Show COMMOTION IN SALINA citizens after scalp of J W phillips alleged allege d father of mrs sorensen s babe Is target for poisoned shafts since mrs louise sorensen of salmi salina his has publicly accused J W phillips a former pr citizen of this county of being the father of her infant which nas as born oct 31 01 many rumors arp ari heiny being circulated th thit it put the alleged father in anything but an enviable po position it is slid thit there is not a min man or boman in salina who is willing to siy say a k kindly I 1 adly word for the accused and that feeling in the matter is wrought rought to such a pitch that mr air phillips is fortunate in being be biond ond the reach of the irate citizens one rumor has it that lie he began paying court to miss nielsen his present wife shortly after the death of his former wife and that early last spring he evidenced his affection by giving her presents such as a daimond ring a costly umbrella etc these it is slid said were concealed from the gaze of intimate acquaintances and vore made to do service only on special occasions now that the matter is being thoroughly aired the county officers feel free to supply their proportion of information and through them it has been learned that mr phillips has long been at outs with the children of his former wife who before her laa marriage was mrs sarah F burgess a widow on nov IS 18 delbert burgess one of her sons filed a petition with the cou ity clerk in which he asked for 1 liin li in b f co af a 1 1 rn for it seems that mr air phillips did not gain possession of her property at th the request of an attorney who nho sas he be is the representative of mr phillips the county attorney att orneN has from time to time lime consented to postpone the de casion in the nutter matter but he now refuses to grant any further belal dela the petitioner petition cr alleges that the husband of the deceased is not a resident of state and that he be delbert burgess is therefore entitled to letters of administration ile he says tint that as nearly as ho he is able to ascertain mrs philips left an estate consisting of t anty eight shares of capital stock of the salina co op valued at about three shares of stock in the salina irrigation company valued it and nearly nine acres a house valued at about 1000 the heirs heir in the petition are J W phillips he husband delbert burgess aged 29 and claude burgess age 26 both of 0 will phillips ige age 21 of long beach cil cal suie nielsen age 20 of silina salina garfield phillips ige be 18 of bakerfield Bake Baker rafield field cal elsie phillips ase age 17 and flossie dossie phillips age 11 both of long beach cal |