FORTUNE FOR CHAUFFEUR.
COURT UPHOLDS WILL. London, March 23. Mr. Justice Hill, in the Probate Court to-day, pronounced in favor of the will of the late Mr. Baron Russell, who left £20,000 to his chauffeur companion. The relatives were opposing the will, on the ground that deceased was of unsound mind. They alleged that Russell died at the age of 40 from epileptic convulsions, after a violent quarrel with his chauffeur’s mother, and they produced many extraordinary letters written by the deceased. One of these said that he dismissed his nurse when he was ill because her pink color clashed with the orange colored wall paper of his bedroom. Another said that owing to his illness his wife neglected him, and he found a friend in his chauffeur. The letter accused the latter’s mother of trying to separate them and to grab his money.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 April 1922, Page 5
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144FORTUNE FOR CHAUFFEUR. Taranaki Daily News, 11 April 1922, Page 5
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