The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-17
Second Cousin of Late Worlds
Richest Woman Says He
Expected 1t.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Sept. lido
you suppose that the little old ono
story shoe hospital" at S24S Wash
ington avenue north was turned into a
scene OF confusion when the postman
duckod his head through the door
way and handed Elisha Swan Youngs
Cornell, the aged cobhler, a letter from
New York attorneys, informing him
that he is one OF tho chief heirs to
the Hctty Green estate?
Not at all.
II knew It was coming" declared
the old Cobhlcr.
You never said anything about e."
objected the postman.
II am not In the habit Of talking
about my rich relatives" rcbukcd the
old cObblcr In return. "You SEQ /
am not like all these Hctty Green
relatives you hear about-the kind
that just say they are relatives but
never saw liotty in all their lives.
Fact is that am n regular rela-
tive and suppose am in for quite
a skunk Of the estate. knew Hctty
well; knew her son Eddie: used to
fish with him down in Texas; been in
correspondence with llctty for years; .
regular member Of the family"
II suppose then you'll DO giving
up the shop; quit dnctoring up old
shoes. and let tho garden 20 10 weeds y
suggested the postman.
No, sir. won't be doing anything
of the kind, responded Elisha. ut
don't make any difference how much
money get III be right here cobbllng
shoes and tending To the little gar
den around the shop. How do you
suppose the nelghhors would get their
old shoes doctorcd IN II quit work :?
And how do you think this lot would
look II let the garden 90 to weeds
around here? The people around hero
have been relying on emo 10 take
care of their old shoes and to make
;hls little lot beauty spot these
many years, and they can keep on
relying on me-"
Which is the story Of the news
which came The other day TO Elisha
Swan Youngs Cornell. aged cobbler,
and the decision he came to as TO
what he will do now that riches seem
to have come to him.
CObbler Expects Great Sum.
This money ! am TO get now Is
nothing to what expect to get when
Hetty Green's own property is dis
posed Of, explained Mr.. Cornell. This
letter concerns only the estate of
Hetty Glidden Rowland, who died a
great many years ago.
Her people made lot OF money
IN whaling and when she died she left
the use of her money to her niece,
who afterward became Mrs. Hetty
Green, This money, you understand,
was not for the niece to spend any
way she wanted She only was to
have the use of 1t and she was to
pay six per cent interest for the privl-
lege. On her death the money was to
be divided among all the descendants
Of Hetty Green Rowland.
Il see Eddie Green says that there
are about 500 relatives surviving.
Eddie always was inclined to talk big
l don't believe there's more than 100
of us living. My letter does not say
just how much | am to get, but
should get pretty good slice OF this
old Rowland estate, which, at the time
Hetty Green died, amounted to about
S3,000,000. But when Mrs. Green's
own will is probated l think you will
see that I get even more than from
this Rowland estate. ! understand
she left most of her money to Eddie
and to her daughter, Hetty; but l
guess there is plenty left over for
others near OF kin"
Elisha Swan Young Cornell explains
that his fathers mother was How
land.
Ancestors We're Whalers.
"My fathers mother was a How
land" he said. Father was born in
New Bedford, Mass, of an old whaling
family. There are four of us children
living, Mrs. Martha Arms, of Chicago;
Mrs. Mary Miner, of Gibson City, III;
William Cornell, of Sugar Grove, H.,