Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-16
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Story of = Pilgrimage Which Reads Liz,
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Considerable speculative CONVERSE
ton has recently been caused in Nor
folk by the visit to Wells-next-thc-Sea.
in that county, of an American gentle
man. He stated that his name was
Jackson and that he was the senior
partner of a large mining company
near the Nevada Mountains; that he
arrived in England last weeh, and at
once went to Wells-next-the-Sea. His
mission is explained in the following
narrative told a reporter:
81 have lived in California all nv
life, ant have never before been out Of
the country. About even years ago,
in the Streets of San Franciscp. I saw
a poor detected, misunderstanding lad
lying on a doorstep. 1 spoke to him,
and hisImanner and appearance excited
my interest and curiosity. l made in
quiries as to his past history, and found
that his name was Ernest Overton:
that he ran away from his home in
Norfolk; he had also abandoned the
ship in which he crossed the Atlantic.
and was utterly destitute and wanted
work. l took him with me to work
IN our mines, and a more quick and in
telligent fellow l never saw. He got
on wonderfully we'll, and after q bit,
with, my assistance, he became the
proprietor of about six Thousand acres
of cattle ranch. and had at least five
hundred head of cattle. He had re-
Gently added to his possessions an
other plot, and while I was gone
to the record Office to record his
claim an alteration took place
between Overton and some desperate
about that very spot. Overton declared
that it was his, while the desperate
swore he had recorded his claim to il
some time since. A severe alteration
ensued and Overton was badly shot in
the neck. Two days afterward he died.
When dying he earnestly entreated me
to go to England and inform his rela-
| tives of all that occurred, and endeavor
to get them possession of his property.
All that Icould learn was that they lived
near Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. En-.
gland. l promised him I would dc
what he asked, and this is the only OBJ.
| ject of my present visit to England"
Mr.. Jackson, on arriving at Wells,
at once made inquiries Of the parish
clerk as to O~verton's family, Not be-
ing able to obtain any information from
the register. he stayed at the Railway
Hotel one night, and several persons in
the room gave him such information as
they could concerning Overtons al
L%argeham, Saxlingham and villages in
the neighborhood. Next day he hired
a pony and car to visit the surrounding
villages. He was gone two days, hav
ing called at all the villages en- route
to Holt, and after numerous fruitles.
inquiries he succeeded in finding a sis
ter of Ernest Overton at Saxthorpe
This was the only relative who appeared
to be living. He produced a photo
graph of Overton which the girl imme
diately recognized as that of her brothe.
Ernest. The girl appeared to be fully
satisfied that the whole affair was gen
uine, and returned to Wells with Jack
son. After staying a few hours at tn
Railroad Hotel, they proceeded by trail
from Wells to Liverpool, where they in
tended to take the next steamer TO
America. The conduct of jackson wa
that of a gentleman. He paid every
body well for their trouble, and, from
all appearances, had q really genuine
case.-London NeWs.