Sumner County KS Archives News.....Crawford, Wm. D. Both Sumner and Sedgwick Must Wait for Estate Taxes December 4, 1913 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 January 25, 2020, 6:10 pm The Wichita Beacon (Wichita, KS) Thur Dec 4, 1913 Pg 6 December 4, 1913 Both Must Wait For Crawford Estate Taxes Who shall collect taxes on the estate of the late W. D. Crawford? This is what two county commissioners, two county attorneys and several other persons tried to determine yesterday. To assist them Judge J. A. Burnette, of Caldwell, member of the state tax commission, was also on hand to act as referee. Two Counties Claim Money Sedgwick and Sumner Counties claim the right to assess the Crawford estate, which amounts to nearly $30,000 in cash. Although Mr. Crawford lived in this county many years and was regarded a resident of Wichita at the time of his death, the Sumner County officials allege that he voted in that county at the last general election, and for that reason he was a resident of that county. Gathered Up The Evidence At the inquiry held today Sumner County was represented by Judge W. T. McBride, county attorney; R. T. Alexander, county assessor: Frank Zook, county commissioner, and G. M. Kimball, Mulvane. George McGill, county attorney: P. L. Arnett, county assessor and the entire board of county commissioners, represented this county. Chester I. Long represented C. Q. Chandler, administrator of the Crawford estate. Send it to Commission Evidence found at the conference yesterday will be submitted to the state tax commissioners. This board will hand down a decision in the matter as soon as it meets. Douglass Tribune (Douglass, KS) Fri Dec 12, 1913 pg 8 Sedgwick County and Summner [sic] County are fighting like tigers over a bone, in the matter of who is to get the $500 inheirtance [sic] tax from the estate of the late W. D. Crawford. Mrs. Crawford says that the family home was in Mulvane at the time of his death. Mr. Crawford admitted when he left here that he did not know where he would locate but went to various resorts for his health leaving their household effects here. These Mrs. Crawford had moved to Wichita only a few weeks ago.--Mulvane News Additional Comments: Submitter is not related and has no further information File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/sumner/newspapers/crawford1387gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb