Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-07

A LAWYERS YARN.
How . Long Search was Brought 20
An End Through am Accidental Clue.

A member OF the bar Of the District few days
ago remarked to q STAR reporter: at Is not
always that the greatest results are obtained by
the greatest efforts 1t seems to me that what
success have had in my profession is due TO small
things may say accidents. The greatest events
In history have, In many instances the slightest
causes The cackling Of goose, IL Is said, saved
Rome, and the playful description OF little girl
written by my mother has recently led 10 the per-
lection of title TO property here and the fan Of
good fee In my lap after had worked several
months for it and was about TO give it up"
LET US have your story" said the reporter
well" replied tie barrister, "a client came to
me some fifteen or eighteen months ago and stated
that be had recently learned that he had not full
title 10 the lot on which be had erected MS family
residence and on which he had expended several
thousands OF dollars he had bought the lot some
years ago under the impression taat all the heirs
1t had however, been ascertained that there should
have been seven heirs TO sign the deed and at the
time OF his purchase 1t was thought the seventh
was dead When he had learned from some OF mis-
neighbors that there were seven children In the
family owning the lot he had made endeavors 70
gec clue TO the absent one, but had failed. He
gave me all the Information ne had OBJ
oGerins me a Zee o. 500 to ascertain the
Whereabouts OF the missing one. i took the case
and studied over the name OF the family TIL mad
IL indeiiply fixed in my mind. found some frienis
OF the family, but the immediate members had de-
ceased or moved away from the District and the
nearest relatives could give idea OF the where
abouts Of the missing one. To write to a brother
Importance Of The inquiry they would u ik sls
have communicated with the lost one
and high price would have been
know how many letters wrote. Every time saw
the name OF the family mentioned in a newspaper
family. Finally learned through one OF the re-
piies that q lady Of that name had married a gen.
fleInan IN the writer's town some twenty years
married name took the place OF tue family name
IN my mind and as we lawyers say, the hunt was
commenced de n0ro. But with the new name
found the lady IN Pennsylvania, AT another time
IN Kentucky, then In Georgia, but each time was
dovmed 10 disappointment, ana for some months
had given up the JOB, although i had not so In
formed my Client"
''My mother and l." the lawyer continued.
was through ulial affection the discovery was
made. Ny mother recently paid a visit 70 a city
not $50 miles distant where we formerly lived, and
while there she wrote me long letter. In n she
wrote at some length describing q beautiful little
girl Of eight or ten years who also visiting the
place: Ia my reP'y ! asked my mother the name
mother showed that she had not lost interest I'M
the child, and when / read the name given
missing heir Tor whom had been
searching. In addition to her mothers married
name she bore a. her middle name that OF The old
Washington family. With this cIue ! soon ascer-
tanned the address OF the childs mother and wrote
70 her. Tut the letter was returned 10 me- l. how
ever, again wrote mother ana learned that the
missing heirs new address was a town In Georgia.
then wrote 70 lawyer there, who found her,
and The result was that she made q qult-clain
deed 10 me for one-seventh interest In the prop
srty the consideration being several hundred dol
lars. Then my client received a transfer from me
SSesnqLy paying the 500, besides fair pront on
Of the child BY my mother led To the discovery OF
the missing heir and had II not been for mothers
letter 10 NE my client would likely continue TO
bod cloaded title, and would have been out
several hundred dollars"