Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-02-26
CLAIM EDWARDS
WAS MURDERED
Was in New York City to Establish
Claim to $500, OOO,O0s Worth
Of Property
SPOKANE WOMAN GIVES HISTORY
Claims 1900 Heirs Have Right to
Share in Property

SOAiiS ACW WSNho AK thS t1~io CAV
chronicled the report of the mys-
terious death of Emery Edwards
who was found dead in his lodg-
ings in New York City. Edwards
was formerly a resident of this city
and has relatives here He had
gone to New York City a few
weeks prior to his death to search
for further evidence of his own and
of some 1900 other relatives right
to New York property aggregating
millions of dollars. The latest de-
velopments in the case were given
in the Spokane Chronicle as fol-
lows:
For AZ years a Spokane woman,
Mrs. P. Hays, W1412 Seventh av
enue, and J H. Gelvin of Spokane,
father of Detective Floyd Gelvin,
have carried on a fight against
great odds in an effort to establish
their claim to a portion of $500,
900, 900 estate in the heart of New
York city. They are still fighting
and hope to win. 1t is charged
that feeling between two factions
in the case is so bitter that during
the progress of the investigation
since 1868 two murders have been
committed over the affair.
1t was only few weeks ago
that a man named Edwards, from
Colville, went to New York and
was engaged in looking up evil
dence to assist some of the 1900
heirs to the estate to establish their
rights when he was shot down in
the street and robbed of valuable
papers. Mrs. Hays declares the
murder is the direct result of Ed
wards knowing too much. -
Mrs. Hays declares she can trace
her ancestry directly to susanna
Edwards, the niece of Robert Ed
wards, the owner of the valuable
estate. She says she and Mr.. Gel
vim. who are cousins, are both
great-graudchildren of susanna Ed
wards, and that they are eligible to
a portion of the vast estate.
We have written a history of
the Edwards estate and we find
that Robert Edwards came to New
York in 1745 from England, said
Mrs. Hays. He acquired vast
tracts of land on Manhattan island f.,
upon which the city of New York
is built. He had two brothers,
Ambrose aud John. John settled
in South Carolina and Ambrose in
Virginia.
At the outbreak of the Revolu-
tionary war, Robert, who was a
loyal subject of England, decided
to leave this country. He leased
his land for 90 years, and, before
leaving for the old country, in
formed Ambrose of his business
affairs. While in England he died
bachelor. Ambrose and John
each married and left number oil
children. Johns children are scat
tered all over the south. Ambrose
left nine children, one of whom
susanna, married my grand
father, Colonel J. Tunstell Quarles
of Cherry Grove, Va.
In 1868 the occupants of tn,
property advertised for the heirs
as in that year the 99-year leas,
given by Robert Edwards expired
Since 1868 we have been striving
to establish our rights, but we ar,
constantly confronted by frauds
On several occasions our attorneys
have been bought off. 1t wa
only a short time ago that one o
the heirs, a man named Edward
from Colville, went to New Yorl
and was possessed of valuable in
formation. He was killed.
The property involved is in tn
heart of New York. The Waldorf
Astoria hotel occupies part of tn
ground. F"