The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-03-06
AN HEIR HUNT.
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The story of the finding of the heirs
of William Sidney Warwick, who died
in this country in 1868, leaving $50, 900
in stock and accumulated dividends in
the Girard National Bank of this city,
as mentioned in the Times yesterday, is
full of romantic interest. Besides law
commissioners and anonymous CORES
pondents and the wife of famous or
chestra leader, there figures in the case
a famous prinaa-donna, who, by mere ac-
cident, was instrumental in the discov-
cry Of one Of the heirs, who had been
given up for dead, and who, but for q
casual circumstance, would have lost
his portion completely by its going into
the hands of his supposed widow, who,
there is reason tobelieve, the resurrected
heir would fain have continue under the
impression that the vital spark in his
frame had long been extinct. Old Sid
ney Warwick, by all accounts, was a
man who did business without making
much noise in the world. If he didn't
succeed in one place, he pulled up stakes
and went to another. He was something
of rover. So when he died and his
money lay in the Girard Bank nobody
knew where to look for his heirs. That
he had heirs there was little doubt, but
so exclusive man as he had not left
many footprints. He was of good family,
and In his Lifetime had been noted for
MS independence. NO records or papers
had been lett by which his family or
relatives could be traced up.
The money lay IN Girard Bank for
ten years after his death, and no one
came forward to claim it. No one
knew even when he had died. Nothing
had even been heard OF the heirs. The
real work OF hunting them up began in
1874. William F. Johnson, of this
city, was the lawyer employed by the
administrator 70 look the heirs up.
WORD reached MIN nnaiiy that war,
wicks place OF resldencelwas supposed
to have been London. Johnson sailed
Tor London IN January OF 1874.
1tWas there that the exciting and anus
ing part OF his WORK began. Inc hrst
Inlng the lawyer oio alIe! geltlng 10
London was TO OBTAIN directory and
a map OF the metropolis. There were
the names OF about thirty different
Warwicks In the Directory: From the
time the lawyer arrived till ne left, five
weeks later, ne was constantly on the
CO.. His experience IN that time was
continuous succession 81 nansom CABS,
nye-story stalrways, paiatiai residences,
outot-the-Way grocers snops, hank-
ruptcy records and dingy shops. One
directory ADDRESS would take him up
marble steps In an aristocratIc quarter
OF the city; anether would plunge him
down an area way IN tne poorest locality
All were MarWicKs, ana an nrmly be-
ileved-ricn ana poor alKe-aIter near
ing tne op]ect OF ms errano, 1nat tney
we're ensiLeu 70 tne money rive mln-
ntes sImce9' MI. johnson says, 10 con-
vince MN tnaS Iley were not tne partles
ne Wanteo. ne hau some amusing ex-
periences among tlem. MANY war
Wlcks Waip :ll nopes .lasS peen oasneq 70
pieces WIN tour Moios, o1ce ne ellmoea
Iour palis u sss.s ~ nra . marWlcK
VINO was oown In 'ne Difectofy as an
artist. ~.
ne Ionho snls y a1wlck poor, piod-
eing ana nalu ~ WIZ n.t. WIN nus orusn,
IN Ioon sSans ee Ji anu pealing
ges:eial es,uonee0 Ths ~ III ooauis1on
OF lss occupans AZ. an.; ane lawyer ssa.ea MS
errsnu. ~ see e monslon e az IL % Iortcne
IN AmeriSa 40. soIe u tne MaIwicE
ismiy snS alsl1s nanu slempleo I'LL
tne Drusn snook ilke leaI, ana ne sal
oowD' 10, ne was Soo e1.l1eu 70 stano.
MI Jo1nson 4so aaA asnou nim several cues
tlons, al. .uo sus"eis ne gave W tnen
settleo ms !, cna1ces. ce ,u
see salu .1e lawyer you're mo-
tne man dSni Man'. ,.,
my Gou ,. he eac'a,ineu, q, despair
lngly aln sne man
Anotner Difsceory aooIess TOOK hin
TO q family OF ma[wicks IN an aristo
cratlc locaiisy on Ciesceht,stfeet. No
oooy was AZ NOME pus ene Dutier. Th'
fami1y s were aMay tfa a. ts;i .ns,r country seat
hen WIZ .no ialniiy return = n
asked OIL tne sutiel.
NOT tlil tne season Degins, answered
the butler.
IL. II nappeneu .ne lamliy returned
.ttie De1oie en9 :eason oegan, put thli
lnno WE couiu a.; ihoeriere WIN the sci
Tegulatlon VI .nlngs, ana tne lawye
had an au9lenSe WIN 1hem at the West
minister hooei, WneIe tney were stop
ping temporarily !lii tne beginning o
the season would Justify the opening
OF the Pariors ana take them home.
By ms constant running 10 this guar
ter OF the city ana then to that afte
many unknown Warwlcks, the lawye
soon acquired a knowledge of tn
streets OF London almost as thorough
he says, as those OF hisnative city. Dis
couraged at length. he called on Hug
McCulloch, the London banker, formerl