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Show Rlehei That Cam Too Lat A romantic but tragic event occurred in this city recently. A pine coffin and nnahronded corpee were all that was left to tell the story of a sad life and it end. The victim was John Jemisoo. He Hved what to many would be considered an uneventful life. Ilowever, without knowing it, he was heir to wealth greater . than that attributed to the fabled Monta Crista He died so rOV la ready cash aa not to have enough to bury hira decently. J. 11. Summerlin, a prominent lawyer of this city, wan delving in some old, faded and musty letters which had belonged be-longed to the deceased when he discovered discov-ered the secret that makes the heirs of Jemison the owners of many million dollars' dol-lars' worth of property. The letter in question was written in 1836 by one of the heroes of the Texas struggle. Ha was a Capt. Jemison in the service of Gen. Sam Houston when Texas was a republic. In this epistle, which was written to a relative in Chicago, he says that he will not be able to return to the loved ones at his home, bnt that he expects ex-pects to meet the very fate that did befall be-fall him when some time after ho foil on the field, his heart pierced by a shot from the foe. Tho man who died here recently was his descendant in a direct line, and of bis identity there is not a doubt. Tha soldier who was his ancestor had property prop-erty in three different states. These holdings were of comparatively trilling value, and Capt. Jemison was considered consider-ed a poor man when he died. Some of this land was located in the very heart of Chicago. A power of attorney has been received by the lawyer who made tho discovery, and has been filed with tho clerk of the count' court hero as a preliminary step toward tho recovery of some valuable property located in this city. Since the death of Capt. Jemison the property that was his has increased in value to such an extent that today the portion of it located in Chicago alone is estimated to bo worth $40,000,000, while the balance is as much more. San Antonio (Tex.) Cor. Chicago Tribune. |