The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-03-08
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The AIauchest ter Q1ngland) Guardian,
of the 9th inst, reports an interesting
case which has inst been heard before
Vico-C Chancellor Bacon, in which aman
from the United States has succeeded
in establishing his claim as heir to an
English estate The newspaper says:
The claimant. Mr.. W. II. Cox, Il
builder of Memphis, Tenn, sought to
q establish his right rs heir to a property
known aa Lannox Lodge, Southampton.
He stated that he Was born il the year
1920, ut Uhetenhu1u, where lis father
carried on the business of a silk mercer.
At the age of fourteen he went to sea
us a mijsLipman, serving on board the
john Coutn, which was dispatched with
soldiers to Bombay. From Bombay he
sailed to China, and thence home, and
on arriving at Cneltenham he found
that during his absence his father had
changed his calling to be the editor of
the Cheltenlam Chronicle, and had
subsequently quilted his native town,
probably in consequence of financial
embarrassments and gone to America,
leaving DO trace Of Lis whereabouts.
To America tie plaintiff Immediately
followed. and altera long inquiry sue
ceeded in finding his father through |
the medium Of advertisements. His |
mother and family he had left in the |
care OF an aunt, the proprietress of q |
small hotel. where they all resided. |
His father was acting at the time as
special CORRESPONDENT of the Morning
Chronicles. to which he sent letters
from PENNSYLVANIA under the nom de
plume Of, "Urumn" The reason for
the chance Of name, on which tho
main issue orileutity rested, was rather
obscure. and probably connected with
monetary dificultiaa. The plaintiff
and his father became Joint editors of
tine IhilaieIplia ENQUIRER, and as such
travelled all over the greater par5 of
the United States. lie STAYED at Phil
adclphia with his father till about 1913.
and III the meantime his family also
came over and STAYED there After his
fathers death lie travelled Tor a consid- !
erah.c time. and Mt Lust settled down as
- builder iu.Npw Orleans. He had also
seen military experience. having OBJ
posed liucLcn2ic in his Canadian inya-
sion and taken an active part in the
civil war. His business was removed
previous to the last mentioned. and he
was now at Memphis CARRYING on n
builders business. Documentary and
viva voca evidence was given in sIIpporE
Of the case. HIS Lordship decided in 1
favor Of tho plaintiff. holding that his
identity was established
This case recalls memories Of q once
well known journalist who is vet re-. ,,
membnred by the veterans of the press
in PHILADELPHIA. In 1899 an eccentric :,
EucIiahman made his apDearnnce in :
PHILADELPHIA. having inst arrived from !
the old country. He WAS q man of
intellect and ronsi,7erabIe literary abili-
tv. and afterwards was well known as u
first assistant editor of the Pennsylya-
nia Enquirer, OF which old JASPER =,
Harding was proprietor and Robert "
Norris pifpcipaI editor. II is said tLot II
sIr, Hagdiug made fbe embellishments It'
through having helpeJ to ~
ISL him ont Of the Delaware. when he u,
ell overheard from the vessel in which q
lr had crossed the ocnap while che woo "
wing aloneside Il wharf. THIS peculiar al
10 the publisher seemed al
i'm an introduction 70 his newsnonor CO C
Don arterward. ~ II
The Enrlisbman called himself II
William II. Crun,p. but the accidental an
,eetinr with an ola acouointonce ~. AZ
called The flct his name in ENGLAND sd sd
ad been Cox, There appears To have 10
cen no reason for the cnleovor IN -
'5e I'ia lIeiitiiS' save n foolish sensi- sa
VGAe's ABOUT certain business matters tn
.nsitiye disposition. and the old min, III
rs tell some curious anecdotes tIIug- ~
atino his pncuIIaritv. Mr.. GRIMM ~
mlincd on tho Euoairer for twenty l'l
AIRS, and is well remembered in that P,ee
lice to tbi, dav. But his son tba 81