The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-20

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! As long ago as 1853 the heirs Of The
Hyde estate held . convention In
Boston at the instigation of Chancellor
Wslworth. who wrote book Of LAG
pages succinctly traciag the ssneslo-
gies OF one branch Of the American Dor.
tion Of the HYDE family. The purpese
Of that convention was the tsking OF
steps for the recovery Of . few hun-
dreds Of millisns Of dollars supposed
to be lying in the Bank of England
awaiting Hyde heirs. A Hyde associ-
alton grew out Of that Convention,
which has been more or less active
ever sincs. At psesent Mr.. Morgan Of
the United States Malt Syrup Com
pany 10 President and Nr. H. C. Parke.
dealer in Chinese and Japinsss surios,
is its Secretary. II has 400 membsrs.
and there srs 600 persons entitled to
belong 10 it aud proposed for member
ship who have not paid up. . necessary
forinality when lost estates are to be
hunted for. Several slonths ago II he
association engaged a. IF. n. FAp,y.
formerly Governor of Nav Msxie6 sd
one OF the, esps0eant Hy6oA hejgss 10
visit England and porsecuts there
certain necessary inquiries.
A few weeks ago he returned and
made public report Of the results Of
bis visit.
IL searched through the files of the
London Times end London Gozette."
he said. ''fos dinety -eishe years past.
fer sdVeriisemebss for bstFs Of Hyde
estate and for decisions Of the Court of
Chancery affecting the interests of such
heirs. ! also examined thoroughly the
records 10 the British Museum and 10
other places to which / could get access
for the purpose Of obtainipg ,l.fnrms-s
tion. Fson sllny Hotx Z hovo come
to the conclusion thsg 4 ii impos ible
to get the information we need with.
out lawsuit. The first thing to b
done now is to perfect our gsnealogics
So that they will stand the Jealous
scrutiny Of IN English court. and that
l have no fear but we shall be able to
accomplish. Then . suit of discovery
will have to be instituted against the
Bank of England. thrsugh whi6h the
bank will bsseDm p~llsd 30 petd9e as
brooks in crart for sshs exentS9tion,
and by that means ve fjall iearn
positively and delnstsly v Vt pefson-
aI estates are there. their amounts. and
who they were left by. / made two or
three efforts to get into the bank. aud
used the influence of some of the high.
est people in the country. but failed
every time The controlling officials
just wouldn't see me- Chaneery Court
proceedings and m examinatien sby
experts are the only way for us to
accomplish. anything"
There are believed to be about ffty
estates in the Bank Of Englsnd due
to Hyde heirs, and some Of them are
known TO 10 enosmsss.s OF oas, bf
them 10 is not too much 10 cay That is
amoulted to at least t15O. .Q00. 900. and
is probably mueh more.
Il found that there was one Hyde
estate thsFs. z Yssy h,s. one. fs Which !.
was Ieft By Joas Hyde. who vsnt to
the West Indies long ago and became
. wealthy planter in Jamaica. Altar
q great many years he was compelled
BY disease to Tsturato Iaeland for .
sergicsl operation. which wss per-
formed by Sir Ashley Cooper. long be-,
fore be rose TO 10 ~physician 10 the
King. when Joha H3ae 'rsouvsrsd
from the operation he. xeLt to
zee Sir Astly Coepsr; 6sl0s 0sine
back TO Jsmaica,g and Aoidlsgf cuf his
old cap to him said: There, that's all
I've got len ss alse 3e1 ~, - put.
ting Is into the Deetsssr bapA- walked
of. Sir Ashley kicked the cap, after,
him. bot b ssTvsnt picked 4 up, ex,
amined ID. and fosnd in. il . chsck
drawn to Sir Ashley Coopers order on
the Bank Of England for $4,000. A
second time ths sams physician ePsr-
sted o. the plaDt9 nd % tAetl c3cs.,
sioa steeeissd ffop hi4 ! ElO, ~. sOn
his way to England athird time. for
third operation, some years later. John
Hyde died on shipbosrd, leaving NO
will. The bulk Of his estate IL in the
Bank Of Epgland. s,a.
. There u : vary iatsrl1saa9 estate
nov. IN question ever there known -
the Towsley Cue estsSe. 80 pfAoi-,
p pei hsis Q which seems e p rs
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..Whsa / wsst ossf tkers I 4ook With
ns psschsesk SILT 9slea{ $50