The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-22

If Anneke Weber had not uttered those defiant
words three centuries ago, her father, Wolfert
Weber Hollands famous merchant king. would not
have found it necessary to leave his personal for
tune of twenty million pounds "to the seventh gener
alton of Weber heirs" a certain Protestant church
In New York would not have found it necessary to
borrow" for religions purposes the major portion
of the trust fund.- then in the hands of the govern
ment of Holland, and last but by no means least,
large number of Weber descendants, all members
of the great Caucasian race would not be plac-
ing difficult obstacles in the path of settlement OF
the century old Trinity Corporation dispute because
of fears that the story of the famous Dutch princess
marriage would lower the par value of their stock
In the social market.
The foregoing paragraph, briefly, Is the whole why
and wherefore ct the mystery underlying the rather
complicated question OF Trinity Corporations
strange quarrel retain the vast property interests
IN the most valuable section of the city of New
York The church. in so far as its own interest in
tho matter concerned would long ago have clear
ed itself of whatever blame attached it's steward
ship of the fabulously rich holdings in the very
heart of the worlds richest city But for certain pow
erful descendants of the Weber family, a number
of whom registered in the Royal Blue Book of
Great Britain, and who stood in mortal dread lest
disclosure of Anneke's marriage to a black
would bring disgrace upon their heads Trinitys
holdings, now known to have originated with funds
obtained from Wolfert Webber's strange bequest,
would have returned to the Holland government the
original trustee.
The world would not now know the true facts of
this absorbing story but for one man. William Web
Der Easton, direct descendant of Anneke Weber
by marriage subsequent to the black man Incident,
and who gave four years of panstakng study as his
contribution to amicable settlement of the case.
One of the strange discoveries made by Easton in
the course Of his researches that the Edwards
Jams group of litigants have claim upon the Tri-
nifty property, Edwards having been merely captain
of merchant ship that belonged to Weber and the
JAMS claim resting on foundation
than that their sire was associated in a small way
with Hollands merchant prince
Only recently after marshalling all the facts that
resulted from his investigations and proving by his
knowledge of the that the best course for Trim
by Corporation lay in the settlement of the old dis
pute did Easton dare to conde any of the intimate
"details of his findings to outsiders
at luck almost from the very beginning that
led me my course" Easton explains when
goes after his share of six billion dollar for
tune-thats what Trinity Corporation is worth to-
day-one mustn't expect too much. In my case l
had the rare good fortune to be in on the ground
Goor-my mother was a Webber-but even then four
PEARS passed before 1 had assembled all the facts
II what had been a deep mystery.
why has the fact of Anneke's black marriage
been suppressed long-it all happened in the six
seenth century? Why has its suppression brought
wealth and power to scores of undeservng persons?
Well. for one thing, foolish pride Many Webbers
IRE members of the English and Dutch nobility and
these kept the fact secret alternative to social
bankruptcy-a sort of niger in the wood pile.
at was a romantic search and not without its dan
gers. II the full story of Trinity Corporations de-
Eense of its fortune is made known it will
tain many chapters Of stark tragedy. Men engaged
b the task of penetrating the cloud of mystery have
disappeared If swallowed by the and
learned Of these things confess that uneasy
IN more than one occasion.
when hampers with facts that may result in
Bocial ruin for old world aristocrat it is best
b look under the bed before retiring at.night My
guest led to some out of the way places where it
would have been the easiest thing in the world to
cid an obscure person like myself, not merely of his