National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-20
PAUpRR MILLIONAIRE.
AN HEIR TO 1HIRrY.THRsE 1sss.x1oNa
DIES IN A POOR -H0IrSE

- Iron the Dayton (OhioI Joveua.J
In 10ol thefo came 70 Dsytoa = Laan whs DGvO
his name - Benjamin 4acks, and vas snenssA
ct intervals - pspsr-hangsr. He was sbose
nny-avs years Of age, very poor and very proud.
He was evidently . foreigner, bat IL was dinlcule
10 determine to what nationality he belonged, q
he never eoAnuniesesd, oven TO his most intimate
acquaiataness, asything n rsgsrd to his history.
He was sosn ovsrtaksn by Ill health, ard 20 re-
duced financially that he was compelled 70 seek
m asylum In the county iniirmary, whore he died
in 1857, unknown, and since that tins unthcught
time e nssss's dssss Ss va sasisisS o tss pss.
doiiars, Which makes his previous history > mat
mo lsas 81 wsscI 10 was known IN Dayton,
and 1t tbs county iunrmasy, was m assumed enc.
e n.,. 4 ~ e sI ~
Spain. wherg every native eonsiders nimseif :
noblsmsa, snd oSsss the ptoed spirit Of the pso-
querors. BafPano married IN his native soasssy,
and soon ster the birth ofhis ara child the yoany
vie and mother died, leaving the nsro.vea nss.
her most tcndsriy, Tor sithsush. ke Vas Compare
&c sss
finished edueatlon, Ssading hsf to forsixA parts
ior that purgcsc She grew up 70 womanhood,
inx at Now Orieans, where they stopped, and
The beauty snd cslsiy,asd manners Of tho
smeas others whose .sssssiss ess dIrssted 70 tie
pretty frsit strt % csreedsiss streee was : fich
spsnt Ms winters IN the city. AZ a. rseder b. +.
tins dne suspects, 0ifoad maxio the huAbie ffuis
deaisr's Daughter Ais VIE. These arc tho fActs
we gather them fto1 sesiioman Of this city,
VINO has been smPioycd BY . inembor Of the Span
isn mss:ncs e W. Wa:sst@ to invsstiEats the
city and c0antfy, with Wow to e5tabltshinG the
fact that Deejamin Blseke, vhs died In the m
who came s IRON Bi:eay 70 New orisans' Whsrs
his daughter married as above related.
But to return to the story. The fruit dealer was
serpent's tooth. AFTER his daughter married, ct
the instance Of her proud and wealthy husband,
she virtually renounced her father, and sought 70
amply snflcient to keep him in comfortable cir
cumstances for the rest Of his life. But - one Of
The implied eGsdtiols Of this ssnerosiiy was that
mixed the father Of his daughter, he Indignantly
spurned It, and with desolace and heavy heart
lucky, from which point he wrote his daaShter,
0iroud, requesting her to write and address him
In the name Of Benjamin Macke. This gave her
the clue BY which she has since probably traced
From Louisville Barrano came to Dayton, where.
he lived Ind died rs has been related. But a.
time wore apaee there was change in fortune
with Mrs. Giroud. Her husband entered the
Southern army and was killed. and his property,
one Of Ss sesas 81 tho IL
lost his life. The widow disposed Of the plants-
tion for Confederate money, so that when the war
dealers sns daughter an" would have sso1 iuaaIy IN
comparison with her position, burdened a. she
was BY the care q two children the fruits Of her
marriage with Giroud. She returned to New Or
leans AMI again opened a little fruit stand, and
wrote and advertised for her father At every
point where MI, e Int ooa m
from any source. She led q life mOnotonous
enough, until one day, scanning over the list OF
advertised Tor her in her maiden name. She
won't 10 tho post office, and when tho letter was
delivered to her she found that 1t was from .
schoOlmate who had gone to school with her in
Franco. Tho communication contained some in
telliEenoe about an unknown uncle, and princely
were entitled And as the reader By this time hsss
begsn to inquire In his mind whore the estate to
which the Montgomery county pauper was cnti-
tied comes In. We win go back to the first and re-
It seems that Alfonso Barrano had an elder
brother, who ran away from home whom moro
or how he got his start in the world Is unknown;
but In 1900 IL has been ascertained that he died In
one o. the Philippine islands, . portion Of the
sion OF an estate valued at $3.50 900. II he had
hoirs they were unknown, but IL had been ascer.
BaseSe sSe act y his death and an
count Of his estate wore communicated to the su-
thorities Of Biscay. The matter there became one
very generally, and this talk pr9mpted the letter
which We have referred to. IL was detoguined
that Alfonso Barrano or his representative, IL
living, were the legal heirs Of tho deceased mil
ii0naire. So then commenced search for an heir
which has continued for years, and which 10 grad
uaily developing . true story - thrilling In In
terest any recorded In the world Of hction. The
representatives Of the Spanish Government
throughout the world have been charged with tho
duty Of fnd;sx Out the whcreahcuts Of Alfonso
b. ~ .An,AaAntaiis>. sXh II e nes..h,&
I Tat no Clue would ever have been obtained had
| II not been for the letter which Mrs. Giroud re-
ceived from an associate Of her youth. Tho cstab-
lishment Of the fact that Mackc, tho man who