History: Indian woman sought share of late husband's estate

Thursday, June 20, 2013  

Jim Kershner digs into the archives and finds a June 20, 1913, story about Susan Enos, an Indian woman who went to court to stake her claim to her former husband's estate:

Susan was attempting to claim half of the $250,000 estate left by well-known Spokane real estate man John Enos, better known as Portuguese Joe.

Portuguese Joe died and left all of his estate to a young Portuguese wife, Mary Enos.

But the elderly Susan said she had been his original wife, since she was 14 or 15.

A number of tribal elders testified that they had witnessed the wedding.

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