Unknown to his wife,who lived in the family homestead in Connecticut,he had a little piece on the side in Montana for whom he bought a house....in which he stayed while reporting on the beautiful Northwest.
It was only after his death that the wife learned about the house *and* that he had signed a document of some sort leaving it to piece-on-the-side at his death.
Long story short...the Montana Supreme Court ruled that the document he signed qualified as a will and that his piece-on-the-side was the rightful owner of the house.
Kuralt.