Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-11-04
HEIR TO MANY
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Col. II. Il. Meleear. OfPaIaFIIO,
Is Looking Forward
70 a Fortune
FROM TIE HOLLAND GOVERNMENT


short time ago Col W. n. n.
Mei1aar. the aell known iruit raiser
hnd fapchmnn Of the ralarlio neigh.
horhood. ton miles south Of lhis city,
received a letter from hia sister, AIRS.
Hannah Green. o. Ohio. telling bin
that authorities or Holland we're logS
ing % the heirs Of the Molzgar family
OF That country, and that he and Mrs.
Green we're among the heirs MI
Metxrnr. since hlH notification. has
kept hlmself posted. a. well A. he
could, gr the subject, and today ZEN
the following clipping ifom the Kan
aas Clty World. which shows that the
Holland aofefnmont IA about % pay
over an Immense sum Of money 70 the
Me,xEar heirs
"Stiil aaoiher heir 20 the Metzaar
millions which are about 10 be paid
over BY The Holland government, lives
IN Kansas Ciiy. says the world
This is Mrs. Monica harnhert Of
1919 Cherry street. a srand'niece OF
Thlebaud Metzgar, who. In the serea'
leenth century, left an estate Of 3it0.'
oOO. 900 10 be held IN trust by the gov
ernment for his hnfrs Thiehaud Metz.
gar was an uncle Of Mrs. narnhan's
neither. whose MAIDEN name was Mary
Josephlno Metxgar. q daughter of Jo.
aeph Metzgar.
Mrs. Bsrnhari has known that an
immense fortune wAa In store for her
family for years. Az q child she was
told by her mother that some day
she would be very rich, or that Il she
was no, her children would b.
1911 -. - 49,. Ttan.IIumuI HnulH
went 20 Holland IN 1874 10 present his
claims Tor the estate, which az was
thought was to DO divided at that time.
tie returned 20 this country and told
his sister that it was Absolutely use
less 20 employ lawyers 70 lry 70 push
tho matter then. Tor Il would be a.
least twenty-five years before a set
Element could be obtaineu. THIS
brother died a few ycars LITER.
Wrltlnn 10 AolleNd.
A sister. Miss sophia Homer. Of
South Bend, Ind. has since been 10
Communication with relatives In Ger
many aud Ho.land and Mrs. Barnharl
believes that she may nave some d
rect information ia the matter and 4
now waiting for a letter from her.
Mrs Barnhart was horn In Baden
Baden, Germany, IN 1870. She came
10 America with her parents AZ IN
ago Of ten years and located IN Soutl
Bend. Ind. In that neighborhood,
place known as Harris Prairie. was
settlement composed entirely % Metz
CARS and their families
In the Homer family there we're W.
snns aud three daughters, Of whom Al
but one boy, Ferdinand, are still Nv
ing. In ali there are la2 claimants Z
3 the Metzgar millions.
when aoea By D WOrle reporter tn
. morning Mrs. Darnhart said that VI
had been thinking OF this money
great deal last week since rcadin
] he nrat story in the World, and woI
aering II Il would come during he
I. life. She knew nothing OF the pendl''
: settlement until she read the accoun
I. OF Il IN the World. She does nt
\ know MIRA. David Whltmore. who wa
the firft relative found here
Conducts BOARDING House.
Mr.. and Mrs naruhBrt were oil
z residents Of Independence, havin
lived there from 1856 until 1893. who
|, they came TO Kansas City. Mr.. Bari
I. hart died about three years ago. Mr.
- Dhfhuhft heePa n3nft Hik hte"o
iO27 Cherry street. 3hs has six chi
dron, two sons and four daugh.eri
two 81 whom are married. one livin
!. IN Chicago and the 0thpr In 81, Loui
= She n a second cousin Of Mrs. Charie
v Lanferhach. Of 3G06 East Twenty-sixt
. street. who has employee an attOrne
9 20 look after her share OF the fortun
a. Mrs Barnhart has not yet take
2 any legal steps nnd Will not until "a
n hears from her sister In Indiana.