The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01
A FORTUNE FOR Us.
The Fortune Left by Count Pulaski to
His Namesakes.

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Our city of Pulaski is in luck
again. An immense fortune is
whiting her grasp. The following
article from the Chicago Times led
to an investigation:
Gen. Robert C. Schenck is playing
another game of draw. This time he
is trying to draw out of the treasury
the 100000 in gold which Count Pu-
laski of Revolutionary fame, put into
the constitutional treasury. A Mrs.
Josephine Suffesynska Jarocki, a great
niece sof the generous old count, is in
destitute circumstances, and Gen
Schenck has undertaken to help her
obtain this money, which it is claimed
would have fallen at least in part to
her if it had not been given to help the
struggling colonies. Ii there is going
to be the usual amount of speech max.
ing over the matter Mrs. Josephine SUI
fesynska Jarocki will confer favor on
a much-abused people by amputating a
few limbs OF her name or letting the
senators call her something for short.
Count Casimir PaIaski, known in
Poland as Kazimefre pulaVski, was
8 lad OF gentle blood with pen
chant for war. He fought every
thing in sight in Poland until Rus
STA, Austria and Prussia, in l775,
confederated to gobble up the lit
tie principality, when Cas-. emigra
ted. Reaching Paris, he offered his
services to our minister, Ben.
Franklin, and at once embark ed
Tor America. At Brandywine he
distinguished himself and was made
a general and he fought with great
yaioraand distinction until Oct. 8,
1879, at the storming of Savannah,
Ga, he fell mortally wounded.
Ii now appears from the claim
set up by Mrs. Jarocki that the
count deposited in the colonial
treasury 100000 in gold, and left a
will in which be directed that in
case be was killed in battle the
money should go to his relatives ii
they claimed it before his youngest
brother died, and this failing it was
to be equally divided among towns
and counties that then bore his
name. There are seven counties
an6 quite number of towns that
bear the name of Pulaski in the
United States, but not all of them
were named in time. His youngest
brother lived until 1911, it is
thought, and the towns and counties
already then named are only enti-
tied to participate. The fund now
amounts to about $3,20O,000. A
popularity of the will is that il
shuts out any beneficiary that as
serts its claim. That is to say, ;
town may be entitled to share
but must not assert it's claim bu
let the distributors find it out. II
view Of the fact that the distribu
tors do not seem to be specially in
quisitive as to who is entitled, i
seems to rest on some outsider tt
bring the matter out.
| Con gress once voted a monumen
to Count Pulaski but it was neve
built. Savannah, Ga, has a monu-
nent, and nowhere else is his mem
DRY thus honored. The Sth item
of the will gives a double portion t.
The town or county that has ''build
ed an imperishable shafte in memo
RE and honor of we testator when y
funde is distributed" 1t ma,
therefore stand US well in hand t,
erect a monument at once and wa
ter 1t with our tears.
Pulaski has no one looking afte
her interest. We refer tn
matter to the Round Table
The bocrd Of trade cannot act les
it cut off our Inheritance.