Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-06-01
EDWARDS HEIRS.
About One Hundred and Twenty Heirs
Meet in Louisville. ky., to Adopt Steps
to Secure the Fabulous Fortune.

| Yesterday there We're about seventy-five
! heirs VINO remained to further discuss plans
| TO secure the Edwards estate. On the day
! previous there were as many more in at
| tendance. Those that left gave their prox-
| les 10 others. The organization having
| been completed the day before and with
| smaller number present much more prog
| ross was made.
Dr. c. H Edwards of this city was
made one of the vice-presidents. There
| were three sessions, all of which were
heid at the Willard hotel.
The first thing taken up was an effort to
| find the whereabouts of the lease which
| was in the possession OF the lessee There
| were two copies Of the document. one in
the possession of The lessor and the other
was held by the lessee. The latter COPY
fell into the possession of one of the
Edwards heirs, who went 10 Mississippi
and took IL with him. 1t was lost during
the war, but there were parties in attend
ancc who claimed to know where it is, and
they Will put the associated heirs on the
track for 4 consideration. a committee
was appointed. consisting of Senator d. Fl.
Smith and L. f. Fox, attorneys. and j. NJ
Culp of Centralia Mo, and J. d. Polk of
San Augustine, Tex, who are claimants, to
confer with these parties.
In the afternoon the committee reported
what had been learned. 1t seems that the
heirs who claimed to know the whereabouts
of the lease gave all their information and
the heirs think they have a trace. They are
not dependent upon this lease, as the other
copy IS in the hands of the lessor ana the
instrument is recorded. 1t is. in their
opinion, best TO procure both il possible.
Last night there was 4 committee on gene
alogy appointed. of which j. e. Workman
of Spencer Ind. S the chairman with the
following representatives Indiana ,. Ken
lucky ., Illinois ., Ohio l, Tennessee /,
West Virginia l, North Carolina |.
Canada /. Virginia !. Missouri
Iowa. |. This committee win begin work
at once. They Will proceed to secure at
tested copies Of the genealogy of every
heir. and when they arrange the entire list
will draft a diagram of the family line.
This viii be forwarded at once to the sec
rotary, Fontaiue T. Fox of this CITY. There
was a committee on titles appointed, which
will proceed 70 Investigate the various
titles to the property. Before adiourning
the meeting passed resolutions thanking
Manager Logan for furnishing the room in
which they held their meetings: also the
courthouse officials, for courtesy. and the
press for its recognition and reports of their
meetings The meeting adjourned. subject
TO the call of the president, ". H. Ed
wards of Versailles, with the understand
ing that meeting will he held some time
in December. In all probability it will be
called TO assemble here. During the day a
resolution TO raise sufficient funds 10 carry
on the work was passed, and $3.50 was sub
scribed, subject to the call of the secretary
and treasurer. T. 7. Fox. The heirs sub
scribed in different amounts. and it was de-
cided if it was proved that if any had sub
scribed money who We're not heirs, the
money would be refunded.
Work will begin at once, and suit will be
brought on or before July 16, in the New
York courts to recover the property and
rental for the use Of il since the expiration
of the lease, over seventeen years ago,
The New York property alone is esti-
mated TO be worth from s25O, 600 600 TO |
$780, O0o, coo Besides this, there is property
in New Zealand and London.
All the heirs seem very confident that |
they are on the right track and that some
thing will result from their efforts in the |
near slsHre The greatest thing in the way |
Sespf6gress is to determine who is the heirs |
and the geneology committee will DO all in |