A REMARKABLE WILL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, 3 January 1903, Page 5 (Supplement)

A REMARKABLE WILL.

An extremely strange will case Is now before the Civil Tribunal of the Seine.; The testator, M. Begls, a shirt maker, wrote out his will disinheriting his relA« tives in 1880, and he hanged himself five years after. The testament Was drawn up after the shirt maker had been t» see the "Misanthrope" of Moliere at the Theatre Francais. He began by giving ludicrous descriptions of his relatives. One of Ms sisters was described as having a thick, rustic hide, and being a cunning woman, who had often extracted money from him. Another sister Was a decent woman enough, but her husband was a wretch. His brother he denounced as the greatest of scoundrels, and .hla concierge as the most execrable of villains. To his bad sister he left his poker and tongs, so that she could make- as much noise as she liked. He also wrote that she could have his wine, as she was a bibulous creature. The bulk of his property M. Begis made over to the Prefect of the Seine for city, purposes. The net value oi the estate is said to be £6721. There were bequests of 2f for each poor person attending the funeral, so that the testator was followed to tKe grave by 3500 paupers.