The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-26
Women CiaIm Land Worth $85,O0O,OOO
 In Great Romance
Elopement, Pirates and Lost Will Figure in This Re
 markable Law Suit
(New York World.)


 A suit involving ss5,O0O,oO0 will be brought against the Newfoundland Government by Mrs. Claremont Mar shall of No. 215 East Seventy eighth street in the near future.> according to information given a World reporter yesterday by William La Point, ar attorney of No. 11O West Thirty fourth street. He has just returned from the North, with absolute evi- dence, he believes of Mrs. MarshalPs right to much land in St. Johns
 This is not a dream of a fanatic,' said MT. La Point. 'It is not a paper suit. This is a bona-f1de claim, ana there are only two heirs concerned nave no interest in it other than that of determining whether my client has weeks in Newfoundland searching through ancient records, I am convinc- ed that it is worth while to go into courts, and my belief is that Mrs. Mar shall will be awarded the entire $S5,- 900 O0O."
 Acording to MT. La Point. the estate which Mrs. Marshall claims was con- fiscated by the Government in the early part of the past century. The hght to regain the property. has last ca TOT three-quarterS of a century. If the lawyers prediction proves cor rect, the Government of Newfound- land will lose a large portion of the water front of St. Johns, extending from Petty Harbor to Riverhead and to Government Wharf.
 ROMANCE AND PIRATES.
 ''In the early part of the eighteenth century, said MT. La Point, Samuel Churchill, who Mrs. Marshall believes to have been relative of the first Duke of Marlborough, went to New foundland with his son, Nicholas, and his two daughters, Claremont and Elizabeth.
 Churchill, upon his arrival at New foundland, engaged in the shipping business and became the owner of a large fleet of merchant vessels. The captain of one of these vessels was one Morris Boiin, a young Irfshman. romantic and captivating. Miss Clare mont met him. There was a whirl- wind, clandestine courtship and the young couple ran away and were mar ried. The bride became a Catholic for her husband.
 fThe rich, stern father was a strict Covenanter, and his daughters re- ligious change infuriated him. He cut her off without a shilling. Short ly after he died.
 Nicholas, the brother of the girl inherited the entire estate. The young
  a will in which the property was to be equally divided between Claremont and Elizabeth. At this point the trou- ble leading up to the present suit begins.
 -"Nicholas intrusted one copy of the will to William Haffyard, who had married Elizabeth Churchill. The other he kept, taking it with him when he sailed for England to take charge of his fathers affairs there.
 "En route to England the vessel up- on which Churchill sailed was attack ed by pirates, and the whole ships company was forced to walk the plank The pirates presumably ob- tained the will. What they did with it of course is a matter of conjecture. No, trace was ever found of 1t.
 When Churchills fate was learn ed, Haffyard showed Claremont the other copy of the will intrusted to him by his brother-in-law. He proposed that it remain in his care until Churchills death was proved. Clare mont gave her consent.
 'Shortly afterward Haffyard met in small boat, and although all pos sible efforts to find the will were made the important paper was new CT brought to light. The two girls could not produce proof that they were the rightful heirs of their broth CTS estate. and so the Newfoundland Government took the property and sold it at auction, taking up Samual ChurchilPs landmarks and substitut- ing it's own."
 For years, according to MT. La Point. Claremont and her sister fought to regain the property, but were un- successful, and now the contest is be- ing taken up again by Mrs. Marshall, the granddaughter of Claremont. Mrs. Marshall and her sister, Mrs. John Walsh of Boston, are the only heirs of the Churchill family.
 They have made several attempts to recover the property which they be- lteve rightfully belongs to their grand- mother, and at one time interested Benjamin F.. Butler to such an extent that he went to Newfoundland to take up the case. He died before he had advanced far in his investigation.
 'I have been able to find the rec ords esta blishing the identity of Clare mont Bolin and her ancestry" said MT. La Point "Her marriage certifi- cate has been unearthed and data con- corning Bolin. I hope to locate let ters sent to Claremont by Haffyard, establishing her right to her brother 8 estate."
 DEAD IN SWAMP.