The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
FAILS IN FIGHT FOR
100000 LEGACY
Nine. Cotton, Poor Partisan.
Sued the Government and
City Of Paris.
WEALTH OF AN ANCESTOR
He. a Rolling Stone. Gathered
Golden Moss-NapolcOn
Spent 1t.
WEALTH OF AN ANCESTOR
.specini correspon dence 10 Tnr ST.


PARIS, Dec. 26.--Back in the time Of
Louis XIV. there was man living at
Chateau Thierry. tho birthplace Of the poet
La Fontaine. whose name was Jean
Thierry. He was a poor. uneducated peas
ant, whose thoughts instead Of being on
his land were on IN. h"ot- "r adventure
that he read by candlelght when his days
work was done. He became sort Of
French Don Quixote and one day he de-
cided to start out in search OF the great
adventures he had read about.
So instead of going out to his field ono
morning he slung meagre pack over hts
shoulder and with six sous in his pocket
turned his footsteps toward the rising sun.
The warm sun brought him visions Of dis
tant countries where the streets are sup
posed to be paved with gold. where men
wear garments OF silk instead Of the
crosse toile OF the French peasant. where
life Is "A perpetual fete. Thierry had no
compass. but he walked directly east. He
saw countries ravaged by war. he visited
palaces and novels. slept In both and some
times out under the stars. Led by the
fair dame vagabondia he wandered far
and found the adventures he had read
about In the old books back home Had
he been clever with the pen, the world
would have had tale like that OF Marco
Polo. but Thierry knew not how to write
Meets Fortane Face to Face.
One day the wanderer turned UP at
miserable little inn at Brescia There
he met his Eldorado In the form OF a
Greek BY the name Of Athanase Ripaldl
He also had had numerous adventures
He had visited the countries OF the Far
East. More than that he was immensely
rich. This rolling stone mad gathered
golden moss So the Greek and the Gaul
became inseparable companions. Jean
Thierry. compatriot OF NJ. de In Fontaine.
became rich and powerful seigneur
through the death of the Greek. Thierry
became the possessor OF his friends mag
nifcent palace az Venice. Thierrys turn
to leave this world came along and on his
deathbed he bethought himself OF his two
nephews, Pierre and Claude. in the little
town where he was born There they were
trying to squeeze II living out OF the
meagre land. "A task In which their uncle
had failed. 80 in his will the adventurcr
left his entire fortune. estimated AT about
si.00O,00O. to his nephews
The will was deposited in the hands Of
a notary AT Corfu Among other things
he left 100000 deposited in the Rank
OF Venice 80. 600 Louis dor. thr-" houses
in Venice worth sSou.506. slN barrels Of
gold dust worth st0O.O 600 sin carriages.
two bags OF precious stones valued AT
100000. a sack filled with gold bars four
feet long. three ships with valuable car
goes, valued at 100000. 10" armchu -
and other furniture, $4,000 gold ducats.
two boxes OF silver vases and six boxes
Of candelabra.
ON the death of 'rhierry the Bank OF
Venice took charge of the estate. Pierre
and Claude There, however, never saw
a SOU OF the estate They never learned
that they had a rich uncle who left them
his fortune. Years passed and soon tho
years became centuries In the eighteenth
century the King OF France sought To-
get possession OF the sum left with thu,
Bank Of Venice. but he failed. Soon thu
breath of revolution spread over Franc.
and the matter was forgotten.
one day In 1897. however "A victorious
French General crossed the Aims to taxi,
charge OF an army In rags and starving.
Venice got it's first view OF Bonaparte
He was sadly in need OF funds TO nay
his soldiers and continue the Italian cam.
paign and the French Government author.
lied him to take the funds left in the
Bank OF Venice to aid In spreading tn,
glory aud power OF France throughout
Italy. Thus II was that Jean Thierr,.
once a poor adventurer. fed the army or
Italy and made possible Napoleon's future
successes.
Fi9he Tor the fortune.
In the poor ouart.r of Paris and in a
much poorer APARTMENT lives , fraiI old
woman known as Mime co,ton. She has
come forward TO claim for tho Er.ucr
Government the millious Iar, nv Jn.,
Thierry AZ sh, has been abl. IN estahlisb
that sh, az his descendant In h.r nover,,
and h.r misery she dream.d az tbo.s
barrels OF gold dus, and as sha DREAM
she sau, b,r moor did ma nds coverod vii
Jewels chosen from those sack. or wand.
full precious stones hidden away by h,r