Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-14
BOYnOOD MEMORIES WORTH A FORTUNE John Wilson Wins Fathers Estate Answering Score
 of Simple Questions.
WAS LOST MANY YEARS
Boy. Driven From Home By Father, Returns Only to Claim
 His Estate.

TecumsAh. Neb., Aug. 13.-John Wilson. Jr.. Of Houston, Ter, the long lost son Of the late Judge and Mrs John Wilson, proved his iten- 'tity in county court here this after noon by answering correctly more than score Of questions. provided in the will of his father, and was awarded the s30,000 estate Of the Wilson's bg Judge Livingston
 After an absence Of thtrty-sIge years Wilson returned 10 Tacunseh several weeks ago to claim the es- tate Of his father. He was recog- nized by some Of the older settlers of the county. out vas told by the ad- ministrator Of the estate, l. C. S1lli- van. business man Of Tecqmseh, that his parent had left g certain number Of questions that the claim ant Of the fortune must answer be- fore he became the legal owner.
 The questions were known to salu- van alone. They were easy, at least for Wilson. All Of them related to his boghood life. Some were as fol- lows:
 Where were you oorn?''
 Who was your first teacher?''
 When did you leave homer
 What was the name Of your pet dog?'
 These and similar other questions Wilson answered without q moments hesitation. He even elaborated on details and convinced the court be- yond all doubt that he was the long lost Johnny Of Judge and Mrs. Wilson.
 Seven hundred people crowded in to the court room to hear the decision. Among them were three aeDhews Of the dead man, James Duncan, Clinne- burgh Black and Donald Black. They also were contestants for the es- tate, but even they were satisfied that the son and rightful heir to the prop erty had been found, and they will not appeal from the decision of the court
 For weeks the principal topic of conversation on the street corners of Tecumseh has been the peculiar will of old Scotch Wilson, what the ten questions probably were and John Wilson, IT,, the palsied man, prema- turely old, who, bringing wife and daughter from the South, had de- clared he was the son for whom his father had searched for many years. The questions didn't worry him. He had no fear Of them because he said he really was the son.
 QHarreled Over q Circus.
 Wilson quarreled with his father about going 10 circus thirty-fivc years ago The latter told the boy to leave home and never 10 return, de- claring he never wanted to lay eyes on him again.
 He never did. But the years soft ened him. turning his hate into a longing for his own flesh and blood to take his place and inherit his wealth when he should go 10 the grave. For years the father searched far and wide for Johnny, who with his fathers curse ringing in his ears. had hit the road with his face to the south
 Scotch Wilson's wealth brought him little comfort. His one desire was to find the son and as far a: possible right the wrong he had done But the search was unsuccessful anC both parents died of broken hearts.
 But, carrying on the search eyer after his death, Judge Wilson pu in his will the question which any man claiming to be his son mus answer before the courts turned ov CT to him the estate. If Johnny hear, of his fathers death and returne he would have no trouble in answer ing the questions and getting the es tate. An impo.ter would have nt chance. He simply couldn't answe the questions correctly. The answer were sealed in an envelope and wer, accessible to no one except A. ( Sullivan, merchant and the execu tor of the estate.
 Then came the one claiming to b John Wilson, Jr., prematurely ol man, with long beard and not man, years of his own to live The olt settlers crowded around him an piled him with questions of earl. days, of Scotch" Wilson and of tn events when Johnny was at home T, all of them the old man gave read, answers. he called old men by thei first names, recalled incidents, de Scribed localities and pradual1v i'm