The Washington times., 1924-01-31
RADIO USED
FOR HEIR
HUNT
Million Awaits Gustave sa-
Iomez, Who ls Being Sought
Throughout the World.

Throughout the World.
Radio will make another appeal
to the world to locate Gustave Sal
Omaz, grandson Of the Sieur de
Joinville and heir to approximately
81, ,O0O, 900, it was announced yes
terday.
Originating at WHAS; Louis
vile, last Friday, a request for in
formation Of the whereabouts Of
Salomez was broadcast from sta
tion to station throughout the
United States, Mexico, South
America, and, it is believed, Africa
and the Orient.
No Clue To Location.
So far no report has been made
Of the missing heirs location.
Salomez. who disappeared from
Roubais, France, thirty-six years
ago following a quarrel with his
brother. Emile, is being sought, by
Jean Salomez, 1921 Mary street,
Louisville, his nephew, in order that
the uncle may inherit two fortunes
which have been willed to him
since he vanished.
It has become more than ever
imperative to learn his whereabouts,
Mr.. Salomez explains, since by the
will of his uncle, Emile, who died
in Rubais, France, seven weeks ago,
the missing uncle In o joint heir
with Mr.. SalomeZ's father. who will
become the sole legatee II Gustave
cannot be found within seven years.
$1,OOO,OO Awaits Him.
GustayO's two inheritances. one
left by his mother. only daughter
of the Sieur de JoinviIlo, thirty
years ago, and the other by his
brother Emile. amount with the
interest which has accrued, to about
81, 900 900, his nephew estimates.
Although Emile and Henri have
spent the earnings OF their brother Q
estate for thirty years in trying to
locate Gustave, through conSuls and
newspaper advertisements In Cali
fornia, New York. Mexico, all over
South America and even In Africa
and the Orient on the possibility
that he might have drifte4 to one
Of those continents, they have been
unable to find q trace OF him.
Would Be Seventy.TwO.
Their hope Of Identifying him
after his long absence 1SuStave
would be seventy-two years OLD
now-ts In the family 0enutica'
ton mark tato0ed somewhere on
his body according to the custom
handed down in the family ZOE
more than four centuries, Mr. Sa1o'
meg explains. -
Each member Of the family e
stamped with the same secret
symbol soon after birth, the exact
location Of the tattoo mark being
known only to the parent ana the
child himself. When the parent
makes q will he describes the mark
and its position in order that no
one can obtain the inheritance
falsely.
The only clews that have resulted
from their search are that on leav'
ing Roubais Gustave went 70
paris, borrowed money from an
aunt who has since died. and TOOK
ship for Buenos Aires under an
assumed name. What name he TOOK
thew have never been able to learn.
The family supposes that, cna.
grinned at having been put IN jail
for striking his brother In q tignt'
Gustave left the country ana either
died afterward or possibly has pros
nered and would rather forego his
fortune than face his relatives
again. ..A. q.
In the meantime the estate y
tied uu. since under his mother
will. which divided $4,000 equally
hetween her three sons, Gustave's
nortion II to be held in trust Tor
him until he 10 found or proved to
ha dead. when It is to revert to
his brothers or their male heirs.
Rumor OF A Visit.
There n q rumor among the
noighbors in Joinville that Gustave
came back at the time OF his
mothers death, seven years after
his disappearance and peered In the
window az the funeral, but MEM
hers of the family discredit the re-
mort. since under the rigid regis
traton law in France he would have
been discovered.
Mr.. Salomez'g father, Henri 6alo-
mez, who still lives in Joinville, re.
ceived this third Of his mothers
estate In cash and real estate To-
Half Of this is being held in trust
for Mr.. Salomeg and his two
brothers, Emile. who lives at st.
Dizier, France and Henri, who lives
with his parents at JOinville. Two
other brothers were killed in the
war.
Mr.. Salomez also has sister,
Nine. Augustin Decame, Wan.
brechieg, France, who according to
the family custom, will not receive
any of the estate unless all the
male heirs die.
At the time he left home Gus.
tave Salomez was thirty-six years
old, was five feet four inches in
height, and weighed about 100
pounds. He had dark brown wavy
hair and dark blue eyes.
NumbersN of persons have pro-
nounced themselves to DO the mis-
sing heir, his nephew says, but
none Of them are able to show the
tattoo mark. One cIue followed sew.
eral years ago pointed to q Luois.
vile woman, who they thought
might be q daughter Of Gustave.
as her son said he had heard her
called "Salome," but this proved
only q nickname.