The Monroe journal., 1921-05-27
PASTOR SAVES GIRL AND
GETS S22,IO,@0 ESTATE
NcA NuIk tletgyman to EnsloA Re-
cns itonie tor Noman With a
Part oi His t.rrat Legacy.
WANTED DRINK BIT cor PRAYER

Several millions OF dollars of m
fortune which the Rev. David :. h
Byrne expects 10 possess after Ma
- viii be- used IN building and en-
DOWNS rescue home for women an
-irls IN Chiago. according to New
York dispatch 10 the Phlladelphi
Public l.rdSer.
H. has Chicago first in mind b.
cause il was in that city. many year
40. d, found and reclaimed the gir
i.lcN Bytnv To that act and h.
-tOratiou to her parents. and to
train nf events beside which some ID
aHr best fiction seems duh. the c.
madam clergyman owes his eNpecia
Ton ri great wealth.
Til, fortuue Is eonst fyatiycly ti
mated. according 10 the opinion o.
FiariG1 count. II S29 400 coo. Thai
sSys Nr. Ryrar. was based upon va
cations Of several years ago, but q.
thinks the sum is now about Sis
OWN .nnN.
He has said repeatedly that whea
tine estate came into his hands hr
would use il in doinc good. and il
timdted he would Try chiefly to 81.
able 1lrls who have gone astra, ia
make themselves useful members p'
society TO-DAY Ne said he had mad,
up his mind to star, with Chicago
Il intend 10 offer quite a larg
sum To the people of Chicago. h.
said. 1t may be $4,000 .o00. poss
~ n m aha
the people of Chicago to contribute
sum equal to what give. II viii
BE- used TO build and establish a hone
for girls and women. 10 be called thu
Lucy Lillian Byrne Memorial Home
Don't call il refuge ! like the
word home. 1t must be real home
where girls can have protection ami
kindly care and will be taught use
full things so that they may become
self-supporting.
Mr.. Byrne would not disclose his
purposes further. He was reluctan
10 talk al all. He said he "didn
want any publicity" but as he hat
recently received legal paper
strengthening his claim TO the for
tune he was willing to show them.
Girl Wanted Drink. But Got Prayer
In 1906 Mr.. Byrne. who was not
a minister at that time. but was In
business in canada. visited brother
in Chicago. Summing as gospei
worker. he was invited BY youns
woman to buy her drink He tolu
her h wouldn't do that. but would
pray Tor her. He knelt. and as h
prayed the girl left him. intent on
having A drink. He crossed the street
to a restaurant. The girl came In.
apologized tor her disappearance ana
said she thought it over and MAJ
De the prayer might help her. She
reformed and went back TO her pa
ants. who then lived in Florida.
Her father was William George
Bryne. the first name having origin
ally been Wellington. He was OF
Scotch and Spanish parentage. He
never learned TO write and TO his last
day used an X mark as his sigma
ture but he had great head Tor
business. He acquired. says the min
Ister, oil. mining. grazing and timber
lands in many countries and much
other property. so widely scattered
that he never knew just what he was
worth.
Two years after the family re-
lnion. Lucy Lillian Byrne. the sirl
If the Chicago episode, died. Later
n the same year father. W. G.. Byrne,
lied at White Springs. Fla. Attested
,opies OF the will and summary
# il. which the reporter saw today.
how that in the will 100000 was
eft TO servants. a third of the estate
o the widow. a quarter to the daugh-
er. quarter to the only son. George
Y. Byrne. and the residue to David
. Kidd. conditioned on the last nam
d changing his name to David ;. h.
,vrne. The Canadian who had set
.ucy Byrne on the straight path was
,avid 5. Kidd-the present Rev
'avd 5. X. Byrne.
Gets Dead Girls share.
BY a codicil. added after he
aughters death, her share was Civ
n to David S. Kidd. who had seen
he rich Mr.. Byrne only once in his
fe. A trust fund Of 81 $4,000 was
stablished in her memory for aiding .
award girls. David S. Kidd was
amed as an executor OF the viii.
long with the widow and son of viii
am G.. Byrne.
1t was a peculiar WILL" the Rev.
avid 5. Kidd Byrne said, and in
eed ii was. For one thing. each ex-
,utor or beneficiary had TO prove his
+ her identity In the presence Of the q
rebate judge; no notary or other =
testing officer would do. They were .
)rbidden TO use copies OF the will .
r other document for the purpose =
( raising money on prospective be-
uests. II was stipulated that. in
lew of the widely scattered condi- =
on of the estate. sworn statements
I the approximate status of each Z
EN- must be obtained. The will gave h
10 executors seven years to accomp-
81 his, with an extension TO ten