The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-13
THE TURKS RUN OUT.
Greeks Force Them From Their Gar.
risOn at BaltinO.
THE LOSS OF MEN HEAVY.
The InvAdsrs Only Lose = Few Mes
aad Take Charge Of the FlAos.
Oniy MssEer News Received
FFon the Rattle Yet

New York, April i2-MrA 2. A.
Webster Ross, who has made several
unsuccessful attempts Ia Massachu'
so,ts and Rhode Island 20 get control
Of the estate Of wm Henry King. mil. |
lionaire. will continue her battle 10
this city this week. King died In the
Butler hospital, Providence. r. l.. on
March 8. last lie bad been confined
In an insane asylum for thlrty-Ons
years. Ms. Ross appeared In 1898,
ssld he was her long los, unole and that
she was related 20 the Klng family o.
RaOde Island. members Of which had
had him pronounced insane and one
Of whom had been appointed guardian
Of his person and property. When be
died one ot these Kings peutioned 70
be appointed Administrator OF his IS.
tate Mrs. Ross offered similar peii.
ton A King had real estate Ia this
county. counter peiltions were also
hled with Surrogate Arnold
In all her actions heretofore Mrs Ross
declined % say more than that che was
neIt hin and the only heir 70 wm
Henry Kings millions She was chArg.
ed by the Kings OF Rhode Island With
being an adventures and was given
two opportunities to explain her histo.
~ and anteoedants. but although d..
rccted by the judges 10 do -. she re-
fused and therefore was not permitted
TO Be a party 10 the actions then pend
Tag
Mrs Ross has now filed an afHdavli
with Surrogate Arnold through former
Judge DittoRhoefer her counsel In
this she tells about her family back to
the days Of King George She says the.
man wko was known a. George King
was not entitled TO that name. In his
afRdavit. which was filed as an answer
10 supplementary sflday!ts made BY
the Rhode Island Kings. Mrs Ross
says also thA, she is the widow oi Isaac
Allison Ross; that they lived on a
plantation In Mississippi until 1868.
when they became residents OF this
city and thA, her husband died az
Charleston. S. C.. while on a visit there
IN 1879 she AYERS that her father was
Jas E. Calhoun. a cousin OF the famous
South Carolina statesman. that her
mother was Chr.stiaua German and
that she Is descended from one Of The
oldeEi families 10 America, namely. the
Grsna q Rhode Island. the Websters
q PhhadelPhia and the Germans Of
Bostoa she olains Noah Webster a.
a distant relative She also claims to
have numerous cousins OF wealth and
prominence IN New England. Ponnsyl-
vanla and the south. Her husband
she said. was = stan officer In the Con
fsdsraie army and a grandson Of Cap
tain Isaac Ross. who died In 1886 and
willed that his 900 slaves should b. re-
turned 70 Africa and that his estate.
valued at ,2oO.c 900 should 60 to them.
In her afndavii Mrs. Ross further
says that she Is prepared 10 prove that
Wm. Hsny King. who died In the
Butts hospital, waa moi a brother Of
George German KihG. nor David King
and Edward Klng. but was her unole.
who. when be was a young man. got
into a dlaculiy 10 Bos,oa. In ooase-
QusRee Of EAich be los the United
Sentes: that bang acQusinted with FL
wArd King, be assumed the lAiier's
hnRy Aans and tOlned him In Can
ten, o. That they we're known there
a. brotheN. that the two remained as
brothers and remained in New York
whore Asy were known a. brothers
uAtil April 6. when her uncle was kid
aapped. tAksh to Rhode Island and
hanged
An ahSSvit OF Ludlow Patton is at
tachsd. Pateon was a broker from 1851
unall is1s. when he retired. he Is
seventy years old. Tie sfarms that he
knew Edward and wm H. Klng In
lst5. whea william suddenly dlsap-
psared in isss; TIA, the men In no way
ruemblod each other and that Mrs
Ross. who intrOdnccd herself 20 him
rscoauy, s,rOnEly resembles wm. n
King Ne ades nai he has seen copies
Of testimony 10 which WIN. a. was sd.
judged insane The testimony h that
William sAered signs Of mental veal
ness fOr severl yoars prior TO iS6t
/ Ps,tsn doaiss Hls and tostlaed thst ht
bad a reaAAERshlS clear lntellcct.
MDs RosslHtinAtsd tha, the "dlniCul,
"" that lod Aer unole e. leave Bostor
an change hia name was punishable by
death. She will 81 up the claim thai
the man whs was acting as King wai
sent 10 an lsylum on the eve Of hli
wedding day and she no, knowing whaN
names he had given. has been In tgno
rance Of her unole's whereabouts al
tAsse years.
At ne hearings Ms Ross viii tel
the vA6le ssoD. including the reAsoT
for nsr unele'g flght from the Unlte,
Statea and eaange OF name