The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-15
HEIRS To MILLIONS.
SeaffIeiteS Interested in New
York Trinity Property.
FABULOUS SUMS INVOLVED.
Mrs. J. A. Hall. Formerly Of This City.
Leads the Contest for the Wealth.
Of Aneke Jams Webber.

TIE Seattle a nj San Francisco heirs OF
Aaeke Jams Wetfser are preparing 10
make one more desperate struggle 20 So
cure their bs~fnrfxhf This means. Il Sic
cesSfui, the possession OF ali the property
fn SeE York city now held by the Trinity
Church corporation and varsosEsly esti-
mated 80 be worth from SsAessa,oo 10
81 90 gss8 ass3
Among the Seattle heirs are Miss o2iaa
GtiIett Of 1917 Thini street. Mrs. W NIX
erSoa, who lives or Broadway. oVerloeA-
ing Lake Union. and Mrs j. A Hail. VINO
- q sister Of those just named and VINO
used 20 be the principal Of ire rasst
Sound business college. Mrs. Hat = al
present one Of she most prominent OF
these who ara trying 20 regain the prep
cry they say Trinity holds unlawfully
The prominent claimants he San iran
clSco arr: James De Ia Mon'anya, Mrs
a W. Fetter. Mrs. f. L. Bronson Mrs
fEaIstesad. Mrs. j. II. 3cGhe%. MIS- =
Harrison. SlFs. SchrineF. Prof Martin {.
Gee Mrs Griffin. James de Witt ana the
Kip heirs. The San Francisco CalI has
been giving the matter considerable AZ
tentkon Of late and Interest has been quite
high IN New York. owing 10 the fact tnat
the state OF New York has taken up the
big case with a view 10 seeing mat JUS
tice shall he done ia every direction
The property for which these descend
ants OF the royal house OF Holland sue
embraces i92 acres Of land in New YORK
all more or less improved Trinity church
itself Is involved. along with numerous
tenement blocks.
Aneke Webbsr or as she vas chr1stened
Aneke Jams webber, was a daughter OF
Wolferz Weber, who took the crown OF
Holland about the year 1850 Anehe Jams
married JAMS Roelon@on and, coming 10
America I'm 1888. sessled in New AnlSter-
dam. or New York on the death or
R0eloffsom the citadel of her affections
was vigorously attacked by Dominic tV-
erardus Bogardus the then ieaaiIiS
clergyman OF New Amsterdam. As soon
as the blI.he~ome. captivating widow
could becomingly dry her tears she mar
rft-f the beau Of the settlement, four
children resulting from the match Ii Is
frosn this second marriage that the Sc
attic. san Francisco and other PACING
coast heirs trace their relationship TO
Aneke JAMS and consequently their rignt
TO Trinity's vast possessions.
II is alleged BY them that this belle
OF earlier days secured the property under
a grant from the Dutch governors. Won
Twfller and Stuyvesant. in 1885 and 1854
which grant was confirmed by the Eng
Iish governor, Nichols, in i6e4
The Trinity church corporation secured
control of the property for long term
OF years. and when the lease expired in
1888 refused TO give it up. No one could
be found who was willing to take The
initiative against wealthy Trinity until
Mrs E. Keplen, of New Albany. Ind.
conceived the idea of organizing the
Aneke Jams associations in every city
where heirs could he found.
For over A year past Mrs. kepler. sec
rotary OF the Aneke Jams International
union, has had her assistant. Mrs. j. A.
Hall formerly the principal of the Puget
Sound business college. of this city. and
also sister Of Miss Olida Gillett and Mrs.
W Nickerson. of this city. visiting all
the important cities on the Pacific coast,
securing a full list ~ claimants and
organizing Aneke Jams associations. Mrs
Hall Is at present In San Francisco rest
Ing from her incessant labors. In
few weeks she will go East 10 make re-
port to Mrs Kepler. after which she says
the legal battle will be declared on.
In talking TO a San Francisco Call re-
porter recently Mrs. Hall said:
Il have spent nearly a year hunting NJ
Pacific coast heirs and have the names of
about = people who claim TO be descend
ants of Aneke Jams. II is quite likely
that az least twenty-five Will fail TO prove
relationship We are confident of win
ming the suit when the case comes before
a Jury The mistake was made In en-
deavoring TO evict tenant before the
lease expired. Trinity leased the
property from the Aneke Jams heirs for
term OF years and now continues TO hold
II under a grant claimed 20 have been
issued them by Lord Cornhury in 100.
If they hold such a grant II Is Illegal
because Aneke Jams owned the property
under grants issued by two Dutch gov
errors and later confirmed by the Eng
Iish When the lease expired six years
ago there was no one TO fight Trinity
untn Mrs kepler came 10 the front. She
has the original grant IN her possession
ana also the will of Aneke Jams. Three
years ago the Trinity corporation offered
20 vacatc the property If the heirs would
pay for the improvements. We indig-
nantly refused this proposition. because
the improvements reveA.ed 10 the heirs
at the expiration of the lease Trinity
then told us they would fight the suit
through every court in America. II
might Is right then they viii win. for they
have millions az their command. or
course IL IS possible that We will lose.
but the concession Trinity made hy offer
ing 70 vacate il we would pay for the
improvements IS a strong point in our
favor"