The Washington times., 1912-06-27
HEIRS ARE WANTED
FORB|GFORTUNES|N
DIFFERENT PLACES
Thousands of Advertise
ments Are Published In
Agony" Columns.

In the course of a year some thou
sands OF advertisements are published
In the Agony" columns OF the Press
by officials, trustee. and solicitors in
quiring for missing heirs relatives,
legatees, and others. Many Of these
notices, apart from their monetary
value, possess a curious air of romance
which renders them of great general
interest, says London dispatch to the
Chicago Inter Ocean
The estate Of John Cowie, Of Glasgow,
and John Fraser Bennett. Of London,
have fallen to his majesty the King,
ana the relations or legatees Of John
christie. who went abroad in 1881, may
\ snare In two legacies amounting to
glb,0oo. Walter CrosskilI, who died In
TO have been killed at a railway cross
ing. has left unclaimed property; the
Rev; c. b: Bronze, who went to Aus
tralia or Tasmania in 1879. is missing.
and the heirs OF James Davies. stone
cutter. who left Cardiff for America in
1874. are wanted to claim a large estate.
1s r. Wes5 born IN NoTtGls IN
Byrne, of Belfast. in 1850. while par
tculars are required as to the effects E
Of Lieut.. r. A.. Cammell. who was sc-
cidentally killed whilst flying at Hen
of James and Frank Healey, whose
parents are supposed to have been born
aoidns Ia who Hhfo eft for New zesland eS snd
Rainbow, a. bachelor, has died intestate
without any known relations.
:. Urgently Wanted.
Any inquiries as to the estate of Miss
Isabel o. Newton, who was brutally
murdered by her native servants In
South Africa, will be answered by the
solicitors to her executor: Harry z.
Heard. who sailed for New York In 1893,
Is urgently wanted, and news Is sought
OF Constance Goodrich, last heard Of in
Manchester where she applied at CON
vent for employment The heir-at-law
is wanted Of Thomas Bale. who married
Mary Neale in 1895, concerning the birth
and death Of whose son no information
is obtainable: f5O0 awaits Francis Baker,
formerly of the Indian civil service, and
the address is desired OF George Barter,
who was invalided out of the royal navy
in 1859. Persons entitled to the estate of
} a lady who was divorced In America
and afterward married a baron. are ad-
vertised for; the children Of Thomas
Ferguson, a tailor OF Liverpool about
; lS4o. are missing. and John Hazeland,
, born at Devices about 1885, is entitled
to a legacy. Information is required as
, to the estate of John Lillingdine, who
married Anne De 1-annoyin IT'S: also as
, to the death OF Matthew Gibson. play
ing card manufacturer. who was inter-
, ested in the will. dated 1892, Of John
r Croger. Sarah Jane Giddens Of Nor
folk. has not been heard Of for forty
five years; the heir-at-law Of John
: Barber. merchant of Liverpool In 1926,
= is missing. and inquiry 10 made for
Henry z. Chew, cattle drover of Long
D ton. last heard of IN Melbourne. Frank
: z. Fisher said to have Travelled under
! an assumed name with troupe of min
q
. and Isabella Higgle. who married about
:, e 1905, are advertised for; also persons
y entitled to the estate of Elizabeth Mac
= donald. who died in 17sS. Frank Parker
y | late OF Mansfield. Nottingham, is en-
= titled to the estate Of a lady who died
/. in 1874: the heirs-at-law Of william
Lynn Small, sometime Canadian
j. Judge, is missing, and news is wanted Of
v Charles r. Draper, who went to bathe
!. in the sea and whose clothes were found
II on the beach,
e Thought to be Dead.
i The representatives OF Isabel Sproule.
believed to have died a lunatio IN 1s41
and who was one OF the next Of kin of
.. James Fraser of London. deceased in
II 1915, are wanted also the next OF kin
|. OF Winfred Gilroy Of Ireland, who died
in Philadelphia. The relations of John
n Charity, a sergeant in the Sixteenth Lam
n GERS in 1890, and the descendants OF Eliz-
a abeth Lyme, who married James Han
- cock in 1911. are missing, and particulars
~ are required as to the heir-at-law ,ss1 o.
y The nephews and nieces Of James Lucas
TO of Huntington, Hereford, who died II
1t 1883. and the heirs OF George T. May
Or deceased in 1S43, are sought, while Jere
Sc miah Hyde is entitled to money unde,
s. the will Of his father.
s. Many persons are inquired for by tn
" courts OF chauncery: These include Ed
lg drowned about thirty years ago: Johl
Ill B. Pierson. who left England for AIDE
b. laide in 1852; John P. Reeves. publican
n: Of Cork, in 1851; Bsn'amn ISL, shoesmth smith
n BidwelI. who married Alfred S. Cool
ne and left for America in 1853; Jane
y Kearsey. who emigrated many year
IN ago; Frank Edge. Of Valparaiso, in 1895
er sex, in 1850. and William Melville,
ce Poyne, of Tunbridge Wells.
- Lists of great number OF person
n who have died intestate in Cape Colon
ar and Rhodesia. leaving money. for thei
- unknown heirs include the following es
tates: James Bell. s221ss; Henr
James Collins. G6es; Philip Galan; $40!
Jameson. G677: George Neale. Ella;
ce Thomas Esau Pryce, fS97; Emma VII
n iams, EST; John Williams, f1.7G;
~ Elizabeth Redall es4s. and Samuel WI
n The nexJ of kin or representatives ar
OF wanted OF Capt John c. Greene, VIII
ed died at sea in 1876, and Charles
IL Greene, who was drowned In 1888; WI
liam stokes, author OF Stokes on Men
orr" Ellen Mary Tyler. who died in
- workhouse; Peter Wilson. of Esse
. deceased In a hospital; c. II. Hopke
chief jailer at Mandalay; F. L. Kennel
lev. said to have died in West Afrtci
leaving his widow and child in Livel
pool. Ann NJ Cheesman, nee Phillip
- who married a missionary, Edwar
d: Davis. of Southall, who died at ToroI
to In 1901, and many others