The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-21
A REAL CRYPTOGRAM
DISTRIBUTION OF AN ESTATE
HANGS ON IT.
Death OF a Mysterious Man in Los
Angeles Who Left $142, 0OO-Search
Made For His Heirs.

LOS ANGELES, June Public .Ad-
ministrator Kellogg today said there
was nothing new or definite to give out
concerning the $li2, 900 i'm currency left
in safe deposit box by Charles Hill
the mysterious old man who died sew
eral days ago at the Good Samaritan
Hospital, nor have any traces or com
munications been found that throw any
light upon the nativity of the decedent.
Attorney Leon Moss, legal adviser to
the Public Administrator said Posi-
lively the only evidence we have now
as to the old mans life or nativity lies
in the cryptogram / found i'm his trunk.
, This consists of what appears to be a
meaningless lot of figures arranged in
long rows, with several of them crossed
cut here and there. ON the opposite
page are the names of several cities.
and it may be that when the whole puz-
zle is spelled out ii will reveal some
| thing Anybody is at liberty to come
up and take a try at lt-any one who
thinks he is good at solving puzzles.
we have heard various reports as
to the part of the country from which
| the old fellow came. Certain persons
say he came from British Columbia,
while others are sure he came to Cali
fornia from the East, possibly Penn
! sylvania, but no one appears to know
| enough about the decedent to give us
anything tangible enough to work
| upon"
Every effort will be made to locate
the dead mans legitimate heirs" said
Public Administrator Kellogg. This
will beb rought TO light, | believe, i'm Il
short time. The law on the subject is
that this money must remain in my
custody for seven years, during which
/ time ] must manage the estate After
that, If no heirs are found, the State
takes the estate and keeps it. II at any
time during these seven years the Pub
lie Administrator should be succeeded
! in office by another Administrator in
the regular order Of political affairs.
the same Administrator who took
charge of the estate i'm the first place
continues to look after it, without sal
airy, but on commission"
MILWAUKEE, CWis), June T.
From advices received here tonight
1t Is believed that Charles Hill, who
died at Los Angeles Thursday Ieav-
ing an unclaimed fortune of $l42 900,
| is Michael Hill, who disappeared from
Milwaukee in 1888. In that year
Michael Mill was a partner of w. II .
Wolf, one of the pioneer shipbuilders
Of the great lakes. He suddenly dis
| appeared. AS ii was known that he
| frequently carried large sums of
money on his person murder was sus-
pected All the detective department
was put at work searching for him,
but the search was in vain
He left a wife and several children,
but by the time that the first clew to
his whereabouts was received every
one of the children had left the city and
none could be found. The clew that was
received was a message from Alexander
Allen Of Seattle, Wash, who saw Hill,
whom he had known i'm Milwaukee, In
that city. Hin, he said, was there for
several days but by the time that Hills
daughter reached the Coast Hin had
disappeared as mysteriously as he had
left this city None of his relatives are
known here now