The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-25
Grace Elliott, of San Francisco, Falls
Heir to Colossal Wealth.
A ROMANTIC DISCOVERY
ADOPTED AS AN ORPHAN By
PEOPLE OF MODERATE MEANS.
Only Recently Did It Become Known
That She Is the Daughter Of
1mblay Clarke, a Peruvian Mul-
tinillionaire Miner, Who Died In
Australia Years Ago.

San Francisco. Oct "a San Fran
cisco girl raised IN moderate circum-
stances has been transformed INFO en-
feiress of one of she greatest fortunes
t.aAt has ever fallen 20 the lot Of
Californian. Grace El9oEt, a young lady
Of q years. living with her adopted par
erHts at 62S O'Farreu street, mas been in
formed that she IS the righEfuI owner
Of property said to be valued at S25, 900.
The colossal fortune awaits aer in Eng
land. Wl.hout contests. simply by PROV
ING her iaeDS!ty, wll.ch cam easily be
dome, the Il!ll.onS VIA bs transferred 10
A New York dispatch, published here
last Monday, stated ulat vice President
Hobart and Governor Griggs of New
Jersey were endedVorAg 70 ooca-M 1roIn
the English courts q settlement OF tLlo
estate OF lmbiaY Clarke, a mining oper-
atOr who had died 20 years before. Tllere
Were two claimants 10 the estate, Nam
Clarke Squire of Jersey City and Grace
Clarke of NeM Brunswick, both nieceS OF
tine deceased nli.4Ionaire. The efforts OF
Hobart WIN probably result successfully,
but the SIS. $3.50 VIII nos So 20 she east
ern c4eces, as Grace EllioHt of this city
is GGuce Clarke, tAe daughter of the dead
muidmlllionatra.
In 1916. Imb4y Clarke, a Wea1hy mine
0Wnsr of Peru and Australia, arrived in
this city with his wife 4 daughter was
B-LI 10 Mrs Clarke. In delicate health
before the event. the mother was unable
to survive ii. and d StlOrl time after died,
| leaving the father and daughter. only a
few days old. N a strange country and
without friends. Clarke was broken
I hearted over the death of MS wife and
determined TO take her Body back TO her
native land. Aware Of the folly of at
tempting 10 take the child VIDA htm, ne
set aboG,n locking for a place wtlaTe she
miqglt be provided for untM he could re-
cuIil after cons l1llag the remains Of his
wife to tiha earth of Australia To q Mrs
CfrisWCld he lntrustsd Ll.s HIDE daughter,
I a-lucC tlcilg that ne would return TO Cal
enid.
Before his departure, Clarke c9nristened
| his child Grace. Months passed BY and
| Clarke did not RETURN as he "a prom
| is,sd The officials of Australia were COM
nlra.eated with, and from eAem was
; lasgred tina reason fog Clarke's failure
! 70 keep his promise Ha was dead Borne
down by the grief of his lass. he had
survived his wife oaly q few weeks. and
SGca after he had paced f0ot . pon Aus
! traaian soil he passed away
| Mrs GrisWold inserted an advertisement
I in q. local paper. stating falat a E-Tl OF
! good rarentaGe coGlld be adopted by a re
| spectacle family. Among tile, many .ljhat
! Rad She advertisement was HE wife of
! William r. Ell4c'.t. Application was made
J and the legal IlaGterS attending the trals-
action were gone Through, with the
! daughter of rllia niltonaire tiauS becoming
! che child of the ElliottS.
Years passed by and NONE of the family
SUSPECTED the riches that had lain fer
| wears unctia. med. until the news pu9-
| hshed hare last Monday. waon it became
! known that Grace was the true heireSs.
There is nothing gG1at would q INIT OF
| contest, declare her lawyers, 50 conclusive
! IS the eysdeNce. and all that is now TO be
dome Is 20 prove 80 tine satisfaction of the
! British GoVernmeGf tilat Grace ENaott is
! Grace Clarke. Miss EIllictt or Miss
| Clarke Is well known in Chicago, where
/ sha has taken prominent parts in ANA
| deur tDleatricals and reclcals.