WINDFALL FOR POOR FAMILY.
A fortune of £23,000, which has been going begging for a .quarter of a -cen- ; tury, has just been claimed r by a family named Wall, living at a picturesque village near Wolverhampton. Twenty-five years ago an old woman died at Worcester," leaving £13,000 to j 1 her neit-of-km, a Mr Wall, who happened to die at about the same time. | Since then all efforts to-trace his sons and. daughters proved unavailing, though year in and year out the solicitor dealing with the estate advertised in-'the papers all over the country. ' A short time ago Mrs Turner, of ' Blackpool, saw an announcement, and was I'- able to justify her and her brother's claim to the fortune, which durii% i k 2s vyears has increased to ! £23,000. The other day she came to 1 [her brother's house at Codsall and an- i ii I nounced that sue' had successfully 1J I claimed the fortune. Those to .benefit : 4 Iby the fortune are George Wall ami ' "j i John Wall, gardeners at Codsall, Thomas J I Wall, a maltster at Wolverhampton, and 4 I Mrs Turner. A brother named Jaiiuv; jnot been iieard of since-the i - I A£a;ican war., ..., J.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 18, 26 February 1914, Page 11
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