The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-25
Yithmond 1ispatfh.
.-c,n,y .......FEBRUARY %, 1881.
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...sv rogyu HALF NILiioS--sTRANGR
tsN'S'' ~ TgE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT or
Stoe nr,7u FROM SMALL FOX, on LONG
ihs ov Tug REV. GSoRaG II. rocL, FOR
EtASS' OF me FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN
-a,.e.p. THIS CITY.
rran sdclphia Times, 23th.l
sV'u ,',el who dies worth thousands OF
o. W. bpried in ,bc PoiteTs field. II
Goh'''' $50 rarely that an estate, estimated
oc,u,S million Of dollars. waits IN vain Tor
Al wv u, Cor month after It's former owner
sc~'" niaced in paupei's grave. Yet
~ V' ,ho.e things have taken place In the
eo'o - Tho Rev. George IL. Pool. for
cs'' n,.,or II the Fourth Presbyterian
me- MS city, who, a. recently an
chv''ys m the newspapers. died Of small
ncV"s., che hospital at Fla'bush, l.. ]. Mr..
p, "sS IA msnv respects an eccentric and
f'', ,..ob.n.ible character. lie said little
nv" nriyaie affairs TO any one, even TO bis
Of : ,.,;,oa,e friends. When on his death.
No ,boprh asked repeatedly about his
Nu rfs and advised 10 communicate
io'wIt, rel,,ion>, II he had any, he main
WI" ,be .ane strange silence until death
'A., hcvond his power 10 disclose the his.
lu, ~ MS past. even II W would. After
Wv, .;n, Without avail, for some friend OF
Wa man 70 come and claim the body,
NV ,aeerS Of The institution were NJ length
',,,.,cd 10 lay it in the ground devoted by
V,.[,,y IN ,he last resting place OF the poor
vi ior,sken dead.
,fer Il bcclme known that Mr.. FOOL bad
Connected with a church in this city,
.,irie. we're set on foot To learn some
.@sn.,of bl, history. II was SurmiSCd from
49,. be had lett that be had been very
I.n,v INQUIRY has at last succeeded in
'5~o,,in,, some light on the mystery. Mr..
o. came here in 1876 and preached in
I'm. Methodist churches. He afterwards
,.o.d the presbylcrian communion and
80. made pastor Of the Fourth church. He
~ h,arJed d a house on south Thirteenth
80, where be remained until he left
n. city. Books and papers belonging TO
t,r are sui there waiting a claimant.
emo the papeTs are copies OF deeds TO
'',ls i'm COOK county, H., Albion. Mich,
., land. I'D Missouri and other western
SIC. and leiicrs relating 10 the same. Mr..
rool ws, also largely interested in patent
ri,s,.. ana only short time previous to
h.. death purchased the right Of patent for
I,.Lenipc crane. lie also owned a cottage
Of "a Grove. y. j.; building lots in Chi
c,r, and Paterson, y. j.; coal land. in
Pf,n>ylysnia, and a gold mite in North
Carolina. 4; The time Of his death be was
cn,ared. in q suit for lands estimated at
$4,000. gnd 4 suit in equity for patent
nah, in which $4,000 arc involved. The
value q all the possessions left by him Is
estimated a, bali million dollars.
.l,s,1 tr.l, ii
.cmily. From sn account written by him
,e'f on the cover 81 IN old volume OF SER
mon, il would appear that be was born IN
MonongaAcla county, Va, row west Nir-
liria. in 1926. tie joined the Methodist
Church N Pittsburgh IN 1919, and received
SIX amendments from the Methodist Con-
ference 81 ihs, city, and immediately after
went West In IN evangelical capacity. lie
spent considerable time in Chicago, work
inr with ,gnal success rs temper
aacc preacher. He remained some years IN
Kansas. where be had landed property. He
had chair Tor a time, it is said, IN 1858, at
Oberlin College. He had two brothers in
the ministry. both B1pti>lS. He had two
sisters, both Of whom are supposed 10 be
living, and were recently residing in
Gentle c0urIy. this State, where, 1t is
thought. hi fathers family also live. Be-
fore leaving for New York Mr.. Pool resided
in Camden. where he was interested in real
estate. Among his letters there j. one from
II. {. Wright. superintendent of the letter.
carriers department OF It. Louis in 1878;
one from +. &. Anderson, Huntington VAL
ley. Pa, and one from q. G. Morse, CORE
,pOnding secretary Of the Foreign Sunday
school Association, Brooklyn. The two
clei gyncn who are thought TO be Mr.. Pool's
brothers have been written 10 by Mr.. W.
Horace Hepburn, who was for many years
Mr.. Pools legal adviser.
Mr.. Pool, while here. suffered greatly
with an affection OF the spine, and had fire.
quent bemorrhages. He was. though &C.
centric in bis habits, very generous 10 the
needy. He talked cheerfully upon all sub
iccts except bis family affairs. Concerning
those he was dumb, even 10 his counsel. lie
is said 10 have had a morbid love for litiga-
ton, and was constantly engaged in law
suits. Tie was, withal, shrewd, far seeing,
aud daring in his speculatiOns. His reti.
ceuce concerning his family gave some
who knew him well the impression that
there was q secret connected with his past
life that be never would reveal. 1t is even
thought that his name was an assumed one.
But j! j. believed that the oadstOne Of half
q million dollars will succeed i'm drawing
hi, relations TO the light, wherever they may
be. ". Horace Hepburn, who bad charge
Of Mr.. POol's affairs, is taking measures to
discover the proper heirs, and also to have
tie body 0i bi, former client removed from
lis present Ie.'ing-place and more fittinGly
inferred.