The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-03-10
II A D s
WOMAN To
EVIDENCE
Discovers Missing Family Tree
That May Deliver $a5, ooo,-
900 to Her in Court
By r. A. WRAY,
International News Service.

LONDON, March 1O.-Three
strange dreams have prompted a
Cumberland woman to claim a for.
tune estimated at from $40, 00O, 900
to $45. 900. 900.
Mrs. Lillian Kirtlan. of Wetherel,
pretty Cumberland village near
Carlisle. had heard vague stories
about q great fortune to which she
was entitled, but until the dreams
and some unseen driving force
made her investigate she never
thought Of taking action.
Now she IL In London, claiming.
as g. direct descendant, the estate
OF Sir John Jenny, who was the
governor.general Of Sierra Leone in
184O-1S41.
The Jermys were descendants OF
an old Huguenot family who landed
at Fishguard, Wales, during the
wars between Britain and France.
Some Of these descendants settled
in Carmarthenshire and established
themselves as millers at place
called Langharre Mill.
Huge Fortune.
The John Jenny from whom Mrs.
Kirtlan claims descent was brother
to Joshua, the miller at the place,
and while Joshua stayed at the
mill, John went abroad and
amassed a huge fortune. He was
noted for his stubborn fight to
abolish slavery.
judge. In October, 1S4O, he Was
appointed governor Of Sierra Leone
and died there in April, 1S4l. After
that there was vague talk In Mrs.
Kirtlan's family Of its being entitled
to John Jermy's fortune. but all
documentary evidence was missing;
therefore, Mrs. Kirtlan let the idea
drop.
But two years ago she had re.
markable dreams three nights in
succession. In the first dream she
found hrseif in a. country lane late
at night. She did not know the
place, but remembers there was an
old castle nearby, and q gateway
leading from the lane to what, ap-
parently, was an old water mill.
AS she stood contemplating this
scene an old man appeared and,
pointing to the gateway, said, in q
deep voice:
seek at Langharne" (the name
being pronounced Larne).
She related the dream to her
daughter the next morning, but
they thought nothing of It, except
to wonder what Ii might mean and
where Isangharne might be.
Another Dream.
The next night she had another
dream. In this dream she was car
ried a bit farther and found her.
self knocking at a door in a
strange place. The door opened,
and she was admitted to a. room
where there were several persons
apparently seeking for a book, and
there were books Uttered all over
the floor and on the tables.
AS she was wondering what It
was all about, Mrs. Kirtlan says,
she distinctly heard the same deep
voice she had heard in her pre-
vious dream, saying:
Here is the book
The third night she had yet an
other dream. This time she was
seated in a room, and an old Bible
was brought to her and placed in
her lap by an old man, with silvery
white hair, who said:
Look, my child!'
The book was very much the
worse for wear, and the back OF the
binding was torn away. Mrs. Kirt.
Ian took the book, and she remem-
bers turning the pages over and
looking for entries on the front
fly leaf, where family history was
wont to be written, and, finding
nothing at all, she was in the act
of replacing the Bible on table
when she accidentally lifted the
back cover and saw some writing
on the last page.
She Awakened.
Very much startled. she leaned
forward to read and-awakened.
Much impressed by the dreams.
Mrs. Kirtlan related them to some
relatives, one Of whom said:
81 wonder If your dream about
the old Bible can have any bearing
on the lost Bible grandmother
used to talk about, and which. she
said. would restore the family for
tune If ever it were found?"
However, from then on Mrs..
Kirtlan was to have no rest. She
says she was driven on by some
unseen force. which seemed to push
her toward the old Bible.
Eventually she found her way to
days dilegent search, found some
distant relatives living at Lang
harne Uarne). as Mrs. Kirkland
had heard it in her first dream.
Finds Bible.
When she stated her errand and
related her dreams, the relatives
were astounded, as they had N
their possession a Bible, with the
back-binding missing. and answer.
ing in every detail the description
of tho Bible in Mrs. Kirtlan's dream.
1t appears this branch of the
family had received the Bible from
an old aunt, who had acted as
nurse to the family for a long time.
She, on her deathbed. had cautioned
the survivors to take care of the
Bible and never part with 1t, rs it
would enable them some day to
claim their rights.
Combined with other ovidaoco %ba