Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-08-17
HIS FORTUNE A VISION.
somE FACTS ABOUT JOHN MILLER's
SOS 100000 FORTUNE.
An Investigation Brings 20 Light the
Truth About the ssFortune'' Of Berise-
Iey's County's visionary Multi
Millionaire.


Iey's county's Visionary Multi
millionaire.
The Herald has taken the trouble
to investigate the truth of the
claim OF Mr. John Miller. the resi-
dent of this county who is either
laboring under the hallucination that
he is going to get fortune amount
ing to sos, 900, 600 or is putting up
mighty good bluf in borrowing
money from residents Of the county
to enforce his alleged claim
The result Of this investigation is a
verification Of the popular belief that
the fortune is only vision of the
claimant. At least il was once a
vision. He has been made fully
aware Of the fact that no fortune
awaits him in England, but, appar-
entity, he is still trying to mislead the
people and some who have faith in
his story are forwarding him money
BY circular sent here by William
III. OsDOlnts OHitfh ADtNtNC GOADNt
General in England, that vision is
wiped out. In regard 70 unclaimed
funds in chancery the circular states :
The total amount unclaimed is on
ly about $500, 600 and large amount
of this appears to have been paid in
by railway companies taking land tor
k..k -
of the amount exceeds $3.50 and not
more than the one seventh of such
accounts exceed So, 600.
IF after careful Consideration of
these facts you consider it it is worth
your while to have an investigation
OF the claim made | recommend a
firm of lawyers in London, Messrs
Marsland, Hewitt q Urquhart, No. $50
Leaderhall street. They require
fee in advance and full partiulars of
case. My opinion is that in 80 per
cent. of the cases submitted to them
or any solicitors they will only sue
coed in satisfying the claimant that
there is no such estate or that the
claimant has no interest; SO tnat the
money thus paid for investigation
will simply be wasted. These social
ed legacies and estates are almost all
visionary.
the communication was ON the
official paper of the United States
/ u, Lot Inf -
ten TO the lawyers mentioned. They
investigated Miller's claim, which is
made through child of his wife s
grandmother. After giving birth to
the above mentioned chi Id, whose
father was Jacques the grand
mother came to this country and mar
ried Pltsnogle and Mrs. Miller is a
daughter of one of the children.
After the investigation the lawyers
wrote here that there was not any
sign of such estate or legacy.
In spite of these facts, of which
Miller is well informed, he is still
fooling some of the people. If
names of some of the men through
whom he has gotten money within
the past month were mentioned there
would be considerable surprise
caused.
This statement of the facts in the
case is made to put the people on
their guard. The visionary mlllion-
airt now travels around with the air
of a real millionaire. lie boarded q
B. and o. tram this morning with
his baggage checked to Washington
and with cards attached to his grips
bearing this inscription: John Mil
Ter, Waldorf Astoria, New York. -
Yet it is doubtful if he ever saw on
the inside of the Waldorf Astoria