A REMARKABLE TEST
A remarkable test is to be applied to a man at Tecumseb, Nebraska, who claims that he is the heir of a local farmer who died worth ,£6OOO. “Scotch” Wilson the farmer, when his only sou John was quite young quarrelled with the boy and ordered him out of the house. The sou went, and within a year the father relented and advertised far and wide for his sou, without success. When the old man felt his death approaching he made elaborate arrangements for the identification of his son if' he should re-appear after his father’s death. The farnier drew up ten questions, with their appropriate answers, placed them in a sealed envelope, and left directions to his executor that if the son appeared within five years of the death these questions were to be put to him. If the son answers correctly, his answers will prove his identity, for only he and his father knew the answers to all ten questions. The fortune will then go to the son. If he fails to answer correctly, the money is to go to three nephews. Recently John Wilson appeared at Tecumseb, and he has now to interview Judge Livingstone, of the Probate Court, who will put to him the fateful questions.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 909, 25 October 1910, Page 3
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213A REMARKABLE TEST Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 909, 25 October 1910, Page 3
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