MINUTES MEANS MONEY
I.AIIOK EOIITFNE AT STAKE. TWO DEATHS IN ONE DAY. ' Two men. relatives, died on April (ith hot. thousands of miles apart, says a New York paper, and within a few minute-, of each other. Now, the disposition af an (*>tale, valued ill about C 100,000, depends upon the issue of whether William T. Coleman died liefore Hubert Louis Coleman or whether the reverse was the case.
The estate was left hv the late Cap
titin Coleman, a San Franciscan, who dates from the days ol the Argonauts.
and who was a member of tin* famous Yigilaittc'. Hubert Louis Coleman was his son, a San Francisco hanker; William T. ( nlciiinir was a grandson and a nephew of Hubert Louts Coleman. Tin* question ill issue i- whether Captain Coleman's estate must lie divided among the descendants ol the son or grandson. KILLED liY LALKAN PANDITS. Not only the time, hut the <lilferettee in time between California and south-eastern Europe. is involved. Mr .1. F. Bowie, of Wall Street, is the attorney who must supply the answer to the problem, ami his answer must he so sound that no legal assault by the disappointed heirs presumptive may have a chance of success. Hubert Louis Coleman was travelling through the Albanian mountains on April (itl>. in company with George li. IV Long, a New York hanker. Their party was ambushed hv bandits. Coleman and IV Long were killed in the skirmish. On the same date William T. Coleman died at his home in Monrovia. California.
Cablegrams from Albania, which so far have been Mr Bowie’s only source of information, place the time of Louis Coleman's death at about Id a.in.. Alhanian time. There is a dilfereuce between Albanian and San Francisco time. If the time of Louis Coleman’s death is officially established as 10 it.lit, then the exact minute of the death of each must he the determining factor. If it can he proved that 'William Coleman held to life until a.m, his heirs will inherit the estate by the measure ol the two and ahalf hour* by which lie survived his unde.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1924, Page 2
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