Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-11-02
HEIR TO MANY
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Col. II. II. Metegar, Of PaiaritO,
Is Looking Forward
to a Fortune
FROM TIE HOLLAND GOVERNMENT

A short time ago Col. w. II. II.
Metzgar, the well-known fruit raiser
and ranchman of the Pajarito neigh
borhood, ten miles south of this city,
received a letter from his sister, Mrs.
Hannah Green, of Ohio, telling him
that authorities of Holland were look
ing up the heirs of the Metzgar family
of that country, and that he and Mrs.
Green were among the heirs. MIR.
M%etzgar, since his notification, has
kept himself posted, as well as he
could, on the subject, and today left
the following clipping from the Kan
sas City World, which shows that the
Holland government is about to pay
over an immense sum of money to the
Metzgar heirs:
Still another heir to the Metzgar
millions which are about to be paid
over by the Holland government, lives
in Kansas City, says the World.
This is Mrs. Monica Barnhart of
1927 Cherry street, a grand-niece of
Thiebaud Metzgar, who, In the seven
teenth century, left an estate of $140,-
100000 to be held in trust by the gov
eminent for his heirs. Thiebaud Metz
gar was an uncle of Mrs. BarnhaTt's
mother, whose maiden name was Mary
Josephine Metzgar, a daughter of Jo-
seph MetZgar.
Mrs. Barnhart has known that an
immense fortune was in store for her
family for years. AS a child she was
told by her mother that some day
she would be very rich, or that if she
was not her children would be.
hHn4I ~ &c AAra TNaV1snnV nj NlAnns
went to Holland in 1874 to present his
claims for the estate, which at was
thought was to be divided at that time.
He returned to this country and told
his sister that it was absolutely use
less to employ lawyers to try to push
the matter then, for it would be at
least twenty-five years before a set
Element could be obtained. This
brother died a few ear later.
Writing to Holland.
A sister, Miss Sophia Homer, of
South Bend. Ind, has since been in
communication with relatives in Ger
many and Holland, and Mrs. Barnhart
believes that she may have some di-
rect information in the matter and is
now waiting for a letter from her.
Mrs. BaTnhart was born in Baden
Baden, Germany, in 1910. She came
to America with her parents at the
age of ten years and located in South
Bend, Ind. In that neighborhood, a
place known as Harris Prairie, was a
settlement composed entirely of Metz
gars and their families.
In the Homer family there were two
sons and three daughters, of whom all
but n boy, Ferdinand, are still liv-
ing. In all there are 122 claimants to
the Metzgar millions.
When seen by a World reporter this
morning Mrs. Barnhart said that she
had been thinking of this money a
great deal last week since reading
The first story in the World, and won
dering if it would come during her
life. She knew nothing Of the pending
settlement until she read the account
of it in the World. She does not
know Mrs. David Whitmore, who was
the first relative found here.
Conducts Boarding House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnhart were old
residents of independence, having
lived there from 1886 until 1899, when
they anne to Kansas City. Mr.. Barn
hart died about three years ago. Mrs,
Barnhart keeps a boarding house at
1927 Cherry street. She has six chill
dren, two sons and four daughters,
two of whom are married, n living
in Chicago and the other in st. Louis.
She is a second cousin of Mrs. Charles
Lauterbach, of 1908 East T~wenty-siXth
street. who has employed an attorney
to look after her share OF the fortune
Mrs. Barnhart has not yet taken
any legal steps and will not until she
hears from her sister in Indiana.