THE THIERRY FORTUNE
PROBLEM FOR FRANCE HEIRS' HUGE CLAIM PARIS, Jan. 31. Prom Colbert in the seventeenth century to Vincent Auriol to-day, every French Treasurer has been worried about the Thierry fortune, for every year someone claims the heritage" that it would ruin Franec .to meet.
The claim, -which was estimated in IS9O at 31,000,000,000 gold francs, this week bobbed tip in a letter with a stamp for reply, which begged Auriol "to end the breach of trust, for which all French Governments, up to and including Blum's have been guilty.'' It is claimed that France owes tins Thierry heirs capital, with compound interest, on 56,000,000 Venetian gold florins, a massive ingot, of gold valued at 35.000,000 floriira, six barrels of gold dust and other treasures.
The founder of the fortune was Jean Thierry, of Chateau Thierry, who made it out of. champagne, died aged 90 in 1075 at; Venice, and left it to his brothers and his brothers' heirs.
Thierry had 15 brothers and sisters, but certain Government oilleials thought it expedient they should nor. be found.
In .1797, when Napoleon entered Venice at the head of an army, he seized the Thierry heritage.
In 1031 the Seine tribunal affirmed, that the heirs, who now numbered hundreds, had justice on their side, but the affirmation cost the Government nothing, nnd ITnclo Jean's 11101103' was not Lauded over. M. Gruesse has told Le Matin that tho heir;-, whom he represents, will now take 20,000,000 francs.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19246, 11 February 1937, Page 8
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