The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1896, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 189€. CHARLEY FAIR JOINS PATERSON. Enters the Contest of the Will Which He Set Up. THUS HE MAY DISIN- HERIT HIMSELF. He Is in Opposition Now to Both of the Fair Wills. ALLIN A VERY QUEER TANGLE The Sisters Remain Aloof and Will Watch the Fight From Neutral Grounds. Charles L. Fair went into court yester- day and signified his intention to fight the will of his father dated *he 24th of Sep- tember, better known as the “‘pencil will.” By o doing he deliberately placed himself in waiting for a total disinheritance, for he is now in opposition to both wills and Lie must lose if either of them win. His action has created amazement all down the line of laymen and lawyers who | learned of it, and who have kept the shift- | ing situation of the Fair will contest suffi- | ciently in mind to follow its import. This move has been under consideration by Mr. Fair and his attorneys for a few davs only. A new reading of the pencil will, wkhich they favored so hotly | and volubly and unanimously for| 80 many months, is the cause of the re- nunciation of it, and Mr. Fair now finds himself in a position of antagonism to both wiils and to every other individual | and interest connected with his father's estate and fairly in the middle of a broad road toward disinheritance. The action taken yesterday was no less than a withdrawal of the application made by Mr. Fair and his sisters for the probate of the will of September 24 and the filing of a notice of contest of that will. In other words, a complete reversal of his attitude toward it—a blowing cold where hot was blown. This will of the 24th was brought for- ward by Charles L. Fair, his sisters and | their attorneys. In presenting it to the court with their petition for its probate they declared their belief that it was the last will and testament of James G. Fair; that it was written throughout by his own hand and signed by him. This was re- peated over and over by way of emphasis and sworn to by all parties. More than that, they secured the written testimony of all the friends and intimates of James G. Fair, over 100 in number, that | the pencil will was in his bandwriting, thus clincbing the matter so that the op- | position could not controvert it. In the withdrawal and contest filed yes- | terday Mr. Fair—for he acts alone, inde- pendent of his sisters—with Knight & Heggerty for his counsel, takes zll that | back. He says that when hefiled the peti- tion for probate he did believe all he then | said, but has since changed his mind, and therefore asks leave to withdraw the peti- tion for probate and file a contest in its stead. ‘What has caused Mr. Fair to change his mind? Of course, it cannot be stated as an ab- solute certainty, but it is a fact that he has, since Delmas & Shortridge began the contest for Dr. Levingston, come to a new understanding of the terms of the pencil will. Under the trust will—with the trust | ¥nocked out—each of the three Fair chil- | dren got a third of the estate. Under the pencil will they woula get but a fourth. This fact seems to have remained con- cealed to Mr. Fair and bis attorneys under the following provision in the will: The residue of my estate, property of every description, I give and bequeath to my children, Theresa A. Oelrichs, Virginia Fair and Charles L. Fair, share and share alike, and to their children forever. Now it so happens that Mrs. Oelrichs has a son and under this provision,so the at- torneys for Dr. Levingston have estimated, he would come in for on equal share, mak- ing the division into four equal parts. It 1s this discovery by Mr. Fair at this late date that is supposed to have influenced him to take the hazardous steps of con- testing the will which he himself set up— which he himself set upas a weapon with which to contest the earlier will. Mr. Fair's action of yesterday is esti- mated by attorneys generally as the act of a man who has lost his head—who is frightened and does not know just what to do, and therefore does damage; goesabout eaking vases and flower-pots in his own rden. His sisters have not joined him in the action. They have thought better of it, and stand aloof willing to allow the others to do the fighting. The contest was already on, precipitated by Van R. Paterson, representing the son of Mrs. Oelrichs, It could have been fought out by him as against Dr. Leving- ston, and the decision, reached without the declared hostility of Charles Fair, would have worked the same, and, so far as he was concerned, without burning his bridges. Itisevident that the sistersin- tend to remain on this neutral ground, re- maining mere lookers-on at the fight. Charles Fair throughout the contest has presented a most remarsable spectacle of changing base. In the first instance, joined with his sisters he opposed the pro- bate of the will of September 21 and brought forward the will of the 24th as the real and genuine last will and testament. Then to test the trust clause of the will of the 21st he brought suit under a law made to order for the purpose for the possession of the Lick House property. The trust clause was decided by the lower court to be invalid. That removed nearly all objection to the earlier will, and all the heirs were now ready to accept it. When it was found tiat Dr. Levingston, named asan executor of the will of the 24th, intended to insist upon the probate of that will, 1n view of the united indorsement by all of the chil- dren, Charles Fair withdrew his opposi- sition to the probate of the will of the 21st. The last shift is to withdraw his petition for the probate of the will of the 24th. Thus he stands in opposition to both wills, one of which is indorsed by the trus- tees and the grandchildren and other equally remote relatives, and the other still stands indorsed by the daughters, Virginia and Mrs. Oelrichs. The situation loses none of its interest to the disinherited, and Mr, Fair’s move has the effect of adding still a new com- plication. One of the oddest features which the case presents is the fact that the contest of the will of the 24th is being made on be- half of Mrs. Qelrichs’ son, while under this will, by the provision gquoted above, he is made an heir on equal terms with his mother and the otber Fair children. S WITHDRAW LAND CONTEST Contents of the Two Documents Flled Yesterday. The withdrawal and contest were filed by Charles Heggerty yesterday afternoon. The application for leave to withdraw is as follows: Now comes Charles L. Fair and respectfully represents to the court as follows: That on the 18th day of March, 1895, a cer- tain writing, bearing date the 24th day of September, 1894, and purporting to be the last will and testament of said James G. Fair, de- ceased, and purporting to have been entirely written, dated and signed by said James G. Fair, deceased, on said 24th day of September, 1894, was filed in this court by this petitioner, Charles L. Fair, and his sisters, Theresa A. Oelrichs and Virginia Fair, together with their petition, wherein they did allege and state that said writing was the last will and testament of said James G. Fair, deceased, and that it was entirely written, dated and signed by him, and wherein they did petition and pray said court to admit and allow said writing to probate as the last will and testamentof saia James G. Fair, deceased, and that letters of administration with the said will annexed be thereupon issued to them; thatsuch pro- ceedings were thereafter and upon said peti- tion had and taken in by sald Superior Court that the said petition had been continued for hearing from time to time and is now penaing and undetermined and saia alieged will has never beea admitted to probate. That at the time of filing said writing bear- ing date the 24th day of September, 1894, and at the time of filing sald petition for the pro- bate thereof, as the last will and testament of the sald James G. Fair, deceased, this peti- tioner then believed, as far as he had been able to ascertain of, about and concerning, and examining the said writing, that it was the genuine writing of, and was entirely written, dated and signed by said James G. Fair, deceased, and was his last will and tes! ment; and acting upon and under such belief, petitioner joined in and became a party to the said petition for the probate of the said writ- ing dated September 24, 1894. That subsequently to the said 13th day of March, 1895, petitioner was informed and be- came, and now is honestly and fully convinced and satisfied, and verily believes, and upon such information and belief petitioner here and now alleges that said writing dated Sep- tember 24, 1894, purporting to be the last will and testament of said James G. Fair, deceased, and filed by this petitioner and his sisters in this court on March 18, 1895, together with a petition for its probate, was mot and is not the last or any will of said James G. Fair, de- ceased, or in his handwriting, and that the said alleged will was not and was never, either on September 24, 1894, or at any other time, written or dated or signed by said James G. Fair, deceased, or in his handwriting or by his hand. Wherefore said petitioner, Charles L. Fair, does hereby and now withdraw the said peti- tion, and withdraws his name from and his consent to said petition so far as he is con- cerned, and requests and prays the said court to permit and allow such withdrawal, and to dismiss and deny the said petition, and for such other order as may be proper in the promises. And to refuse and deny probate of said alleged will of September 24, 1894, Dated April 7, 1896. Charles L. Faii, petitioner; Knight & Heggerty, attorneys for petitioner. The contest to the will sets forth first the main allegations of the withdrawal; when the pencil will was filed, and what proceed- ings had taken place, and then follow the allegations that the will is not in Fair's handwriting, nor did he ever sign or date it. The document concludes as follows: Wherefore, this petitioner and contestant, Charles L. Fair, prays and petitions as follows: First—This petitioner, Charles L. Fair, does hereby and now withdraws his said petition to probate said alleged will of September 24, 1894—withdraws his consent and signature thereto, and prays the court to allow such withdrawal, and to dismiss and deny the said petition in so far as he is concerned therein and a party thereto, and to strike bis name from and out of said petition for the probate of said alleged will. Second—This petitioner prays that the safd | alleged will, bearing date September 24, 1894, and the whole thereof, be adjudged and de- creed not to have been written on date or signed by the said James G. Fair, deceased, and that it be denied probate as the last will, or any will of the said James G. PAir, deceased, | and that the said petition filed by this peti- tioner and his said sisters, and the petition filed by Marc Levingston for the probate of the will be denied. Third—For such action and further order, judgment, process, decree and relief, both gen- eral and special, as may be necessary and proper in the premises. THEY ARE IN A BAD- Fik Sherrick, a Democratic War- horse of Ohio, Makes a Confession. The Banker, an 01d Friend and Neigh- bor of McKinley, Here on Pleasure Bent. Johnson Bherrick of Canton, Ohio, an intimate friend and neighbor of Governor McKinley, and a wealthy business man who loves politics simply because of the fascination in it, is at the Grand with his wife. He is the president of the Canton First National Bank, president and treasurer of the Canton Hardware Company, and was during his most active yearsin the politics of Ohio a Democratic State Senator. “McKianley and I started into politics together years ago,” remarked Mr. Sher- rick, “but we took different sides, and neither of us have ever been able to con- vert the other to his way of thinking. I have aspired to no office, for 1 have been in politics only for the fun of the thing. I like to maxke political speeches. Yes, I have canvassed the northwest part of Ohio pretty well at different times. “‘McKinley will of course carry Ohio unanimously at the convention, and I hope he will get the nomination, not that I am a protectionist, for I am not—I believe in duty for revenue only—but be- cause he is a fine, true man. “Iam a Democrat, but I prefer not to discuss the party situation. The truth of the matter is, the Democrats arein a bad fix. It itis not through their fault. The party has been the victim of circum- stances, and has to father the blame for things begun before Cleveland’s adminis- tration. “The panic was on when the McKinley bill was passed. Gold was low when Har- rison went out; I know that. The Wilson bill would bring in more revenue than the McKinley bill; I know that, too. The idea of taxing one man to protect another is not democratic. “Chauncey Depew does not care a cent whether Morton is nominated or not, ac- cording to my idea, but he is acting for New York bankers.” : Mr. Sherrick will spend this week seeing the sights of the City. His business here is simply for pleasure. He will then start East by easy stages, spending a month on the way and ending a sightseeing tour be- fim by a five weeks' visit in the City of exico. AN INCENDIARY AT WORK, Deliberate Attempt to Destroy the California Art Metal Works. ENGINEER HIBBIT'S DISCOVERY Fire Marshal Towe Thinks It the Work of a Discharged Employe or Business Rival. A deliberate attempt to destroy by fire the building, 51 Fremont street, occupied by the California Art Metal Works, was made on Monday night, and it was by the merest accident that the whole block was not burned to the ground. About half-past 6 o’clock George R. Hib- bits, engineer in Thompson’s planing mill, 312 Mission street, which is directly in the rear of 51 Fremont street, was in the act of closing up the mill before going home, when he happened to stoop down and a glimmer of light struck his eye. He was fortunately at a spot on a direct line with the rear door of 51 Fremont street, which was open. Knowing that the employesin the metal hours later. It mav not have any bearing on the case, but it is singular.” The cards were those of the Great West- ern Boot and Shoe Repairing Company, 562 Mission street and 63114 Sacramento street. On October 29, 1895, there wasa fire in Thompson’s planing mill, which commu- nicated with the rear of the metal works. The loss at that time was estimated at $40,000. STILL AFTER THAT DICTIONARY Genuine Success of the Supplemental Distribution Lately Begun. At the headquarters of the Pacific Coast Newspaper Syndicate the cry is “Still they come,’”’ for there are very many readers in and out of the City who are filing their ap- plications during these few days while the offer remains open by which they can so easily secure the Encyclopedic Digtionary. The work itself is an entirely new idea in reference books, being at once a dic- tionary and an encyclopedia, and as such it takes the place of many other books on special subjects put together. Its utility has been fully demonstrated by the 500 sets originally distributed in the 500 cultured homes, where it has been examined and compared with cther dic- tionaries and encyclopedias. Many who really desired to get the vol- umes during the original distribution failed to do so through hesitation or delay, and these, now that another opportunity is presented, are hastening to avail them- selves of its benefits. But it should be remembered that this week will see the close of this altogether notable undertaking in the way of a book distribution, and readers are therefore ad- { % 4 Scene ofithe Incendiary Attempt at the California Metal Works on Fremont Street. Marshal Towe Considers That but for Engincer Hibbits’ Fortunate Diseovery a Disastrous Conflagration Compr ising the Entire Block Might Have Resulted. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] Vit g Y 7/ works had all gone home he thought that some one had carelessly left the light burning. He went over to the works, but saw no light in the office. Tkis puzzled him and on returning he looked under the stairway and saw a lot of old overalls and jumpers in a heap on the floor. He moved them and to his surprise there was a lighted candle underneath. The flame had not yet communicated with the heap of clothing, and it was evident that the lignted candle and the clothing had been piaced there only a minute or so before. Hibbits blew out the light and immedi- ately notified Policeman Rial and Special Officer Sample. They made an examina- tion and found the clothing and candle were so placed as to lead only to one con- ciusion—that the purpose was to set fire to the building occupied by the metal works. Rial notified Sergeant Donovan, who in turn reported the case to Captain Spil- lane. The captain instructed Donovan to telephone rire Marshal Towe and leave everything untouched 1iil he arrived. The Fire Marshal hurried to the South- ern Police station and, accompanied by Sergeant Donovan, went to 51 Fremont street, where they were joined by Police- man Rial. The Fire Marshal made a careful inves- tigation and this is his report: “I found under the stairway leading to the second story of 51 Fremont street a pile of work- men’s overalls and jumpers, which had been saturated with turpentine and coal oil. Under the clotbing was a piece of candle, an inch and ahalf long, and along- side of the candle was a wooden box with black varnish in it. I also found a coal-oil lamp with the top unscrewed and the lamp empty. “The sides of the stairs were daubed with black varnish and coaloil and the candle was stuck on a piece of cardboard on a pile of canvas, which had also black varnish on it. Had the candle burned down to this preparation the whole block would have gone, as the building is an old ramshackle one, all open above the first floor, and the fire could not have been seen from the street till it bad got a good headway. “‘Sergeant Donovan placed Rial to watch the building in the hope that the man who did it was waiting for the firebelis to ring, and I thought he might return to see what was the cause of the failure of his attempt, or else would come back to re- move the evidence, but he did not return. “The owners of the works can give no reason for the attempt and I am satistied they were not concerned in it, as there is no motive for them to do it. It isthe work of an enemy and I have the name of a person who threatened he would get even with them two weeks ago. The job has the impression of one well knowing the place and no doubt some discharged employe did it or some rival in business. It was a fortunate discovery, as through the blowing out of that candle by Hibbits a serious conflagration was averted.”’ The Fire Marshal thinks it is a singular coincidence that the card on which the candle was stuck was the same as a card he found underaeath his front ‘door when he returned about midnight from his in- vestigation. “It was not there,”” said the Fire Mar- shal last night, “when I left the house at 9o'clock to go to the Southern station, but it was there when I returned three monished to act while yet there is time, | for beginning Monday the price of the | work will be advanced to $42 per set, the | best styles of binding costing even more. JALLEY ROAD FIGANCES, | Joint Meeting of the Directors Directors Stetson, Watt and Payson and Trustees Phelan, Van Sicklen and Bald-| win. They will report at a future meeting of the directors and trustees, to be held at an early day. John Moss was appointed to have charge of all freight and passenger business, under the title of traffic manager. He is ex- pected to assume the duties of his new position on the 1st of May. For many years past Mr. Moss has cred- itably filled the position of assistant local freight agent of the Soutoern Pacitic Com- pany, with headquarters at Fourth and Townsend streets, having a corps of more than 100 clerks under him, Mr. Moss was tendered the position a few days ago, and signitied that he would accept it to the committee that waited on him. Hisresig- nation is now in the hands of the Southern Pacific Company. Mr. Moss has a thorough acquaintance- ship with the merchants of this City, and this, added to his technical knowledge of the railroad business, led {0 his selection for this responsible and important posi- tion. The Valley road’s traffic manager served an apprenticeship in the London and Northwestern Railway before coming to this country, after which he was engaged to go to Canada to fill a position with the Great Western Railway, now leased to the Grand Trunk. After four or five years in Canada he was offered a better position in St: Louis by the Atlantic and Pacific road. For some time he filled the position of joint agent of that road and the Missouri Pacific at St. Louis. Twenty years ago he came to San Francisco and bas ever since been in the employ of the Southern Pa- cific Company. LASHED WITH A WHIP. = Policeman Gillin’s Experience With a Livery-Stable Keeper. John Nolan, a livery-stable keeper on California street, between Polk street and Van Ness avenue, was detained at the City Prison at an early hour yesterday morn- ing on a charge of battery, and Frank Sullivan, a8 hackdriver, was registered on the charge of violating the hack ordi- nance. The complaining witness against both was Policeman P. A. Gillin. Sullivan was driving a hack along Sutter street and Nolan was seated beside him. Their loud talking attracted the attention of Gillin, who was standing on the corner of Sutter and Larkin streets. As the hack was without lights Gillin stopped it and ordered Sullivan to put in the Ezhts. Sul- livan objected and told Gillin to mind his own business. Gillin climbed on the wheel to put_Sullivan under arrest, when Nolan seized the whip and lashed the horses. Gillin clung to the hack and was dragged half a block, Nolan lashing him and the horses alternately with the whip,till Gillin managed to grab hold of the reins and brought the horses to a standstill. He then placed both men under ar rest. The cases were called in Judge Low’'s court yesterday morning and continued till to-day. e ———— Changes in Rates on Wool. As an encouragement to the wool-scouring industry of California the Southern Pacific Company has announced a change in the rates on wools in grease and scoured wool, to go into effect on the 23d inst. In carload lots of not less than ten tons wool' in grease wilt be carried from Caiifornia terminals to Atlantte points, when compressed in bales holding nineteen J)ounds to the cubic foot, for $1 per 100 pounds. This is an increase on present rates of 20 cents per 100 pounds. On the other hand scoured wool under similar conditions will be taken for $1 25 &gr 100 pounds, 8 reduction of 25 cents per 100 on the prevail- ing schedule. The earthworm bores its hole by passing the earth through its body, and backing out £0 as to leave it on the surface. This hole goes down often six or eight feet, and into 1t the worm retreats in the daytime, DRUG CO., UT-RATE DRUGGISTS ! 1128 MARKET S7T., SAN FRANCISCO. and Trustees to Discuss Them. This Is the Amount Necessary to Complete the Road—John Moss as Traffic Manager. There is not to be a single day of un- necessary delay in completing the con- struction of and fully equipping the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rail- road from San Francisco to Fresno. This was evidenced at the joint meeting of the directors and trustees of the company held yesterday afternoon, which was one of the most important since the organization of the corporation. Two matters of great moment were up for consideration. One was the appoint- ment of a traffic manager and the other ‘was the question of raising funds to com- plete the road as originally projected. The latter consumed most ot the two-hour session. The capital stock of the company is $6,000,000. Of this but $2,500,000 worth in round numbers has been issued, and but 60 per cent of this has thus far been called for. Itis calculated, however, to consume this entire sum in the construction of the section which is now nearing completion —that is the division between Stockton and Fresno. Two equally important sece tions wiil then have to be provided for— those between San Franciscoand Stockton and between Fresno and Bakersfield. The former, it is estimated, will cost about 700,000 and the latter about $3,500,000. he conference between the trustees of the stockholders and the directors was held principally to devise ways how best to raise this $6,000,000. Only James Cross, representing the Hobart estate, was ab- sent of the trustees. Those present were: A. B. Spreckels, Lovell White, Daniel Meyer, Thomas Brown, J. D. Phelan, C. de Guigne, 0. D. Baldwin and F. W. Van Sicklen. Of the directors the following were in attendance: Claus Spreckels, J. D. Spreckels, Captain A. H. Payson, Rob- ert Watt, J. B. Stetson, Leon Schloss, Al- vinza Hayward and Isaac Upham. 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