The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-16
And Also to the Title of the
Earl Of Lindsey.
The Estate Is Now In the Hands of
the Court of Chancery.
Mr.. Mccormick Has Engaged Counsel 10
Look After His Interests.

or course every one knows that VIII
liam ii. Mccormick is the oldest hair
dresser in the city of Providence. For
more than half a century ne has cut the
hair and shaved the faces OF some of the
best people in the city, and yet not one
of the thousands who have sat In his
quaint old barber's chair has ever dreamed
that there was a possibility that he
might have been waited upon by the
rigbtful Earl OF Lindsay.
Strange as this statement may seem to
the Providence business men VINO have
known Mr.. Mccormick intimately since
the day when they first made his ac-
quaintance as little boys In knicker-
bockers and curley heads, it Is beverthe-
less a possibility and not such a very re-
mote possibility at that, for If MIR. Nc
Cormick is not mistaken he is the lawfol
heir to an English title and a vast Scot
tish estate that has been in chancery
for many decades.
The story as told is as strange .es any
fcion. Last week il was called 10 the
attention of a Providence lawyer, and
Il his examination is satisfactory Provi-
dence will have claimant for the Eng
lish millions whose claim is far more
substantial than that which is ordinarily
brought forward to establish the owner
ship of a chancery fortune.
few months ago a representative of
an English law firm came to this country
L. a foXr
lie at last found John r. 8. Mccormick
of Boston, and has returned to England
with the intention of presenting this
Mr.. Mccormick as the rightful heir TO
the property. The Boston man has also
employed an attorney In that city and
proposes to make strong bid for what
he believes 10 be his ancestral lands and
title. II such property really exists. how
ever, and IL 1t Is to come to a Mccormick
who is descendant of the Dills and
Lindseys there is q strong probability
that IT Will be the Providence branch of
the family that Will enjoy the benefit OF
the riches.
Mr.. William II. McCormick's ancestral
tree goes back in an unbroken line to
the Dills and the Lindseys, and while
the younger Mr.. Mccormick in Boston
also establishes the fact OF his descent
from the same families, that OF the Prov
idence McCcrmicks comes through the
oldest sons, while that OF the Boston
man may 5ave been drawn through one
of Mr.. William Mctormick's grand
fathers younger brother.
Mr.. William III. McCormick's father was
an only son. His father had been the
Oldest of three sons, and in the same man
ner the Providence claimant can trace
an unproken lineage to the Dills and
Lindseys.
When the property first went into the
chancery court or when and how the liue
of heirs was broken Mr.. Mccormick can.
not tell. When the matter was called to
his attention a short time ago by an ar
tiole In Boston paper, ne qu ickly recog-
nized the facts as stated referred TO his
own family history and his friends have
urged him to press what appears to be
his prior claim to the estate, which IL is
stated. amounts to a large sum OF money.
OF course, Mr.. McCormick's future
actions depend largely upon tho results of
til, Investigations OF the Providence at
torney, ana iS these show thar his as
sumptions are correct there Is no doubt
but that no will make strenuous effort
to obtain possession OF the property.