The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-08-09
OTurLLO FULLER MAY DE = MJLLION
hIIE.
Possible that Kills. wife Ia ieIrcss to Al For
tuno-Sccms to be GOOD RoaSon to
DolicyO thnt COiumbians, Now
pnupcrs May Hn Very
WEALTHY.
[Thc State, 9Th. |

The State, 9th.
Tho following appeared in Tho
%t'do Of July l9lh:
Atlanta, Ca, July l9lh.~-An Aus
trniiun fortune Of $lO,OOO,OOO is to
be divided among tho heirs Of tho
lutn josiah Tyson, residing in Gcor-
gia and AlHbamu. Tho firm Of itolio
Smith and II. 6. Peoples has commu-
ricatcd with tho proper authorities
at Melbourne nnd have learned that
the information Of tho inheritance re-
cciycd hcro is correct.
Tho Georgia hcirs nro Henry T..
Tyson, Mrs. NJ. d. Tyson, II. S. Ty-
son, James ID. Tyson, l.. j. Tatum,
W. IL. Thompson, Mrs. Ellon Fuller
and j. S. Tyson. All of thcso 1.-Two
in Troup County in tho ncighbor-
hood of LeGrange. The Alabama
hoirs aro John S. Tyson, Wesley
Wado Gordon, Mrs. Lody Ann Tyson,
Mrs a. MobIcy, Mrs. N. +. Bakcr,
Mrs. n. j. Brown, Mrs +. w. Tyson
and Mrs. Emma T.. lIamcr. Tho
minority of these persons 1.-Two in
Chambers county.
Whom tho eyes of Othello Fnllor,
Of this city, fell on tho above hey
began to expand and they have pur
eucd thai policy ever since. Forth
with no began to build air castles and
has gone 80 far in thoir construction
~ to negotiate for tho purchase Of
plot Of land whoroon to place them.
and all this because Fuller ls Of tho
conviction that he is to como in for &
eharo Of tho fcrty millions left by
,hG Australian.
Tho story Of his claim is on this
yi,ic: Fuller married Georgian who
also was named Fuller and whose
mothor was Il Tyson boforo her mar
ria.o. 'ullcr's wifo is positive that
,ho Tysons named rs logatcoa in tho
will nro rolativos and arc of tho snmc
family as hor mothor.
Acting on this conviction Fuller
has retained Judge Crawford TO in,
testiSato tho matter and push the
claim Of Mrs. Fuller. Judge Cruw
ford wrote lottcr to Atlanta several
Inys ago, but has not rs yot received
4 roply. IIo ls daily expecting aomo
word from tho law firm Of Smith and
Pcoplos in regard to tho matter and
should tho slrmiscs OF Fuller and
his wlc DO correct they will file Il
claim in her behalf for pro rata
share Of the fund to be divided
Naturally Fuller and his wifo arc
intensely excited over tho matter be
cause tho succoss Of their claim will
moan 4 riso from pnuper to million
afro tho like Of which rarely occurs
in tho realms Of fiction.
Fuller and his family havo boon in
destitute circumstances for years, and
thoy have barely had clothes to cover
thoir nakodness. Thoy nro now liv-
ing in small hut northwest Of tho
city on tho land upon which Camp
Fornunco was located.
There was II timo when Fullor's
(athor was ono of tho loading merch-
ants Of Columbia, but that has boon
many years ago although it is still
remembered by somo Of tho older
citZona
Tho period Of Fullcr's prosperity
was what is known now as tho good
old days "before tho war" For
many years Mr.. Fullor ownod and
operated tho largest and most fash'
ionablo hat storo in this city and no
Columbia swoll of that day cons.d-
cred himself properly dressed unless
no woro headgoar that cnmo from
Fullcr's establishment. In this bust
ncss Mr.. Fnllor was ominontly sue
ccssful and he acquired " competency
which no enjoyed for long while.
Tho war camo on, however, and from
this cause Mr.. Fullor's accommodations
woro swept away and no was loft
ponniloss. Until his death tho older
Fuller had to struggle for moro OK,
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