The morning times., 1896-10-11
THAT CALIFORNIA UNCLE
Turns Up Dead, With a For
tune for WashinglOnians.
CAPT. WALSH SHTHELUCKYMAN
Year IS Ago the Relative Went to the
Golden State and Grew Rich-His
Washington Relatives Believed to
Be the Only HeirstO the Big Estate
He Left Behind Him.

Capt. Harry Walsh OF the Emmett Guard,
sees fortune staring him in the face fol
himself and his sister. 1t is supposed Il
have been sum left behind by rich
relative III San Francisco, where he died
ana the young mllitiaman is bending every
effort to clincli his title to it.
The story is one OF those romantic ones
that make real life stranger than fiction
Nearly thirty years ago Two ambitious
young brothers struck out from their home
IN the county OF Glare, Ireland, to seel
their fortunes in the new world. They were
Stephen G. aud James Walsh. Relative.
had preceded them to the land OF freedom
and they wrote back glowing accounts ,ol
the possibilities that opened before the
young and energetic. ..---.,
Thetwo young men, who ha i al that tine
scarcely reached their majority, stopped
among friends in Philadelphia. The
Quaker City was as slow then as now and
In 1870 they resolved to strike out fol
the Pacific slope. They stopped in
Washington, but Capt. Harry, who is their
cousin, was entirely too young to see and
remember them.
HEARD FROM FREQUENTLY.
They never returned To the East. Letters
came to Capt. Walsh's parents for awhile.
The last of these came in 1875, however.
gradually cease.
But the last letter is still in the possession
OF Capt. Walsh's mother 1t was hoIn
James Walsh, and it said that he and his
brother We're doing well. They had entered
tile hardware business. Prosperity met
them half way Both We're buying property
in the heart of the Golden Gate City and
each brother was already i'm comfortable
circumstances
stranger from San Francisco assed
through Washington in 1878. He knew
James and Stephen C. and he hunted up
their relations here. He verified what the
letter had said.
Both young men were business from the
ground up. But Stephan c. was the more
conservative and homelike one He had
married andha a son and daughter, amcs
was still single, and while making pIenty
OF money, still he was n good spender, and
would have been termed a man of the
world
LONG SILENCE BROKEN.
There the story was broken, and an in
terval OF nearly score of years elapscd 1t
was only last month that the broken strand
was picked up, and Inspector Hollinberger
received message from San Francisco
saying that James Walsh had died lea wing
behind a great fortune. 1t was understood
that be had relatives in Washington. The
authorities were asked to bend their Of.
forts toward finding them.
About the same time Can't. Walsh re.
ceived a communic alton. 1t was signed
by Mr. Larrie Barton. and its import was
tne same as that In the officials letter.
IL was thought that maybe this was the
husband of the daughter OF Stepben e.
walsh. stiil there was nothing positive to
ihuicate Ibis, and nothing to tell to a
certainty whether the young lady. her
brother or her father are still living,
Ihere are many Walshs in Washington
but capt. Harry and his family are The
only ones. it is said, that were related to
James and Stephen.
NO OTHER HEIRS.
Nothing is known as to whether there are
nearer relatives, but unless the young men
who started for California in the early
'IO's left families it is positive that there
are no nearer relations on this side of tb q
Atlantic. -.
Capt. Walsh asopened up correspondence
with the people in San Francisco and H.,
expects to learn more particulars in a few
days.
ltis certain that the fortune is a goodly
one. He has also written to the family
III Ireland, Where Stephen taught school
before he and his brother came 10 this
country. The friends in PHILADELPHIA
havealso been informed, but unless someone
from the mother country steps in, the
young soldier stands an excellent show
OF seeing his exchequer suddenly swell.