THE WEBBER MILLIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 November 1924, Page 4

THE WEBBER MILLIONS.

NEW ZEALAND CLAIMANT. LONDON, September IS. A number of West Hiding people are said to be directly interested in tlio developments which nre expected to take place in connexion with three fortunes: the Fazackerly milions, the Webber millions (stated to amount to COG,000,000), and Joseph Nelson's estate in Missouri.

In connexion with the Webber fortune a Bradford family is said to be entitled to a share. It is stated the a man named William Webber went to America 210 years ago and made a lucky speculation. He discovered a gold mine, and with the money made from it he bought a large estate on Manhattan Island, which now forms New York proper. In 1011 the British Government, .so it is stated, discussed the distribution of the estate to its claimants, but the war intervened. Webber’s daughter was bis sole heir, but her marriage against the wishes of her lather enraged him, and he altered bis will so that no money Mould come to hL daughter or other relations until the seventh generation. The moliev is in the hands of the English Government; C 15,000.000 is in America and a similar amount in'Holland. The claimants, who total about <O. include :—M i s James Barnes (formerly Miss Jessie Webber), Pagett square. Clarion Heights, Bradford; Mrs Arthur Pugh, 1(> Moriey street, Bradford; Mrs William Hidgson, New Zealand; Mr Francis Edmund Webber, -MS Wakefield road, Bradford; Mr Alfred Webber, Wakefield road, Bradford; Mr T li. Scaly Webber, York road, Rotherham ;’and Mr F. (!. Webber, 10 Tinton steet, Canton, Cnrdifl. Investigations are in legal hands.