Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-12-24
CASTl IS IN TIE AIR,
~ hraudulent BALI "hiHh Amerio .na Ar
irDue to S.f;,ltuw

frnne to Swallow.
TT would sotm, after ull tho publicity
ElVpn ~ The hctrmo In the papcrs
throughout the country, tnut few Dor
sons Would indulge in lle chi,ncra OF
obtaining Il pa,t or Whole Of tho es-
tntes SAID to be holl unclaimed in the
courts OF Enc land. Circulars to tho Of
toct that moro Than half billion Of
dollars IN uncla' il'%. estates ara await
Ing Che rlghtfNl hrlra in England, scot.
land. Wales unu ireland continue to he
sea tterod bronuruHt thvouyh this count
try, and tsore Ia an agency in New York
rn'ploylhG m"n 10 promote Just such
schemes.
There IS something allurinE in this
little paragraphs Thousands Of heirs
have never seen theHo ivcrriac,ne II u.s.
II your ancestors on your fathers or
your mothers side came from any Of tho
ahov"-nnnIod conntrinA, 60 not fail 10
send Lho an:ea tral nnmt and ascertain
II you nrc ;tn h'ir. Your d"craacd al
crStors rights are yours by Eritish law
we EaVN lniut niAt'Nn OF every esLn Is
and deceased per, oni w,,usr heirs have
been advertised f." IN t., y,urs Send
postal Not" for L""nty five cents to in,
~uro Information. II yru Nra ..n heir
we VIII recover the estate for yOu. No
recovery, NO fee"
1t must h, w been thls circular which
caused Miss &. H. Cluptun, of Culuu bia,
lenn., 10 Addro*s tn" agency III this
city for information concerning a sup
posed Drake estate in Eng to which
>ho believed she was an hoir. ~ reply
she was told that Mrs. =. III. Kpdfeld,
Ut Edwards, Miss, and Mrs l., V. Duncl-
aon, OF Lexington, Holmes County,
Miss, had filed claims to the estate, and
then the ingenious y wordcd letter suy
gested to her that she might be permit
tod to enter tho lists With the others
consent. Continuing, it SAID: "Our
terms arc the same to each. namely,
ono per cont OF the amount gained. II
we gain nothing we get nothing. And
it we have to assume the cost, ten DO!
'.srs Of our fee in advance as a small
guarantee Of good fait},.'
The meat OF the nut Is in tho last
sentence. The circular distinctly
states: NO recovery, no tee.
Miss Clopton replied to this letter in
effect that her Uncle Eli jah knew moth.
ing about Mrs. RrdAelu or Mrs. D,ncl-
son. In q letter Of the date ri October
20 she received this brief com nunict-
ton. ''!n replying to your favor Of o.
to''er II wo beg to say that Mrs. Red
field has accepted or: terms, an salt is
now pending y her bohalf.'
For The benefit OF Miss Clopton and
uthors who fancy that they arc within
ono slcr Of wealth, the letter OF the Sec
retary Of the Un,tol States Legation in
1887, and add "ssed to person irQuir-
lug about the Sands estate, may I've OF
some benefit: -! beg t. inform you hat
there is no such estate ~ the ono YOU
mention. Vast numt ors Of people IN
our country are dccel rcd ana dc5ra I'd ed
Ivy o~igning persons, who rrprosc nj
| that great Estates are awaiting Ameri
none such"
Again. Scpte,nbo IS. 1887. y dc,udcd
person in Massachusetts who thought
he was an heir to the l,nwreU>HTovn-
! lev ;tato, rec sivo'l letter Of caution.
this timo the advice coming from Min
ster Phelps, in which he said: "A worse
! fraud was never attempted. There is
not a prctcnso Of foundation Cor it, in
! fact 1t is simply device for obtain
ing money by false pretenscs from tho
crcdulous. IN Y Times