The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-30
LIES SEARCH
FOR HER FATHER
ROMANTIC TALE EHlS III YAKIMA
Baby Ghl. NOM a Woman, Through
Kind Relatives will Probably
Eall Heir to small Estate.

Around the body Of a man frozen
10 death near Mabton, last March,
clus ers the elimination Of ro-
nance that has seldom been equalled
for dramatic interest in this part OF
the world The man was George Ba-
roushee, Frenchman, owner Of a
homestead valued at $4,000 Anoth-
er character, in the person OF Joseph
B. Early. preacher in Mabton, en-
tered the east when the body of Ba-
rou-hee was discovered He was
ben afciary in a viii that IS alleged
to haYe been signed by Baroushee in
April 19Q4 Now enter TWO more
characters, Major Goelet, a cousin of
Bagousheos aud Josephine Barou-
shee, a daughter. living in Quebec.
Canada. whose existence had not even
been known by the dead father. And
these two characters, far distant
though they be, have assumed the IT,
tie roles of hero and heroine
Baroushee was frozen to death. so
ii 5 said by those who discovered
him near Mabton. His body was
taken 10 that town and there it was
fairy We'll authenticated that the
man died of the cold He was past
20 years of age, and an easy victim
to the fearfully cold weather that
prevailed during that month. What
eve re was doing in the neighbour
hood n which he was found, no one
has seen able to say, and none have
ven ated TO guess Preacher Early
is sad % be the only one that has
furnished any information on the
subj and later he was discovered
to have been the beneficiary of the
viii amounting 70 about $4,000. Not
ONLY so, but Barou hee. in the will,
ties Ted that he was unmarried, and
the entire estate was bequeathed TO
the araeher
Bu there were some suspicious.
1t va. rumored that Baroushee Lad
Telat.ras in Yakima. and at that time
a reporter for the Herald endeavored
to md me missing relatiYs, but to
no al Then, for some time, In
fac rom that time until today, theI
ma4r had been dropped.
IN he line Of the romance, how
ever the frozen man had not been
forgotten 1t developed that Major
Goo y an elderly gentleman, had
taEea upon himself the duty of as
cer' 3fuIng the facts in the case. Goe-
let, 20 uncle of the dead man, re-
memb ring, way back in the distant
past. allied to mind a little home, |
happy and contented, n the bleak
hills u eastern Canada. He remem-
beret hat there was once a happy
hearthsi one, but that this same Ba-
roushee had deserted that home years
AMI years ago; that he had left a |
penniless wife and baby girl three
days Old
Major Goelet remembered all these
things. md his love for the baby girl
promp ed him TO take a chance on
locating her. So he wrote a letter
to her remembering that her baby
name Was Josephine Baroushee. And
he told her that her father was dead;
thar h had left an estate valued at
$4,000 that he had declared himself
to be single, knowing that his wife
was lad. and that he had willed the
estsra 20 a preacher by the name of
Eaziy Then he learned that the
baby s,rl, grown 10 womanhood, had
never teased in her efforts to find
her ioer father.
duty hat was laid upon him by tie
of blood that bound him 20 the babe
He asked her to give him power of
attorney to contest the will In the
mean ime the will had been filed by
iEearly and is now on record with
the county auditor. But it has never
been probated.
Now Prosecuting Attorney Krutz,
who u representing Mr.. Goelet, is
waiting for the power of attorney
before proceeding with the case. What
the outcome will be is still a matter
of doubt But the loyalty of Ma
jor G+,ciet. the desertion of the un-