A MILLIONAIRE'S HEIRS.
Published reports indicate that a Dumfrieshire farmer has fallen heir to part of the colossal fortune of the late Mr A. T. Stewart, who died intestate, leaving a fortune of 85,000,000 dollars, which, reckoning the dollar at 4s, is equivalent to about £17,000,000. A third of this went to Mrs Stewart, whom the deceased had married not long before his death, she being, at the time that his choice fell upon her, a checker in the lace department in his huge shop. Inquiries have been perse veringly made since Mr Stewart's death to discover his next of kin, but the difficulties have been great in consequence of the extreme reticence which the decased always maintained l-egarding is family connections. It is now reported, however, that a claim has been made out on behalf of Mr Andrew Stewart, farmer Muirhousehead, near Lockerbie, Dumfrieshire, who is stated to be a cousin of the deceased. The investigations made included laborious searchings of the inscriptions upon gravestones in churchyards throughout the county. It it further stated that the proofs thus collected have been transmitted to New York,where they have been examined and pronounced satisfactory. As, however, the Stewart in question is con connected with the deceased only on the male side, search is still being made for an heir in the maternal line before .dividing the money, which amounts to over £12,000,000. It should be added that the Dumfrieshire Mr Ste-
wart will only get part of the sum in any case, as he will share along with his brother in New York (to whose initiative the present development of affairs is due) and other relatives ; also cousins of the deceased. The number of participants thus far discovered ig 17 iu all. It appears that the millionaire's parents where married at Dalmellington in 1789, his mother being a Miss Hunter; and such relatives on her side as can prove olaims equal to those of the relatives named Stewart will receive a portion jparipatsu withthe latter.
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Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1219, 12 January 1883, Page 2
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334A MILLIONAIRE'S HEIRS. Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1219, 12 January 1883, Page 2
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