1872 Francis Maroney of NY, news on inheritance

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While browsing articles in a Kansas (USA) historical newspaper database, there was mention in a Wyandott KS newspaper, as to a New York immigrant's apparent good fortune. This is it, in full, without any later article on the man's success in securing what was in 1872 a very substantial amount:

Francis W. Maroney, a poor stone cutter of New York, has fallen heir to an estate valued at $300,000 in county Clare, Ireland. When first informed of his good fortune, he was inclined to doubt the story, but went to a lawyer who is a native of the county Clare, and knows the estate and circumstances well. The lawyer gave Francis every encouragement, and at once sent to Dublin to place the case in the hands of one of the most famous legal firms in that city. No answer has been returned, but the lawyer is confidant of success. Young Francis takes his good fortune philosophically. He continues to work as usual, and says it will be time enough to be a gentleman of leisure when the law makes him one.

The Wyandott Herald
12 Sep 1872 p.1