MILLIONS AT STAKE.
If inquiries that are being made bv lawyers prove successful, Richard An drews, aged 56, a labourer employed by the electricity department of Glasgow Corporation, will shortly find himself many times a millionaire. In company with his brothers—Robert H. Andrews, of Lisburn, and William Andrews, of Belfast—he is attempting to make good his claim to the fortune of his late uncle. The uncle. John Andrews, left Britain about the middle of last century to seek his fortune in America, and at the time of his death had become one of the greatest of the Montana coppei kings. It is estimated that he left a fortune of £14.000.000, in addition to pioperty and other assets worth an other two or three millions. Soon after arriving in America John Andrews built up one of the moat prosperous sheep farms in the State of Utah. Then of account of bitter feud waged be tween cattle and sheep rearers, he com pletely altered his plans, and threw his all into the great copper boom. Mr Andrews’ relatives at home knew nothing about his great fortune until some time after his death at Butte Montana. Richard Andrews became acquainted with the facts of his uncle’s wealth through the medium of a news paper advertisement. Much corres pondence has taken place between his legal representatives and America with a view to establishing his claim to the fortune.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18959, 4 January 1930, Page 2
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234MILLIONS AT STAKE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18959, 4 January 1930, Page 2
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