The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-05-09
ANOTHER CLAIMANT.
MISS WINNIE Clarke, of Baltimore, Claims
ing To ne the Granddaughter of Dan
fel Clarke.

Ing to ne the granddaughter of Dan
iel Clarke.
[From the Baltimore American. NAVAL
Mrs. Myra Clarke Gaines, whose con-
tests in the courts for the possession of
several millions Of dollars worth of
property in New Orleans, left by Daniel
Clarke, have made her name familiar to
all readers OF newspapers, has at last
found Baltimore claimant to at least
part OF what she considers her property.
The story, as told by the counsel of the
claimant, although it has about it q
tinge OF romance. is implicitly believed
by him, and the parties most interested
are sanguine that the developments
made by them will lead to important
results. The story is as follows:
Miss Minnie Clarke is a young lady
about twenty-three years of age, and
earns q livelihood by peddling books.
Her father, who was Baptist minister
IN this city, Daniel J. Clarke by name.
died OF the yellow fever In New Orleans,
where he had gone to look after some
llQroperty. Atabout that time Miss MINI
fEfUw was born IN Baltimore. Since his
death his widow has had to support her.
self and two children, q boy and daugh-
ter, and about six years afterward re-
married, her present name being Buck
lngham, and her residence at Ellicott
| oAoys "A AS" uhyS tbSO tuo yOuDR lttuY
was approached by stranger, who in
quired whether her father, Rev. Daniel
j. Clarke, was not Baptist minister,
and whether he had not travelled i'm
North Carolina and other Southern
States while clergyman. The first,
question the lady answered in the
affirmative, but OF his travels she knew
nothing, and said that she would con-
suit her mother on the subject.
| hry Iii
the family Bible, informed her daugh-
ter that her father had travelled in the
Southern States In the early years Of
his married life, giving places and dates
corresponding, 1t Is said, with the stran-
gers questions. The stranger. who
visited the family. and afterward also
Mrs. buckingham counsel, then stated
that he was one OF q commission who
we're in North Carolina and other States
for the purpose OF taking testimony for
the corporation and citizens Of New Or
leans in the Gaines suit, and while
taking evidence had ascertained that a
son OF the Daniel Clarke, whose daugh-
ter Mrs. Gaines claims TO be, was Bap-
tist minister, who, after travelling In the
Southern States, had finally settled in
Baltimore, Mrs. Buckingham stated
that she remembers hearing her hus-
band remark that he had left home on
account Of a difficulty with his father,
whom he represented as a very
wealthy man, but who had disowned
him because of quarrel with him on
account of the old mans associations.
On one occasion q short, dark-eyed
woman visited Clarke's family in Balti-
more during the latter's absence. Upon
his return his wife told him OF the
strange woman, whom she described
minutely, and the Baptist minister,
Strengthening himself up, remarked with
dignity that the woman claimed to be
his sister, and that, had he been home,
he would certainly have ordered her
away. Understanding that the father
OF her husband had disowned the latter,
Mrs. Buckingham never made any
efforts to ascertain who her father in
law was or what claim she had on his
estate. The person above alluded to,
who claims being Commissioner for the
Corporation OF New Orleans, is sanguine
that he can prove that Rev. Daniel J.
Clarke was the legitimate son Of the
millionaire whose estate has been de-
cided by the courts as the property OF
Mrs. Gaines.