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Show AGED I.iMiN CLAIMS TO BE NATURAL SON OF FAMOUS AARON BURR DETROIT. Mlclu, Jan. f. Charles Henry Burr Crosby, 108 yearn old, who resides with his son at 515 St. Antolne street, li this city, has letters tending to show that he is the son of Aaron Burr, vice-president of the United States during the first term of Jefferson. His story of Burr's last days Is an Interesting In-teresting one and further confirms his claim of being the son of the famous lawyer. When Burr came back to this coun-i coun-i try, .Crosby says, after his duel with Hamilton, poor in health and with little lit-tle left 'of his former fortune, he man-, man-, aged to exist on a meager law practice. His wife had died and when he met a woman of mixed negro and Indian blood he fell in love with her. The wo- j man's fathei had 'been brought from Africa -as a slave. He was owned by Prince Henry, a wealthy slave-owner, f Later his wife,' an Indian woman, pur- J chased his freedom for J300. , "' . J Tells Interesting Story r of Burr's Last Days and Fate of His Beautiful Daughter, Theodosia. tury. Theodosia Burr was considered one of the most beautiful and talented women in America. She sailed from Charleston, 8. C. on the ship Patriot for her father's home in New York. Bo much history knows. Her fate has been a mystery for which many solutions have been offered, but none susceptible of absolute proof. Crosby shipped as cook on the sloop Independence. They had not been at sea long when they rescued two men on a raft. One was a white man, the other an Indian. When picked up they gave their names as Glbbs and Wamley. They said they were shipwrecked merchants. mer-chants. As they were willing to work they were permitted to remain on board, but when the ship reached New York they were turned over to the authorities au-thorities as susplclouB characters. Pirates Reveal Harder. One night while Crosby was lying in his bunk in the forecastle he overheard the two men talking. ' "Look and see if that cook's sleeping," said the white man, and the Indian declared de-clared he was. Then the two began to curse their, hard fate. In the conversation that followed Crosby learned that they were shipwrecked ship-wrecked pirates. The white man was disgusted with himself over something and finally blurted out: "It's a shame that we made that pretty pret-ty gal walk the plank with the rest of the crew. We might have saved her." Crosby knew they were talking of his half-sister and when he reached New York told his father, Aaron Burr, about Theodosla's death. Burr was then convinced con-vinced his daughter had been murdered. He located the pirates and prosecuted them until they were hanged, but never mentioned his daughter's name during the whole trial. Boy Is Born Abroad. ' . : ' . . The new.brldeyof Burr was a handsome hand-some woman and for her position in life was fairly refined. Crosby says that he was their only son. He is well educated and can speak three languages. He j was born in England March 21. 1794, Burr having sent the woman there owing ow-ing to popular indignation against the union. The son returned to this country coun-try in 1809 with his mother. When the son had grown to .be a young man his famous father died. His mother married a man by the name of Crosby, a liveryman in Philadelphia. Soon . after the young man ' married Mary Ann Jackson, a woman of the same mixed nationality as his mother. She also Is still alive at the age of 110. She lives with a daughter in Detroit, as the home of Othello Crosby Is not large enough to accommodate both the old folks. Story of Theodosla's Fate. This strange old man tells a story which seems to throw light on the disappearance dis-appearance of Theodosia Burr Alston, bis half-sister, whose mysterious fate has puszled the world for almost a cen- |