The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-27
Miss Ferona E. Hall.


father. the woman has determined to
cast off the letters of the dark life and
once more try to regain the station that
she fOresOOk.
Miss Hall. who for months past has
lived under an assumed name in this
city, claims to be the granddaughter
and sole heir of the late Colonel J. x.
Hall of Columbus, o., who died in that
city a week ago, leaving an estate Of
81 900 600 cash and a like amount in
property.
Returns to Claim Millions.
After the death of the millionaire the
executors of the estate. believing that
Miss Hall was here attending some
school, attempted to locate her. Every
effort was unavailing. A newspaper
with a notice of the cOIOneI's death
found its way into the Commercial
street house. With this first news Of
her fortune Miss Hall hurried to the
telegraph Office to discover that tele-
grams had been received here for her
and that every school in the city had
been searched for her
She Immediately sent a message to
Attorney NJ. c. Rodney who was her
grandfather's legal adviser at Column
bus, telling him of her whereabouts
She has received a reply from him as
surfing her that she is the only living
heir to the fortune and urging her to
come 70 Columbus and claim it. Miss
Hall expects to leave for her old home
next Monday and viii go to claim the
millions that she says are hers.
The young woman. who is but Is
years of age, has spent the last ten
years wandering over the western
country without home or people. Her
story is that Of a beautiful young girl
LED astray by a faithless lover and
driven from her home of luxury and
wealth by shame
She Loved, But Not Wisely.
My mother died when was but 6
weeks old said Miss Hall. in telling
her story last night. My father died
in Scotland two years later. Ny grand
father. who had already made a for
tune in Ireland took me to his home
GRANDMOTHER was a mother to me until
was is years of age. Then I met the
SON of q millionaire. We became en-
gagged But it is the old story. Rather
tAan face the whitening scorn of So
ciety and disgrace the name OF my
grandparents. I ran away from home.
Since then l have wandered about over
the western states Grandmother died
years ago. and grandfather never knew
the kind of life that I was leading. He
thought me in school He supported
me and my two children have known
for years thar some day this fortune
would be mine.
Il have often wished" laughed the
woman, that I had married before
got the money, for I know now that if
any one marries me it will be for the
money I think I viii so to Europe.
where no one knows nave a cent. and
pick out a husband there. / couldn't
get one here that wouldn't be after the
money"
To Live in the Old Home.
When asked what she was going to
do with her money she .aughingly re-
piled
Well 1 guess I will have to buy an
automobile and take a trip 10 England
/ expect to so back home and live in
the beautiful house that I have there
and take care of my children
Miss Hail came to this city five
months ago. and since that time has
resided in a resort on Commercial
street That she claimed to be an
heiress was known. but her identity
was not known until the notice of death
OF her grandfather was received.