Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-30

HEIRS TO BIG ESTATE
Descendants Of Ludwig Baker Organ
izing to Secure a Fortune.
LOCATED IN GERMANY AND AMERICA
Nearly a Million Dollars for Each
Individual interested.
MEETING OF OHIO HEIRS
MEETING OF OHIO HEIRS

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
UPPER SANDUsKY, Ohio. September 30.
"A meeting is being held at Carey today
| to effect an organization Of the heirs re-
siding in this part Of the state to the i'm
| nense Boxer estate in Germany and Amer
lea. Plans will also be adopted to further
similar organization In all parts of the
| country. and when this is doIe, to effect
national organization, with determined
purpose to secure the property. The meet
ing>is largely attended and valuable infor-
nation is being CLEANED.
The alleged estate In Germany is said to
amount to 15o,OOO,000 marks and the estate
| in this country, said to be located at Phila-
delphia, amounts to $500. OO0, 900, $50, OOO. 900
| of which is in cash in the Bank OF North
America in that city.
Family is Extensive.
The Baker family is extensive, with nu-
| merons branches. located in the middle and
| eastern states, numbering far as known
between 300 and $50 members. Mrs. Steph-
| en- J. Hart Of this city traces her lineage
back to her great-great-grandfathe Lud-
wig Baker, who was a brother of Jacob
Baker, who, in 11S6. located the landed
property in Philadelphia. She was recently
furnished the following:
This Is to certify that the official mar
rage register of Trinity Lutheran Church,
Lancaster. Pa. contains the following rec
ords: April IA. 1774-John Henry Baker
Springer (of Hempfield township Lancaster
county,. August %, 1795-John Hartzell
and Magdalena Baker. July go 1199-John
Baker and Justina Janson (of Litis). No
vember 4, 1S00-Henry Mathael and Mar
garet Baker Signed: Charles L. Fry"
Mrs. Harris husband is making a deter
mined effort to trace the lineage so as to
connect with the immense estate, and is
meeting with To
your correspondent he said today:
Original Emigrants I'm Pennsylvania.
1.-THE original Baker American emigrants
from Germany settled on the Octorare
creek, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania
| in ITO. and their descendants became revo-
lutionary soldiers. Ten years ago 1 re-
ceived information from the American con-
sui at Mannheim, Germany. that the Bakers
We're heirs to an estate in Germany
amounting to 150.000.00O marks, and to
landed estate in America. Additional in
formation was received a few years since
from DR.. Friedberg. the noted chancellor
of Germany, who was custodian of the
German estate at the time. He wrote that
the. Bakers were heirs to the estate and
offered to collect the same for 10 per cent.
A dispute ensued over the matter of COM
mission. and in the meantime DIR. Fried
berg died.
Mr.. Hart further says that he recently
received Information from an attorney at
Lancaster. Pa, that there is no doubt that
the Bakers are heirs to the Germany es-
tate.
Those Who Are Expected.
The following is list, in part, of Baker
heirs who are expected at the meeting to-
dey: d. L. Baker and VIM. Baker,
Wyandot county; Mary M. Hall and Danl
Loose. Melmore. Ohio; Geo. F. Brett. Tiff
fin, Ohio; B. F. Bretz, Green Springs. Ohio;
H. F. Pennington, Chicago; Mary A.
Martzall and Henry Martzall, East Peters,
burg, Pa: Jacob Gottshall, Gettsburg
Ohio; DR.. s. d. Hartman. Columbus, Ohio;
Chas. E. Lott. Sandusky. Ohio: Henry
Zigler, Blosserville, Pa; Thos Martzall,
Gettsburg, Ohio: Mrs. B. K. Smaling, Mrs.
Anna Martzall and Thos Jeffries of Lam
caster, Pa.