The heirs as named by the administrator admin-istrator aro Bertha Marie Eccles, widow; Bertha Eccles, Vida Eccles Laura Eccles, Flora Eccles. Lila Ec-cles, Ec-cles, Joseph M. Eccles, Vivian Eccles. Ec-cles. Homer G. Eccles and Marie S. Eccles, daughters and son In New York, David C. Eccles, LeRo Eccles, Ec-cles, Royal Eccles and Bertha O. Wright, sons and daughters In Ogden; Og-den; William J. Eccles, a son of Chattanooga, Tenn., and Manner S Eccles, Spencer S. Eccles, Jessie S. Eccles, Emma S Eccles, George S. Eccles, Nora S. Eccles, Ellen S. Eccles Ec-cles and Willard L. Eccles, sons and daughters, of Logan. Boy Born in Salt Lake. It Is alleged by the guardian that Albert Eccles was born In Salt Lake, May 21. 1S99, his father being David Eccles deceased, and his mother Margaret Mar-garet Geddes Eccles. The administrator of the estate was represented in court this morning by the local law firm of Boyd, DeVluc & Eccles and Frank Gustin of Salt Lake. VYaldemur Van t'ott of Salt Lake was also entered as attorney ol record, but he was not in court. Royal Eccles of the home firm took no active part in the proceedings this morning, but was in the court room. Judges S H King and Thorn as Marioneaux of Salt Lake Tepre sented the Geddes boy Mrs. Geddes and her son were within the bar of the court room both taking much interest in the empaneling em-paneling of the jury, which was conducted con-ducted by Judge King. Mrs. Geddes Is a comely little woman of Scotch descent, unassuming but neatly dressed. The lad has the appearance appear-ance of a Junior high school boy. Ho was well dressed and bore the expression ex-pression of a boy of more than ordinary ordi-nary intelligence. A number of the Eccles family were present, occupying seats back of the bar. The administrator. David C. Eccles, was sithin the bar railing, however, as was also L. R. Kccles for a short time. In the opening statement Judge King simply stated that he expected to show by the testimony that Albert Geddes Eccles is the son of the late David Eccles; that his mother married mar-ried the late millionaire and that Mr Eccles in his lifetime a( knowledged that Albert was his son, concluding by saying that it would be contended that the boy is entitled to a one-one hundred thirty-third part of the Eccles Ec-cles estate. Special Venire of Talesmen. A. special venire of sixty talesmen appeared in court, from which a jur will be selected. The questioning of jurors this morning was largely per- miuuig iu iucii niiuwK.utt; uit case and whether there exists spe clal acquaintanceship or business re latlonship with the Eccles family. II is anticipated that it will require con riderable time to secure the jury because be-cause of the wide, knowledge of the case, and the extensive acquaintance and business affairs of the Eccles people. Following Is the list of special talesmen : Jens Jacobsen. Charles E. Yorgan son, George Timmerman. William Douglas, Niels Lofgren, William N. Baker, Joseph W Higley, D. Kennedy, Ken-nedy, Richard Jones, S. C. Stevens, Jr., Jajnea F Richardson, W. L. Crawford, John A. Smith, Fred Tout. James F. Hadley, David Farr, Willard Cragun. Charies N. Austin, David R. Stewart, John H. Warren, Thomas M. Irvine. J. J. Hancock, Thomas Budge, Jesse F. Brown, Arthur Ar-thur D. Fowers, John L. Gale, Peter J. Chri3tensen, Edward H. Anderson, Ander-son, Jr., E. J, James, E. A. Bingham. John Parry, Edwin J. Horrocks, M. G. Hanson, George S. Dean, Albert H. Bailey, J. P. Blair, Robert O. By-bee, By-bee, Henry Carr. F. G. Brainerd, Jens Carlsen. John McFarland, Henry Neuteboora, Dan Knight. Richard B. Porter, James A. McCulloch, Thomas E. Bates, Martin O, Brown, Robert Todd, Earl O. Thompson, Daniel J. Hanson, Joseph H Fowles, Joseph I. Smith. Walter Clark, Robert Grange. John Slater, Sam Bullough.. H. H. Mc-Cool. Mc-Cool. Barnard E. Farr, James H Douglas. More Progress This Afternoon. More rapid progress was made in the examination of talesmen this afternoon aft-ernoon than this morning and It was expressed by some of the attorney ) that there is a possibility of getting a jury before the day is over. Questioning of the jurors by the attorneys at-torneys for the plaintiff indicate that a plural marriage will he testified to and that the contention will be that, although the young lad is a child of pohgamous marriage, ho is an heir to the estate. It is also expected that proof will be given that no plural marriage mar-riage ceremony was ever entered Into between the late Mr. !'rles and Mrs Gerides and that the plaintiff Is not an heir to the estate. |