Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03

arrival and that the nobleman had d.
rected that the heirs" should 90 TO
Manchester Immediately and apply to "A
legal firm there whose name was men
toned, and receive from these lawyers
their Inheritance,
NO SUCH FIRM.
But when the brothers, having hur-
ried to Manchester. tried 20 find the le-
gal firm at the address furnished them,
they failed, There was no such firm IN
Manchester Then they called at the
office Of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, al
so In Manchester where, though they
were treated politely the half ezra zed
men were told that nothing was known
of any relative OF theirs having died and
left legacy for them. Almost hopeless
now they spent all the money they had
left between them in getting back TO
London and there made search for
'Messrs. Harrison Il Baxter. But in
High Holborn whore the lawyers Of
fees were supposed to be located, no
such law firm existed. And 50 the two
old men at last gave mp and realized
that they had been duped
DISAPPEARED ENTIRELY.
Evidently the disappointment was too
much for the younger brother, Freder-
ick, for he disappeared entirely after the
last facer and John Goodwin has no
idea what has become OF him The
elder brother lost no time in making his
way to the police court In the Southwick
district of London and laying his case
before the magistrate there, At flrst Of
course, he was looked upon
with some suspicion, but in
hU ha
established the fact that everything
that he has said Is true, and that he
and his brother did arrive In London
from Australia together
ADRlFT AND PENNILEss.
Meanwhile this man of nearly TO-,
adrift. penniless, In what is now a
strange country TO him, is in about as
heart breaking a situation as ever a
man had to face As he Is too old TO do
any sort Of work except such as he did
In Australia, the Southwark police
court magistrate advised him to apply
20 the agent general in London of the
Queensland government for means Of
getting back to his home and his wife
That official, however replied CURLY
that there were no funds for such a
purpose and actually advised the vet
cran who, by the way Is partially
crippled, to try Cor a job as stoker'
FROM THE poor BOX"
At present, John Goodwin Is living on
10 cents a day which the Southwark
magistrate has allowed him from the
public poor box. Meanwhile two sisters
Of the Goodwins have turned up in
London, having learned from the news
papers Of their brothers straits From
them, the disappointed fortune seeker
has learned that their Uncle Holland"
did die many years ago, leaving about
$1,000, which was bequeathed, however,
to some illegitimate children Of his with
n small reversion TO his nieces the only
ones OF his brothers family whom he
remembered I'm his will The sisters
have no means OF their own both be-
Ing companions" and are unable TO do
anything Of consequence to assist their
brother.
WHY WAS 1T?
But there Is no light upon the mys-
terry of why these two inoffensiye old
men were dragged from Australia to
London and duped into spending their
all upon their useless quest II cannot
be discovered who inserted the false
advertisement In the Australian news
papers nor who sent the letter received
by the Goodwins on reaching London.
Evidently, however. the author OF this
Joke" was perfectly conversant with
the Goodwin's family history.
The case Of the two men has made n
sensation In this country, and public
sentiment is in favor Of raising a fund
for the purpose Of sending them back
home as thing that England owes
them"