Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-04

uncles next or KIN, his letter was I'M
mediately handed over to her; and
from the first she was anxious TO go to
the United States. Several reasons,
however, made my father hesitate,
among them the fact that my elder sis
ter, now dead. was then so young:
but my mother was woman OF en-
terprise and determination and she
inally persuaded my father to go.
FoRESTALLED BY DEATH.
They left Peterborough In 1884 and
after all sorts of hardships encountered
by sea and land, finally reached the
village OF Chicago In something like
six months from the date OF starting.
They passed through regions swarmIng
with Indians and were In state bor-
deriny on complete exhaustion before
they got to their destnatl on, only to
be confronted after all with terrible
disappointment. For on arriving at my
u others uncle's house they found that
the OLD man had died few weeks pre-
Niously without leaving a WIN"
The story OF these happenings was
told to the present mayor of Peters
borough by his mother many years af-
ter they occurred, and at the time he
was too young TO really grasp the i'm
poriance OF all her statements As has
boon raid his sister was the merest
child when she arrived with her parents
IN chicago, and never was able to
give him much information OF value.
So. Mr., Redhead is the first to admit
that he Is quite ignorant regarding
many points that would be Of immense
Importance In establishing any definite
claim.
IIto t,arop,g ,,,a,.o ,,,,,bto. 80 90. -.
session OF their uncle's property, but
Mr. Redhead says that his mother was
always most definite IN declaring that
this was not because OF any doubt that
their relative had been possessed OF
quite MS much real estate as he had
stated In his letter, The difficulty was
TO prove that they were the next OF kin.
There was no question, Mrs Redhead
told her son, that great part Of the
land upon which the town OF Chicago
stood had been staked out originally
and held on to afterward by Sargent.
He appeared to have been one Of the
most enterprlsng Of the early settlers,
and seemed TO have got along better
with the Indians than most OF the
men In the region. He was about 65
when he died.
LACKED MEANS FOR A LAWSUIT.
my mother told me" continued Mr..
Redhead, that, In spite of the letter
In their possession, they were looked
upon with good deal OF suspicion,
and although they met many people
who had been Intimately acquainted
with her uncle, there was a general dis
position to withhold information re-
garding his business affairs. The men
ttfhp Ia oh - hla
ing would give no information, stating
that they were pubic officials, and had
authority TO keep out all strangers.
They would not recognize my parents
AZ relatives Of the dead man, and ao-
tually threatened them with violence II
they presumed to enter the house,
which occupied an Isolated position
some distance away from the town, IL
was, my mother has told me, a large,
rambling sort OF place. and appeared
to have been erected for many years.
my father and mother were adj
vlsed," Mr. Redhead went on, that
they stood a good chance OF ultimately
obtaining their Inheritance, but that II
would be only after long and costly
process at law. Unfortunately they
had no means for that purpose. In
fact, II was case of getting bread and
butter, and when, few weeks after
their arrival In Chicago, my father was
offered n chance 10 go to work at his
trade of cabinet.maker In New orleans.
he accepted 1t and the family went
south almost Immediately.
Their intention was to save all they
could and accumulate money enough
to prosecute their claim on the Chicago
property. My father did well until. two
years after they had settled In New
Orleans, he succumbed TO yellow fever.
Meanwhile | was born there on Jan.
20, 1897, and registered as Daniel Hen
ry son Of Daniel Redhead and his wife,
Jane.
After my fathers death my moth
err received several letters Offering her
assistance to prosecute her claim, but
in her grief with two helpless child
rem on her hands, she rejected them all
and returned to her home In Peter
borough. where we arrived In 1888. To
the day Of her death she bitterly re-