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BET METZBAR MILLIONSst. rAssociaMoscowtionistsup a fere of Heirs by Direct Descent Well-Known Citizens ofThis NeighborhoodWhen Theobald Metzgar, bachelor, Baron and Commandant in charge of some more or less important post under the government of Holland died in the year 1691, he left the snug littlesum of sixty-eight million dollars in charge of the government of Holland to be taken care of for a period of one hundred years, and ar the expiration of that time, according to the terms of the old Baron’s will, the money was to be distributed among his heirs. Theand se particii view o! Radical tinue tstories streets lutioni: ten sqi first tl cow. iwho is in some sanatorium, address unknown to Los Angeles heirs. Mrs. Gertrude Ryerson, Santa Monica.“As there are $200,000,000 in the Metzgar estate, and as it is claimed the government of Holland has ac-, are a knowledged the validity of the claim I moveo against the treasury, the heirs are hopeful the present agitation will bring about a distribution of the funds, a very large share of which would find their way to America.-It is estimated by both the Penn-sylvania an, »e CHforn.a branch 1 Tiirnln- over the monev to the' of the Metzgar family that there areConcerned,. but .net no,. = i; I —r-KS . - r ! wr •• strnment seemed to have been lost the M^r , *« at *!: = SSTi sight of.= indlvldna, —.been dose in the matter, although over one hundred years have slipped ! bv since the Metzgar heirs should• ft . . ^--^be a handsome nest egg of $100,000 each.*The Dr. L. R. Metzgar referred to inLencome?nto their inheritance, ^d | the forcing, j a well known rest-FORRol r ,s=S s I r Of £ elt, =£Iject of the distribution of the ^op ^-heNorthern part of tbe State.: _ I has many times been broached, t j . California for tbe lastr leash has not been b^ed o er At, He ba^ ^ ^ r ^ ^ ^! been'a ired length^ and lately the ' a pntcticn g physician * PUtsburg’ mp“in theae SS S\ “f -! «ns» saras lt;FORanth itSato make good tneir .cm.u». ^ reckoned among the comparative!:,the last few weeks there ha, been rec. ....... Snllth™ CaliforniaWAbSithe last few weeks tnere - - ; ■— ‘ Southern California. —mention made on various occasions b ^aWi nun ? F°I mention made on various oLL„^ . he ^ AngeIe?iLos Angeles papers of the ^ ^ con!!dety. • said P*. Metr,of certain of the Metzgar heirs . . -for in addition t.i fornia coming into possession of their '.share of the old Barons estate, and; this morning’s Los Angeles Times IT ’ contains the following in regard to the:vmatter:• “Iu the scramble for the Metzgar millions, which lie in the national treasury of Holland, and which that government has retained for over two 7 j hundred years, Southern California isf to be well represented.■s “Almost as thick as was the popping e I up of ‘heirs’ to the locally famous Sa-s, j iem Charles estate is the crop of Metz-1-! gar heirs in California. From other States come similar reports, but it is , conceded that, so far. California, and! Pennsylvania lead the lists, j “Among those in Southern Califor-i nia who are interested in the association of Metzgar heirs just formed in j the East are Mrs. Otto Fritz and| U | ■ s * * *-gar this morning, for in addition to •he Metzgar heirs mentioned by tlu- __ Los Angeles paper there are my j brother. H. T. Metzgar and his son.; Charles, and the family of the latter. , Mrs. H. X. Rico, wife of Dr. H. N. Rice i ^i* also an heir, and it is possible there . -may be others in California.’ ; »-It's an old story. went on Dr. I Metzsrar. and for the last forty years ,« efforts have been made at Intervals to ™ settle the matter of the Metzgar mil-lions. An uncle of mine. D, S. Metz-gar of Port Byron. 111., has been look- j “ ing after this matter for years, and as far back as twenty years ago he at-tended a meeting of the Metzgar heirs , in Eastern Pennsylvania as the repre- ^tentative of the Western Pennsylvania Metzgars. and then it was decided to employ an attorney to go to Holland for the purpose of investigating thedai ui«* -• claims This was done, and on the;f 1 Harry Metzgar. bothotNo. 14- ■ ^ ^ cnvoy a report was sub-1 ?as avenue. Rivereide, G S. .1 * • was that the22P*h;sas avenue. Riverside; G. b. . w h j effect was that theNo. 113 Colton avenue. Riverside. Dr. mined ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ported, but that the lapse of time hadseemingly determined the government to keep it altogether, and that nothing but extreme measures would suffice to change that decision.*’ Dr. Metzgar isL. R. Metzgar, James Metzgar. Miss i Mayme Metzgar. Joseph Metzgar. all 1 iof Santa Ana; Mrs. J. A. McKmlej. biNo. 173 South Bonnie Brae street;1 Mrs. T. H. Randall. Xo. 176 Bonniet iBrae street; Charles Metzgar. Xo. 24$1 South Flower street; and two sons.h i Herbert and Charles, at same address.a • ■ W I I at % T1 MvTwVl L — .L‘iLus Anuc-les; Mrs. Adaliue M. Priest-‘ ley.anta Paula; E. B. Metzgar. Richmond: Mrs. Louise Westcott Piper.very sanguine that the estate will eventually be distributed to the rightful heirs, and when that time arrives his share will be the satisfactory sum of one hundred thousand dollars.siBSaV1!CMACCABEES VISIT.FREE TRANSPORTATION.
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Santa Ana Evening Blade
Santa Ana, California, US
Fri, Dec 29, 1905
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