Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-01-18
Science Versus
Fraud
A Vast Fortune Was Saved by
Recently Discovered Scieu-
tific Treatment
BY +, A. mitchell

/ the cnvirous of London. The property
was put on the market for sale, and.
since the ncighhorhood was an aristo-
cratic one in which a few old families
had for many years resided, II was
deemed undesirable by the other land
holders in the vicinity that the Hinch
clwood estate should pass into the
hands Of Il pNrvcnu or be built upon
for business OF manufacturing pur-
poses, Twenty gentlemen dubbed to
gcthcr, each putting IN tAuO, and
bought the property, Then they put
II into Il trust, each nominating u baby
/ boy or girl less than one year old, who
was to Inherit his interest The last
/ one OF these children to rcmaiu alive
4 was to be decided the property by the
trustees,
/ The cxpclicnt did not long delay
trade from catering the neighhorhood,
the Trainers of the trust gradually moN-
ing away or dying, and NJ die begin
ming of the present century the Hiuch
clwood estate, surrounded rs II was
by business property, was valued at
fl.00o,O00 Two of the nominees were
living. Nicholas Baxter. aged ninety
two years. and Timothy OgtlShy aged
nincty-two years and six months.
/ Here was $G,0OO.OOo dependent upon
two lives that were sure soon to so out
/ 1t was to hr expected that these who
were heirs To these persons should cake
marked interest in their longevity.
If Baxter outlived OCishy the estate
would so to II great great crandni"rH
living in Amcrica. IL OgilShy lived
the longer he had willed the whole
property to II granddaughter living Ia
London, The American candidate was
Miss Gladys IIinchelwood. aged TWEEN
ty, a descendant of the family who had
originally owned the property, whose
parents had cmigrated TO the new hem
isphere before her birth Both tho
aged men lived in London In houses
situated on the Hmchelwood estate and
across the street from each other.
One morning Miss Iinchelwood
called at the Institute For Expert
mental Research and asked for DR.
Willard Searle, one of the stan DR.
Searle was ut the time substituting u
new liver taken from a subject whose
death had occurred but II few minutes
before for diseased liver In an other
wise healthy man. As soon rs the op-
Grafton had been completed he went
to the reception room, where he met
Miss IIinchclwood Since Or. Scnrle
was bachelor Of little more than
thirty. call from young lady who
possessed II remarkably intelligent II
not beautiful face was not dispeasing
to him The young lady announced
the object of her call by giving an nc
count of the formation OF the lllnchel-
wood trnst and her present interest in
It. Then she continued
MANY of our vast American estates
have passed into the hands of Brit
ish men by their marriage with our
heiresses Here Is property which
hangs In the balance between an Eng-
lishman and nm American girl, my
self Mr.. Baxter and Mr., 0gilsby are
I'll In London. II my great. great
granduncle. Mr.. Ogisby. lives the
longer | shall inherit $5,0O0000. II
MIR. Baxter survives him | shall get
nothing"
DR.. Searlc'S interest was excited
Now. I have read" continued Mist
Hinchelwood. 'ln magazines and Other
places of the wonderful work you nrt
doing here N this institute. | under
stand that you are studying the very
source Of life | have come to you Il
ask If you know of any method OF pro
longing life that must soon pass
from the body"
DIR. Scarle leaned back in his chair
looked Mt the ceiling, then at the
speaker and said:
"WelI go on"
These two old men are likely L
die within n few days, hours, minutes
or even seconds OF each other. Who
ever survives the other owns the as
tate. which nc may transmit TO hi
heirs or, rather. has already willed
One In my interest IN London has ~
formed me that unfair means will b.
used to keep Mr. Baxter's death sc
cret In ease he dies before Mr.. Ogils
by desire to meet these unfair
methods by scientific methods NEAR
by this ! would proiong Mr.. Ogilsby',
NE"
Dir Searle arose from his chair
paced the floor meditativeiy for sever
al minutes. then said:
cor course | should have to 20 Il
London"
THAT you know better than -
- have been thinking OF taking u
rest"
You would get that on the ocean"
In one week from that day Miss
Hinehelwood. accompanied by her
mother met Or. Searle in London. and
the three drove 10 the residence OF Mr.
Oglsby. He was In the care OF a wo-
man who had been his housekeeper for
many years. his wife having died some
forty years before and he had never
begotten any children Mrs. and Miss
Hinchelwood at C1ce assumed charge
! Of the old man dismissed his nhysf-