The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-01

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cc<ssted kAs os aAans. gfaaaaa~r, tn,
anauuns iefs al the liaae ~ Annea,
Jaaa' Asata was $4,000 shpch .,
tats thine Is said 10 have YvaGasd tn,
neat sam of eighty million daliars
The heirs OF Anneka lana a=a@ claim
to be entitled 10 their share OF tas
vast amount OF gold la the bank.
In 1895 quit was started by the
governor OF Holland IL coufscate
this SUM of money on the grounds
that the time for the distribution OF
the funds had long expired. The
ease a contested by the bank and
the courts in a decision handed
down in July. 1895. held that the
heirs still had the right of the prop
erty.
.Anneke JAMS.
Anneke JAMS Bogardus' maiden
name was Anneke JAMS Weber and
she was a granddaughter of Prince
William, of Orange. Her father was
Wolpert Weber, who succeeded
King William to the throne of Hol-
land about 1900. She was married
t. one John Roelofson. She was
among the passengers when the May
flower came over. Besides herself
and husband the family consisted of
-four girls and n boy. In 1857 her
husband died and one year later she
married Everardus Bogardus, who
had the distinction of being the first
Dutch minister in this country. Four
sons were born to them and the de-
scendants are said to be very nu-
merous.
Her first husband was the owner
of a large tract of farm land in New
York known as the Dukes farm.
Bogardus, the second husband, Sc
cured possession of a tract of land
the above tract. Later
Arnot Weber, a nephew, came to
this country, and bought a tract Of
land adjoining that already men
toned, and at the time of his death
that property was assigned to An
neke Jams Bogardus.
Trouble Over Estate.
This estate has been in litigation
for over $50 years, and has to a
certain extent been in the possession
of the Trinity church corporation
since 1905. The history of the liti-
cation over the estate is an exceed
ingly long one. Cornelius Brewer
brought the first suit in 1850, but
was %non-suited for not bringing the
cause to trial. After a lapse of ten
years another suit was commenced
and was tried before a special jury
and a verdict given out favoring the
Trinity church corporation. In 1907
Col. Malcolm brought suit followed
by Bogardus in 1880 and from time
to time suits were brought by 9TH
ers-all terminating favorable to
the corporation.
Anneke JAMS Will
The will of Anneke JAMS was made
before Notary Dirch Van shelluyne
while confined TO her bed by illness.
1t is said that she was perfectly SEN
sible and in full possession of her
mental powers. She declared it to
be her only true, last will and tesla
ment. In the will she names as her
heirs her children, Sara Roeloffsen,
wife of Hans Kierstead; Katrina
Roeloffsen, wife of Johannis Van
Brough, also Jametze and Rachel
Hartgus, children of her deceased
Futze R%oelonsen during
her life the wife of Pieter Hartgus,
her son, Jan Roelonsen and Will
liam, Cornelius, Jonas and PETER
The property named
therein includes real estate, chattels,
credits, moneys, gold and silver
COINED and uncoined) jewels, linen,
wooden, furniture and other prop
erty.
Convention at Cleveland.
On February 4, 1896, a convention
of the heirs of Anneke JAMS Bo-
gardus was in session in Odd Eel
lows hall, Cleveland, Ohio. The
convention adopted a set of resolu-
lions recommending that the union
known as the Anneke JAMS Inter-
national Union be incorporated I'M
der the laws Of that state under the
of the Anneke JAMS Interna-
tional Company with a capital stock
of not less than $4,000 divided into
shares of not to exceed in value IS
per share. The convention further
recommended that the heirs of the
Jams estate join the company as in
corporated as soon as the formation
was completed.
A committee was then appointed
to effect the Incorporation of the