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Show to be a confused statement, as Mrs. Seellg has never claimed to have been , other than the wife of Jude Charles j Calne, a brother of the deceased man. . Some years ago, after the death of -her husband, she married Mr. Seclig, a well-known resident of Ogden. j Neither Mrs. Seelig nor her daugh- ! ter is making any claim whatever to j a share of '.he estate of their relative : and they state that they feel deeply j the Injustice of the misstatements, j As legal heirs to the property involved, involv-ed, they will be pleased to accept anything any-thing which is proed to be rightfully theirs, but, until the estate is to bo j regularly probated, no claim will, bo j made. The principal heir to tho John Caine ! estate Is a brother of the deceased, j Reuben Caine, who now lives at Che- j halis, Washington, and is a well to-do I business man. The latter has communicated com-municated with his slster-in law, Mrs. Seellg, and will be in Ogden shortly to confer with her before leaving for ; Los Angeles. j In relation to the story of the "ped- j dler heir," Phillip Caine, it is stated emphatically that Phillip was not a . peddler, bJt was a miner at Park City and also an Odd Fcllcw of good standing. stand-ing. The latter fact, alone, would dis-credit dis-credit the story that ho uncared- j for at the end. Phillip and Reuben Caine came to America from the Isle of Man some time after the arrival of the present Mrs, Seellg with her former husband, Judge C. Caine, and the latter's brothers, broth-ers, William, and John who has left the estate in Los Angeles. John Caiuo I made his money at Sliver City, Idaho, and Instead of thirty-five hundred dol- lars as stated, his estate is probably j worth many thousands. Phillip, it is stated, was the heir to his father's 1 estate in England. j The dispatch from Los Angeles above referred to, is as follows: Los Angeles, Cal . April 23. A new chapter to the story of a shoo lace peddler, who eked out a meagre exlst-' exlst-' ence In Denver and died in a hovel j without knowing he was heir to a I tidy sum. has been revealed in Los Angeles in connection with the settlement settle-ment of the estate of John Caine, who died at Long Beach a year ago. The peddler was Phillip Caine, John's j brother. " Charges of intrigue are now added to the tale. They Involve a death-bed statement from John Calne, that, he had been fleeced of rich mining prop-- erlies. There is also disclosed the ! claim of a woman, that she is the wi-i wi-i dow of John Caine, while his deathbed death-bed statement was that he had never been wedded. The contest will center in Salt Lake City, within a few days, but Public j Administrator Bryson, of Los Angeles, I Is holding $3 500 in cash belonging to 1 the estate, and British Consul Moiti-1 I mcr is representing British heirs I four children of William Caine. who lived on the Isle of Man The three j brothers were second cousins of Hall J I Calne. j When John Caine died there were ! filed letters of administration in Salt I Lak? and Los Augele3. Caine had ' I lived previously in Utah, and the let- ; ters of probate were In the hands of j F E. McGurrin of that city. The , clash of jutisidiction brought out bo- j fore a commission testimony from n ( Long Beach physician, as he said. j "John Caine told me that he had never married, and all of his business i was represented in a bundle of pa pers. He said the address of his agent i was there." The physician testified that he did not look at the papers until the man j was dead, and then found that the I agent was McGurrin. j The physician was asked If Caine said anything about McGurrin having defrauded him in any way. j "He told me that he beat him out : ' of a valuable mine," was tho answer. Despite this testimony that John Calne never married, there came forward for-ward as claimants to the estate Mrs. A. M. Seelig. of 101 Poplar avenue, Ogden, Utah, who said she was the former wife of Calne, and her daughter, daugh-ter, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bulkley of Ogden. said to be the daughter of Caine. I The heirs in England have petl- ! tioncd that letters of administration'; issued to McGurrin be revoked, alleging alleg-ing that John Caine left other mining properties and claims in Utah which have not been included in the iuven- ; tory In that state. They have asked j that a Salt Iike banker take charge of the property. MIS. SEELIG AND CAINE ESTATE OGDEN HEIRS CONTRADICT A DISPATCH DIS-PATCH FROM LOS ANGELES. i Confused Statements Made by News-; News-; paper Correspondent Much Mon-j Mon-j ey to be Distributed. Through tho carelessness of a newspaper news-paper writer in Los Angeles, at work on the sensational case of the late rhilllp Calne. alleged shoestring peddler ped-dler who died recently in Denver unaware un-aware that ho was heir to a considerable consider-able estate left by his brother, the late John Caine of Lob Angeles, the Ogden relatives, Mrs. A. M. Seelig and her daughter, Mrs. M. E. Uulk-ley, Uulk-ley, of this city, are involved in an unpleasant notoriety which is an injustice. in-justice. According to Los Angelc dispatches, dis-patches, Mrs. Seelig and her daughter wero named ap claimants to a jvortlon of the estate of John Calne to which Phillip Calne, tho alleged peddler of Denver, wai also an heir. In the dispatch" dis-patch" it vim Inferred that although John Calne stated upon hi& death-bed that he was unmarried, the Ogdenltes claimed to be his wife aud daughter. This developes, upon investigation. |