The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-14

American lawyers in London Their
combined efforts, however, were Of no
avail. Links were wanting. and records
had disappeared. The English Jen-
nengses fought the American ones, and
the lawyers found themselves baflIed at
every step. An Irish association sprang
up, and $4,000 were subscribed 10 meet
the expenses Of an investigation on be-
half Of the Jennengses OF the Emerald
Isle. The cash with which the Ameri-
can lawyers were provided gave out and
the claimants, becoming disheartened.
refused to continue their subscriptions.
Finally, after the matter had been al
lowed TO remain in allegiance for several
years, a general convention Of the Amer
lean claimants was called to meet at
Walpole, N. H., in May, 1868. An or
ganization called the Jennengses Asso-
citation was effected, and several thou
sand dollars for investigating purposes
were raised on scrip Of the value Of S5,
the scrip emitting the purchaser to $50
out of the first money recovered by the
Association. 1t Is scarcely necessary to
say that the scrip has not been redeem
ed to this day.
For the last fifteen years scarcely a
session Of the Common Pleas Court of
England has been held but what the
Jennengs case has come up in some
form or other, until it is now standing
joke among the members of the legal
profession.
Many ludicrous phases in the great
case are continually cropping out. At
one time inquiries at the Bark of Eng
land were so numerous that seven clerks
were kept busily employed in the "Jen-
nengs Inquiry Department" One Of the
many Jennengses (sons) who brought
suit for the property was forced to adj
NIT in court that If his allegations were
correct his mother must have been 63
years old at the time of his birth. OF
the American lawyers sent to prosecute
the claim one spent portion Of the
funds intrusted to him for this purpose
in Jolly tour across the continent, and
finally lost the remainder in betting on
the Derby races. About thirty years
ago, one Of the Connecticut claimants,
while travelling in England, accidentally
learned that Lord Howe was sojourning
on the continent. Thereupon he went
to the steward of the London estate and
demanded possession. The servant,
who was alone in the house, thought it
polite to offer no resistance, especially
as the new conner was armed with a
document which had been obtained on
an ex-parte application from one Of the
lesser courts. Elated at his success, the
stranger made himself at home, and in
dulged to a plentiful degree in the
choice wines which were stored in the
cellar. The steward wrote TO his Lord
ship, and the news soon brought
him back post-haste to Acton Hall.
There he found the intruder
quietly seated in an armchair in
the library making merry over the wine.
An order to leave was met with refusal
Lord Howe then directed the servants to
put him ont at the door, but he was of
muscular proportions, and couple Of
well directed blows sent the servants
scattering in all directions. Another
attempt was made, and this time, with
his Lordship's help, the intruder was
thrown head foremost from the window
to the grassy lawn beneath. He was
never again seen in the neighborhood.
But the fight is ence more to begin in
right earnest. The New Jersey and
Pennsylvania claimants, who have kept
the lawyers quietly at work during the
last five years, now declare that docu-
ment has been discovered which adds
the missing link to the claim and in
contestably proves their right to the
property. Several conventions have
been held in Camden during the last
few weeks, and on Saturday the heirs,
in meeting assembled, resolved to APP
point Messrs. j. McCook and j. Andy
Irwin as committee to proceed to Lon
don, and in conjunction with Mr.. judah
r. Benjamin to reopen the case at the
autumn term in court. The claimants
are sanguine Of the success Of their lat
est effort, and are already individually
beginning to approximate their share Of
the $500, O00, 900, which are the latest
official figures Of the value Of the fund.