Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-03
|IiND OLD PEDDLER, !.
HEIR TO 100000.
| |,,,,ed Newsome's Family Here
,oarns He Is in Berkeley
California
|u.s JUST LEFT 'lNF'RMARY

xowsome. formerly of this
a. An,rs one Of two heirs to s2oo'oco, mas
slS, , toupd in Berkeley, Calif'' py po-
lice lice Of that city. . g., .bo seventy .
rcor old man. who has mace s,,;, q
fye. yJ;a, y,;nus living for years by seiilns
precaat,oaaD aDd shoestring, in order that
|pencils a may be distributed to MN
The iol' brother, John II. Newsome'
ana !" home Is In Boston. -
whose nN wife and some OF tneir
NeTSydip NeTS;idren are living at $50 East
6ye cn,, ntreet. and it is expected New
Hilton I;li come here Immediately 70
some W.. W. himself with further details
acqusa.p, case and, possibly, make ar
Of the sas to go to New Zealand,
rangenteLhoe' tLo fortune awaits him in real
where s,ai snp property. the estate OF O
sistsr snt Mrs. Myrtle Driscoh.
In County Inflrmary
.,..,or,o for some time had been an
NeNooJ the county infirmary near
!nmaa.Hi having been discharged only
berkeie'' For several years he was 0
reeSenssp, sDoun figure in the Oakland and
well, ,nU Know sections, as he drove about
Befntiss q. .,rssts and vended his pencils and
sboestrings. -, ,n.,. o@c;ols "be
nv he know who might have left him
t.o tso money, mo but he had a brother, John
sSo y. lived somewhere in New Gngiand
.uS ~y sister, Myrtle, whom he had last
heard from at Christ Churcn' NC"
Zealand. .,,. ros oridor.. that
.hs Newsome living in Berkeley was
Ss G Newsome for whom a search was
S.;rg III made-for the decedent In the
S.se O.s' was Mrs. Myrtle Driscoll, the sis-
'er N0ws ts,s'tt Of the finding of the aged ped .
nav I'm IN California brought a smile. of
| |ns N the face of his wife at her
home last night.
wife Pleased by News
.~rhis il too good to be true she
,,o,arsd. ~ never believed would
..o Alfred again, and ] am 50 happy
siat I hardly know what to say. We
sars been trying to get some trace OF
tir, for wears, but we were never able
~ % ID 60. and am glad that he Is alive
~ fl hat at he may enjoy the use of his
I'VE had always feared he was dead
because Of his advanced age. Both my
husband and myself were born in
Yorkshire, England, and came to. this
country fifty years ago. His sister,
Mrs, Martha Driscoll, went to New
Zealand about fifty years ago with
nor first husband, Edward Alden:
While out there her husband died and
sbe married Mr.. Driscoll, who was q
mine operator. We heard Of her death
several years ago, but we never knew
that she had left my husband a large
legacy.
I'm November my husbands brother,
John II. Newsome, a retired business
man from Lisbon Falls. Me-. came to
Philadelphia and told me that my hus-
bands sister had left both him and
Inv husband a large fortune. He ad :
yised Inc to have my husband located
and advised me to consult an attor-
ney. Ny sons have been making an ef-
fort to have my husband located"
Mrs. Newsome for the last eight
years has been living with her son, AL
| bert Newsomc, at the Hilton street ad =
dress
John Landberg, the attorney who
started the searching. has also cab,ed
to the recorder of wills in Auckland,
New Zealand, to learn the terms of
the legacy and how the money can be
brought to Philadelphia.