The San Francisco call., 1897-09-05
TuIare County Vineyard
EmpIoye lnherits
Millions.
Jacob Wilson Wins the Suit
10 Break His Fathers
Will.
r or Years He Has Been Wanderer
Summed Even by His Own
Relatives.

son, aged 81 years, recently an employe
in a truitshed on the ranch OF w. Is.
Nichols IN Tulare County, has just re-
celved notice of a decision in his favor in
the United States Supreme Court in
a suit brought by him in the courts OF
New York in 1856 for his right and title to
portion of a vast estate said to have been
left by his father. Wilson represents that
his father. Jacob Wilson Sr., was n banker
and broker Of Wall street, and that he was
worth in the neighborhood of SIS, 900, 0O0
Wilson appeared in Tulare County in
March of this year as common tramp
with a diminutive bundle of blankets on
his shoulder. He asked for work 10 pay
for his supper and breakfast. His appli-
cation was m ade at the offics OF the Alta
Advocate. the weekly newspaper pub
lished at Dinuba and that paper referring
to the incident the other day, stated that
Wilson's language gave evidence of
high education" The paper continues:
1--WE inquired into his past life and our
questions were answered frankly and in a
straight forward manner. Wilson's story
was that he was the son OF banker and
broker on Wall street bearing the same
had been educated at Princeton and the
Colum bia Law School,"
His mother is represented 10 have died
in 1878, when ne was % years OF ago His
father was married again during the
course of the same year 10 a woman who
had acted in the capacity of nurse. The
marriage displeased both young Wilson
and his two sisters. Wilson, therefore.
Immediately packed his trunk and left for
Australia
Toe sisters remained behind and re-
ceived the stepm other as gracefully as
they could under the circumstances.
In 1884 the father died, leaving an estate
which, Wilson says. was worth abou
SIS 600, 600. To this the sisters, because
OF their fidelity, fell heir, and Jacob Jr.
was disinherited.
Jacob consulted prominent men whom
he had known in his young years, and
through their influence brought about a
will contest in 1886. 1t is this contest
which has now been terminated by the
Supreme Court. During the eleven years
interim Wilson has been penniless and a
wanderer.
His experiences have been bitter, as out
casts experiences usually are. Further
bitterness was added to his life not long
ago when his face was badly disigured in
a railroad wreck. The appearance of his
face due to this accident he says, has kept
him from obtaining lucrative employ.
ment.
Wilson received notice of the termina-
tion of his suit last week, and was only
modestly elated over it. He has suffered
so many years that he seems to be in
capable of real rejoicing In conversa-
tion held with him at the ranch where he
has been working he dweIt with no little
acerbity upon the treatment accorded him
by his sisters.
One of them, whose husband is presi-
dent of a large anufacturing company
in Pittsburg, he claims to have visited in
1888 when he returned from Australia.
He was worn out and sick and hungry at
the time, through the hard ships of an
overland tramp, and went to her door, in
one of the aristocratic neighbour oods of
Pittsburg, and sought her help as a sister.
Says he in relating the incident:
Il was cast aside as one of the outcasts
Of this world, but bearing in mind my
early Biblical education: He that seeketh
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened
to you | sought in the United States
Supre me Court to regain that which have
been deprived of all these years by the
connivance, not only of my own people,
but through the intrigues of others as
WE'LL"
Wilson left Dinuba last Monday and is
now in Stockton with his attorneys ar
ranging to secure his inheritance.