The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1874-01-22
ApAUPER A11LnIONAIRE I.

A PABPER AEILI1ONAIRE Dssi
i 7--s VI bae 1--1r IGiaIOW 81 snii
AN Heir to Fhirty-Thres MILLIONS
II Dies in the Poor House-A Daugh.a
ter Who Denied Her Father; and
Now Seeks HIS -FOrturey yl5llazsA iz
In 1864 there came to Dayton a man
who gave his name as Benjamin bfscke,
and was engaged at intervals as a paper
| hanger. He was about forty-five years
of age, very poor and very proud. He.
was evidently foreigner, but t-it was DIFF
| hcult to deternIne to What nationality he
4 belonged, as he never communicated, even
TO his most intimate aequaintsrces, any
thing II regard TO hls history. He was
soon overtaKen by ii health, and soired1c5
ed financially that he was compelled to
seek an asylum IN the County Infirmary,
where he died IN 1851 unknown, and
since that time unthonght Of But recent.
/ ly II has transpired that at the time Of
Macke's death he was entItled To the, pos
session of '-s..-os .-.-'..i I 1iil 5.1ns"
AN EsrAEg OF STHIRpVfTHRRE 1IILLIoNs
/ Of dollars which makes his previous histoa
/ ry 8 matter of. some aconsequeuce Z pbs
/ name by. which he5Was known m DaPtons
and at the County Infrmary1 was sUa aase,
sum led one. HIS real name issaid to have
been Alfonso Barrano;a and heo 4as a mas
| tive of oneaof the Basque 3 RroVnces lhf
| Spain, where every native considers hImg
| selfanobleH1an, ,teBd where th8 pronisRiriE
/ OF the psosle has never getsbeeh hhhdusd
| BY their e6nqaeTors, u BaTratio lmarried id
| his hatiV country, and soon aftsf the birth
Uf his first child -the young " Fife.ehEl m0tds-
| er died, leaving the bereaVed husband and
father but one object to- l01s, and that
was his daHg hter. = 1t IS "a { be vsnppos8d
that he loved her most ltenderlg, dor ralE
Enough he was comp paFatiTely y, q p0sKLman
an a country " here there Wers hut 4s1
edneatonal facilities, yell he gaveg hex q
finished education, sending ahefstoi ieDsigh
parts for that purpose.-Sh grew. np5to
wemahhood5- when oshs,t with Fherofather,
came TO Anieriea5 landing alta Mex Orleans
where they stopped, and sopenedl o. fruit
stand, The beauty audIcultlVst ted Emanl
,hefs lof the daughteI Rttrasted "a good
share of custom Among Sthetso " BbesEEt-
4 ,tention was illiTectedi to theo bTettyoLirdft
4 ,ei7llef CarOndelet street HasDa rich plantar
of Leaisianaj by the nAms Of IGifoHd, who
II spentEhis, winters an til6 citgia As tthe read
/ ,er BY thisptime eEsusuects, Giroud ana ds thel
hum blea fruit dealer - aughterdhismWifs
These are the facts of the previolis- -historgi
of Mackslor BarrEuog as I'VE lgather Ith em
from a gentleman DD thhajcity, z4hoihss
been employ ed by a. member the Epan-i
ish begatIon atljH ashingtbn,O to- inltsd-
| gate the circumstances OF his resIdenceRad
death in this city and COUNT v, With a. view
to establishing the1 fact. that Benjznin
Maeke, who died in the 1nfrmary OF this
county in Il 867 is the same ,BarIano who
came from lBiseayJto New Orleans, where
his daughter married as zboVs1 Ielated.l
But 10 return to the-story-l The poor fruit
-dealer-was destined to realize - III os
THE INeRATIrUDE sHARFEE THAN A SER
a1. PENIS TOOTH. zsz.a sa-5
After his daughter marred, at the IL
stance of her proud and wealthy husband.
she virtually FenoHnoed her father, and
sought to secure an annuity upon him
which would be amply safaeient TO Keep
him in com Portable circumstances sor1 the
rest of his life. But as one of the imph-
ed conditions of this generosity was that
BarranOl should not be known or apubhcly
recognized as the father of his daughter,
he Indignantly spurned it, and with Gdes-
olate and heavy heart he 4efs New orleans
land went to LouisVilleJ Kentucky !, from
which point he wrote his daughter, Alfs.
Giroud, requesting her to write and zadi
dress him in the nameof Benjamin Alacke.
This gave her the clue by which she has
Esinee probably traced hiIh to- hisE miseral
bic grave From Louisville aBgrrsnoicame
10 Dayton, where he lived and died as lhas
been sTelated. % But as times wore apEce
there WasIa " 8ii -suoliuiI! ID tGslovsGi
lo' - r A cH2NGE IN FoRruREf o4aO 7
with Mrs. Giroud. Her husband entered
the Southern army and Was killed, and his
property, which consisted chiefly in slaves
was bWepJaway as.ene Of theresults Of the
struggle in which he lost bis life The Wldl
oM disposed OF the plan ntaIIOp- for Genfade=@
late money so thatiW henlthe war closed she
was very pooYsl Her position as fruit deal
er's daughter would have heen1uxuIY IN
| comparison with her positions u buIdened
as she Waslby the care, of two ldreni the
fnits of her marriage Elth oGlr0pd. I She
returned TO New Qrleansland again. open
ed a(httle fPnltZs Stand. a1d wrote and adj
vertised for hensfather at every spsints where
she thought q communication would reach
him. but nothing could be heard from, any,
! source. She led a, life monoteaous epopgh
1 until one day scanning over the. list of
! advertised letters, her eye fell upon a lett
| ter advertised for her in her maiden name.
She went 10. the postofhee, and when the
letter was delivered to her she found that
/ it was from school mate who had gone
to school with her in France The com,
munication contained s4s 10 z.5s5 ~.
SOME INTELLIGENCE ABOUT AN UNKEowE-
~ --i'1 UNCLE. ..1sI Eai-
and a prineely estate to Which. the Bar
rano femllyof Biseay were entitled And
as the reader by tins time has, begun to
inquire in his mind, where the estate to
| which the Montgomery pauper Waa entl-
tied, comes IN, We will % back to the first,
and relate how 1t came about 1t seems
! that Alfonso Barrano had an elder broth
er, Yho'ran away from home when a mere
/ boy, and went to sea. What his adgen-'
tufes were, or how he got his start in the
! world is unknown but IN 1866, 1t has
| been ascertained that he died in. one of the
Philippine Islands, g portion Of the Span+
lsh possessions IN the East indies, in. pos
session of an-estate ValGed at $50, 600, 900.
If he had heirs thsy were unknown but
as it was ascertained that he had oTig3E-
7 ally came from one of tha Basque ProVin-
ees, the fact of his death and account Of
| this estate were communicated to the au--
/ thortIessof Biscay. The matter there be-
come one of great interest, was &. probably
talked about very general u and this talk
/ prompted the letter-Which we have refer
ed to. Il was determined that Alfonso
| Barrano, or his representatives, if living,
were thelegal heirs Of the deceased mil
lloRaIre.- 30 then commenced ser ,ssl1 q
I l1-5- . Iot s-J-Alslg94 o-lO sLI yd Ga!
.-l g SEARCH FOR An. HElIR, z.e
which has continued for years, and which
is gradually developing q true story IS
thrilhng in interest as any recorded IN the
world Of fiction The representatives, Of
the Spanish government Throughout the
world have been charged with the dnty Of
finding out the whereabouts OF ALFONSO
Barrano, or his represents titss, andslt ia
possible that no clue would ever have
been obtained had ftIhot been foFsthealet-
ter which Mrs, Giroud received from san
| associate of her youth. The establsh-i
ment Of the fact THAT Macke, the man " ho
died in the 1ntirmary IN this coUhtyy is
one and the same person with Alfonso,
Barrano, of New Orleans, Will not becoh-
elusive. yet it is an Important fact for
Mrs. Giroud, and when she succeeds in
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