| Show UNIQUE CLAIM MADE descendant of commodore david watkins wants to obtain estate philadelphia dec 17 frederick S malley W va has retained a lawyer of this city to investigate a remarkable claim against the government malley says he is one of a dozen great great grand children of commodore david watkins who nearly a hundred years ago owned much property west of the schuylkill river in philadelphia upon part of this property is located the schuylkill arsenal about a year ago ho claims he found among tho commodores effects a paper which proved to be a lease made out by david watkins to an english land syndicate was to make a formal return of the ground at the expiration of 89 years he believed that this syndicate had in turn leased the ground to the but the expressed stipulation that it belonged to watkins and would have to be returned at the end of 99 years alio lease expired last june and malley says about that time the government offered them in settle mant of the claim of the wathina estate but eliat offer was declined because the heirs believed the tract worth |
