The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-12-28
FOUND IN
AN OLD TRUNK
Bonds and Securities Had Been Lying
There for r%hirty-two Years
Steps Taken 70 Distribute
Money TO the Heirs.

San Francisco Hidden in the bot
ION of an old trunk which for ~
years has beer knocked about Ia san
Francisco ana Marin counties. q lof,
tune estimated at $S00,000 III Mexican
government bonds and securities has
been recovered in the home OF Mrs
JIercse I-ouisc Janson al Min Valley
In tho probate department of the vi
pcricr court Mrs. Janson petitionGd to
reopen Tic estate OF her husband
Charles j. Janson, 10 whom the srea
wealth belonged, in order that Tie
tirst steps may be taken to collect TIC
money and distribute il according 20
iaH, between the aged widow anG her
Eve daughters.
In response to his petition }idgc
j. V. Colfey has appointed David
Creelius OF Mill Valley, son-in-law OF
tho widow. administrator OF the es-
tate, and mas authorized him TO begin
collection.
Besides the widow. who is now sey-
ontS ono years old. and who lives in .
modest cottage in Mil Valley. her
daughters. Mrs. l.. Lindsey, 324 Clip
per street. San Francisco; Mrs. d.
Craelius, Mill Valley; Mrs. f1bba Hill
bon, Bolinas, and Misses Elizabeth
and Elm Janson OF Mill Valley, are
heirs 10 the unexpected find.
Charles j. Janson died in This city
February ., 1879. leaving what his
widow and daughters thought q small
estate. all OF which he disposed OF by
win. Mrs. Janson was named cNecl-
triX and within the proper time dis,
tuibutcd what she supposed was the
entire estate of her husband.
AT chat time She discovered among
+, her dead husbands papers the MeNi-
; can stocks and bohds, but was told
that they were worthless. Believing
? this TO he !lGe. she cast them aside
, and gave no thought to the documents.
!, merely lseaning them as mementoes.
Fer many years after J%anson's death
Ills family lived in This city and the
> securities rested in a trunk. When
Z; MIS-. Janson moved to Mill Valley. q
(; decade ago, in order 10 be close Il
r ono OF her married daughters, she took
& HE trunk with her and 1t has occupied
a place in the narret OF her home ovei
since.
Recently she CHANGED to mention
the old papers while talking with Z
friend. Curiosity caused the fHiefs
j. 10 ask the privilege OF examining the
bonds. From their dusty hidins
: place They were brought forth, ant
81 the friend began an Investigation, viii
4 the result that he discovered the.
IS wore evidences OF Just Indebtedness
l. owing by the Mexican government t.
Cherries %Janson.
After n family conference Ii Was dc
cided that Claelius should take tn.
= matter in hand. He consulted wi,l
Attorney Rufus c. Thayer OF Sal
lie Francisco and The opening of The oil
+. Will case is the result.
hanson had seen much service j
the employ OF the Mcyican govern
t. government about 4, years ago. Bu
it was rot until 1863 that the first {
~ tie bonds We're executed in his fayo
Their dates show that for Tie ne>
seven years he had distributed 10 hi
LARGE blocks OF bonds. some Of VIII
tn are war issues and others for d.
a n services.
ie Janson did not conceal his posse
le sion of The boids, but, like The wido
II nj the time of his death, he did II,
L. consider Them worth much, principal
ut because in those days Mexico was co
M FINALLY torn by revolutions. IloWeNe
lie he kept them and passed them on
lie his heirs Mt his death for what Ink
We're worth,
1T During all of the years thoy la
as been in the possession OF tho lans'
Is family no interest has been demands
from or paid by Mexico and it is th
ed. accumulation that makes UP a lar
eg- share oil the fortune.
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