The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-20
f. ), Ennis Who Died In Ja- maica Leaves Fortune to
 Miss CIauddIe Clark .ALCALOA OF JAMAICA
 HERE ID LOCATE HER VIII Give siooo For Information About Her-Ten Thousand Dollars Was wf1led to Some Hospital In
 Birmingham

lived in Birmingham in 1891 and in that year became engaged to E. D. Ennis? There Is an estate of sS35,ooo awaiting her if she can be found. l It Is a remarkable story of mans loyalty to his early love. Fleeing from Birmingham in 1892 after being compelled to shoot a man Ennis left his betrothed and settled in Kingston. Jamaica. There his fortune was accumulated and later when he himself was fatally wounded by Spaniard he left his entire estate to the girl he had left behind in Birming- ham.
 Here is what the estate comprises: A total of $S5,9S0 in cash in the Colonial Bank of Kingston.
 Land in cultivation, totaling 800 hectors. equal to about 12S0 acres, the annual rev.. enue from which is s320O.
 Interest on the whole amount, including the annual returns from land for seven years, bringing the total value of the estate at present to about s2a5,oOo. Reward for the Finder
 And there Is some money from the es- tate awaiting someone else in Birming- ham. A reward of 5000 in cash will be paid to the man or woman who locates Miss Clauddie Clark and s10,000 will be given to the Birmingham hospital in which Ennis was nursed through a spell of sickness while he lived in Birming- ham.
 Daniel Jones, alcalda of the island of Jamaica, is in Birmingham trying to To- cate Miss Clark The office of alcalda corresponds to the office of sheriff in Alabama except that MT. Jones' authority msica.
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 T am anxious to find this lady wheth- CT she is married or not" said MT. Jones yesterday. "Of course we have no other interest in the matter than to see that the provisions of the mans will are properly carried out. Our laws provide that all such matters must be adjusted within eight years and in case the heir to such an estate is not found the estate goes to the king of England. Upon pass ing Into the hands of the king 1t will then be distributed to the orphans and widows fund and will go for public road pusposes.
 q knew Ennis well before his death,
 
 and he sent for me when he was dying. He was killed by a Spaniard and his will was made out in due form and recorded before his death. He left the entire es- tate to his old sweetheart to whom he was engaged and our laws provide that an engaged woman is the same as a wife in the eyes of the law.
 s10,O00 For Birmingham Hospital
 There was provision in the will that $10,Oo0 is to be given to the hospital in Birmingham at which Ennis was nursed through a spell of sickness here, but we locate Miss Clark as she was the one who knows all about his affairs while in this city.
 'It was about 1892 that Ennis shot a man in Birmingham and left the city. I have today been talking to Lige Loy. the undertaken, and he remembers the incident of the shooting but does not re- member the mans name. Ennis came to our city, Kingston, and was fortunate in his investments. He went to Darien, where he made most of his money in mining. He came back to Jamaica and it was there about three years ago that he got into the quarrel with the Spaniard which resulted in his death.
 ''In addition to the $S5.96o in cash which Is in the Colonial bank at Kingston there Is the land which is in coffee. pineapples, bananas and such products. It is now bringing an annual rental of $S2O0, and is valued at s5o,0Oo, but would probably bring more if 1t were placed on the market.
 Reared Near Anniston
 .'Thus far have not been very success full in my efforts to locate Miss Clark. I have found that her father was farmer who lived near Anniston, Ala I also find that she has an aunt living in Mem phfs, but the aunt telegraphs me that her niece was in Memphis up to about one year ago, when she left to return to Bir- 
 Ennis has several brothers and other relatives In Georgia, but they were not mentioned in the will. and 1t will of course be impossible for them to get any of the estate. Miss Clark in the eyes of our laws is the same as the wife of Ennis, and in case she is not located the prop erty will have to go to the crown. I am authorized by the governor of Jamaica to write check for s1O0O for the person who is instrumental in getting me in touch with Miss Clark. Of course I can do nothing about the hospital gift until can locate Miss Clark, because she is the only one, it seems. who knows the hos pital at which he was nursed.
 .'Enns before his death used to talk about the girl he had left back in Ala bama. He said she was beautiful and looked like & Spanish girl. He said that she was the only woman he had ever loved and the only one he had wanted for a wife.
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