The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-03-09
8 TRAGEDIES FROM
FAMILY MILLIONS
Members of Sharon Estate
Suddenly Disappear
A Strange Case.

New York, March 9.JFrederick Fer
or.Hesketh, lieutenant Ninth Ian
GERS. British army, on seven days
leave. stood on the pier at Queens
town. Ireland. The next day he was
lost to the world.
Thus. in 1910. another tragedy Is
linked with the name of Sharon. or.
a. they phrase II out on the Pacific
coast, with the long-dcad argonaut's
money bags. Stretching wide the list
there are disclosed four murders,
three suicides and two disappearan-
ces. Lieutenant Hasketh, in the latter
classification, was Sharon's grandson.
william Sharon was one of the Gold
Hills pioneers. He stopped out of
cowhide boots into patent feathers
from a mountain shack to a city man
sion, from the Crown Point and Bel
cher mines in Nevada. He became a
senator from that state. The wealth
he left behind made a pyramid Of mil.
lions, and likewise a pyramid OF trou
bic.
The Deaths Begin.
u INdlS'oh. "io oiA'h nav
shared the output OF his battered cot
fee pot with Sharon In his roughshod
days, started the list. When the II
nancial pinch caught Sharon's bank
and frightened San Francisco didn't
know whether its money was good bad
or indifferent, Ralston accused Sharon
and then took his own life.
Ralston's son. Samuel, went to ST
IBERIA where he believed there was an
other El Dorado. He failed to find 1t
returned and killed himself Two OF
his friends were murdered, another
died in duel.
Getting back to Sharon, the forty
miner: Some time after the death Of
Mrs. Sharon. Senator Sharon was suet
by a woman known as Sarah Althas
Hill. She entered into the contest fol
Sharon's money with energy and zeal
Her counsel was David S. Terry.
Slayer 10 Slain.
Terry was leader Of the southern
California Democrats. He was elected
chief justice Of the California supreme
court. and had served just long en-
ough to become familiar with the ju
dicial routine when he and Senator
David c. Broderick, entertaining con
fllcting opinions adopted the hair-trig
ger method Of settlement at the pre-
scribed fifteen PAGES. Frederick wait
cd for the second Terry split it ant
fired. Frederick fell dead.
Terry pleaded the cause OF his 70
bust client before Justice Stephen
Field. Sharon died, but Sarah Altha,
Hlll's suit lived on. Terry one da,
surprised his friends by marrying hi.
client.
Justice J. Field ordered the cancel
lation of the marriage contract on the
ground OF forgery. Justice Field step
ped off traIl. Terry and his wife
coincidently stepped from a train a
the same time. Terry stepped behind
Field and slapped his face with thu
back OF the hand. A marshal sho
Terry dead.
Bullet In the Night.
Charles Livingstone. who was pro
tcgc of Sharon's became manager o
the Palace hotel in San Francisco
1ANtukStou uOutuSu at oHc tiIi'
with certain Sarah Mitchell. whel
the fight to get at the Sharon millions
was at It's height. Miss Mitchell cam,
to the front with package of myster
ious letters. She demanded $4,000
for them. but she didn't get It. Their,
was talk of conspiracy. Livingston
name was mentioned unpleasantly il
that connection. One morning he wa
found dead In his room at the Palac,
hotel with pistol shot in his heart.
Sharon's two daughters grew to VIC
manhood surrounded by luxury. On,
daughter fell I'm love with Senate
Newlands. Of Nevada. and became hi
wife. The other. Florence Mily Shar
on. was married to Sir Thomas Gorg
Fermor-H asketh.
Both Sons Soldiers.
Lady Hasketh had two sons. botl
soldiers. The lieutenant Of Lancer
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