Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-10-03
LIVING A DOUBLE LIFE.

That truth Is stranger than fiction"
finds further confirmation in the expert.
ence OF q native OF New Hampshi ire
who spent about thirty years in Boston.
Two wills are soon to be contested, one
In Boston and the other at Exeter, N.
H., and the public will then be given a
glimpse Ia the secrets Of two lives that
| were In some respects unique. On Au-
gust 4 an old man died in q brothel, In
Boston. A few days later the funeral
Of Major Ed ward s. Sanborn, at Kings
ton, N. II was announced in the news
papers as that of a philanthropist. The
|prematurely old. degraded man whose
years num5ered only sixty-seyen. and
the Landed philanthropis; whoses bones
rest peacefully in his native village,
were identical.
Edward 4. Sanborn was born at
Kingston, N. II. He came OF good
stock. His part Of his fathers estate
WAS S37 900. He seems TO have formed
about thirty years ago deliberate
purpose to lead double life. In his
native town he Was known Az good
man, q philanthropist, a contributor to
cd NC itionai and religions enterprises.
In Boston be was known for thirty
years az libertine, an uuscrupu lous
| money getter, q grasping, avarcious,
| iniserly man. In thirty years he
accumulatei about $3.50 900 by q
met hod from which even degraded men
generally shrink. He Joined partner
ships with keepers Of disorderly houses
and accumulated money rapidly. He
became parsimOnious, often denying
himself comforts which men in the
ordinary walks Of life emily. About
| i've years prior TO his death he deter
mined to eclipse all former efforts and
and to leave monument to his dis
graceful business. His plan was fOiled
by disease and death.
| About seven teen years ago he met q
Miss Julia A. Hilton, remarkably
handsome girl. whose bone had been
in Maine. They formed friendship
which endured for seventeen years.
She accumulated about $50 900, the
greater portion of which she BEG Meath
/ cd to Sanborn. Her relatives have
con tested the will on the ground OF un.
due influence, aud the care will soon
come up In Boston. Sanborn wished to
iperpetuate his name and that Of Miss
II ilton. His first will, made Ave years
ago, gave the Dartmouth Collgs, SO, 00C
and made his 2isters and their children
and son OF Ex-Governor Noyes, OF
lOhio, ten in all, his reisduary legate e.
Ex. Govsrnor Noyes was one of San
born's schoolmates.
Aflerward Sanborn learned that his
relatives had sharply criticised his pc
Iculiar manner of life, and decided tt
=" cut them off with a shilling" Hi
lalso arrived at the conclusion that hi,
name would soon be forgotten # he lef
his money to Dartmouth, SO he formed
another plan. His fondness for Mis-,
Hilton was 30 great that he erected, {
few years ago, in his native town, {
marble monument GA one side of which
he had inscribed her name and on III,
otht his own, leaving the date of deatl
blank. His purpose, however, 10 hav,
her bones lie beside his own wer
tn " arted by her relatives, for she die,
, last April, while the old man was to-
i'll to see that his wishes were respected
aud her relatives carried Miss Hilton
body to her native village.
To perpetuate their names SanborI
: decided to erect an educational iusti
tuition in his native town and endow
, Handsomely. In 1883 he built at X iBgs
, ton, N. H, the most ornate publ
building in tina. State. 1t Is cOnstructe,
, OF brick and granite, and in an arcl
over the main entrance is ipscribe'
Sanhorn IS, iuary." Miss Hiltol
: contributed money for the library, An
in that 70 IN Ii q beautiful marble bus
: of herssif, and one of Mr.. Sanborr
Beneath his bust. which represents
8 seemingly venerable philanthropist,
I inscribed the following legend:
"Tnis seminary was founded ant
= eudo wed aud this building erected b.
a Elward Stevens Sanborn, in token G
his regard for his native town, and hi
J, appreciation of the Importance OF edt
:, Cd lion"
The library was presented by JUL
Ann Hilton.
Y The trustees appointed by Sanbor
r are John w. Slnborn, O distant rels
!, Tive Amos q. Chace, of Kingston
Il New York Warren Webster, {
. Brooklyn John S. Marshall, {
IS Bonneville, Mass., and William
Mou!ton, of Exeter, n. IL. The inst
ton was chartered by tie Legislatul
Ia 1883 The building is nicely flu
Y nished and is all ready for occupancy
Is but will not be used until the contes
. lover the will has been decided. TT
\. school is designed for both sexes, and
T. non sectari an.
sanborn gave 50, 600 to the Congrega
tional Church of Kingston, and lie
y s., 900 in trust, the income to be ust
"a for the poor women of his native pla'
So whom the Selectmen may best a.
o. Judge entitled to the benefit, by the
industry and virtue" II her will
= broken Miss Hilton's $50 900 will n
IS help swell the endowment fund of Il
st ssminary. An effort will be made
IT break Sanborn's second will, on Z
ground that he was of upsound mil
N when 1t wa drawn. II his first will
or pronounced valid, Dartmouth Cole
a will Ie; i've $40 600, and hisl ,eirs. at lar
o. will receive the residue 30 in th
case the seminary will not be heavi
a endowed.
rs, Sanborn usually attended the Co
IL greg ationgl Churco, and. although
ibtidel, believed IN churches, remar
L. ling on one oc ,asion, They
II necessary to keep the boys and girls
tx of deviltry." The churches Of variC
Ideao min atoms have received .,
p stantial aid from Sanborr, but some
$40 the good people OF the town are
4 doub; as to the propriety OF accept
IL. his OeneiactiCns.
ct
AnOid Man Cuts Ills Throat
AL Wenderline Korebel, who Is 10 ye
a LOT age, attempted TO commit suicide Ii
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