CLAIMANTS TO A FORTUNE
No fewer than 250 claimants to the fortune of Christopher Kilp met at Frankfort-on-the-Main in February to concert measures for securing- the ,£8,000,000 they 'believe to be due to them. A romantic story lies behind this vast sum, which has long' been seeking: . legral , owners. Christopher Kilp was born in a ; village of the Tau nus in.' 1719, : but - migrated to. Holland, where he. had the g-ood luck to save the life of a wealthy count, who left him his : whole fortune. He remained unmarried, and bequeathed the interest of his inheritance to an Amsterdam charity for one hundred years, at the. iexpiry of,-. . which period he provided that the capital bedivided amongst his next, of -Jem. In 18.60. the r set term came to . an endy but. it, is. only within, the. ;last few 3 r ears that '.< claimants to the money have came, forward.. The meeting- in February appointed a committee to' represent its . interests, and provided it. with a substantiaL.sum to cover the cost of preliminary investigations and . legral expenses. '..
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Grey River Argus, 15 April 1911, Page 8
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