Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-02-17

80 Thirteenth avenue, Newark; David
+ IS painter at Montclair; Charles is
a shoemaker in Brooklyn; Susan Is
married TO James Tyrre1 Of Orange;
John, who died recently, was a Brook
Ign merchant. Robert IS a farmer.
The Penn heirs claim that the fort
unc must by law tie divided in four
| parts represented by Eliza and Ste
phen, who are living, and the repre-
Sentatycs Of John and Robert de-
ceased
The evidence on which they base
their demand for S10.OO0,O00 against
( the bank of England is alleged TO be
an old bank book which has been mys-
teriOusly passed down from William
Penn, who concealed this great fort
une from history In some way. This
bank book is declared to be wrong
fully in the possession Of Stephen
Penn
One of the Penn family said Stephen.
was In London and was u broker He
is accused Of having obtained wrong
full possession Of the bank book in 1871,
and to have wr0ngfully drawn 100000
interest on the deposit since tina time.
He obtained The book from Mary y N,
Penn who married Frenchu' IN Of
that name, and at her death in 1871
the book should have come to Eliza
Penn, Of Elizabeth, r. J., though by
what process Of law claimants do not
pretend to explain.
For ,y1Yt Gf .sY.b 1nf1fI tho y,t,Y.,,
William asserted that his lawyers
wouldnt-and you know no good law
yers would-tell all that was being
done" and when asked about the adj
dress and business of Stephen Penn,
in London, William Penn said. That's
what | DO not want to tell"
The only other piece Of evidence
which William Penn puts forward as a
basis of their claim is u curious old
book, which speaks its own genuine
ness, having been written by william
Penn while imprisoned in the Tower
of London. The possession of this
book is alleged 70 be necessary 10
prove the real descendants of Penn
The book is said to have been carried
to London several times in connection
with the litigation against the bank
Of England and TO compel stephen
Penn to account for the wrongly taken
interest The fact that such heavy
litigation could have escaped publicity
did not seem To disIbusc the minds
Of the Penn heirs. When this was
suggested to them they said that the
matter had been worked along very
quietly. They mention among other
things that their New York lawyer,
who could not be found, had been
Obliged 10 come al the way back to
Washington after his first trip to Lon
don because he must get papers from
the secretary of state i'm order to en-
title him to pursue the fortune in Lon
don
The old Penn book. entitled, NO
Cross, No Crown" though guarded
with Jealous care by its present pos
SCISSOR, William Penn, under advice
from his counsel mot to let the other
side gct to know his case" was shown
to Il reporter. It's owner had been
offered ST00 for it, There was only
one place that it ought to 20. he said,
and that was to Pennsylvania Glad /.
dened 10 hear his inherited paFtiality
for Pennsylvania the reporter suggest I
ed that he should present it to the
Pennsylvania Historical society. 4
Mr.. Penn seemed to take kindly 10
the idea that the historical society
ought TO have it and admitted with
evident reluctance that it could be
bought for enough money. Mr. Penn
could NOT let the reporter copy out
the queer old passages in the middle
OF the book, because of the caution
OF his New York lawyers, but con
scented to allow q part Of the preface .
10 Nc copied, as agreed with the sug-
gestlon that that could do his cause no
harm He held the lamp hard by
while the reporter took few quaint
passages from the old book. and re-
fused even to go to his supper while
the work was being done. The book
is about an inch and a half thick, six
inches long, by four inches wide II is
marked Printed and sold by Andrew
aNoNit NAho lbo- Nlii Nliu = liItAts e.
is dated "Worminghurst IN Suffex the
LIST Of the 9th month 1852" 1t is GOV.
cred with heavy calfskin and IS i'm
an excellent state Of preservation for
q book Phi years old. Every line can
be read The whole is dedicated to the
task Of upholding virtue and temper
ance' and the twenty-five chapters
contain quotations from the writings
of a hundred or more authors in every
age Of literature. The preface reads i'm
part as follows:
Reader the great business of mans
life is to answer the end for which
he lives, and this is to -lorlfy God ana
save his own soul This is the decree
OF heaven as old rs the world But
80 it Is that man mindeth nothing less
than what he should most mind ANA
desplseth 10 inquire into his own mind,
lis original duty and end, choosing
rather to dedicate his days Jthe steps
he should make to blesseduessl to graft
fy the pride avgrice and luxury Of
his heart as 80 he had been born for