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Show ax 1 1 KiiT to Millions "William Morris' Search Tor His Grandfather Grand-father Who Died Leaving a Bonanza Estate. i j HE WAS AN ECCENTRIC OLD MAN. j After Five Years the Fortune Hunter Feels That He Is Within Beach of the Prize. Cincinnati, Aug. 9. One of (lie most interesting cases oer brought to the notice of tho police was developed at headquarters yesterday, w lieu Registrar of the Health Otlice Phil Cosgrave asked Chief iVitsch's assistance in gain-iug gain-iug some information that may make a young man immensely wealthy. On September it, 1HM. Smith Towns-hend, Towns-hend, health ollicer of Washington. 1. C, received a long letter Ironi W illiam Morris, !1J New land street, Caleford, Gloucestershire, Knglaml, who was auxioiis to ascertain the time mid place of his maternal grand-father' death, which is reported to have occurred in "tho states" live or ten years ago. "My grandfather's niinio w as Beuja-mill Beuja-mill Kear," wrote Morris, "and was un engineer by occupation, and emigrated to America f fly years ago. 1I soon ceased to communicate with his friends In Knglaml and is known iu a vague way to have been engaged In coal mining min-ing and a manufacture of watches and clocks. Kear is described ns a rather eccentric old man. "I am quite aware." wrote Morris nt the time, "that this very meager information, informa-tion, but unfortunately it is nil I can ajfn In Kugland it would not be itycmcd MilVu'ieut to find tho man, but us Americans are reputed to manago those things better than we do, I am not w ithout hope that my quest w ill lie successful." The letter, after having been earn-fully earn-fully looked into, was sent northwardly from Washington and was endorsed "not found" by tin-authorities of Washington, Wash-ington, Baltimore, Boston. Philadelphia and other large eastern cities. Morris' wild search was reported in nil the newspapers and attracted a great deal of nllention. All the papers were returned re-turned to Morris nnd the case was thought to be ended, but Morris Mill lived in hope, and after live years had elapsed, the chances are he is now in a fair wav to locate his grandfather' burial pface nnd mine into a big fortune. for-tune. On duly 1H Morris sent another letter to Health Ollicer Towiishend. Iu the letter he says he never received any reliable Information, but ho is ennlident that his relation died some time between, INiltl and lli"i. In 1HH5 ho received a letter from 1. L. Konatdson at the American bank note company, of New York, saying that ho Know a mm named Kear who was in the coal-running business at Pottsville, l'enn. Ho received another letter saying say-ing that Benjamin Kear at one time lived at Fulton, Cincinnati, Ohio. As a special favor Morris wanted the health ollicer to make one more effort to locale his irrandfalhcr. Morris' let- ter was sent to Chief of I'olicn Burgee-, at Pnttsville. Ho and Health Ollicer J; (i. Frlek made an Investigation and found that ilichiird" Rear, horn In Knglund, died at Minersville. four miles from Poltsville, l'enn,. In I mid. He wai a coal operator, and left nn eslalo of 11,500,0110, and was known as a bachelor. bach-elor. Yesterday Mayor Mosby received all the papers in the ra. He turned them over to Health Ollicer I'rendcrgast. Registrar Cosgrovo consulted Chief Dietsch, and he will detail two detectives detec-tives today to look up w hat became of the Benjamin Kear that lived at Fulton many years ago. At any rate. Morris' efforts, to bud his grandfather aro about to bo rewarded. |