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Show GRINDS AN ORGAN TO HUNT RIG FORTUNE NEW YORK, May 7. Laboring under un-der the belief that his wife is a legal heir to an estate valued at (35,000,000, Joel Feldman. an organ-grinder of No. 94 Allen street, came to America from Russia two years ago and has since devoted de-voted his time and pennies trying to prove her claim. Feldman said that already al-ready his fortune hunt had cost him $3000 and admitted he was no nearer to the realisation of his dream now than the, day he. started. Feldman exriblted papers which he declared were proofs of his wife's claim. They were in Yiddish and only certificates of death and births and passports for Feldman and his wife. They came to America with their children chil-dren for the express purpose of claiming claim-ing the millions to which they believe they are entitled. They seek the Horowlts estate, said to consist of gold mines in California. Mrs. Feldman says she is a granddaughter grand-daughter of one of the three brothers of Martain Horowitz, who died years ago leaving the vast estate. Martin Horowita left Russia sixty years ago and prospered in the West. Jacob Frank, a lawyer, of 116 Nassau street, says Horowitz was known as either Jacob. Moses Horowitz, or Huro-witlv Huro-witlv Horowlts Martin or Martin Horowitz, Hor-owitz, Bishop Horowitz or Bishop Martin. Mar-tin. He has agreed to push the claim for 40 per cent of the net receipts. Mrs. Feldman's maiden name was Rebecca Schlndel. Her mother died twenty years ago In Poland, and It was her mother's father, she says, who was one of the three heirs to the big estate. "When we get the money," said Feldman, "I am going to stop grinding my organ around the streets to buy food for my family. I take every penny pen-ny I get to find out more information." |