Wright Dies At Sapulpa

Opener of Kellyville Pool Once Lived in Oklahoma City.

TULSA. March 1--J. H. Wright. 64 years old, oil operator at Sapulpa for seventeen years, and the man who opened the Pool In June, 1926, died at his home in Sapulpa Thursday after an illness of four days.

Wright made the run Into Oklahoma at the opening of the Cherokee Strip in 1889, and lived at Shawnee and Oklahoma City, finally settling at Sapulpa.

He was a benefactor of orphan children, having given liberally to the Sapulpa Orphans' Home.

When he opened the Kellyville Pool, the Carter Oil company offered him $3,000,000 for his holdings, but he refused demanding $4,000,000. Wright was considered a multi-millionaire.

Sapulpa - March 8 (Special) A fortune in valuable oil property and government bonds estimated to total between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000 hangs in the balance as the result of an odd twist in the wording of the will of the late J. H. "Cal" Wright, pioneer capitalist of Sapulpa, who died here in March 1928.

A review of the will shows that in the paragraph Wright said: "And I give and bequeath to my wife, Rosa B. Wright, the balance of my property both real and person to be used by her so long as she lives and enjoys the same.

Contesting the phrase "so long as she lives and enjoys the same." is Miss Minnie Pflierfer of Fredonia, Kans., who claims to be the daughter of Cal Wright born out of wedlock, but recognized under the state laws of Kansas.

She has filed suit against Mrs. Wright and is seeking to have herself adjudged the child of Wright and heir of the estate, claiming that Mrs. Wright has been left the fortune for life only.

 

Complied and transcribed by Marti Graham, 2010.