Evening journal., 1896-06-10
dying leaving all his property to me,
Harvey ]. Fcisble, tnkmy fathers care"

occurred
Later PascbAll I. Southern. proml
nent New York lawyer, offered his
services to me he found considerable
property that belonged to me but when
he found that part Of the property to
which | should have title was one on
which he aud his brother held a big
mortgage, h s-dropp,d me v,ry quickly
He found that the properties Nos 3ll.
8l3 ;16 and 8l6 West Twenty eighth
street, New York belonged to me.
"On May IL 1868. the will was offered
for probate but locked In vain for the
will until. as told you, July 21. 1891
81 employed then another New York
lawyer, CLIFF lrd Bozee. br' be was eIther
fooled or bought of w hen the will
was presented In 1868 It sposed only OF
personal property. la 1874 when 1t was
copied on the record IL had grown until
IT included the house at No. "a Fifteea.b
street. New Yoik, and 18l acres of land
In Michigan.
"Myrun Frisbe's sister who WAS cog
nizant Of the manner Of his death had
written me several times that she had
papers belonging to one which would
prove my right to the property, bat she
refused to give them 10 me She went
to Shanghai, China and Married there
a man named john BAnon A child born
to them died there aud this unsettled
the woman's mind
''She came home to Brsnford partially
Insane. She admitted that she still had
the papers but refused to give them up
She went TO the house Of family named
Bartholomew In Bsanford aud told them
OF the papers She died there suddenly
under suspicious circumstances last Fall.
before medical aid conld go mile to
reach her and the papers disappeared.
"On January 1. 1891 l put an adver
tIsement In the New York Herald forbid
ding anyone from Withholding these
papars from me
You have read, possibly. of several
unclaimed estates being left by parties In
New York and Philadelphia. have
reason to believe that some of them are
those OF some of the sgents OF my uncle.
and the estates really belong To me
know that among his agents were men
named Starr. Poorman, Brdsley and Mo
Laugblln
my uncle Sylvester Pond, part owner
In the schooner Ariel OF Branford, N ID .
many thousands Of dollars running the
blockades Of southern ports He was at
tackled once by pirates of Birnegat aud
all his crew we're killed except himself.
About one year after that he was again
attacked and this time both crews
we're killed, In fact everyone but
himself and the pirate captain.
They formed partnership and
agreed to divide an immense hoard Of
gold that had been stored for generations
by pirates in the FIJI Islands This
amounted to many millions OF dollars
Ny uncle took his share and hired =
schooner and brought his gold TO New
Haven. The vessel in which be arrived
stlll lies in the New Haven hRr0or. ali
broken up, about one mile below the old
fort
"Pond sent his sister, my mother, I
big share OF bis booty IN q big chest, bJ
my father. Ny father. instead Of taking
1t to my mother, buried it 10 the woods
near BrRnford It was an INN snse box
and must have held millions In gold. Il
was on top Of this box that my uucle't
body that Of Myrun J.. Frisois, was
buried
pond himself became hermit and
lived In a cave at East Rock, Conn, being
known as the hermit OF East Rock. Hs
owned q great deal Of property In New
Haven and was reputed to have untold
wealth stored In his cave.
This last cost him his life for about
two years ago he was found dead In the
cave with his skull split open with az
axe while gold pieces were scattered al
ABOUT and wagon tracks In font OF the
cave showed that many wagon loads oi
treasure had been carried away by the
murderers
my own father claimed all the estate
left me by my uncle and kept me out OF
lt. Ny father | believe was also mur.
dsred with vitrol by Abigail Cook
MY great.Rreat-grandfa was Lord
Thomas Smith prime minister OF Fog
land and my great-great grandmother
was . sister OF Queens Mary and Eliza
beth
"Tbe latter came TO this country and
bought all OF Loug Island and parts OF
Manhattan and Staten Islsnds and land
in Connecticut
"she had four children. the eldest OF
whom was Amanda Smith. The latter
WAS a powerful woman who conld lift
a man weighing 200 pounds and hold
him at arms length She founded q
number OF educational institutions IN
New Eoglsud. The property OF her
mother desc ended to her and from her Ia
q direct line TO my mother.
Minor r Fdsbie told me Ia 1884 bs
would give 10000 TO my son Minor
Frisb'e He did lesve It to him but Il
was stolen from him by George B
Frisbis, son OK Minor FrIsbie. aBd Oscar
Frisbis. Minor r Fsisbie built me q
bark named the Julia In 1884 and told
mo that it was with my money.
IN 1881 Anderson. one of the execu
tors OF the will took me along Taenty
eighth street in New York. aud showed
me soms houses which he told me were
mine The same day he gave me q biz
roll of bills some thousands Of dollarl
which be said Was collected as rent from
my estate and which he gave me TO pa,
for some improvements to my house 81
No 10S Wall street.
Frisbie said that spies we're CONSTANT,
dogglng him. detectives all over the
world had his picture and were
paid TO keep him from gsttlng hli
fortune He says they call him cranl
and say that he is crazy
Bot don't talk like crazy man, do
/. he said,