The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-10
A MURDER OF 1860.
THIRTY YEARS SEARCH FOR =
FATHERS MILLIONS.

FTOut the 81. LOUIS hclDtOtlC.
SAN Francisco. CAL, Jan. 31.-A most
ran,srkable romance in real life has Just
bsan made public in this city, life story
On which some good playwright can build a
5-sct drama of intense interest from first to
last full of pathos, excitement and queer
circumstances.
very wealthy, gray-haired Frenchman
named Charles Louis aud his valet were
murdered in Washoe county, Nevada, in the
fall of 1850, when the country was all ex-
element over the great finds OF gold and
silver in that lawless region. Louis came to
that section with view to purchasing
sone good mining claims aud had been
negotiating for the same for several
months. A band Of Mexican lniscreants got
wlnd of his coming. through an American
desnerado, and resolved upon killing him for
his money. The old Frenchman came across
the country in a splendid outfit, accom-
renied by his servant, who did his cooking,
In strange contrast to the ordinary gold
seekers in their ramshackle wagon. Louis
eaoured q room in the house Of man called
"Wormon" Smith. Suddenly the French
man and his valet disappeared and not one
of the band of Mexicaus could be found
except Mexican Liz, who did the cooking
for the cut-throats. The posse headed by
Sheriff Glenn, could elicit nothing from
her. she claiming to be ignorant of the
whereabouts or doings of her master. The
Mexicans were trailed for many miles, and
the ashes OF their camp fire found, but the
trail was lost in the rocky Sierra Nevada,
and nothing more was heard of them
Mexican LIZ" eventually died in Oregon,
Int ere she departed this life declared that
SIG coo were buried near Franktown, New.
In 1862 Mrs. Ellen Barlow died at Sara
toga Springs, New York, and being de-
lrious for some time previous TO her disso-
luton, her supposed daughter, aged 81
caught words from the aged woman's lips
that filled her mind with strange suspicious.
Mrs. Barlow. however, called the young
lady to her bedside before death and said !:
"You are not my child. | am only your
foster-mOther. Your real mother died in
giving you life. Your father placed you
in my charge when you were bat two days
old and you are rightfully heir to estates In
France and England worth millions. and
my son have conspired to defraud you of
YOUR inheritance Your fathers name was
Charles Louis. Break open that secretary
after 1 am dead and the letters you will find
there will tell you everything Begging to
be forgiven, with her arms around her
foster daughters neck she sank into an
everlasting sleep.
A STORY OF FRAUD.
After the funeral Miss Louis read the let
tiers in the secretary, and they told of the
black villainy of her foster. brother, Henry
Barlow. He had for years been doing his
utmost to secure the dead mans property,
and never intended that Charles Louis
daughter should know that she was not his
own sister. The letters showed his efforts
in France and England to secure evidence
that would enable him to get property
worth S5,OOO,OOO. He even visited the
mother of Charles Louis, about 80 years
I'D. Mrs. ,Brougham of Birmingham, Eng
! laud, and cousin of Lord Brougham.
Here Henry represented himself as the old
est son of Charles Louis, and was well
coined by the old lady as such. Learning
additional family history, he returned to
France. A part of the estate Of Charles
Louis, who was Bourbon, had been
oontisoated, and it was found
that Louis was political exile. A portion
OF the property not conflscated was situated
in the Faubourge st. German. Paris, and
more some fourteen miles from the CITY
near Chantilly. The records of his search
and attempts to prove himself the only heir
were found in the dead woman's secretary
4 b. Miss Louis. One letter from Paris told
Of his failure and contemplated return to
4 America In this ne declared that it would
s. have been q better plan if he had married
q Anne Louis and then revealed her true his
q tory. Among the papers Miss Louis found
the name Of her fathers New York solicitor.
who had collected the income from the
French estates and made yearly REMIT
tances to the Barlow family, but for what
reason the remittance was to be made was
& never told the attorneys. Mrs Barlow as a
81 partial reparation had left Anne Louis a
few thousand dollars.
"a from the old attorneys Of her father she
found that he owned tracts of land in Mex
ico, Texas and California, but further than
The murdered mans letters, they have no
record OF their exact situation or extent
The income from the French estate had
Ceased year before, for some reason I'M
n Eao#n to them at that time.
HER LONG SEARCH.
fortified with Information from the at
toTneys the daughter visited San Antonio.
lex, and there found that her father had a
recorded grant Of 10000 acres in Brown
ana Fisher counties. Being unable to iden-
LcIiy herself satisfactorily as the daughter of
VaaIles Louis she was unsuccessful in her
attempt to secure the property.
From San Antonio Miss Louis proceeded
70 Monterey, Mexico, where her father also
99%neu property. Here she met Father
manuel, an old padre, who had for years
oc'ed as recorder of land claims. His
.ecoraS showed a large property in the
name OF Charles Louis. Learning that the
INQUIRER was the daughter of Louis, he re-
peaSea TO her a confession made by Mex1-
van named Juan Gonzales, wounded unto
ueath Ia q street brawl. The padre did not
80 over Gonzales criminal career except in
~ lar as 1t related to her fathers murder
known that Inn alnox he
mu,uerer or the old FrenchmRn. He
o 700 how the band, after killing number
VI VI men on the road to the mines, had heard
Ne coming of the white-haired rich
sIenNen1man; how they got him away from
~lsu on the pretence of showing him
.ue mines of fabulous richness in the
MOUNTAINS which they did not have the
SptVal 10 work how, when they had reached
uen retreat in the mountains, their cabin.
ta JiI' IKE bis servant down with club and
s4 ,u Tue old man that his life depended on
a. oaS draft on a certain bank for
THE BRUTAL MURDER.
,. IA, ne was about to sign it. his servant
=. ~ 10 and seized bar of iron aud made
mo. sue nurderous crowd. Then the aged
M v gar dropped the pen and fought like q
S win the club which had been used on
IS SrooalV want, The Mexicans dared not use
| siona for the attention of men going
pses tne trail might be attracted. Con-
IssS at length struck Louis over the
nss' oVerpowered the valet, and as the old
M drst. was still alive asked him to sign a
W.; out he was too far gone to do so.
srSr rAt .s LIZ" begged hard for the f1ends to
b. u. Vu l' old mans life, but they knocked
kiI. VI tne head. and then, after council,
Elo. Vle old man and his servant. Liz took