The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-22
The Story of Trinity Corporation
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the seventh generation OF Weber heirs. 1t seems
that he would believe his wllful daughters words
that the marriage was legal but that she did not
live the wife Of her black spouse following the
formal ceremony.
"Anneke, now locked out OF house and home
to New York with her grandmother, Anna Cock.
There are strong reasons for believing Anna Cock
was none other than Anneke's mother and that in
the domestic upheayal ensuing from the daughters
marriage to husband OF her fathers choice, old
Wolfert kicked the wife out, too when she sided
with the daughter l have now in my possession
certain facts pointing to yerfcation OF this version
Of the story and hope to be able to confirm what
are now merely well grounded suspicious.
$50 Anneke came to New York where she posed
as an unmarried maid. She made the acquaintance
Of Roeloff Jams (Jansen), farmer, whom she mar
ried, their union resulting in the rearing of small
family. Jams died and Anneke became the wife OF
the Rev. Everardus Bogardus of Trinity church. The
church was in financial difficulties and Pastor Bo-
gardus, who knew of the legacy left by his wifes
father, voyaged to Holland to interest the Dutch
government in his case He succeeded in persuad-
ing the government to transfer part Of the trust
fund of the Weber legacy to New York. The church
trustees appointed by the government sub
trustees of this legacy.
"Anneke died soon after this and Pastor Bogardus
tain additional funds from the Weber estate In
1909, after Anneke's DEATH of the heirs learn
rg that the trust fund had been transferred to New
York, raised loud camor and were seriously
sidering legal action to restore the money to its
proper custodianship. 1t looked bad for Trinity
church and the trustees The latter no doubt loaths
to part from such comfortable financial cushion,
petitioned Queen Anne for protection.
''They received grant covering the church and
graveyard adjoining. say without the slightest
fear of being called to account for my utterances,
that Trinity Corporations claims have been mere
pretense. The grant of Queen Anne was political
makeshift devised as way out of difficult situa-
ton by the earlier trustees and gives legal rights
to the property which was bought with money left
BY Weber to his heirs.
con one of my numerous trips OF investigation
went to the trouble of having surveyed all of the
10 acres of land by the grant and found that
the corporation owned 80 acres more than the
specified in the document. How then did the
poration acquire the 80 additional acres?
after I had obtained positive proof of my descent
from the house of Weber l made another visit to
New York. Without disclosing the source of my in
formation told the trustees of Trinity church that
the Weber heirs owned the estate. They pretended
they had not heard OF Weber and took it as a
joke in the long list of hoaxes that attended ltga-
ton over the vast estate throughout several
turtles.
"But the trustees laughed too soon for found out
that the Weber name was a powerful talisman il
rubbed the right way and it served to open new
corridors where my disclosures found more ready
listeners. The result is that settlement has
been promised in the immediate future
what this may can tell. Forty-nne
acres of skyscrapers in the heart of New York can
not be apportioned among hundreds of legal claim
ants in a few months All the buildings
leased ground and the total value is in of six
billion dollars.
There for believing that as little fuss
rs possible will be made in closing the accounts with
the heirs The chief reason is the wide ramfca
ton OF the Weber tree in England and Holland
where the name is found heavily sprnkled among
the nobility. No less than six Webbers regis
tered in the Royal Blue Book OF England. learned
this after having been told by English officials they
had no information about the Webbers
"This reticence can be explained in way only
--Anneke's marriage to her fathers black servant