The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-08-10
Billy Stafford Of Winthrop Har-
Dor Expects to Receive a
Large Fortune Soon
NOW WORKS AS A WATCHMAN
Old Man is Said to be Related to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Both Expect to
Share in the Division of Prop
erty in Harlem, New York

Lilly 0d1lOIu, du Ola man T0S1Q-
ing at Winthrop Harbor and at pre-
ent serving as night watchman i'll
the plant of the Municipal Engineer
ing company, is either dreaming or "
is the most fortunate man in this SCI
ton of the country.
1t is claimed by people at Winthr p
Harbor, and Billy believes it himself,
that Stafford has recently received
letters from New York which show
mat he is heir to an estate of $500 :
600, and, what is more to the point, il
is claimed that the tang1e connected
with the settlement of the estate in
question is now being untang1ed iii
the New York courts and Stafford is
soon to come into the enjoyment
his money. In addition to this: Safford
has been ableto establish his:relation-
ship to President Roosevelt, and
while the relationship is distant it is
sufficient to connect him with the fir
family in the land.
Saford is Sc years Of age and his
story reads like the dream of a, child
ish old man but it is pretty we
authenticated and there is no one in
Winthrop Harbor but believes that
"Bi11y's' story wilt come true a@I
that IN the near future. The attor-
neys in New York who have charge NJ
the matter claim that they will 81.
able 20 turn vast sum of money owe
to Stafford by Oct. of this year, and
Billy is simply existing until the
money arrives.
The land that is involved in the
strange claim of the Winthrop Harbor
man is tract of ninety-six acres of
land in Harlem in New York City. It
is covered with sky escrapers and is
grimy from the dust of Thousand
chimneys in the neighborhood. SAT-
ford's great-grandmoth had an un-
disputed title to the property and
most of it was leased for ninety-nire
years. Long since the old woman was
gathered to her fathers and;the leases
have just expired. New York CAPT
ta1ists have acknowledged the claim
ofISahord and the other heirs and have
offered to either buy the property or
take new leases for the period named
in the former leases.
In the meantime the mu1ti-mi1liog :
aire is living at the Neinabar hotel,
commonplace lodging house for work
men, and all night he tramps the con-
fines of the plant at Winthrop Harbo
earning pa1try $50 month for his
labor. He never varies his duties and
in the last four years he has not mis-
sed single day. The only thing that
worries him is the fact that he If
sometimes forced to wait for his meals.
| When J terday Stafford state i
that when he came into his money he
would build the finest house in Win
throp Harbor and then bring h.
daughter there to keep house for him.
The daughter married and lives III
Colorado and IS chi1d1ess. The vii
layers all love the kindly old man a,
the merest baby in the town knows
that Billy is a millionaire. Saffo 1
was formerly conductor on an I'LL
nois railway.
There are nine or ten heirs to TIL
immense estate but Stafford has the
first claim, being the next of kin tc
the old lady who formerly secured the
land during the Dutch occupancy Oh
New York. President Roosevelt is
one of the numerous heirs to the prop
erty and a year ago when attorneys
offered to settle with Stafford for a few
hundred dollars he declined the offer
and it is claimed that it was the Presi
dent of the United States that advised
him to take this action in regard t
the settlement.