Show GREAT LEGAL BATTLE fight for a fortune estimated at 1 IB chicago slay may 19 A special to the chronicle from I 1 marshalltown Marshall town iowa cays rays tho the court have been resorted to to nettle mettle the estate of H E J boardman of this city and already several legal I 1 steps have been taken which seem to be a prelude to one of the most stubborn legal legat battles in the history a of f iowa 11 E J boardman was one of at the pioneer residents of iowa he ite was a shrewd business man mail as well as lawyer and as a result accumulated a fortune estimated at lie died a few weeks ago leaving a widow and two children by a former wife mrs delia dolla L B D conover of chicago and miss annette gookin boardman when the will was probated the fact was developed that boardman left but a few thousand dollars one third ot of which was willed to tho the widow the other property had been disposed of before becore his death to his daughter mrs conover it Is alleged and to a nephew C H ebersman the latter being named trustee the other daughter miss boardman ardman Is feeble minded bat but was amply remembered in the will which provided that she should be cared for by her sister mrs conover the widow has instituted suit asking that the nephew and the daughter account tor for every dollars worth of property given them by boardman ardman Do during the last seventeen years during which time it is alleged that he was of mind and was unduly influenced the court issued an order requiring C H E 10 boardman to turn over to J P woodbury who was appointed receiver of the estate all the bonds deeds and other papers belonging to the estate order boardman refused to obey and he was taken into court where he submitted to an examination lasting nearly all day but resulting in securing little information the widow also succeeded in securing from the court an order for the possession of at the feeble minded daughter annette annette has been in denver for several months but at the time the order was issued was on lier her way to chicago in care of several sisters of humility who were to turn her over to her sister the party passed through marshalltown Marshall town yesterday but was overhauled at belle plaine a few miles east of here by the sheriff armed with the order of court who took possession of annette brought her back to marshalltown Marshall town and placed her in the custody of mrs boardman I 1 |