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肄拜禮 日伍廿月棨年九廿百九仟登英

THE TRAGEDY OF THE ANGELL MILLIONS.

SMUGGLER WHO DIED WITHOUT MAKING A WILL.

OVER 2,000 CLAIMANTS TO VAST LONDON ESTATE."

VALUABLE EVIDENCE DESTROYED BY LAWYERS.

(UNITED PRESS.]

London. July 13.-A story of The original John Angell, son of romance, tragedy and violence lies the widow, is supposed to have had behind the claim to property in one daughter. She had three child London worth £60,000,000. I the ren from her marriage with a man last 160 years more than 2,000 named Benedict, who afterwards claims to the Angell estates as took the name of Angell. The they are called, have been ad-second of these children married a vanced. They have included eighty man named Claxton in a church at claims from Canada alone, two St. Johns, Newfoundland peers sad a general

"Even at the present time, go people in different parts of the world believe that they are the rightful owners of this vast for cuae, comprising some 60 square miles, embracing che London suburbs of Brixton, Stockwell, Streatham, parts of Walworth,. Lambeth, Balham, Thornton Heath, Purley and Riddlesdown.

The yearly rental is said to Field 21,000,000.

Lived With a Widow.

and the two clergymen to eat to

the charges of their board gether," and liquor being calculated at £28 per annum'each.

"Their clothing," said the will "is to be a light-coloured cloth all of one colour. The hat is to have narrow gold lace" The sum of a year was allowed for these A fortnight after their marriage clothes.

Angell left £6,000 to build the the Claxtons sailed for England in the Royal George to make yet an-college, but it was never built. other claim. Four days out the Of all the more recent claimanta estate, William Adrian ship went down and everyone on to the board was drowned.

Allery who died at the age of 83 was possibly the most energetic.

Many Lawsuits.

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The third child married a Samuel Allery at Tewasall, Dartmouth. The records of this marriage were only recently found by William Adrian Alery, who, before he died Just March, was probably one of the best-known of the present-day claimanta..

The estate belonged in the first place to, John Stockwell, a seafarer

By the beginning of the mine- and smuggler. He had a wife from teenth century acts of violence gave whom he was separated, and on bis place to lawsuits. The first record retirement He wen: to live at Stock-d suit is in 1921. It was unsuccess well with a widew named Angelini. Another lawsuit was brought in 1846 by one of the seven children and her son, Johu.

who had been disinherited by a Stockwell died in 1740 without certain William Augell. One claim leaving a will or any means to in-ant went to Devonshire to investi- dicate how he left his property The widow Angel; stopped all dis: cussion by indicating that what she had she would hold. The first member of the Stockwell family who tried to enter her premises was thrown through a window and broke a leg.

The widow realised, however, that resistance alone was not enough. Lawyers were consulted and they decided that the only way was to destroy all evidence which might prove valuable in a court of law.

Hence, emissaries were seat all over the country where the names of Stockwell and Angell неге known, with instructions to destroy s1 records of those names.

Amazing Series of Crimes, Then began one of the most amazing series of crimes known.

ever

Churches all over the country were broken into, records were tampered with, and pages re- lating to members of the disputing families torn out or forged in some way to make them unrecognisable.

gate his claim and disappeared. Some weeks afterwards his body was discovered in a deep pool. The mans head had been beaten in.

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After searching through musty old files and records for a period of fifty years, he claimed to have gathered together evidence estab- lishing him as the direct heir to John Angell, since he was the son Angell's third daughter who mar- ried a man named Allery.

Pablle. Subscriptions, Allery interested legal experts in his claim and a public subscription fund was established to assist him in his fight, for at the time Allery was in straitened circumstances.

The wheels of the law's machinery did not move fast enough for Allery and he decided to take it into his own hands. Last year he seized Russell House, Brixton, which had beed the property of the Ecclesias- tical Commissioners, who direct the whole estate.

After this a tremendous hue" and

Allery posted a notice on the cry was raised. Notwithstanding front door ordering all tenants on the almost superstitious fear with the estate to pay their rent to him which some people had by this time as legal heir and ground land- come to regard meddling with the lord." Failing to evict him, the case, one enterprising claimant Commissioners took the matter to came all the way, from Australia.court where Allery agreed to leave A woman relation had certain im- the house, but not before he had portant documents which he was barricaded the house and threatened desirous of obtaining. She refused to fight anyone who tried to put to give them up and a bitter quarrel | him out. casued. A few hours later the Allery's next move was to offer woman was found dead and after £10,000 for every £1,000 subscribed one of the most notable trials of the to his fund However, he died time the man was hanged.

while the organisers of the fund John Angell left a curious will and lawyers were still endeavouring dated September, 1774. It gave to unravel the complicated family to the Archbishop of Canterbury, tree.

the Lord Chancellor, and the Arch- bishop of York for the time being, yearly sums of $300 out of John Angell's estate at Ewell and Lam- th. $1.750 out of the "collection and 81,250 out of the lighthouses of the Spurn lights at Newcastle

at Bunderland."

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So well was their work dote that te this day no trace can be found "Gentlemen of St. John's," of any birth. marriage, death or

These sums were to be held in burial certificate of the original

trust to be paid half-yearly for the John Stockwell. A John Stock:

support of a college or society of well died at Dursley, Gloucester-seven decayed or unprovided gentle shire, in 1740, but, all records con-

men by descent." two clergymen, an cerning him are missing,

organist, aix singing men, 12 foristers, a verger, a chapel clerk, and three domestic servants, namely batler, baker and groom, These were to be called gentlemen of St. John's college, Stockwell" The will provided for the gentlemen

The Angells' emissaries had orders to stop at nothing. Pillaging, for- ging and robbery, all these erimes they committed, and any other misdemeanors that occasions · war- ranted.

St. James.

Diary of Coming

To-day. (July 25.)

Legislative Council, 2.30 p.m. Reception on board s.a., Tjibadak, 3 to 5 p.m.

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Queen's Theatre:

Prince of Adventurers."

"Casanova,

World Theatre: "Square Crooks." Star Theatre:. The Boxer Bride.'

Every year. brings its fresh com- plement of claimants to the estate, and each claimant's evidence only serves to thicken the mystery. Also the news of the discovery of yet an- Stockwell families causes still more other member of the Angel or

claimants to appear. At least half- a dozen people called on Allery at Brixton to tell him that they were the rightful owners of the property. One of the latest of these dis- coveries was an entry in the register of Stockenham church which read

Xay 15, 1673-baptised Mary, daughter of Justinian Angell and his wife Elizabeth."

The Crown is fighting to prove that it is à forgery, one of the many perpetrated by the widow Angell's emissaries in their efforts to destroy all evidence.

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Casanova, Queen's Theatre: Prince of Adventurers.

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Billiards League: Police Res. C. & P.O.' Club, Buffalo Ciob Engineers, St. Patricks Gar- rison Mens, Police # Royal Artillery.

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Water Polo:Somersets, Kow- Queen's Theatre: "Casanova, loon "A"; Chinese "B" v. K.0.8.B.

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