Show WON A FORTUNE her uncle set asido for her after a most determined contest in ln the courts the niece Is declared t to 0 be the legal owner of all this wealth chicago nov 5 alter after four years ot of conflict in the courts mies miss serena 1 martin has at length gained a forture for tute tuce the kitt alit of her undo uncle edward marlis martin whom she served as companion and maid of all work for forty years prior to his death to her it means wealth to more than and it seems now that nothing can prevent her coming into P of it when miss martin was nine years ad ale entered tho the ho household oe of edward edword martin then a wealthy farmer of red hook N Y that was more than a hlf century ago and from vint imp hale up to hie his death which occurred dec dee 3 1893 she was his constant companion the old man was net unmindful of the devotion of 0 hie his niece and sought to make provision for her luring his lile life time according to tb the evidence during the trial he rented a safey deposit box in a bank and early in 1890 began to make regular deposits in it telling his friends at the tine be he wished it understood vever that he be pus put into the box was for his niece at the time of his death these securities amounted to and ot of this he made no mention in bis his will evidently with the belief eo so the court has now decided that it all belonged to miss martin Mft rtin bu but tha the Z of whon there u L U W y im raisin raising their objection to thi disposition of the pro property the will was filed tor for probate at seward in kensall kendall county and almost immediately a nephew J fielding marrtin began suit to contest it his content contention ioa beine being that the in the safety deposit box should be counted as a portion ot of the estate and apportioned among the heirs from the first erst the contest has been a R determined one this was augmented by the disappointment of the heirs heire because they bad had counted that their uncle wair was c easily a millionaire and it developed that be he estate amounted only to OCO ane supreme court of illinois has finally decided that all the securities in the safety box bondi bonds and mortgages mort caes alike belone belong to miss martin during the tour four years the case has his been pending in the courts these securities have been accumulating interest all this will go to misa miss martin marti a with the principal I 1 but this is not all her tier wealth for her uncle tool toot caro to provide hr a homestead before be died and deeded her bis his farm arm a at bed red hook N Y this is 6 said to be worth 9 more and no one has disputed her title to it |