Evening journal., 1908-07-27
Conclusions Reached by
the Jurisf After an In
vesfigafion Twenty
four Years Ago

The matter Of the so-called springer
estate" has attracted 70 much attention
lately that Richard $. Rodney. the
weil-known attorney, has gone TO some
enort to show the fuuiily Of the claim.
Mr. Rodney's Investigation shows that
the Springer ncirs" were as active
twenty-four ytnra ago as they are TO-
day and that nt that early period some
questionable methods were employed
20 mako persons believe that a
"Sprineer estate did exist here. Tile
late Judge William o. Whiteey, wrote
~ the Springer estate "A years ago
under the pseudorym "poler Tranheig'
and for the benefit of those persons
who yet believe they are heirs 10 sueh
an estate Mr. Rodney has obtained
from Samuel w Mccauliey the article
by Judge Whipicy Do is "a most IN
terostlng paper on the Springer Hpb-
ject, and follows
Every year on two in the last iwcnty
yeara. we Wnmingtoniaps have heard
what an immense estates stacks Of mile
lions-we were enjoying unlawfuly.
having In some way diverted these
small sums from the rlphtful heirs, to-
wit. the heirs of one Charles Chris
topher Springer We heard, that fol-
lowing tho great crowds of heirs np-
parent 20 English fortunes there were
meetings being called by the Springer
heirs" agents being appointed 10 look
after their interests beth here and IN
stockholm and money collected from
those crodulous heirs TO pay those
selves 10 be those agents, would nc-
caslonally appear I'm our county offices
and spend days and weeks Ia busy hut
silent search for some trace OF this
stolen treasure Generally they re-
manned but a few weeks, then depart-
ing, giving no sisn OF success. Ono
OF these future millinnnirca however.
did remain about three months, be-
came horribly impecunlous was forced
20 submit 10 the hospitality OF New
Castle county, and from its well COM
Quoted boarding house on one Of our
hills. soon departed 10 other happy
hunting grounds This condition Of
affairs. 10 those OF ua who e0yc 10
thought ala not seem TO alarm or pfe-
vent ua from sleeping o'nights. But
in last Sundays Philadelphia and Now
York papers there appeared a history
Of one of these eNpectnnt mlllionnires.
Also his vletim--t IS said TO tho tune
of s6,oo0-and the history and facts of
The claim of tha heirs TO-, and the slze
OF the Sprlnger estate. which might
possibly be alarming and force some
of our large landholdfrs 10 seil ont
cheap" TO prevent 80 dire n
calamity 7 VIII give you the Springer
heirs claim or case as the lawyers
say and thon the facts J VIII not
aton TO review the facts Of the alleged
cheating OF Mr. Van Doven real
estate agent OF New York by Charles
II 3icrco and George w pnnion, ont
of some $4,000. by the representation
that nierce's mother wps one OF the
Springer heirs. and that our city ind
agreed to pay those heirs s2OOr1 200
10 settle their claim, ana he. nierce.
had an assignment of one-half OF his
mothers interest. Sc. except TO any.
that ] do not believe "a word OF A.; ana
that It Is an advertising dodge 20 get
up sort OF judicial investigation lf
The Springer claim. where no one can
be upon the other side To- contradict
them. and thus give their claim 10
rnese untold millions. "rrapplngs of
fictitious credit
nut 90 their onso as u Is foreshadow-
ed IA the newspapers, Edwin 4. Spring.
or of Hartford. Conn, evidently being
the person from whom the iuforna-
tion was ohtainedi as most of the pa
pers which gave the account name him
''as the agent of Ne heirs 10 investi-
gate the claim he heing first ap-
pointed az meeting OF the heirs held