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The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • Page 24

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THE ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1931 PROSECUTING WITNESS HELD NEW CLAIMANT widow and two sons, Erwln P. and are W. Shipley, E. R. Webster, John J.

Rowe, John wake, J. G. Charles W. Bosworth. E.

W. Strong, James A. Green, Gutting, N. W. Bauer, A.

S. Shreve, Among the honorary pallbearers George Armstrong. Henrv A. Gest. A.

V. Tuttle and John W. Clark. RIGHTS Of Heiress Disputed asserted that the plaintiffs ail live 1 or about letroit. The petition is directed against Marie Theresa Corby, infant under 14 years nid, and Madeline lieals Moigan Scbher, as statuatoi-y guaidian and individually.

The petition sets out that Thomas of the late Thomas W. Corby, Detroit millionaire, who died June 19H. and not entitled to be his heir-at-law, 11 niece? and nephews of Corby yesterday filed suit In Kenton Circuit Court at Covington, seeking to be adjudicated the only legal heirs- Of Fortune Disclosed W. Corby died in Uetroit June 1924. at law of the decedent Corby and for )et( surviving him as his only Showman Arrested On Upstate Warrant At Court Door.

I Walter G. Itedlnll, 48 years old, 1 showman, 131S Broadway, was ai rested and held with Grover Brad- ford, manager of the George L. I fields Minstrels, as a fugitive from justice for authorities at Greenville Ohio, when he appeared as a prose- cuting witness in Court yesterday. 1 Acting Detective Chief Walter riuke charges Bradford and Kedhul are wanted at Greenville on warrants Suit Denies Girl Is Daughter Of Thomas W. Corbv.

William Buchanan Btirk Joins Oth or Heirs Seeking Share In Estate Worth distribution of assets remaining in the esiatt. At the same time yesterday a mo-1 tion was filed In Kenton County Court by Charles Corby, nephew of neirs at law the plaintifls. The petition recites further thai Octobir 8, IsCT, Madeline Meals Corby ebber was appointed guard inn of the estate ot the defendant. M.u.e Theiesa Corby, by order ol nton County Court. The petition sets out that the de Eleven Nieces And NejiliewS Lay the deceased, asking thai order of William Buchanan Burk, 1316 Cen- appointment, under which the mother fendant, Madeline Heals Corby Mux Claim To SI.SM.OOO Estate Guanlianshij) Also Attacked.

of the girl had been appointed guard- Ran was married four times. i ian, be set aside. The petition asserts that Beals ami In an affidavit Colby alleges that Corby are dead, Russell Morgan Beginning Saturday! Your Choice of All Silk and Cotton Summer SPORTS DRESSES Charging that evidence has been fmmd to show that Marie Theresa Corby, 11 years old. Is not the child w.iign.g wiem wnn aeirauaing an Avenue, is another Cincinnati innkeeper. claimant to a share of the $850,000,000 Bradford was arrested at Toledo, Buchanan estate which is being ad-Ohio.

a week ago and returned to ministered in Texaa. Cincinnati to face a charge of de- wn0 bn Democratic frauding the Fort Washington Hotel pomt.s for SPCVraI vearSi aalcl ye9ter. of a board bill for his troupe amount day that his grandmother was Mrs. Ing to J1.106. The case was contin jane Boring, a sister of James Bueh-ued nnd Bradford secured his release, anan, fifteenth President of the Thursday Kedhill obtained war United States, rants for Bradford charging that he i Approximately 25 or 30 vears ago obtained a total of and his big his sister, Mis.

Alice New'klrk, and nature to a note for $500 by false pre his cousins, Charles Cassedy, Elvira tenses. He allege Bradford obtained Cassedy and Sarah Cassedy, raised a the money on June 3 by telling him fund of $2,000 with which they en- former husband, divorced, and thai she married illiam James Webbei June 13, 1M1. Fitat Valued At M.Mrt.OOO. Complainants allege that Corby, at the time of his death, was the ownei of land In Detroit and California in addition to stocks, bonds and securi ties, the total value of the estat- i the interests of the ward will re better subserved by the substitution of another guardian. l'liiintu'fs in the case filed in Ken- ton Circuit Court are Klizaheth Slc- Manman Pcgrns, Stephens Corby, Ch.ulcs J.

Corby, Klizabeth Corby. Mary Corby Trombly, Charles Corby. Kdith Corby Clark. Kdith Corbeti, Vincent Corbett, Calorie Corbett and Winifred Corbett 1'almer. The peti Hon was prepared by Francis T.

Mo-t'Jann, Detroit attorney, and was filed by the firm of Kagland, Dixon Murphy, Cincinnati attorneys. It was being I el I Omit For Inn On Sunilny. Dinner I ..10 Children 85r 12 to I'. M. MARItMONT INN HHAMHIK 1300.

The petition further asserts that at Cincinnati automobile concern gaged attorneys from Philadelphia to owed his $3,0 for wages. On A the time of his death Madeline Corbv assert their claims against the estate of William Buchanan nnd his brother, Robert. William and Robert Buchanan were cousins of President gust 3. Redhlll charged, Bradford ob tained his signature to the note by claiming he had a paid-up life insur ance policy for $10,000. The automo Buchanan.

At that time the legal bile company denied being indebted contest ended when the attorneys claimed Marie Theresa Corby was thi only child and legitimate heir of Corby, and that upon such repre sentation procured the admlmstra tion of the estate in Michigan by trust companies and persons of hei nomination, Plaintiffs in their petition over that the debts of Corby were fully paid and liquidated, that the real estate was sold and converted Into cash ano securities. It is said that following thi.i the assets were transferred to 5-00 a row to Bradford for wages and the Insur learned that the entire estate consist-anec company reported the policy ing of real estate was under had lapsed for lack of payments leases. Redhill said. Municipal Judge Wil Buchanan's relatives were told liam Alexander continuej the new nothing could be done until the leases charges against Bradford. expired.

Police waited in the City Hall cor When he learned of the huge ridor and arrested Redhill on th estate yesterday Burk recalled the A CINCINNATI INSTITUTION. tugitive warrant as he stepped from effort of his sister, now dead, to Beals Corbv Morgan Web uer and her then husband, Russeil the courtroom after testifying against prove her right to a share in the Bradford. The fugitive warrant estate. Burk has in his possession a Bradford was served wh letter written to Jane Boring In 1S07 he was arrested Thursday night and received by her in Cincinnati. The letter was among the effects of Redhill told police he helped fi nance the minstrel show for Brad i his mother, who was Miss Mary Boi The clearance price in no way indicates the true value of these frocks in the Sports Shop, which comprise our entire collection of Summer Silk and Cotton Dresses in sizes 1 1 to 20.

Sports Shop Third Floor ford. ing prior to her marriage. Burk The show, police were told, failed. isaid he would press his claim to a Morgan, In their capacity as Join' guardians of the girl, In Kenton County. The petition alleges that the deceased Thomas W.

Corby was not the father of the infant Marie Theresa Corby. The plaintiffs allege that the defendant, Madeline Beals Corby Morgan Webber, "falsely, fraudulently, designedly and with the express purpose and intent of defrauding and cheating the legal and rightful heirs of Thomas 'W. Corby SLAYER'S LIFE share in the Buchanan estate. I Publicity concerning the claims of Cincinnatians to a share In the Buchanan estate, which consists of real estate in Philadelphia, Pitts- burgh, Texas and Kentucky, brought a large number of calls to J. W.

R. Bradford, accountant, who was one of a number of Cincinnatians to file claims with the administrator of the 1 estate. Bradford received more than 100 telephone calls yesterday from i persons who thought they might be of their right to share in his estate or ineir rig.it to snare in r.is rl i i i ri 1 represented that Marie Theresa Corby IS rlclCeU At SUlKe was ine cnua ana neir-ai-iaw ct The H. S. Pogue Co.

firand Jury Iteturns First Degree Murder Indictment In Killing Of Jealons Hu-hand. related to the Buchanan family. He also received a number of callers. Bradford states that the time for filing claims against the estate expired July 10. This date was adver- As the result of statements he made Used widely by the administrator to police officials, Albert Clifford during a period of three years as the Hengge, 3109 Comfort Street, will be time limit for filing claims, placed on trial for his life on a I II ROGUE'S III charge of first-degree murder In an indictment returned by the Hamilton! LAST RITES TODAY.

DOWMSTAIRS STOfti County Grand Jury in a report to rrr Judge Charles S. Bell In Criminal Di- And ManufacturerToRest vision yesterday. in Spring Drove. Hensge shot and killed Thomas C. i Bolton, 24 vears old.

crlnter. Aucust I Funeral services for Charles Pfau. Thomas W. Corby," The plaintiffs further assert that at that time they relied and acted upon the said representation believing them to be true. Incompetency Is Alleged.

The plaintiffs further allege that the defendant Madeline Webber was and is without sufficient knowledge and experience to handle, control and manage the said estate. They further allege the assets are being dissipated, wasted and lost. The plaintiffs further allege that the defendant has made numerous and extensive investments, involving large sums, in bonds and securities, highly speculative and insecure. The plaintiffs further allege that the assets of the estate will be materially impaired If the defendant Madeline Webber Is permitted to continue to act in the capacity of guardian of the defendant Marie Theresa Corby. Plaintiffs asseit that "indisputable evidence and information as to the true ttatus of the relationship sup posedly existing between the defendant.

Marie Theresa Corby, and Thomas W. Corby, has but recently come to their knowledge and attention and that said information could not have been discovered by the exercise of reasonable care and diligence until the present time." It is for this rea 10. when the latter came to the Com- -former Cincinnati inventor and fort-Street addre looking for hu supply manufacturer, will 1 mm i 600 Wash Frocks Extraordinary Values I wife, Elizabeth Bolton, from whom be at the Stanley High funeral he had been estranged. Mrs. Bolton home thls afternoon at 2 o'clock.

Mr. was In the kitchen of Hengge flatlPfau dled Wednesday night after a with the door locked, it Is charged illness. Burial will be In and when Bolton entered the place, sPrlnK Grove. climbing through a window, Hengge Mr- pfau was he former head of shot him. the pfau Manufacturing Company At first Hengge claimed that he and a Prominent member of the Cin- I acted entirely in self-defense when i clnnati Club when was known as he fired the shot thnt killed Bolton, Business Men's Club.

but later in a statement to In addition to his widow. Mr. Pfau i he is alleged to have said he saw i ls survived by four sons, Alfred, Clif- Bolton coring to the house and Im-1 ford' Howard and Robert, all of Cin- mediately secured his gun. When and two daughters, Mis. The Middishade son, the plaintiffs allege, the defend I.a Bolton climbed throneh the window.

uonala ana M. JOnn 41. i lue Suits Reduced the assets of the estate a'd. fired one bullet into the feeder, also of this city. What Is known in Kenton Counts- I and told him he was "not going crDwirr mnAV I as the Corby case first attracted at-j ,0 f001" wtth nim- The second bullet MJNtnAL StnVllt IUUAT.

tention October 1023. when the wa? fircd at Eolton as he came on A toward nim, aemanamg nis wire. vawwicu iu jo i-nm Hengge said. Hengge also is alleged At wilmington 0Mo. i to have admitted that he had ar- I ranged to pay for a divorce for Mrs.

Funeral services for Charles A. Bolton. i Bosworth, President of the Second motner of the girl and former wife of Corby filed action in Kenton Coun-, ty Court to bo appointed guardian of the girl. Mrs. Corby had married i Russell Morgan and they were resid-! In? at that time in West Covington.

Pecond-degree murder Indictments National Bank, will be conducted this were returned against two Negroes. afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home ihe case aroused wide attention when Judge John B. Read requlrea VS1" "aralnK 18 cnargea wi.n naving on, nn, a hnnH 5 fkVi vn rt k- I snoi ana Kiuea autr riau( ii'sru, woiuca jasi. ntumi runs. Kenton County Court.

Later this i and Jasper Isadore is accused of has- Rev. J. Hollister Lynch, pastor of the Church of Our Savior, will offl- bond was reduced to iHYuW, I lnS s'aDDea to aeatn nuaoipn irwin Negro. elate. Burial will be at Wilmington, then, months later, was raised to We believe Middishade lllue Suits are the best you can buy for fS20.000.

After settlement cf the1 CI lr'e Kweenev and Een Mr. Bocworth who was 11 tun I Charged having blue sky law, J. Sweeney and Een Mr. Bocworth, who was 72 years with violated the Ohio, his birthplace. Wolf, both of Grand Rapids, Mich, old, died unexpectedly Wednesday at were indicted jointly and separately.

the Cincinnati Country Club, wheri It is alleged that they operated with, he made his home. He leaves his i out a license from the State Commls-! estate ine Dona was reduced. Mis. Morgan later obtained a dl vorce from Morgan in Kenton Circuit Court. It was said yesterday that after her marriage to Webber sioner of Securities, and sold 800 METAL CEILINGS -he removed to Cleveland, where she I shares of Multi-Selecto Phonograph now lives.

Ine to Mrs. Caroline Wagner. Burns for HOMES, STORES. FACTORIES And there's nil unrnnditioniil gimtantre that covers every point nnd makes you and jury of satisfaction. You can't ro wrong with a Middishade.

Come in and see yourself in Middishade the specialized blue suit. Your size is here in your style. BABY GIRL Avenue. Hartwelt. December VJ.

litJS. in November, 1928, it is charged, The EdwarfJi Manufacturing Co. Sweenev, individually, sold Wagner 4 200 shares of the stock, and i M9 EM.I.ESTON AVE. Wolf charged with having sold 550 1 Phone laln Cincinnati. Ohio shares of the stock to Josephine B.

Falls To Death From Third-Flnor Simpson. October 21. 1921. The stock Window Screen Gives Way ej'i Floor In Mother's Alienee. 1 was not registered In Ohio, it i charged.

Grand larceny of Jewelry and other articles, the property of Miss Kitty i Sherwood, Palace Hotel, an employee of the Public Library, is charged In en Indictment returned against Abe; Lillian Lucas, 4-year-old daughter of Mrs. Hazci Lucas, 104 Dorchester Weis, who was employed as win-1 Street, was Injured fatally when she dow washer at the hotel, fell from the third floor'window to! nther indigents returned by the grand jurors in their report yester- 'he sldewa.k at her home yesterday ()ay cnar(t( William Gaston with cut-afternoon. Coroner M. Scott Kearns ting to kill, Frank Russo, auto steal-reported death due to a fracture of irK: Ancil Gaines, Fred her skull. Jones, attempted burglars'; Lawrence VrCreirv, aault to kill: De Witt Now it is time for a featherweight L.UCBS pcure tr.at sne naa McWilliams, burglar': Louis Spears, issuing check against insufficient I 0UB jC'T LOAN MttNAOtlli f- funds; Jesse Innd and William San- i ders, cutting to kill; Louise Jones.

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