Douglas Island news., 1919-07-11
.NOMEITE MAY
 GET FORTUNE
Former Nome Man Getting Nearer to Goal for Which He Has
 Been Working

Been Working
 Some months ago we had an Item .n this paper in regards to a former resident or Nome who wus ondoav- bring to prove his right to a S2- 100000 fortune loft by his father in England many years ago.
 Tho Seattle Times of recent date contains an interview wiu tho man ond presents tho following in- tercHIng story:
 Shaping dolt holes iu steel plates with roaming tools at the Duthie shipbundIug plant a man gray of hair bui yolng Of features who some day expects Co hayo @ banbron in excess of s2.O0O.00O rlc s Charles Edward Gordon. carly Alas ka prospoclor. who claims io Doe Che sole heir io Che estate Of Sir Robert Henry Huniley Gordon. long m Che British diplomatic service. who died many years ago In England and whom thc Seattle man asserts was. his father
 Attempts made Co establish hi1 identity years ago. which were inc lerrupted during Che period or Che war have now been resumed by tho shipb aildors who came to Seattle re- acntly from Nomo. Having won and lost many small fortunes during his quest for gold In Alaska. Australia and other mineral producing coun- tries. making as many mistakes as ! made stakes" as he expressed it. yesterday. Gordon is now broke but he says tho English barristors have taken up Che fight in his be half u England. considering he has a valid claim on Che evidence he hos produced.
 Gordon says his case is now In Che hands Of McAually & lnglis. 9 Adams Court old Broad Street Lon- don. Ho Ii now working in Che ship yards Go got sufficient funds Go go to England personally to press hisI claim
 Gordon says hc was born at Ask crn. Yorkshire County England in 1869. Ho claims his father had re- tired about iS75. after serving Che government as ambassador Co various including Denmark Rus sia and Sweden. 40 the ago Of is| years. Gordon declares. he ran away from home. taking passage oa al sailor on d British ship Co tho East Indies. Alter remaining there for several years ho says be went Co Australia and engaged in mining thoro for eight years. subsequently, going Go Japan From Japan hoI came to tho wcstcoast of America and mined in California md Arizona.
 In 1889 he shipped Co sea agin as seaman on a whaling vessel from San Francisco to Siberia Reaching point on tho Siberian coast. he dcsortcd Che ship and ca- capcd Co Alaska over tho Boring straits in canoe. After spending some time at Cape Prince of Wales he went to tho Nome district and claims to be Che first man to dis cover that gold existed in the aboundIng territory. About twcive years ago. Gordon says Louis Foso- Ramsey am English noblcmau. visit cd Nome and ho chanccd Co meet him.
 'Inquiry of Fose-Ramscy clicited tho information that my father had diod. says Gordon "rho death Of my mother and one brother occurred prior to my fathers death. leaving me Che sole heir to my fathers os- tate. which ran Into millions
 "I immediately started to inyes- urate but. being SO far away was not able to get much satisfaction Mr. Ichlesham Johnson. am English lawyer. who practiood in Wrangoll Alaska. for while. became interest cd i'm my claim about five years ago and on the basis Of tho evidence of Identity that ] gave him ho wont to England to lay legal claim Go the estate on my behalf He was making some progress when Che war came on and he Joined thc British forces AsI have heard nothing from him tn several years ! suppose he died tn battle"
 Gordon says his cousin is Lord Gordon. tho earl of Aberdeen.
 "i understand that by thia lime have inherited some tiuc m Eng ilsh nobility myself but that doesn't bother me-" said Gordon What want ls the estate Of my father if am entitled to it. and am sure that am But for the war. ] believe this matter would bc settled iu my favor by this time"
 Gordon Is married and has thro' children. on oi whom attend thC
 Pacific eramar school