Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-06
HEIR TO A VAST FORTUNE
Founded Years Ago in Economy by
His Great-Grandmother,
WHO SHELTERED FATHER RAPP.
If He Is Not Reinstated He Nay Demand
an Accounting.
RUMORs OF THE sOCIETYS REMOVAL

| the Economist Society there will likely
be move made that will deprive the
wealthy Economics of some S400, 900 in the
! gold coin they have mysteriously slowed
away in hidden Golfers.
Henry Feicht yesterday filed through his
attorneys in the court of Beaver county q
bill in equity to have him reinstated in the
Economic Society, from which he was de-
posed by the elders without trial at re-
cent meeting. Mr.. Feicht said yesterday
that he and his brother and sister
were legally entitled to the money
his progenitors left with the society in
years long ago and all the vast wealth the
original sum has now grown to be. "But, u
said Mr.. Feicht, II am not trying to get the
money. 1t is justice 1 want, and that justice
will be my reinstatement in the society.
Can Act MS a Layman. Now.
II can do as 1 please, now," he con-
tinued, "as 1 am not a member of the
society, and am like other beings and can
bring any legal action against j John Duss
and my other enemies that L wish to. -
Then Mr.. Feicht fianked, and, corroborated
by his wife and their five children, began q
recital of various misdeeds of the aforesaid
John Duss which would burn holes in the
paper they were printed on if they were
now published.
From many sources comes the information
that John Duss would be wise to let Mr..
Feicht severely alone and not force
him into recital of the truths and
facts that the sturdy Economic, by
right of birth and ancestry, has in his pos
session. "When was forced to the wall
determined to let the entire world know of
John Duss' true history" said Mr.. Feicht
in tones of deepest injury.
'1 have tried all along to avert this e1-
pose," he continued, "as feel 1t might
affect the society, but now that have been
deposed, and 6eposed in such an outrageous
and unprecedented manner. by the unaided
efforts of John Duss, have determined to
speak, and speak fully.
Feicht Confident of Victory.
"The bill my attorneys have filed to-day
will recite all the accusations am now pre-
pared to-make. If John Duss wins the
suit" Mr.. Feicht hesitated moment,
then jumped excitedly to his feet and,
shaking his hand in the air, exclaimed in
voice that ratified the flower pots
on the shelves of the conservatory, but he
cannot win; he cannot %'n. / have been il
legally dealt with, and the Court will right
my wrongs. Common sense tells me and
my attorneys have told me. 1 know am
all right and will win this suit
'1n case Duss wins" commented THE
DISPATCH man, lyon will have this i'm
portant matter of claiming your legal estate
from the society"
eyes, and that amounts to more than
100000" returned Mr. Feicht, and then,
becoming excited again, cried, "but do
not want my money, my children do not
want my money; we. all want justice, an
that Justice is my reinstatement was de-
posed at an extraordinary session,
L was given no trial, / had no
chance to make defense, my expulsion
was not made unanimously, as the most I'M
portant parsonage of all, Mr.. Jacob Hen
rici, the President of the society, emphat-
ically and angrily refused to sign the agreed
ment to erase my name from the rolls of the
members. Mr.. Feicht then went on:
His Observation-Disclosures Sheltered Rapp.
As for my right to place in the society, a
short history will suffice to show to what
am entitled to. My maternal great grand.
mother, Mrs. Bender, was associated with
Father Rapp in Germany in 1sos and
by the Roman Catholics she. pro
vided him with hiding place and
for three davs concealed him in her own
home. He then came to America and was
followed year later by Mrs. Bender. She
had furnished him with money to come on
and upon her arrival gave him $1,000 more.
The first voluntary contributions she made
amounted to somewhere In the neigh borhood
OF 5000. Her two daughters, my grandmoth-
er and grandaunt, were with her with their
Fl. ,ol,s1 "A To-,
aDouts, the descendants of Mrs. Bender came
in for an Inheritance of 400 each. !
This, amounting to s3s 400. was voluntarily
contributed to the society. In ls4S more
wealth was given to the society by my
paternal relatives, and altogether
the sum amounted to something
@ $4,000 sgtisf1 gixsn syo. By my ny.+ anoes .,s
with the advantageous uses this money has
$500 OO0 =
Father Rapp during the later days of hi4l
life, and her children resided in the same
house. Father Rapp said to my brother and
me when we were boys of II and years re-
sPectively: Boys, you are the legal inheritors
OF the money your foreparcnts have given
to this society here and you will have home
as long as you live. You are the children of
tho society and are entitled to all of the BEN
efts to be derived from it.
Father Rapp's Dcathbed Injunction.
When on his deathbed he called Jacob
Henrici, then young man, and said to him:
81 want you to promise me you will watch
over the Feicht children rs though thcy
were your own flesh and blood. 1t was to
their ancestors that the society is indebted
for part of its success and they are Justly and
legally entitled to any and ali benefits that
may accrue to it." Mr.. Henrici promised,
and until he became at the mercy of John
Duss he watched over us and ours as true
father, caring for us, advising US when we
went into the world for short period, and
when we returned e gladly took US back
He is still kindly disposed toward us and is
much avcrse to the contemplate methods
young Duss has employed to work US IN in
jury.
AS an instance of these latter methods
can Tecite a few that will show what mean.
At the timo wished to become member of
the council Duss heard of this and came to
me with number of most scurrilous and
yilifying reports, which he said came
we'll knew that was of an excitable nnture,
and when / heard the stories he told me
came from them said things which he dis
and as q result their enmity was directed to
me. -.---'-
worked for ls months in the brickyard
and refused to accept the salary. Mr.. Hen
ricf wanted me to let it so into the general
fund OF the society. l have done my duty
thoroughly and now they wish to depose
me.
The time for gardening has arrived at
Economy, as elsewhere, but the immense
plot of cultivated ground under Mr.. Feicht's
care. is trod by no feet save those of Mr.
Feicht and his children. His help has been
taken away from him, and Wednesday one
of the elders tore up some of the trees Mr.
Feicht had planted, thereby insulting the
society's gardener and his vocation.
Tho Society Selling Some Possessions.
A telegram from Beaver Falls to THE
DISPATCH last night announces that the