Evening journal., 1897-04-12
AFTER KINGS MILLIONS
Mrs. Ross Strange Story In Her
Fight For His Estate.
SIZE SAYS HB WAS HER UNCLE.

Fugitive From the United states-snys
IIo Was Kidnapped.
New York, April 12.-Mrs. Il. A. Web
ster Ross. who has made several un-
successful attempts in Massachusetts
and Rhode Island to get control Of the
estate Of William Henry King, million
aire, will continue her battle in this
city this week.
King died in the Butler hospital.
Providence. on March last. He had
been confined in an insane asylum for
81 years. Mrs. Ross appeared In 1923.
said King was her long lost uncle and
denied that he was related to the King
family of Rhode Island. members of
which had had him pronounced insane
and one Of whom had been appointed
guardian of his person and property.
| When he died one of these Kings petit
toned to be appointed administrators
OF his estate. Mrs. Ross offered q simi-
La petition. As King had real estate
IN this county, counter petitions were
also filed with Surrogate Arnold.
la all her actions heretofore Mrs.
! Ross declined TO say more than that
she was next of kin and the only heir
to William Henry Kings millions. She
was charged by the Kings Of Rhode Is
land with being an adventures and
was given two opportunities In court
60 explain her history and antecedents,
but although directed by the judges TO
do so, She refused, and GS efore was
not permitted TO be a party 20 the ac-
tions then pending.
King Was Not "a King.
Mrs. Ross filed an affidavit with Sur
rogate Arnold through former Judge
Dittenhoefer her counsel, on Saturday.
In this she tells all about her family
back TO The days of King George. She
SAYS the man who was known as George
Is ug was not entitled TO the name. In
he' affidavit, which is fled as an an
swcr 60 supplementary anidavits made
by the Rhode Island Kings Mrs. Ross
says also that she is the widow of Isaac
Allison Ross. that they lived on plan
talon in Mississippi until 1863. when
they lsccanne residents of this city, and
that her husband died IN Charleston. S.
c., while on a visit there, in 1876 She
AYERS that her father was James T..
Calhoun. a cousin. Of the famous South
Carolina statesman. that her mother
was Christiana Gordon, and that she is
descended from three of the oldest FAM
niss In America
Mrs. Ross was asked about these
three families She said they were the
Grants OF Rhode Island. the Websters
Of Philadelphia and the Germans OF
Boston. who originally hailed from Alb
eiaeen. Scotland. She claims Daniel
webster as a distant klnsman and
traces her Grant ancestry back to thc
harons of Kinmeachly. She also spoke
! Of numerous cousins of wealth and
~. .aaasn
: vauia and the south. Her husband sh'
q said, was a STAFF officer I'm the Confed
4 crate army and q grandson Of Captain
Isaac Ross. who died IN 1896 and wille
s that his 200 slaves should be returned
10 Africa and that his estate, valued a
100000. should go to them.
Mrs. Ross Strange Charges.
la her affidavit Mrs Ross further
SAYS that she Is prepared 20 prove tha
r the William Henry King who died IL
: the Butler hospital was not the brother
OF George Gordon King. DIR. Davit
- Kng and Edward King but was hel
uu e. who, when he was a young man
I got into a difficulty in Boston, in con
, sequence of which he left the United
States; that, being acquainted witt
T, Edward King, he assumed the latter
family name and joined him in Canton
, China that they were known there a.
y brothers. that the two returned a.
T. brothers and remained in New York
: whore they were known as brothers
! until 1866, when. she alleges her uncl
was kidnapped, taken to Rhode Islan'
and thrown into an insane asylum b,
thc men whose family name he took.
= AIRS. Ross prays that letters Of admin
isDation be granted to her. or TO her il
lrrra
- or that some trust company be appoint
ed To collect and hold the vast estat
uuln such time as proof OF the rightfu
ownership be determined.
an affidavit cf Ludlow Patton is at
taohed. Patton was a broker at 10 VIII
a liam street from 1851 until 1873, when h
J, retired. lie is 20 years old. He affirm
\ that he knew Edward and William n
y Kug in New York from 1851 until WI
liam H. suddenly disappeared, In 1S6l
- that the men in no way resembled eac
other and that Mrs. Ross, who intro
l. drced herself to him recently. strongl
d resembles William II. He adds that h
q has seen Photographic copies of testi
/. mony en- which William il. was adjudg
n ed insane. The testimony is that Wi
" liam showed signs of mental weakness
= for several years prior to 1865. Patio
n denies .his and testihes that he had
Is remarkably clear intellect
lfrs. Eoss intimated that the diff
Guilty" that led her uncle TO leave Bo'
ton and change his name was punish
able by death. She will set up the clail
A. that the man who was known as Kin
was carried from Troy, this state to
:, Massachusetts insane asylum on n
I" eve Of what was to have been his wet
ding day, and that she, not KNOWN
- what name he had assumed when
abandoned his own spent 2S years
tiaveling around he world search'r
foi him. and that she was rewarded
1892 by finding him in Providence.
The surrogate's case. IL is expecte
90 win go to a referee this week. At Il
m hcarings Mrs. Ross will. she says, te
the whole story. including the reasc
a. for her uncle's fight from the Unite
a states and change OF name.