The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-07
An AVALANCHE OF HEIRS.
Two Thousand KinSmen Of A. 7. Stewart
Announce Themselves.
AND STILL THEY COME |!
Pen and Ink Portraits Of an Army Of
Poor Relations
AND STILL THEY COME
THE SPIRITS HEARD FROM.

These letters are from people Of both sexes
and show . great desire on the part OF
tho writer's TO participate in any BENEFITS
that might accrue from their proposed division Of
the property referred TO. The HERALD reporter found
considerable diculty getting permission from Judge
Hilton 70 publish the letters but after consulting emil
ncnt counsel no decided he would give part OF the
correspondence, the rest being died away for future
reference. In giving them Judge Hilton alluded to the
fact that from the number Of letters pouring inthere
being twenty-five in one Maidstone people might
imagine that the entire human race of all colors and
conditions might claim anliation and kinship with the
late Mr.. Stewart. II that Ara Stewart
very many letters every day, some Of which
are quite disconnected, while others border
on the profane Some OF the letters are humor-
Gus and request tho widow Of the dead man 10
proceed TO dvido the estate and to DO and
answer their letters at Others Of jocose
character aud the part OF the writer's there Is a
statement that they DO believe that they have any
sf the blood OF the Stewart family coursng in their
veins but If there is any money to be distributed to
please ''scnd It along at once" OF the SUBJ
Scrbers to note states Ireland SO honored
before by the multiplicity OF her children with
heraldic references to their ancestry In fact,
Ulster teens with claimants and tho shade
OF Anneke Jams must retro for q while.
Ono letter was received from q personal friend
81 the late A T. Stewart who lives in ireland,
Ind from this letter 1t appears that A. 7. Stewards
hther's sister, whose child Mr.. James Bailey
:laisns to be. named Mary Bcgley, instead
OF Bailey, and that MIR. Stewart during his lifetime
recognized the claim and paid the funeral expenses of
the deceased many years ago Tho letter referred
printed below, the others being quite character
stic and showing we'll drawn portraiture or life
In MANY phases Many Of the letters will prove inter-
ssting reading to the fair SEX they contain rcvela
lions Of domestic troubles and Rriets and hope aud
despair such only be found In real life There
q letter from Mrs AcCleary, of Keokuk, which 10
father peremptory In It's nature and with was tin
typo likeness of herself cap and MANTLE havipg
features Of considerable hrmness. Mrs McCleary
Ieems angry that Judge Hilton should not recognize
her and admit her claim ut as the only living
relative OF Mr. Stewart, and like old lady she speaks
her mind rather freely Among other letters from
Mr.. Charles Edward Stewart, q name or onomantic
memory, in which ho shows the genealogy Of
the Stewart family he found it in the crumbling old
church of Drumboe This record It is claimed,
shows the descent OF the branch OF the family whose
late issue were cousins TO tho dead merchant They
seem TO have started into Ireland and probably re-
ceived lands there the Ulster plantations about tho
time that James II. away from ireland after the
battle OF the Boyne. It is story OF the names OF
dead and gone race in the old village churcnyard Of
Drumboe, whom hostile armies have since tram
plcd and tonight