The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-01-21
She Elopsd With a Horse Trader From North
Carolina and Married Hin.
OF FIVE CHILDREN ONE SURVIVES.
lawsr Anderson Of Chic Visited This City and
Newport In Search Of Evidence 10 Support
Case OF ihe New Claimants.

There is prospect of still further let-
cation over the estate of Millionaire
William III. King, who died in the But
Ter Hospital for the Insane ana 10
whose property Mrs. i. a. Webster
Ross made claim as next of Kin. MIS-
Ross many suits are still fresh In the
public mind and are still In the courts
Last evening julius l.. Anderson, an
Ohio attorney, representing alleged
King heirs, having spent the day In
Newport on the same mission. fhe
statement made by Mr.. Anderson ana
by those employing him in this case IS
that William Henry King had sister
Sophia, born March 2s, 1909 That
when this sister was about 13 years oid'
two men, named Sturgill and stone,
came 20 this region from North caro-
line with horses to sell; that Sturgiil
bacame acquainted with the sister,
| Sonhia. and. she being infatuated Win
| him. they cloped. They were narrleu,
and lived in Ashe county, y. G., ana
| atterward moved to Kentucky, where
! she died. sophia left nve chiluren,
only enc of whom is now living Ihere
| are however, a number of grandcnli-
4 IL.
| nois. Ohio and Kentucky.
To substantiate his claim, Mr.. An
| derson has with him an ancient medl :
| cal book. printed somewhere apout
| 1921. which has been I'm the family lii
Kentucky for many years T.. :,
| cover is the name, "Dr. ID. King. Jr',
cut i'm the leather and very ancient
| looixing. on the inside of the cover
| there In the following:
David King, Jr, was horn NeVem-
Der Il. 1872 Sophia Uhe MIDDLE letter
looks like CD King was born Marcf
2s 1876. William IL. Eing was borf
Sept, TO- 1915"
Thore IS also on the front leaf othel
writing which cannot be detiphcred. Or
| the inside of the last cover ~ the name
| "payid King which writing is clam
| ed TO bear a striking resemblance u
| that of the late DR.. King. Also on on
! of the leaves is the name ol w Wniiaiil nii ~
| King. which is old writing. There y
| another old book, printed I'm 1870, whici
| was evidently a school bookvery mucl
| mutiIated In one place In the DOCK j
| written: providence, u. l., AUGUST .
1909" and In another, Ann Nj. King
| her book" This book has also been II
the Kentucky family for many years
rhesc hooks appear to be genuine, an'
| the writing has all the appearance @
age.
/
| Mr.. Anderson also claims To haN
| evidence to prove that DIR. David kinp
| Jr.. and William IL. King visited TN
sister AT her home I'm Ashe county, \
C.. and remained there some time, an
that il is probably at that time he ha
left this medical book with his sister
upon the inside cover OF which rs writ
| ten the data mentioned above. Whil
there. DIR. King performed surgica
operation for gentleman now Twin
i'm that vicinity.
There IL tradition i'm the family tha
| Dr. King. senior, after n time forgav
!, | his daughter for eloping with thl
, | southern stranger, and that he after
, | ward bought and gave her farm
North Carolina.
. still further evidence. MIR. Anderso
, | claims. is the fact that this suppose
, | sister. sophia. named all her childre
after her brothers and sisters, Ntllian
: | David George. Gordon, etc. He CLAIM
that the members of the family. sea-
tered now IN the several states moi
toned. have always asserted their n
h | lationship to the Kings of Newpo
through the sister Sophia, and th'
this Is no new claim trumped up 4,
5 the purpose Of getting a share OF Il
n | King millions.
/, Mr. Anderson seems 20 be very col
scientious in this matter He fully b.
c ,ieyes that there Was such "A sister
j. the King family, and he expects TO q
i tablish such q fact. VI he succeeds u
, | heirs OF this sister. SOPHIA. will be el
titled To one-third or the estate or Il
late William Henry King.