The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-09-27
GOULD'S CHILD.
Mrs. Pierce Claims to Ee Oldest
Child ard Heir
OF Jay Gou!d's billions. tv n Formnr Mar
riage-The Mo"tcr -t:u Living nrd VIII
Assist Her E.uc;ifrr-Hr. and Mrs.
Pierce WV l;erort to the Courts.

OF Jay Gou!d's Niilions. tr Former Mar
riage-The Mn"tcr -t:u Living ard VIII
Assist Her E:uc;itr---.>r. and Mrs.
Pierce WI I:erort to tho Courts.
CHEYENNE. Wro.. SeDt. 2+.-The a.
tonishing CLAIM: ~, the wife ri an hur'-
bic rInploye of i; U:.icn i;cit.c l;.;l
road That she 5 ttc oi.l;.at c:,i,,,t ald :.
Legitimate hcir ci :y Gould. p"c;crt.
some singular fs:,uves that ;n::i,a.c :.
possibility that 1t KY 5e founded il
truth. At ali cronts It is ll,elr to ii
tract wide attention. ii il i. pra,od. and
that the claimant Gays WI BE done.
The improbab;lity Of Mrs. Pierce,
the claimant. rahnaininc qrict until
long after the death u i.cr millionaire
father is partly remove, rs the fact a.
she sets out. TIN ia 80. lor when
her child was 80 v,rr;oi -. give her
in adoption to james snl Mary Nor
ton, OF st. Thomas, Car2s.l. In ls;G
the Mortons moved to II; milton. Caid-
we'll county, Mo, and it was there
that Mas Morton met Fer. janlin Frank
lin Pierce, to whom She was married
on October 5. 1851.
Mrs. Grown never ciotruded herself
upon her husband after lcari:lg him
but in 1889, after the ,jcath OF The Sec
ond wife, she called upou him i'll New
York and informed :.Dl OF the exist
ence OF their d;rrl.cr ri: olGes.
child. MIR. Gould acknowledged the
claim, and promised 20 mako ~ settle
lncnt OF a certain amount On tie child.
! This he failed to 90
The daughter never Knew CT her re-
lations to the io"ld family until after
I her marriage and removal to INrorninr
] She was led to bole"c b. her fostcr
mother That her father was dead. but
knew of the existence OF her oxn
mother, although sh" had never
had any communication with her.
Early in 1891 Mrs. Hcp>vo. who had
lost all trace Of the :i.ortons ara her
daughter, began to t:'rre Yer up and
located her at Rock brings. where
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce had Sc, tlcd
In July or August. l-oi, jay Gould's
private car was in Roc; Springs. and
Mr. and Mrs Pierce solicit; III inter
view with Mn Could. i Gentleman
representing himself to be that indj-
vidunl met them and the case vas stat
cd 10 him. The genticmar sad 10 them
that if their statements were true the
! best thing they could Go ,vas to make
them public.
Mr. and Mrs. Pierce now have reason
; to believe that it wa, not YRS iiercc's
father with whom icy :aj.,c;i. but DR..
, Mum, Mr Goulds physician. Mrs.
Fiercc's mother VIZ informed Of the in
terview. but she advised Ecr daughter
to wait awhile 20 zee ii Mr.. CioulG was
disposed to do anything. She desired,
If possible, to prevent any publicity Of
the affair.
After the death Of Mr. Goull. in De-
ceInber. 1892, Mrs. Brown came to Rock
Springs 10 ascertain II Grorra Gould,
as administrator OF his fathers estate,
had taken any action in the matter, he
having been previously informed Of
the existence of the Child by former
marriage. George Gould and his at
torneys have entirely ignored all com
munications sent to them on the sub
jcct.
Failing to secure what they believe
to be their legal rights, Mr. and Mrs.
Pierce have determined TO resort to
the courts. They have employed able
counsel and expect to BEGIN suit.
Mr.. Pierce, husband Of the claimant,
in an interview, said:
Mrs. Could nay w;fc's mother,
came to Rock Springs in the spring OF
1892, when the whole matter was talked
over. She said size Hcrid wait awhile
to see if Mr.. Gould would do anything
for his daughter before taking any ac-
ton.
after Mr.. Gould's death in Deem
Der, 1892, she again came to Rock
Springs TO ascertain if George Could
had taken any action in the matter,
and, learning that he had not, she au-
thorizcd my wife to employ attorneys
and commence suit. Mcs>r, z. f. En-
terlinc and G. c., Iiamin, Of Rock
Springs were accordingly employed by
US
'"To al our letters to George and
Helen Gould no answers lave Zen re-
ceived The harc completely i.cncrcd
US Last March my wiir, mother
again came TO Roc; Spring, to lcarn
our progress, a"d told my VIE to pro-
ceeG n. :ar as she could without her,
but when it was necessary she would
come forward and assist her.
Last June my wife wrote to her
mother that the attorneys had done all
they could do without her aid and that
she wished her to supplement- her
statements by additional proofs, ana
the proofs are now being collected by
trustworthy agents. ! have the mar
rage certificate Of Jay Gould to Sarah
Ann Brown. with two witnesses. one
of whom is living. The other is dead.
This certificate have, and it is locked
up in safety deposit box in vaults OF
the First National bank at Rock
Springs. Wyo. My wife is the only
living legitimate cl!l:i OF the late Jas
Gould. and | intend to establish her
ltitHtluy "l.u scC"tc H0i iio''.'
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PAEIs. Sept. 2l-Thc rcballoting for
member CT the ch@l!ucr Of Deputies for
the ACCOMPLISHMENT OF No@ent-Snr-
Seine, to i'll tie sea- made v@calt by
the election ot NJ. Ca.imcr-rer;er to
the presidency. took place sunday. NJ.
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opportuni>t
Severe Rain ard Iiai, Storm.
KNOXVILLE, Ia, sept. 2t.-A terrific
hail and rain storm :.sitcd this city
and vicinity. In the home for the
adult blind 1G0 window paHes |
were bral-nn: in the courthouse a I