The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-22
OF zap
LEFT A MILLION
Georgia Widow Expects to Get
Bulk of the Estate.
ROMANTIC STORY OF O'KEEFE
FACTS OF FORTUNE ARE
VOUCHED FOR.

Savannah, Cattle story of the wealth
of David O'Keeefe. the stalwart Irishman
who went to the island of zap, in the
Caroline group, and there esta 1iished a
klngCom, over which he ruled for many
years, seems to be true. That he was
immensely wealthy is now a certainty,
and tn4t the natives of the island looked
upon MIN as a monarch Is equally true
these facts are vOuched for by Waiter
=. Hartridge, Savannah attorney VINO
has returned TO his home in Savannah
after a visit to the island OF zap TO IN
NesuSate the position held there by his
Client and 70 HongkOng to examine IT.
the wealth left by the man who, cut of
from civilization, founded himself d home
and a business and built himself up
fortune. Mr.. Hartridge, who went in
half Of the widow and daughter-AIrs.
4 Catherine O'Keefe and Mrs. ]. +. But
Ter of SaVannah-brings home a glowing
account of O'Keefe's life and his success
as financler and shlpOWner on the
/ island Of Teraug, which is one of the
smaller islands in the zap group.
Estate of King Amounts to Million
The estate is said to be worth fully
$1,000, COO. There is q trading business val
ued at 100000 and holdings of other
kinds make up the other $4,000. IL Is
q Savannah widow and daughter Will lay
[ claim. Mr.. Hartridge says that at least
S500OO0 OF this Will come to Savannah,
and maybe q good deal more. Inere can
be no final settlement until May OF next
year, when the king will have been le-
gally dead for three years, the time, un-
der the German law, which must elap9s
before there can be a final settlement OF
an estate when person disappears one
is considered legally dead by that time
3 As O'Keete went out TO sea IN one or ms
ships more than two years ago, with two
of his sons, and as neither ship nor pas
sengers have ever been heard from since,
he is probably dead all right
Mr.. Hartridge found everything at Ie-
Z q TnnOTTnn
him there by letter. 1t was hard to reach
the little island. A United states war
shop took him from HOngkong, but when
he got to zap he found the sublecLs
mourning for a dead monarch. o heeLe
ruled with a firm hand and had a stand
ing army Of twelve naked savages, COM
manded by a man fully clothed with a
4 uniform and authority to see that MS
bidding was done. He never had any
trouble. There was never a revolt among
his people They fdolized their king
and he treated those who lived upon MS
island with much kindness.
He Did Not See the zap Queen"
Mr.. Hartridge failed to see the queen"
Of Yap. O'Keefe, after he had been on
the island for a time, took unto himself d
wife. He did not forget his Vile In Sa-
vannah, but ne was so Tar away rom l. ~
old home that he appeared not to thlnh
il was any great wrong TO take unto HIM
self another spouse, by whom ne hao
four daughters and three sons. Two OF
these sons. it is supposed, went down
with their father on the trip from Hong
kong. in May. two years ago. The remain
/ ing son is on the island of st. David s
but Is not regarded as Of much account
The queen" is known as "Dollyboy.
She was not at home when Mr.. hart
ridge was on the island, for she had had
some trouble with the German govern
ment, which exercises q pTOteCtOrate
over the group in which her own little
island was situated, and she had been
compelled to withdraw temporarily from
| public view.
Affairs had not advanced well in
/ O'Keefe's island family after he disap-
I pea-ed. One of his daughters took to the
woods with lover whom she chose from
among the common people, and went
1 back to the primitive methods of her an
I cestors. There is another daughter, who
secured an education in q convent at
/ HongkOng She is said TO be civilized
/ and TO be a young woman of good ad-
dress. She appeared to know more about
/ her fathers affairs than any Of the other
/ children and 20 care more for his men,
/ DRY. There are, besides, two girls not
/ Vet grown who are on the island OF
! Terang.