National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-31
FELIX'S POINT IN DISPUTE.

Mrs. Germop, the Actress, said TO he the
Lawful Owner of n Large Portion of Land
In Baltimore.
The title to the land located in the southeos.
| ern section of Baltimore known as Fellt
| Point is about to be contested in court
| lew weeks since case was argued in tho
| Court of Appeals in relation to a title given
by Ann Fell the last Of that name, and the al
| legged owner of all the land situated nj Felps
Point. The court decided that Ann Fell had
not clear title to the land. The question
then naturally arose rs TO who had title.
Several lawyers examined the titles aud DIS.
covered that the land had been granted in
1000 by the British government to Lucene
Germon, refugee from San Domingo She
died about 1867, and her will is the fifth one
recorded in the Orphans court of that city.
She left all her land and $4,000 to her heirs.
Her son was living ut that time in Philadel.
phia and was not ON good terms with her He
did not hear of the will after her death. The
money remained in court aud was finally
divided among the heirs, but possession of the
| land was not taken. Twenty-Five years ago n
| contest of the title was put in the hands of
| Reverdy johnson, since deceased. Several
deaths followed and the case was dropped.
The principal liviving heirs now, il is alleged,
| Mrs. Jane GcrmOn, the wel-known actress
| Luccne Germon, the original owner, was her
grandmother. The relationship, it is stated,
can be clearly proven. A family loom once
owned by Lucene Germon is now in possession
of near relatives of Mrs GermOn living at the
present time in Philadelphia
well-known lawyer called upon DIR. Ger.
mon, Baltimore physician, aud son of Mrs.
'ermOn, and furnished information which
will result in a suit to recover the property in
question. From the character of the informa-
ton the attorney referred to is of opinion that
the Germons have IA good case. Arrange
hni IN matt ha In,
proper shape, and it will probably be brought
into court in u short time The heirs are
Mrs. Jane Germon, DIR. Germon, William Ger
mon, OF Philadelphia; Vincent Gormon, of this
city, and the Carter family, OF Philadelphia.
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A Son of an English King in san Francisco.
| There are but few visitors to San Francisco
who have not sooner or later met on the street
| q striIing-looking individual in shabby mill
| tary suit, slightly bent, carrying always u
| heavy kuotted cane and evidently having q
| due sense of importance This was Emperor
| Norton l., n reputed son of the late William
| ~, of England, and for many years perhaps
| the most noteworthy of strange characters
| San Francisco has contained. By the san
| Francisco papers last week we learn that his
| checkered career has at length been termi-
| mated by death. lie was born at Cape Town,
Cape of Good Hope, in 1914. lie came to
California in 1851. For nine years he engaged
win varying success III tnC exciting SpcCula-
tons OF San Francisco, when his mind became
impaired. The National troubles of 1861
seemed to him to call for extraordinary RENEE
dies and IL total reconstruction of the body
| polite; so lie proclaimed himself Emperor
of America" To this title, on the Frcn ch
invasion Of Mexico, he added that OF PRO
teCtor Of Mexico" The papers humored him
| and published his proclamations, which often
| contained pertinent points aud suggestions.
The bonds of the Empire, issued in sums us
low as fifty cents cash, were taken by the mer-
chants Of San Francisco in sufficient amount
to give him comfortable support, and when
this method was exhausted he imposed an &C.
casional special tax, which, also his voluntary
uljects generally paid. Old Englishmen from
tue Cape OF Good Hope assert that NOrton's
mother was Il Scotch woman of Israclitish
descent, aud his father the Sailor King, who
like many of the amphibious subjects, had a
wife in every port. An Euglishman who had
seen his reputed father and meeting Norton
in San Francisco, is reported as saying that tho
latter was SO much like William ~. that ho
might have been supposed TO be His Majesty il
he had been in London forty years ago. Just
such figure; just his walk, aud just about IA
shabby just as | have seen him come to the
theatre in London TO draw Mrs JUrdun's sal
AIRY before he became king" Mrs, Jordan was
| tho mOrganatc wife Of William.