The Allport Millions

The last issue of the Dextor Leader contaioed the following account of a case tliat will interest many of our readers wbo know the parties. The Mis. Kelly spoken of, was known to Dexter people as Miss Garrie Allport: Some time since, Jtihn I). Allport, once a resident here aud a son of Mr. Allport who for many years kept liotel n thia village, died in .Montana and left an' estáte valaed at oite million dollars. As lie had not been in regular correspondence with hia brothers and sisters in the east, t was not until some months after his death thai they heard of it and then quite accidentally. They also learned that lie left no will and, as heirs to liis estáte, they at once became interested. The heirs are Mrs. C. W. Millerof Dexter, Mis. Farley of Chicago, DeVincey AUport of Vassar, aud Mrs. Caroline Kelly of Denver, brother and half sisters of the deceased. H was alsü learned that Mrs. Kelly was ín Montana aud that administration of the estáte liad been granted her as solé lieir. They at once took hold of tlie matter and Mr. Farley, representing tliem, went to Butte where he discovered whatjis alleged to be a couspiracy to keep the eastern heirs out of their share of the estáte and steps were at once taken to arrest further disposal of the property by the adininistrator and an accounting was calléd for. At th is point a new phaseof the case opeued up which will be explained by tlie following article from the "Boulder Age:" THE ALLPORT WILL. An unusual chain of circumstances is shown relating to the settlement of the estáte of John D. 'Allport formerly a resident of this county. After his death, a deed for souie of his valuabl mining property was filed, which parties interested are endeavoring , to set aside on account of its alleged; fraudulentcharacter. Mrs. Caroline V. Kelley, sister of deceased, came to Boulder from Denver to administer thej estáte and qualified in that capacity as sole heir. Publicatioil in ChieaEro nnnprs n( the alleged forgery and fraud of Evans, mining broker of Butte, and DegenBush and wife of Chicago, in endeavoring to hold title to an interest in the Minnie Healy mine, attracted attention of otlier claimants of the estáte- two half-sisters and a brother. But now by a somewhat roundabout way comes a will of deceased. It reached the hands of Jim Talbott with a letter signed by Ilenry Osborne, dated San Francisco, and with fchia explanation : In tlie spring of 1895, Osborne and his partner, Lawrence, both prospectors, were about to start for Denver ; Allport concluded to make liis will and send it by them to hissister.'there : they took it bnt did not find Mrs. Kelley at the address given. They then went prospecting in Nevada and down to old Mexico; they afterwards retumed to Salt Lake and left the will and some other papers with a friend, Bill Jones, and went out prospecting. Later they returned and took the papers and started for Alaska. A few weeks ago, Osborne returned with a small sack of gold to get supplies and return to the fields. While in San Francisco he lieard of Allport's death and so concluded to forward the will to Mr. Talbott of whom Mr. Allport had frequently spoken as au old friend. The will is now offered for probate and August 30th is the time set for proving the sanie. It gives flve acres of ground to the town of Basiu for a cemeterv and vides that the body of John D. Allport be laid there. It also provides that the body of lus sister, Caroline V. Kelley, be laid beside his. It gives $500 to the public school of Basin. All the rest of his estáte is left to his sister, Caroline Viola Kelley, and she is appointed executrix of the will without bonds. The deed above referred to has been set aside by a recent decisión of the court. Mrs. Miller left for Montana Monday, in order that she may be on the ground and Ueep track of matters coucerningthe estáte. The case is a long and interesting oue aud we have not space to make our readers acquainted with all its peculiarities at this tiuie.