White Oak Indian Asks Share From Blood Relatives Of Dead
Woman.
VINITA, April 13.—Involving $1,200,000, the suit to settle
the heirship in the estate of Lucy Beaver, who died here in
May , 1922, will be heard in the county court April 30, it
has just been announced.
Sam Perry, a Shawnee Indian, living near White Oak, is
claiming a half share of $600,000. If his claims are refused
by the court the estate will be divided equally between Maud
Lee Mudd, a niece of the Beaver woman, and Alex Mudd, a
brother, who are the only living blood relatives.
Perry claims to be the third husband of the woman. To make
his claims stick he must prove to the court he married the
woman after the six months’ period prescribed by law
following the divorce of the woman from her second husband.
Mrs. Beaver’s first husband was named Lotson, a Quapaw
Indian, whose wealth amounted to $200,000 because of lead
and zinc mines developed on his land. Beaver also was a
Quapaw.
Maud Lee Mudd, a ward of W.M. Sims, probate attorney of this
city, and about whom the fight centers, inherited a half
Osage right from her father and received the mineral wealth
from her mother’s side. She lives at Miami. Her uncle, Alex
Mudd, lives at Delaware.
From The Oklahoma, 4/12/1923
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
