, 1880-07-27
STRANGER THAN FICTION,
a, Lnsva,,tt Iuyatvi.,:. y ,GnO, 1000 Worth
orl'rUprrty-.JustEe 'EitLou'* Clntn to
the Business Portion OrTDicttos

4, Lnsva,,tt Involving. Y l, ,Onb, 900 Worth
orl'rnpcrty-Ju,1Ee Ti!.losa'~ Ginlna to
tl,e business Portion ofT'oictso.
Eitpateh n EthtiHndtt Engulfrr.
DA1rt,nrE, July Tile title 10 n suit
now beforu the cDtlrts 1T Uhi0 Is 1Iltten ~.
Hayes 1T III, tho parties litieant being ,,o
ltss rc,vonagea tlar Jn.lGo Nlyran II. I'll
tle1,. Of Ohl,, II cousin Ut ex-{iuH Samuel ].
'lll,!cl,, null President rutherford u. Hayes,
ChIef-Iusttcc Waite, atnt tllo late Senator
1lcn Wnle. Of Ohio. Tl!e suit " OF gtrat
magnitude, Involving sls It does tho tltlc t0
uue III tho principal bslsislrss l,nrtfotis ut tho
Cfty 0f 'rhlellU, now VALUED 1T several intll-
Inns t'f slnstArs, ;. -,
titnt yenr tl!cN liyrtl III lmltl!lGro II sca clp*
tan natlHat Ford, wl,n married II Widow by
thu ,,'l1l. of l.oyry !l!sttrt. wlM WIS tlio
'Hr W m s' t sM' M 'sagtix n i,slKt'f n|fn s n'l5S 1.
rinEe. went mi IL l,rlyatcerng cruise. ltinnlly,
returning hon,r,, N. .nstl1.hgeslMmt ts'k
"e9, between @ ct s1tf W,st aH o wl', i,,caiaa tta
n ~; Warrnnts NJ "est one "f' e With s wss Ss''f It
mow tisu site Nf tl.e, CIty ot Toledo. ll4
ugnin returned 10 l'alti!nnre al,ti c'nteayorcd
y! recocin 'n1tt"Is VIII ts VIII, 9la gf'nG rs
lilo .,,uyy Of Mexico, ii, which service lo
died fn!t.stnto III tho ypsar 1e.se.
4, Ills Wifi rti,lfitGH In baltimore nlltl hr-
ca THO mlsIsfs "t lnte lH4s9 ti1I or II.
tim to ftlnw t1l tic ftntNtGlls ~ her rnpitteu
lnotllcr, but nfterwnltl married, atlt[ Is now
| dead.
nl't ,!iotiitr mt sistnls, wlio9 were llyinE n
thiucel ysnrA subsequent to tho taeat!, nf
Caps: fortl ln;rsos l;s ca'aG & to hA!ttnlpre , 4 ~
Furt. a1lu sllo represented to tliG!n tlint
EIneilMo was tue legitimate MD only
cl,ill Of cnpt. Forl anil herself, For sina!l
sum she conveyed to thcss parties her dowsry
fec. 'llN sister ,or Mrs. Ford. who WIS prlvy
To Tho transaction, begged her sister not to
make tl1n conveyance, ami entrtAttHl lnr 10
tlfsclnsn to EllGine tho true story 0t her pli,
tho sister, for prsnto rct1soils, said nothing
lnnru IN tllo subject.
III lHs1 those holding the Baltimore title
heany nnerSy, ard nrorscdir,FF;s were ,.,, e9',l,
ware sent to I'altlmore to take Testimony.
They Visited tho sister or Mis-. Lord, Eiixi!-
brtli .juhl,so,', who Ilye.l ut Crlstlcld:
rs; ;'s:,o,,1 ol's9|1 s tat 'tfr s fs1'fs aa ci q
tlc secret Tor fifty years, mi! co,li'l not
cfral, breast Of tho .wEIulu Mlnttrr. When,
ilna!ly, sle was asked ny to tlIo Mr;c,itngs oi
LIZ IslTl T4I1iEilIE st AttiHs Alta lit n!utstci
OF E,aeltte, md her fatller ,y,ts MI Irish sea
captain, WHO left Baltimore shortly nster lcl
birth."! She also said lhatat tho birth Of thy
clll. shit was fnAty II years D[ls. and thnl
iler ststrr hail Eltl her snino for her. =.
After oblainlnlnS this direct nntt rnlunhle
testimony, Slr. Iiai'dy, adyised s[r. Lyman
to return II Ohio, llto II, pGtitla1' ~ tht
Court Of Common l'lens to have tho tc'
cree qs,lcting tho. title sci; asida gu
tho grDunl that It VAS ObtAlntd. BY
lnea,la Of. fraudulent niul .tnrgetl 1epo'
alttn.ls; also, TINT Judge lIitlbn bring
SHIT III ttln United States Circuit Court III
Cieyea,ul to rlcnyer pt's,cssln,l OF the prot,
eriy, valued at st.lNa,nW. Il,Is WIS done
u,ul. ns stuffed nl1vt, thu suits nrc Stfll u
progress, mud will be probably rtncliAt IN tllt
rrspretfyu Courts Ut thu naXt full terlu. Ols
Mrs. Johnson Inns since died.