A ROMANCE OF FORTUNE.

Western Star, Issue 949, 20 May 1885, Page 3

A ROMANCE OF FORTUNE.

By The discovery of an old will in Hungary three persons living in Cleveland, Ohio, and one in Akron (says the New York Times), become joint heirs to an estate valued at more than 6,000,000, florins or about 2,500,000d01. The story, whi'cn is true beyond question, reads like a page from a book of fairyland. Early in the present century there dwealt in Presburg, Hungary, an old couple named Weisl.iwitch, very wealthy, and without children. To comfort their old age, they adopted ayouug girl as their daughter. Mrs Wieslowitch died when the adopted daughter waß 17 years of age. Her husband, then over 70, soon after married the young girl, and two years later died. No will could be found so the young widow came into possession of the whole estate She married again, this time a physician only a few years her senior. At her death, which occurred a few vears after her second, mar-rjaM), her' husband, she being childless, inherited the property.- ■, The relatives of Weislowitch claimed that a will had been drawn up by him, leaving the bulk of his wealth to them, and so brought suit to recover their share.; The case dragged oh for years, and the; litigants became scattered by removal and death, so that it was finally dropped out of the courts. Not long ago the physician who married the young widow of "Wieslowitch was striken down in the streets of Pest k by paralysis. Two students in tfoit city, sons of one oE the living heirs to the "Weislowitch estate, read of the incident in a local paper, and noticed that the name was that of the man who, as they always claimed, had cheated out of their inheritance. They began an investi-j gation and found that it was the same person. Pursuing their inquiries still further, they came across an old lawyer in Poland who had been the legal adviser of their great great-uncle. He remembered that a will, such as the heirs alleged, had been drawn up by him, and upon further search the long missing document was found hidden away amongst a lot of musty and long-forgotten papers. Its contents establish their claim to the disputed es'ate ; and as the physician, whose name is not given, soon after died, there was nothing in the way of their taking possession of the property they had so long been deprived of. The necessary legal steps were taken to confirm their litle and to inform the the heirs in America—four in number John Weislowitch or Whitelaw, .as he is now called, of Akron; Mrs Frattner, Mrs Emanuel Goldberg, and Mr« Emanuel Rosebury, all of New York, of the original, heirs of Weisowitch, only one family remains—ll brothers and sisters—who, with the exception of the above four, reside in Hungary. Weislowitch was their great-uocle. The estate consists principally of valuable land, which yields a large income, and is one of the largest in that section .of Hungary. The Ohio heirs are in moderate circumstances.