Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1898 — Rapid Turn of Fortune's Wheel. [ARTICLE]
Rapid Turn of Fortune's Wheel.
Good for:une lias come to James Wil--n after eleven years of penniless ’.'.anting on the face of the earth. Wiion was ilie son of ;i v/< tiirliy New York banker ami broker. In 1.873 he t lurried a nurse in the f t ttily, in spite of parental objections, lie went to Australia and lived there for sevexgl .rears with his wife. In 1884 his father lied, cutting him off without a cent, e tried to lirc-k his father’s will-, but i ■ ..-fill, aml'mmrp KA:> lie il l ife of at. an . i. :■ has re;ly r ... 1 n. tvs in San Francisco .mat the I ailed States Luprc-me Court haadeeided in his favor a suit Lhat wiM
give him a good portion of a 115,000,000 estate. Witeon Is partlculariy bitter against hia relatives, who, when he was sick and hungry, refused him money or food. He is 52 years old.
