The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-09
JAMES G. FLOOD.
More Inquiries Relating
to His Estate.
Judge Coffey's lnterminabIe Corre-
spondence Regarding Person
He Has Never Heard of.

The correspondence recently published
in the columns of THE CALL between
Probate Judge Coffey and firm of solicit
tors in New York State. regarding a miss
ing estate of one James G. Flood, has not
yet termi mated.
kilograms have passed between this city
and Buffalo and Springville, n. Y. Judge
Coffey repeatedly assuring inquirers that
no such estate as the one they were seek
ing existed in this State. However, the
day before yesterday the Probate Judge
received rather more lengthy communi-
cation than usual from the original in
quirers, a well-knoYn firm Of attorneys
having offices in both Buffalo and Spiing-
vile, n. Y. This last letter reads rs fol-
lows:
LAW OFFICES OF SCOTT s. SCOTT.
123 ERIE Co. SAVINGS BANK BUILDING
BUFFALO, \. Y.
Hon. J. Y. Co6eg, Judge of Superior Court,
San Francisco, Cal.-DEAR SIR: Yours of
October %, IN answer 10 our telegram. Is re-
ceived, and we than you most sincerely for
the Information and for your Kindness.
As further explanation. We desire to say
that our clients received telegram, as they
supposed from some surrogate, stating that
their uncle, James q. Flood, died October 2.
1898, in California, leaving a large estate OF
several millions, and after making requests 10
charities the balance was given TO them. and
advising them TO employ an attorney III Cali
fornia 10 secure their shares in the estate.
Our clients inform Us that three brothers
named George, Miles and James G. Flood
came TO California from Dublin many years
ago; that George died and left his property TO
James, and that Miles died long ago, leaving
our clients his only children and heirs, and that
James is SAID 10 have died very wealthy viii
out wife or child; that be mad a wife ana child.
buI that both died some years ago. SO our
clieuts were prepared To believe that there
might be some truth In the telegram that their
uncle had died, leaving them his principal lega-
tees.
il you know OF any one else bearing this de-
scripton by the name OF Flood VINO has lately
died 10 California. you Will confer further
favor on US and our clients by informing US; or
If MIR. James g. Flood. whom you mention and
whom the world knew and. who DIED some time
ago, was one OF tie three brothers; or II you
know his family history, please inform US.
Ag ia thanking you for your very kind favor,
SCOTT & SCOTT.
To this communication Judge Coffey re-
piled, stating that the probate records
showed that only two estates OF the name
James Flood bad been administered in
California previous to that Of the million
aire James C. Flood. There was James
Flood, who died ia 1874, leaving an estate
of the value of only $1,000, and another
| James Flood who died In 1854, whose
estate only reached $500. There was no
mention of any George Flood in the records
at all. and under the system By which the
records Of the Stale of California were
| kept there could be no possibility Of a
| mistake.
| Judge Coffey said yesterday that the cor
respondence might do some good after all,
| as the publicity attached to it might pos
! sIbly cause it to attract attention in some
other State, where the estates of missing
Floods might even tnaly be discovered.