Daily Republican., 1880-05-14
BPRINGERS.

sPRINGERs.
lTho MnlfItudinOas Family 'Rhat
Claim WlsminssOn--TheIr Meet.
inE In PhIiadeiPh,s Yestpraay-
They BppinS' or "Racket'' ON a
Rrporter-The Pyoe eedfngs in
Full.
Special Cor sgpsrdeuce Of the Republican.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, May l3.
"YOu amt no Springer ~
A short man with scrnbby beard and
the look Of poet, said this to the rep.
resentative of the REPUBLICAN this
morning as the newspaper man was en-
tsrinE the doorway Of Handel and
Haydn Hall, No. 533 North Eighth
street. At the same time he laid hold
Of the coat tails of him to whom he had
applied tbs ungrammatical interjec-
tion and drew him back into the corri-
dor with a vigorous hand. Before
the astonished quill driver could
collect his senses and realize whether
he was one OF that numerous and,
goodly family or not, the aforesaid
postical appearing individual had him
cornered, and another man, who was
tall and pale and had the ten command
mefits written all over his features,
placed his hands On his knees looked
h i'm in the face, and declared that the
first party was right in the assertion.
A further consultation revealed the
fact that the meeting, which was held
BY the famous Springer heirs, was
open to Springers alone, and no one
else conld gain admittance.
THE sPRINGRRs.
The hall inside was crowded with
people. All of them were Springezs, or
defendants Of springers. They had
gathered from all quarters of the Uni
ted States. Maine, Massachusetts,, Penn
sylvania, Delaware Maryland, Ohio and
many other States were represented
The concourse numbered probably tive
hundred persons. Some wore clothes
of the finest broad cloth; others were
attired in the raiment procurable in
any jew clothing store. The hands Of
some were white and soft, indicating
the professional man, and others had
the hardness of the brawny son Of toll.
In fact the crowd was composed Of rep
resentatives Of every conceivable grade
of life. Those from Wilmington were
Thomas M. Culber. and wife, Samuel
N. McClary, DR.. Willard Springer. Ste
phen Springer, George Springer and
others.
THE CALL.
The meeting had been called some
time ago, by what is known as the As
sociation Of tho Springer Heirs of Penn
sylvania. The following is a copy Of
the call, which WAS issued to all known
members of the family:
This is to give you notice that Meeting
of the Springer heirs will DO held at Phila-
dslphia, Pa, on the 18Th day Of May 1880, at
10 o'clock a m. at Handel Il Haydn Hall,
N, +, cor, Eighth and Spring Garden streets
for the nurpose Of taking active and final
measures towards o pr0mDt settlement OF
their claims in the above Estate, both here
and in Sweden. 1t is Of great Importance to
your interest in said Estate that voq at
tend this meeting. Arrangements will be
maze lsr Hqtel accommodations at redNeei
rates II possible.
BY order OF the President Of the Springer
Heirs OF Pennsylvania.
JAMES P, BUTLER Secy.
THE MEETING.
The meeting was called to order,
shortly after the writer, unable to
gain admittance, had taken his depar.
ure. Although the session was held
private . fair idea of the proceedings
will be found below. Peter Hasson,
ESQ.,, of Philadelphia, an heir, presided
and Mr.. James P. Butler, likewise an
heir, acted as Secretary. The Chairman
at the outset read long paper on the
subject. This paper dealt in an enoour-
aging way with the subject. In glow
ing terms it alluded to the countless |
millions In bank at Stockholm, Sweden,
left there by one Of the early members
Of the family, and now awaiting a
claimant, and to the very valuable
in New Castle county, Dala-
ware, comprising more than half Of the
land upon which the city of Whining
ton stands. The Chairman was Of the
opinion that 1t would be comparatively
easy to gain possession.
The chief object Of the meeting was
then stated by the Chair. While no
sensible man could for moment dsubt
that the money was in bank in Sweed.
ell, it was thought proper to be official
ly certain Of the matter. in order to
this it had been considered
advisable to send a committee OF two
to Stockholm. For this purpose $1,000 !
was needed. "We hope" concluded
The Chair, "that the heirs here assem-.
bled will be liberal, in view of the great
reward to come hereafter, and contri-
butte to the fund"
But the heirs were not inclined to be r
liberal. Apparently with them all the
Springer exchequer was too valuable
o be heedlessly thrown away. While
hey where hesitating whether to con-
ribute or not, q young heir from a
dobert, Maine, arose and declared that "
le was skeptic. He further stated
hat he had written to the head of the 7,
'wedish legation at Washington, "
bout the money in Stockholm, and D
lad lately received reply which said ii
hat inquiry revealed the fact that
here was no money in bank in Swe- q, p
len to any one named Springer.
DR.. Springer Of Wilmington stated q
hat he thought it rather risky busi- m
1855 to give mouey toward the investi-
alton Of such sbadowy thing, and A. o. ..
I. Smith, and Mr.. Cross of Boston were o.
( the same opinion. After listening to k,
ae addresses of the above gen Ilemen et
le heirs concluded that it would be al