The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-14
WEARING DOWN HIS MILLIONS

naturally very much excited over their
| prospective fortune.
WEARING DOWN HIS MILLIONS
Tom BY the's Great Fortune In the Nav of
| the Courts.
| New York, July 13-The Herald says:
Justice is playing battledore and shut
slecock with Tom" Blythe's millions.
They have been in litigation for dozen
years. During that time each success
| i've decision has reversed or modified
the one preceding t. The very latest
| decision was handed down on July by
Judge w. W. Morrow. of the United
| States circuit court. II makes a~clean
| sweep of the claims of the putative
| daughter of tom" Blythe, Mrs. Flor
ence Blythe Hinckley, the very attract
| i've young widow who has hitherto been
at the head of the running. 1t declares
| not only that she was illegitimate. which
was virtually conceded before, but that
there is no evidence that she was the
child Of the dead millionaire, and that
her claims are consequently fraudulent.
Equally fraudulent, according to the
same decree, are the claims of John W.
Blythe and Henry T. Blythe.
The next of kin TO the late Thomas H.
Blythe are declared to be as follows:
Alexander and William Jones. James
Maudsley. Elizabeth Jacques, Robert Do
yer. Hannah Monk. Jane Page. James
Blythe and Elizabeth Page and George
Page. the English heirs.
But the end it not yet. Mrs. Hinck-
ley is not the sort of person to let the
millions that were within her grasp slip
away without a struggle. On July s she
secured from Judge Morrow a stay of
proceedings, allowing her attorneys to
file petition asking to have the decree
of July s set aside. The petition will
stands al present. The odds are against
Mrs. Hinckley, but she has faced and
conquered greater odds in the past
The stake is worth fighting for. Thorn
as H. Blythe died IN San Francisco on
April 4. 1883. leaving an estate worth at
least 100000 Blythe was no. his real
name but ii was the name under which
he mad been naturalized. He had drift
ed into California in the famous days
Of 1s49. He was a peddler, OF unknown
antecedents. Saving up few hundred
dollars, he loaned them on a block of
land. then far up among the sand hills
of Market street, but now in the very
heart of the town. Later he became lord
of kingdom OF several thousand acres
of Mexican lands. to protect which he
kept in personal service a small stand
ing army. Moreover. he owned a small
er parcel In San Diego and other coun-
ties. besides much valuable railroad and
other stock.
II is certain that he made will. In
which he cleared up the obscurity attach
ing to his past, declared his real name
and distributed his wealth among rela-
t'ves and friends. II is equally certain
hat that will has disappeared. The man.
ner CT It's disappearance is a mystery.
From all parts Of England, Scotland.
Ireland and the United States appeared
cloud Of Blythes TO claim kindred with
the deceased and ask for share Of his
estate Besides these appeared a num-
Der OF claimants Of other names. which
they swore 10 be the real patronymics
of the mysterious deceased The Saw
ages and willianses told the straight
est story.
According 20 the Sava9 who were
all LONDON chimney sweeps. the deceased |
belonged by birth TO the same august |
profession His real meme was Thomas |
n. Savage. In 1927. when lad OF II |
or is he had been convicted Of stealing |
a silver cruet stand and transported 20 /
Australia Obtaining ticket OF leave for /
r..
TO Blythe (after an aunt and had OBJ /
tained position on ranch. His tick
et % leave had expired in 1s4s, when
he shipped 20 California.
According 70 ri1e Williams story, which
has been adjudged 90 be the true one.
the dead millionaire real name gas
Thomas Williams He was born in
Wales n 1922. With his brother James
ne established himself IN business in Liz
arpool- After some years OF Success. he
Became heavily involved Under English
ax ne was liable % arrest and inprizon-
nent To avoid this he fed the coun-
Try in 1s4s- A. the dock he announced
70 his lawyer that ne vas gong 70 seek
is fortune in California an. that there.
n order - shield his family. ne would
(
Francisco in ls4e
Besides the Blytnes. the savages ana
ne Wiilisuzes. there were several xo-
,nen VINO claimed TO be his wives or me
mothers % children whom ne hal as-
The straigh;est story Of all
Eas told by Mrs julia Asacrof,. mother
Z Florencs Blythe. vno married Fressr- .
tx Hincklsy q Oakland. Cal. in 1902 .
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