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    1. [NYWESTCH] BAILEY of Barnum & Bailey
    2. The Huntsville Daily Times published in Huntsville, AL May 1 1915 Page/Column: Page 8, Column 5 Another Fight For Circus Man’s Millions ---------------------- (Special to The Daily Times) White Plains, N. Y., May 1 – Argument will be heard in the Appellate Court next week on the appeal from the order of Judge KOOGH setting aside the verdict and granting a new trial in the will fight for the $5,000,000 estate left by BAILEY, the circus man, of Barnum & Bailey. When Mrs. Ruth L. BAILEY, the widow, died a few years ago, her will was contested by her sister, Mrs. Anna J. HITCHINSON, who claimed that her brothers, Joseph T. and Theo McCADDEN, influence Mrs.BAILEY , their sister, to leave her an annuity of $10,000 a year while they inherited the major part of the millions. A jury recently sustained the will, but Justice KOOGH set aside the verdict and granted a new trial. http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?action=detail&id=93974

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