The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19
money would be equally divided,

money would be equally divided.
The news caused considerable excite
ment in Southbridge, and when THE
husband of one of the Worcester heirs
read The Spy's story and saw the pos
sibilities of rolling in wealth in the
near future, he jumped for joy, and
when his friends were informed they
followed suit, and yesterday was a
Joyous day in several Worcester
| homes.
Late yesterday afternoon The Spy
man learned that the wives Of NJ. J
Bachand, the Front street barber Gil
bert Lavellee a shoemaker at 20 Par
ker street, and Louis Girard, also a
shoemaker, at 16 Gage street, were
/ daughters Of Henry Belthezor, a first
cousin and only living relative on that
side of the house to the dead million
aire priest of California, and were en-
titled to good-sized slice of the big
fortune.
1 M. j. Bachand is a reader of The
! Spy, and he saw the story from South
/ bridge early yesterday morning, and as
/ soon as he collected his scattered
| senses he realized that his wife was
one of the direct descendants and that
! he could some day retire from BUSH
ness and live on the fat Of the land
Saturday was a busy cay and Mr..
Bachand did not get time to go home
and tell his wife of the good news,
and when The Spy man called at his
shop he explained the circumstances,
and gave the reporter a letter written
| in French asking the lady to give the
| bearer all the information regarding
the affair, that lay in her power, and
also pictures of the Worcester heirs.
! The Spy man broke the good news
to Mrs. Bachand at her home, 60 East
I - OH
whelmed with, as she expressed 1t, q
! feeling she had never experienced be-
/ fore, and as soon as she could, told
| the story of her relationship in her
| own way. She said:
"My fathers Oldest brother, Joseph
! Belthezor, had two sons, Henry and l..
| Frederick BeltheZor, who studied for
| the priesthood at their home in Mon
treal, Canada. Henry died many years
AGO and the other brother disappeared,
| but we learned that he was in the west
and had accumulated large fortune.
'NIy father left Canada when he was
quite a young man and settled in
Southbridge, where he lived for years.
| He knows of the money the priest was
supposed to have and has many times
told us children not to worry about be-
| ing obliged to work hard to keep a
roof over our heads, as some day we
would all be rolling in wealth
1.-THE Lucier family at Southbridge
are children Of my fathers sister as
near as I can establish the relationship.
MY father, Henry Belthezor, lives in
Providence, and is now in his nth
year have three sisters and broth
| ers living. Henry, Jr., the Oldest broth
| er. takes care of my father at his
| Providence home, and Nelson, the next
Youngest is at work at Montreal. My
Oldest sister Mrs. Elmira Cakes, re-
| sides at Woodstock, Conn, and Mrs.
! Louise Girard and Mrs. Gilbert La
yanee live in Worcester.
! Il am sure that Mrs. Lucier's chill
| dren and my father are the only heirs
! of FIR Belthezor living. The father
and mother Of our dead cousin died
long ago and there were no other chill
| dren.
1--WE will at once notify my poor old
father and then take steps to join
! forces with t. Luciers and claim our
share, but / shall leave that part of
the affair to my husband"
| Two Of Bachand's boys were present
while the mother told the story, and
when she was through the eldest said
to The Spy man; Hill my mama get
so much money!" and when told she
probably would, he threw both his arms
around his little brother and cried:
| Some day we'll get it and then we'll
buy two ponies" And they danced
about the room and were as happy as
two children could possibly be. The
mothers face was all aglow as she
bade the reporter good night and wished
that he might some day have a mes
senger bring him the news that he mad
been left a fortune
The other heirs were also over
whelmed when The Spy man told his
mission. Mrs Louise Girard said Mrs
Bachand's story was correct. She said
that oftimes her father had talked for
hours about his wealthy first cousin
and had thoroughly believed that some
day the money would come to him or
his children. Old Mr. Bethezor's wife
died last April. He has visited Worces-
ter many times and is quite well known
among the French residents.
The husbands Of three prospective