The record-union., 1899-03-19
THERE IS NO MISSING LINK.
AND NO MYSTERY ABOUT GEN.
SUFFERS HEIRS.
a German Named Junk Imagines
He is one, and That q For
tune Awaits Him.

IL Otu0fdl SuIlor lett d1ly lS5eiS'
other than poverty it has not yet been
discovered. Yet there is a German
named Nicholas Junk, subject ol
the KAISER who has become imbueu
with the idea that there is big money
to be got out of the old Generals estate
and that there are no heirs standihs
between him and this pipe-dream ol
riches.
The San Francisco Chronicle" states
that Junk has set in motion the ma
chinery of the German Government
and the San Francisco police depart
ment to aid him in securing claim 10
the inheritance of General John A.
Suffer- in whose millrace at Coloma
the first discovery of California golu
was made by James Wilson Marshaii
on January n, 1S4S.
The police learned of Junks quest
only few days ago, when letter
was received by Chief Lees from ).
Dittmar German Consular agent al
Washington, asking for his assistance
in tracing a daughter of General SUI
ter, supposed to be now residing III 'iiiS
city Her name is Mrs. LINK ana shS
is a widow. The chief purpose OF Dltt-
mar in seeking out Mrs. LINK Is To
use her, apparently, in quletlng lhe
claim of Junk by producing olrecl
heir to General Suffers inheritance
This inheritance, from all that can
be learned. is confined solely to Whal
the dead pioneer miller of Coloma con-
! tributed in life to the making of the
early history and prosperity of CAN
yfornia. Junk however, thinks other
wise.
Junk lives in Germany and cherlsheS
"a dream that he can acquire Vdse
riches by proving his title to certain
claims of Sutter against the Natlolisli
and State Governments. one OF lhese
was Suffers title to the New HeleVtia
land grant, which was dlsposeo u
many years ago to pay the ola piohee-
debts. The other was clalin eii"'
Sutter made on the United ola.ee loi
an allowance on account Oh "hhe LIZ
discovery of gold in his mlllrdce n"u
contributed toward populatlng Saliioi
MIA. After spending years III " ash
ington seeking recognition IN this pa
ticular Sutter failed, dying poor MAJ
according to the general belief in the
Capital City.
consular Agent Dittmar in his letter
20 1vbiaf Lees saws that Junk, pre-
tending to be relative OF Genera
tho German Government and the Ger
man Embassy at Washington by ask
inc help in getting the inheritance let
bv the said Sutter. to which he declares
himself entitled by will made IN laS'i
Of tho deceased's wife" The letter does
NOT make clear by what right Nlcnoias
Junk asserts himself to be the legatee
of General Suffers widow. JUNK mas
s,,cceeded. nevertheless, in proVlhs u
he a. fast thorn in the German ulpio-
matic flesh. for Dittmar 1ntimales 'ha
he has been instructed from beiilii ~
investigate thoroughly his alleged re
lationship to Sutter.
From the German Consul IN tIis ei'S
Dittmar learned about Mrs. Linz no
If she still survives, is the only KNOW Il
living child of Sutter- Ihe Coiisuiii
agent also learned in washington ehe
date of Suffers death and the iacl tne'.
ne died in apparent poverty an ina.
remains for him to do is TO discover
Mrs Link or her heirs, ana theh
epa, effort will be made by the German
Government to wipe Nicholas JUNK
from its list of foreign imbrogllos-
The task of locating the Widow LINK
has devolved upon Sergeant Jonh ~.
Noftit and it is proving a difficult one
A week ago the Sergeant equlppea
himself with a list of all the San FRAN
cisco Links he could find in the al
rectorv. Since then he has visited
every Link IN the city and one oak
land Link but none of them turned Out
TO be relatives of Sutter- his sealch
for the missing Link will now be car
ried through the mails to the state al
large. .
Valentine Arcego of Sacramento d
vell-known citizen, said to a 'Recotu-
ITnion'' reporter yesterday that all TINS
talk about there being any mystery
concerning the identity or Whereabouts
of General Suffers direct helrs -
amusing to friends of the family
He states that the wife and cnilureh
of John A. Sutter, Jr, reside III
Acapulco Mexico, where the latter was
American Consul for many years. Dr'
Tarnaso Moreno the family physlctaii
tbere was in Sacramento little over
a wear ago and visited Mr.. Arcego
mother. and from him mucn was
learned regarding the family OF lne
Generals son. -,
Their address has however, peen Wen
known to lawyers here, VINO COZ
sponded with them long ago reiauVe
10 securing their consent to the use VI
the nublic squares dedicated by Suffer
to Sacramento for public purposes
FOLSOM PRISON SEWAGE.
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