The sun., 1891-07-05
india SILKS
&c.,
INA GREAT VARIETY OF coLoRrNGs INCLUDING
BLACK GROUNDS WITH BRIGHT CoLoRED FIG
UREs; WORTH soc.
W.iNTs A SHARE OF $4,000.
The Story Told by New York Boy VIII
Rnn AwnY TWcNtY.Gye Ycmrs Ago.

1Aun AWAY A"cNty.Nc AcNTs <ASo.
A petition calling on the administrator Of the
estate Of the late AuEustus j. Sanford for n
quarter share OF that estate for the ienent OF
John A. Barnes. alleged 10 be nephew and
OF next Of kin. will be filed before Surrogate
Ransom tomorrow by Lawyer /. d. Nichols of
231 broadway.
Mr. San ord died in 1882. and letters OF ad-
ministration were issued on Nov. 10. 1888.
he having died intestate and unmarried.
The administrators were appointed by the
Court on April 10, 1884. when n. A. Chedsey. a
lawyer and Mrs. rhebe L. Campbell, sister OF
the deceased were design nted Us tho parties to
wind up the estate. Ills next Of kin we're Mrs.
Campboll and Mrs Josephine i. Goodwin. sis
ters. John ". Sanford brother. and John A.
Barners. otherwise known rs Anthony Barnes.
whose plnte OF residence was said to te un-
known when tho loiters OF administration
we're granted. Barnes was the only child OF
another sister OF the testator long since dead.
Advertisements were printed calling for him
as an heir 10 tn. estate. without success.
since thu! time the estate M which Is valued at
the hers when
appeared and served notice OF his claim upon
In an affidavit made in support Of HE claim,
Is now 81 years OF age that his fathers name
Is Alexander Barnes, md that LIE resides at t2
Union street. un."n Hi,l, N.SI; o,,,.,.,,
adopted by his uncle. Gus,avus Stafford, u
bachelor brother q his mother. MI sanf' hs rhs
lady took care OF him and educated him until
he Mas Mas near ~ years Of RS towhhl,h hn ms @
West Sov-n ;eenth street.
Among tho lads companions was q boy
ps ETsn wns aS Mh w Win
ior TIC marSSeIiens ,fsures and hierosly;rhics
suasion they Induced the CID man to tattoo
II If names on their nrms Tte name ~
surrounded bv a wreath OF leaves which it
w2ul,! puzzle an eXpett hotanist + describe.
called by his uncle and was generally known
BY his associates hy the name OF Tony
Shortly after his twelfth tirthaa,yy be and and
whee "h the TH fh"9s' He Of bati
the boys. They remained th;re but few
they made their way 10 Chicago, There
their money became exhausted. and young
at GA Monroe street kept by u man namel
Thomas stn,tmore; VIII, whom ne e. remained ,n,,
Manninstwo ] m % ked In different pia1es. ace "l '''
- Next the two then went to st. Louis: Mo-.
whgrf they M %t d oG four
went on 10 Marshal. Ts%as. where they SECURED
With SeW 81 and IeGaS
lie at the END OF seven months. Barnes oh;
tained work as water boy on the Texas and
about two years aud hall, during which time
Mnnn,ng WAS in the cmpi yof the st. Louis
and Texas Narrow Gauge Railroad,
Thereafter for II number OF years lie worked
went to Colorado and became cowboy. After
two years he got tired of COW punching and
went TO Omaha, and from there crossed the
Rockies landing in Sacramento. ca: whore he
seiuently obtained emp nyment as u bnrten-
der with a man named Frank Thompson In
Nnrysvillc.. where he stayed until 1884. since
TINT ftm0 he has worked in / tnUalaa. MI.
two towns in Old Mexico. santa T.. and Fort
Union. New Mexico: Leadvile. Kansas City,
Chicago. ST. Louis and Fort Wayne, where. he
From there ne went to Pittsburgh, fhilqdel-
phiil. baltimore. and finally to Fredericks-
burg. Nd. where he one dav picked up a
yertisement for the heirs Of Gnstayus /. SAM
called npon the adm!nistrntnr who informed
him that be mu,t establish his IDENTITY He
since be was little older than q baby. wa. mn-
willing TO positively identify him. although he
admitted startling likeness to his dece9sed
Schultz, his uncles oli housckreper. who se-
vere.y tested his reco election Of his boyish days.
but finally identified him positively ns the rum
The purpose of more fully esta bishing his
identity, Barnes then set out to rurt for his
friend Frank Manning. an! succeeded in find
ing him IN knnsns City. In the ring OF 1890.
compelled TO work their way from the Wes
ent yenr. Frank Manning has made an am
s"St o Wh 1 81 NIB ,es
lapse OF Time since Mr.. Barnes has had. any
communicated Sn %ith hts re!nbtUGs' he, he is IN
establish h q claim.