Son of Thomas Mason Wheeler and Candace Thurber. Married to Annie Morris Robinson, 4 Oct 1878.
TANGLED WILL CASE CONTINUES
PARENT OF GIRL WHO LEFT MONEY TO OTTO MEYER HERE, DIED IN DENVER.
DEMISE IS A MYSTERY.
Alleged Mystery In Demise Attracts Attention of Authorities-Attorney Declares Death of Wheeler Will Not Halt Suit.
Denver, Sept 25- James Cooper Wheeler of Hollis, Long Island, father of Miss Candace Wheeler, who was drowned in Bowles lake, near Denver, June 23, died here under circumstances which the authorities consider mysterious. Wheeler came to Denver last Friday in connection with a suit involving his daughter's will. His suit to have set aside the will which named Dr. J. H. Warren Meyer as administrator, was postponed until Oct. 3.
Wheeler registered under the name of "James Woodrow" and his identity did not become known until Tuesday. He was accompanied by his attorney, Emil Schnallock, also of Hollis, who registered as "Emil Sheridan," Schnallock is under the care of a physician. According to physicians, wheeler died of uraemic convulsions.
Why Wheeler and Schnallock registered under assumed names has not been explained.
Wheeler's death probably will end the contest he instituted to gain possession of his daughter's estate, valued at $15,000. In this event, Otto Meyer of Minneapolis, who was Miss Wheeler's finance, will receive the bulk of the estate, after the payment of a $5,000 bequest to Dr. Meyer, Otto's brother, who is administrator.
The estate comprises insurance policies amounting to $12,500 and property bequeathed by the dead girl's mother.
The fact that Miss Wheeler's body was not recovered for ten days after she was drowned gave rise to rumors that the drowned woman was not Miss Wheeler, and that the real Miss Wheeler had gone east with the intention of going to Europe. The rumors resulted in payment of her insurace policies being held up pending exhuming of the body and positive identification of the remains by means of a dentist's chart. After the recovery of the body friends of Miss Wheeler asserted that several weeks before she was drowned her jewels and other belongings had been secretly removed from her rooms.
When the will was presented for probate and it was discovered that her fiance and his brother were the beneficiaries and that her father was cut off with one dollar, Mr. Wheeler instituted suit, alleging that the beneficiaries had exercised an undue influence over the girl, that the instrument was "the product of deceit and conspiracy and was, in fact, not his daughter's will at all."
-Suit Not to Be Dropped.
The suit to break the will of Candace Wheeler will not be dismissed as a result of the death of her father, according to a statement by Emil Schnallock, attorney for the dead man. Mr. Schnallock said the contest would be pushed on behalf of Mr. Wheeler's second wife and their three children. The attorney said Mr. Wheeler registered at a Denver hotel under an assumed name for the purpose of avoiding publicity during the time he was in Denver waiting for the suit to come to trial.
Minneapolis-
Otto Meyer, the Minneapolis musician mentioned in the dispatch from Denver concerning the death of James Cooper Wheeler, who opposed Mr. Meyer as beneficiary of the estate of Miss Wheeler, the daughter, declared that he knew little concerning the case. "I left Denver a few days after the funeral of Miss Wheeler," he said, "and have not kept in touch with the legal aspects of the case, having turned that part over to a firm of lawyers in Denver.
New York-James Cooper Wheeler was the author of a number of novels and many short stories, most of them for boys. He was the uncle of Henry L. Stimson, secretary of war.
Aitkin Independent Age Sept. 28, 1912
TANGLED WILL CASE CONTINUES
PARENT OF GIRL WHO LEFT MONEY TO OTTO MEYER HERE, DIED IN DENVER.
DEMISE IS A MYSTERY.
Alleged Mystery In Demise Attracts Attention of Authorities-Attorney Declares Death of Wheeler Will Not Halt Suit.
Denver, Sept 25- James Cooper Wheeler of Hollis, Long Island, father of Miss Candace Wheeler, who was drowned in Bowles lake, near Denver, June 23, died here under circumstances which the authorities consider mysterious. Wheeler came to Denver last Friday in connection with a suit involving his daughter's will. His suit to have set aside the will which named Dr. J. H. Warren Meyer as administrator, was postponed until Oct. 3.
Wheeler registered under the name of "James Woodrow" and his identity did not become known until Tuesday. He was accompanied by his attorney, Emil Schnallock, also of Hollis, who registered as "Emil Sheridan," Schnallock is under the care of a physician. According to physicians, wheeler died of uraemic convulsions.
Why Wheeler and Schnallock registered under assumed names has not been explained.
Wheeler's death probably will end the contest he instituted to gain possession of his daughter's estate, valued at $15,000. In this event, Otto Meyer of Minneapolis, who was Miss Wheeler's finance, will receive the bulk of the estate, after the payment of a $5,000 bequest to Dr. Meyer, Otto's brother, who is administrator.
The estate comprises insurance policies amounting to $12,500 and property bequeathed by the dead girl's mother.
The fact that Miss Wheeler's body was not recovered for ten days after she was drowned gave rise to rumors that the drowned woman was not Miss Wheeler, and that the real Miss Wheeler had gone east with the intention of going to Europe. The rumors resulted in payment of her insurace policies being held up pending exhuming of the body and positive identification of the remains by means of a dentist's chart. After the recovery of the body friends of Miss Wheeler asserted that several weeks before she was drowned her jewels and other belongings had been secretly removed from her rooms.
When the will was presented for probate and it was discovered that her fiance and his brother were the beneficiaries and that her father was cut off with one dollar, Mr. Wheeler instituted suit, alleging that the beneficiaries had exercised an undue influence over the girl, that the instrument was "the product of deceit and conspiracy and was, in fact, not his daughter's will at all."
-Suit Not to Be Dropped.
The suit to break the will of Candace Wheeler will not be dismissed as a result of the death of her father, according to a statement by Emil Schnallock, attorney for the dead man. Mr. Schnallock said the contest would be pushed on behalf of Mr. Wheeler's second wife and their three children. The attorney said Mr. Wheeler registered at a Denver hotel under an assumed name for the purpose of avoiding publicity during the time he was in Denver waiting for the suit to come to trial.
Minneapolis-
Otto Meyer, the Minneapolis musician mentioned in the dispatch from Denver concerning the death of James Cooper Wheeler, who opposed Mr. Meyer as beneficiary of the estate of Miss Wheeler, the daughter, declared that he knew little concerning the case. "I left Denver a few days after the funeral of Miss Wheeler," he said, "and have not kept in touch with the legal aspects of the case, having turned that part over to a firm of lawyers in Denver.
New York-James Cooper Wheeler was the author of a number of novels and many short stories, most of them for boys. He was the uncle of Henry L. Stimson, secretary of war.
Aitkin Independent Age Sept. 28, 1912
Son of Thomas Mason Wheeler and Candace Thurber. Married to Annie Morris Robinson, 4 Oct 1878.
TANGLED WILL CASE CONTINUES
PARENT OF GIRL WHO LEFT MONEY TO OTTO MEYER HERE, DIED IN DENVER.
DEMISE IS A MYSTERY.
Alleged Mystery In Demise Attracts Attention of Authorities-Attorney Declares Death of Wheeler Will Not Halt Suit.
Denver, Sept 25- James Cooper Wheeler of Hollis, Long Island, father of Miss Candace Wheeler, who was drowned in Bowles lake, near Denver, June 23, died here under circumstances which the authorities consider mysterious. Wheeler came to Denver last Friday in connection with a suit involving his daughter's will. His suit to have set aside the will which named Dr. J. H. Warren Meyer as administrator, was postponed until Oct. 3.
Wheeler registered under the name of "James Woodrow" and his identity did not become known until Tuesday. He was accompanied by his attorney, Emil Schnallock, also of Hollis, who registered as "Emil Sheridan," Schnallock is under the care of a physician. According to physicians, wheeler died of uraemic convulsions.
Why Wheeler and Schnallock registered under assumed names has not been explained.
Wheeler's death probably will end the contest he instituted to gain possession of his daughter's estate, valued at $15,000. In this event, Otto Meyer of Minneapolis, who was Miss Wheeler's finance, will receive the bulk of the estate, after the payment of a $5,000 bequest to Dr. Meyer, Otto's brother, who is administrator.
The estate comprises insurance policies amounting to $12,500 and property bequeathed by the dead girl's mother.
The fact that Miss Wheeler's body was not recovered for ten days after she was drowned gave rise to rumors that the drowned woman was not Miss Wheeler, and that the real Miss Wheeler had gone east with the intention of going to Europe. The rumors resulted in payment of her insurace policies being held up pending exhuming of the body and positive identification of the remains by means of a dentist's chart. After the recovery of the body friends of Miss Wheeler asserted that several weeks before she was drowned her jewels and other belongings had been secretly removed from her rooms.
When the will was presented for probate and it was discovered that her fiance and his brother were the beneficiaries and that her father was cut off with one dollar, Mr. Wheeler instituted suit, alleging that the beneficiaries had exercised an undue influence over the girl, that the instrument was "the product of deceit and conspiracy and was, in fact, not his daughter's will at all."
-Suit Not to Be Dropped.
The suit to break the will of Candace Wheeler will not be dismissed as a result of the death of her father, according to a statement by Emil Schnallock, attorney for the dead man. Mr. Schnallock said the contest would be pushed on behalf of Mr. Wheeler's second wife and their three children. The attorney said Mr. Wheeler registered at a Denver hotel under an assumed name for the purpose of avoiding publicity during the time he was in Denver waiting for the suit to come to trial.
Minneapolis-
Otto Meyer, the Minneapolis musician mentioned in the dispatch from Denver concerning the death of James Cooper Wheeler, who opposed Mr. Meyer as beneficiary of the estate of Miss Wheeler, the daughter, declared that he knew little concerning the case. "I left Denver a few days after the funeral of Miss Wheeler," he said, "and have not kept in touch with the legal aspects of the case, having turned that part over to a firm of lawyers in Denver.
New York-James Cooper Wheeler was the author of a number of novels and many short stories, most of them for boys. He was the uncle of Henry L. Stimson, secretary of war.
Aitkin Independent Age Sept. 28, 1912
TANGLED WILL CASE CONTINUES
PARENT OF GIRL WHO LEFT MONEY TO OTTO MEYER HERE, DIED IN DENVER.
DEMISE IS A MYSTERY.
Alleged Mystery In Demise Attracts Attention of Authorities-Attorney Declares Death of Wheeler Will Not Halt Suit.
Denver, Sept 25- James Cooper Wheeler of Hollis, Long Island, father of Miss Candace Wheeler, who was drowned in Bowles lake, near Denver, June 23, died here under circumstances which the authorities consider mysterious. Wheeler came to Denver last Friday in connection with a suit involving his daughter's will. His suit to have set aside the will which named Dr. J. H. Warren Meyer as administrator, was postponed until Oct. 3.
Wheeler registered under the name of "James Woodrow" and his identity did not become known until Tuesday. He was accompanied by his attorney, Emil Schnallock, also of Hollis, who registered as "Emil Sheridan," Schnallock is under the care of a physician. According to physicians, wheeler died of uraemic convulsions.
Why Wheeler and Schnallock registered under assumed names has not been explained.
Wheeler's death probably will end the contest he instituted to gain possession of his daughter's estate, valued at $15,000. In this event, Otto Meyer of Minneapolis, who was Miss Wheeler's finance, will receive the bulk of the estate, after the payment of a $5,000 bequest to Dr. Meyer, Otto's brother, who is administrator.
The estate comprises insurance policies amounting to $12,500 and property bequeathed by the dead girl's mother.
The fact that Miss Wheeler's body was not recovered for ten days after she was drowned gave rise to rumors that the drowned woman was not Miss Wheeler, and that the real Miss Wheeler had gone east with the intention of going to Europe. The rumors resulted in payment of her insurace policies being held up pending exhuming of the body and positive identification of the remains by means of a dentist's chart. After the recovery of the body friends of Miss Wheeler asserted that several weeks before she was drowned her jewels and other belongings had been secretly removed from her rooms.
When the will was presented for probate and it was discovered that her fiance and his brother were the beneficiaries and that her father was cut off with one dollar, Mr. Wheeler instituted suit, alleging that the beneficiaries had exercised an undue influence over the girl, that the instrument was "the product of deceit and conspiracy and was, in fact, not his daughter's will at all."
-Suit Not to Be Dropped.
The suit to break the will of Candace Wheeler will not be dismissed as a result of the death of her father, according to a statement by Emil Schnallock, attorney for the dead man. Mr. Schnallock said the contest would be pushed on behalf of Mr. Wheeler's second wife and their three children. The attorney said Mr. Wheeler registered at a Denver hotel under an assumed name for the purpose of avoiding publicity during the time he was in Denver waiting for the suit to come to trial.
Minneapolis-
Otto Meyer, the Minneapolis musician mentioned in the dispatch from Denver concerning the death of James Cooper Wheeler, who opposed Mr. Meyer as beneficiary of the estate of Miss Wheeler, the daughter, declared that he knew little concerning the case. "I left Denver a few days after the funeral of Miss Wheeler," he said, "and have not kept in touch with the legal aspects of the case, having turned that part over to a firm of lawyers in Denver.
New York-James Cooper Wheeler was the author of a number of novels and many short stories, most of them for boys. He was the uncle of Henry L. Stimson, secretary of war.
Aitkin Independent Age Sept. 28, 1912
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