Evening journal., 1896-06-10
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Harvey ]. FrisbIe Tells of the
Wealth to Which He Is Heir.
TIE AMOUNT Is IEoALoULABLs

Pirates, Murderer's Blood, Diamonds,
Gold Mines. Forests and cities Figure
Enemies Won't Let Him Have His
Fortune.
II there is anything In the extravagAnt
claims Of Harvey ] Fcsble Of 5i6 Ne
Castle avenue, South Wilmington. .hs is
a very rich man, so rich Ia fact that the
Rothschilds and Astors aud VAa derbilts
are only fairly well off by comparison,
ard meu with a few millions like Della
wares Mr.. Addcks are compsrAtl We pau
pers.
A synopsis of Mr.. Fdsble's claim to
wealth was published In yesterdays 8
EvEEINe JOURNAL. Bat the half was
not told.
Frisble is a carpenter, In the employ of
the Lobdell Car Wheel Company. at the
munifcent salary OF $s per week He
is apparently about 55 years old and has
suffered from two strokes of paralysis
He talks of millions as ordinary people
talk Of pennies and he offered an EVEN
ING JOURNAL reporter $1,000. 600 for
copy of the Philadelphia Record of a
certain date with as much nonchslance
as dude shows In paying nickel for a
package of cigarettes
The story told by Frisbis OF ibis
wealth that is to be, reads like that
OF the hero OF some Eve cent novel it
abounds In murders, poisoning, pirates,
gold pelf, hidden treasure. buried mon ey
chests. stolen papers. villSiny and gore
He makes charges of murder as freely
as though he were talking of pleasant
summer outing and as he tells his audi
tor Of the great wealth In store for him.
his eyes light up aud an eager longing
/ expression suffases his face as though
he already saw the fufllment of his
dreams.
According to his story, he is the heir OF
three separate estates any one Of which
Is large enough to make the whole
population of Wilmington rich.
The fortune to which he considers he
has the best right is that OF his fat her,
Minor J. Frlsbie who died many y ears
ago.
The story in his own words is as
follows: my uncle, Myrun j Frisbie
ran away from home when he was II or
10 years old He went to California to
the gold diggings and Immediately struck
1t rich, becoming wealthy beyond the
widest dreams of avRrics
II WAS born 10 Branford, Conn, about
fifteen years after my uncle left home.
he returned from the West while Was
living with my father and bought prop
erty In his own name and In the name Of
my father. he had property In nearly
every state In the union so as to give
him no trouble to get money when trav
cling. He had cash In many banks and
besides had many fuancial agents all
over the world who always had a large
amount Of bis money on hand to be
Invested adyantageously at any oppor
tunity.
''He knew my father had no money and
he offered him So 600 In gold for our
farm. Ny father refused to take the
money, thinking 1t Was all my uncle hsd,
but uncle Myrun told him he could give
him as many millions without feeling It
my uncle told me once, Sitting on a
log on our farm In BrAnford that he was
worth $400, 100000 when he was IS
years old. aud that the amount had
been steadily growing until 1t was iucAl-
culRble BE had mines aud real estate
everywhere He had gold and silver
mines In California and Colorado. da-
mond mInes In Brazil, lead mines In COL
orsdo and Nevada coal mines In Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia, pine forests In
Michigan and real estate in New York
and Connecticut
He had brought home with him a box
Of ebony about 8 feet long and Weighing
about sixty-fve pounds. noticed that
he alw lys kept his eye on that box and
got the Idea that there was something
valuable In 1t. Later developments
proved the CORE ctness of my supposition.
my uncle left the box at the residence
OF my aunt, Abigail Cook, who. woman
like, determined TO find out what was IN
it. She found a key to ft It and opened
1t one day In the absence of my uncle.
what she found almost crsz.d her
with avarice. The box WAS filed almost
to the top with United State5 Govern
ment, railroad and city and state bonds
In one corner WAS a little chamois bag
She opened this and found that It
contained rubles, diamonds, emeralds and
pesrls, enough for kings rsusom.
Ffom that day my uucle was doomed
He had already told me that he had made
will making me his heir. My aunt
schemed TO get possession Of the wealth.
She told my uncle that l intended to kill
him so that might inherit his wealth.
heard of her charge aud told my uncle
/ that IL WAS IALso. de D6lloVeO me ana
stated that he had n presentiment that
he was to be killed shortly. and to pro
! tect me he gave me paper stating that
he had left a box of bonds and deeds,
together with his will. with q trust com
pany In New York The paper contAine
! An order on the trust company for the
J delivery OF the box to me. Thai psper
; was afterwards stolen from me by my
FIRST cousin Lawrence Frisbie.
. my uncle's will was written by q
straw lawyer named Rlebsrd I Anderson
in my uncles Office a. 93 Wall street.
New York and named Anderson and
Henry Hayes OF New York as executors.
The bulk of his fortuHe was left to me,
though sou was given to other relatives.
81 sesrched for this will for years bat
could not and it until July 81 1891,
when l accidentally came scross it while
searching the records in the register OF
Wills Office In New York city. ] was
. just recovering from a stroke Of paralysis
at the time and could hardly see
read about psge and half OF the doc1-
1 ar,k