Show I I I I I CLAIMANT TO fORTUNE fOUND Woman Wants Title to NewYork Ne New NewYork York Lands COMMON Sussex Eng l An Another ther claimant has arisen I to a share In a fortune of said to consist In title to extensive lands In the city of ot New York leased long years ago to King Kiner George III Since the expiration of the lease lense varl- varl lous ous unsuccessful claims have been ad advanced advanced nd- nd van ed but the lawyers of Mrs MaryJane MarYJane Mary MaryJane Jane Harrison ot of Common Sussex the wife of a laborer tell her they think she has a chance It seems that at the end of ot the eighteenth century century- a certain Robert Hobert Edwards Edwards Edwards Ed Ed- wards of Perth Scotland d emigrated to America made money and purchased d land T This ls land Jand which he obtained for a comparative on account of ot Its marshy nature he afterwards afterwards' leased to to- King George III for tor ninety-nine ninety years years- and after the war of Independence Independence independence dence it passed to the United Sta It is Js now a part of the site elte of the of New York Robert Edwards was drowned while returning to Scotland nd from America and efforts to trace his brothers and sisters failed tailed It Is ts known that the eldest brother of ot the Edwards family was called John and Mrs Harrison claims to be the eldest child of Samuel Richard Edwards Edwards Ed Ed- wards himself the son of John Edwards Edwards Edwards Ed Ed- wards brother of Robert IThe The argument is advanced here that according to American law money re reverts reverts reverts re- re verts to the United States If no successful successful successful suc suc- claimant appears within years Harrison of the believing death i g 0 of h herself the legatee entitled Mrs Irta to toa toa a share of ot the fortune of a long de ceased Scottish-American Scottish millionaire hopes to be able to prove ner claim claim- within a short time |