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Proof Of
Death
Claimed
MELBOURNE, Friday.-A
St. Kilda radio mechanic and
his solicitor claim they will
prove in court that 72-year
old Margaret Clement, the
last of the "two old ladies of
the swamp," is deed.
They demanded by letter to
day that another legal firm
holding the two spinsters'
wills, or the executors, should
apply for probate or renounce
all rights to seek probate.
The radio mechanic, Clem
ent Scott Carnaghan, 38, is a
nephew of the spinsters and
is a beneficiary under wills his
aunts made in 1925.
He challenges another will
Margaret Clement made in
1950.
Carnaghan and his solicitor,
Mr. F. Galbally, say that al
though they cannot produce
Margaret Clement's body. they
will prove death through
evidence gained by two private
investigators.
Disappeared
Margaret tlement mystert
ously disappeared in May last
year from swamp-bound Tul
saree, South Gippsland, the
lonely and once rich property
of 1845 acres where her elder
sister, Jeannie Clement, died
of natural causes in 1950.
The letter to the legal firm
Iolding the wills suggests there
is reason for immediate ac
tion because some assets of
the estates are in danger of
becoming barred by statutes.
Furniture and other per
sonal effects can be dissipated
after a certain time has passed.
A 27-year-old legal battle
over Tullaree was revived last
month when Carnaghan lodged
a caveat at the Titles Office
prohibiting any change of
titles or dealings over Tulla
ree, pending the probate liti
gation.
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