Ogden Weekly Standard | 1905-09-08 | Page 3 | Heir to a Fortune

HEIR ta A FORTUNE A woman who did not know her own parentage new york sept 5 A woman who has been known as frances blind since her infancy 33 years ago has been found after months of search by the british consul in new york as the keeper of a boarding house in newark and informed that her real identity has been hidden from her all her life he is the only daughter of a wealthy lumber merchant of london her own mother is dead as is her foster mother her foster father has disappeared her real batner Is a wealthy londoner named boutwell and tho woman herself discovers ehe is really may boutwell of london she was brought to this country as an infant by the governess in the boutwell family mrs catherine blind mr blind with her husband settled in newark and was regularly supplied with money with which to rear tho child mrs blind was bound by promise not to reveal to the child the fact that ahe was not her real mother and blind her cathor until the time should conro when the londoners Lon doners themselves should decide to acknowledge her about nine months ago miss blind learned through a new york lawyer i ot the publication bof an advertisement seeking information as to the whereabouts of mrs catherine blind and children mrs blind died twenty wears ago A few days ago came the information through british consul that a sum ol 01 money and some real abata had been lett in london probably by the girls botner to catherine blind and her children from the facts she was able to present the british consul assuero her that her claim to the estate seemed genuine