Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
HAS FORTUNE
FOR CHILDREN
Of GALbRAITH
Benefactor's Brother
Seeks Youngsters
Paul Montgomery. Who Made Million
In Shoshone Mine, Leaves Thou
sands Of Dollars to Ninety
six Children

In Los Angeles are three children who
possibly may be suffering for the neces-
stiles Of life, but who will be rich-ar
least it will be a fortune to them-if
they or their friends read this item in
The Herald.
Gladys, Eva and Brother" Galbraith
are the names of the three children and
their address Is desired in order that
they may be presented with $4,000 or
$4,000 each, according to the circum-
stances in which they are found.
These children are three of ninety
six little ones scattered throughout Cal
ifornia and who at various times cap
tured the heart of an old-time pros
pector as he travelled around the state,
seeking the fortune which he later dis
covered but which he did not live long
to enjoy.
Supposed to Be in Los Angeles
Paul Montgomery was the mans 5
name, poor all his life until few
months before he passed over the great
divide, but at the time of his deth he
was worth millions, the result of a
lucky strike of the great Montgomery
Shoshone mine at Manhattan, New.
On his deathbed he requested his twin
brother Fred, whom he had summoned
from Montana, to take down the names
of children in various cities and towns
in California, to each of whom he should
give from $4,000 to $4,000, according to
the circumstances in which they are
found.
The dying man told his brother that
he had become acquainted with these
children in his travels around the cou1-
try and wished to remember them.
Give to them not as you can, but
what is right" were the dying mans
instructions to his brother, signifying
that the bequests were to be given in
accordance with the condition which
the families were found.
His brothers condition was such that
he could not remember the names of all
the children or their parents, and he
described the locality where they lived
in such a manner that several of them
have been found.
Dividing Brothers Millions
Fred Montgomery now is on a search
for these children, ninety-siX in all, but
in many cases their addresses are in
definite, although the dying man said
that when he knew them they lived
City, San Jose, Eureka, Trinidad. Ar
cata, Mendocino City, Greenwood,
Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Oroville, Pas
adena, San Luis Obispo, Columbia
(Tuolumne county,, Murphys (Cala-
veras county,, San Francisco and Oak
land.
When Paul Montgomery knew the
Galbraith children they lived at Stirling
City, but they are not there now and
hn re tn
to Los Angeles.
Fred Montgomery now Is at Chico,
where he announces his intention of
coming to Los Angeles to search for
the Galbraith children.
A special telegram to The Herald
from Chico gives the following inter-
view with Mr.. Montgomery:
1.-TWO years ago 1 was superintendent
of the Globe mine at Butte, Mont. My
brother, Paul Montgomery, was at
Stirling City. He informed me that he
was in hard circumstances and 1 sent
him money enough to secure a pros
pector's outfit to engage in mining in
Manhattan, New. He left Stirling City
and went to San Francisco, where he
again wrote me. Later with my son,
Enoch Montgomery, and my son-in-law,
Budd Mcdonald, he went to Manhat-
tan, New, where they discovered the
mine, one of the richest paying gold
mines in the world. This made my
brother a ulti-millionaire.
After discovering the mine and en-
joying his riches for period he died
on November % last, deciding all his
property and money to me. He left a
bequest, which am at present engaged
In fulfilling, that several children in
the state of California be given diff
m
$4,000.
Believes Galbraiths Are Here
"While he was in Stirling City he
made friends with the Galbraith chill
dren, two girls, Gladys and Eva, and
one boy, Brother His instructions re-
quest me to give each of these $4,000,
and to treat other children at Stirling
City literally. He also asked that four
boys of Mrs. Morrison, a widow of San
Jose be given $4,000 each. In addition
to this he asked that l give liberal
amounts to the children of one family
whose name is something like Meeter.
He was in business of some kind at
Stirling City with the father and wished
me to reward his children, two girls,
2 and years of age, and one boy about
7 years of age.
Accordingly 1 came to Chico from
Manhattan and went Immediately to
Stirling City. but to date l have not
been able to find any of the children.
The Galbraiths are supposed to have
moved to Los Angeles, and l will go
there later in search of them. If find
the Galbraith children am willing to
do even better by them.
my brother Paul, who, by the way,
was my twin brother, was great lover
of children and would at times spend
all his money to please them. Hence
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