Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1890-12-24
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5tltoughont the coslnt ry, I That few nor.
sons would y indulge In tho chimera of
b lDt't'saining a part or d whole III the es.
ca tes said tn be held unclaimed 81 tlas.
OF Ennl land. Circulars 10 tia ar.
feet " hat moro than Half q billion of
dol lars in unclaimed estates are await.
Ing the rightful heirs In England, Scot
land. Wales and Ireland continue to be
Iscatt IS broadcast through this couri-
try, and there ii an agency III New York.
en- employ ng men TO promote just such
schemes. 5 .S8sE3
There II som thing alluring IN this
little paragraph. Thousands OF heirs
have never seen these advertisements,
@lf your ancestors on your fathers o.
Your mother'a side came from any Of the
above named conn tries, do not fall ia
send stho ancestral name and ascertain
# gu are an heir Your deceased an
cestors' rights are yours by British law.
We have information OF every esta te
and deceased persona whose heirs have
been advertised for in las years. Send
postal note for twenty-five cents to in
sure information. II you are an heir
we will recover the estate for you. No
recovery, no fec. !" III. ii 5ss.{
"a must have been this circular which
caused MISC Fl. Clopton, Of Columbia,
Tenn, to address the agency in this
city for information concerning a sup
posed Drake estate in England, TO which
she believed she was an heir. In reply
she was told that Mrs. i. NJ. Redfeld.
sot Edwards, Miss, and Mrs. r. Y. Donel-
son, Of Lexington, Holmes County,
Miss, had filed claims to the estate. and
then the ingeniously .worded letter sng-
gested to her thAtshe might be permit
ted to enter the lists with the others
consent, Con tlnuing. 1t said: "Our
terms are the same to each. namely,
one per cont OF the amount gained. II
We gain nothing We get nothing. And
II W.. have to assume the costs, ten dol
lars 81 our fee in advance as a small
guarantee OF good faith. " II
The meat Of the nut Is in the last
sentence. The circular distinctly
states: No recovery, no fea."
Miss Clopton replied to this letter in.
effect that; her Uncle Elijah knew moth
Ing about Mrs, Reddeld or Mrs. Donel-
son. In a letter OF the date of October
20 she received this brief communities
tion. I'm plying to your favor Of oc-
tober IA we beg to say that Mrs. Red
field has accepted our terms, and suit is
now pending in her behalf. .
For The benefit OF Miss Clopton and
others who fancy that they are within
one step OF wealth, the letterof the Sec
rotary Of the United States Legation IN
London, bearing the date OF April 10.
1887. and addressed to q person inQuir-
Ing about the Sands estate, may be Of
some benefit: II beg to inform you th at
there IS no such estate as the one you
mention. Vast mum bers of people III
our country are deceived and defrauded
hy designing persons, who represent
that great estates are awaiting Ameri-
can claimants here, whereas there are
none such. 3
ARain. septembe Dor 1s, 1887. q deluded
person IN Massaph usett, who thought
he WAS an heir TO the Lawrence Town
ley estate, received = letter OF caution,
this time the advice coming from Min
lister Phelps, in which he SKID: "a worse
fraud was never attempted. There Ii
not 8 pretense Of foundation for II, in
fact Il is simply q device for obtain.
ling money BY false pretenses from the
cred ulous. m =. Times. b