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at the time of his death in January, 1882 M: F. S. Falconer having said that she had friends in Chicago was advised a considerable time since to make inquiries through them, but up to the present, so far as I know, no further information has been obtained, not even the name of the above Bank. If the money should stand by lying at the Bank to the credit of Matthew Salemer that would be some corroborative evidence of the aforesaid alleged admission by Marion (Marianne) Falcone that she had never been married to Matthew. The facts adverse to the Plaintiff's contention are (1) the fact that Matthew and "Marion Falconer lived together for years as man and wife and had sons. Matthew Saylor Falcone? (2) that the Plaintiff and his wife, amongst others, treated and considered them as man and wife (3) that Matthew Saylor Falcone? in or about June, 1882, obtained Letters of administration to Matthew Falcone?'s Estate, alleging in his Petition for said Letters that he was the son of the said Matthew Falconer and that Marion (Marianne) Falcone was the widow of the same (4) the fact that from June, 1882, till the death of Matthew Saylor Falconer in 1888, no proceedings were taken to establish the Plaintiff's right to be sole next of kin of Matthew Falcone, or to prove the said Matthew Saylor Falconer's illegitimacy. (5) the fact, on the contrary, that in October, 1882 and again in March, 1883, (more than a year after Matthew Falconer's death) the wife of the present Plaintiff formally claimed from Matthew Saylor Falconer...