Telegram-herald., 1890-12-22
FORTUNES UNCLAIaEn
Ad1nons of Dollars Awaiting TaslF
OwnerS
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ers n ttis co4utry awaiting tes claim
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the Ae~ f9rk Telegram, has been a.
positea ~ath the treasErers fram tinse
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this -. oaQ 0oo the Aew Nork State
Treasurer hes seoet $50 ooe. and
although he PAYS oUt now ana thsn Ger
tsed claims fron the adm nistranse
fund it keeps stsk6ily increasing IN =
ratio ~4th the population % TIE STATE
The peblic a&ministratef Of BrooklsE
furnishes he following esses from has
record books.
Thomas Wilson sold newspapers IN
Brooklyns Twentieth ward for a gen
Grafton. His route was an Grissooratlo
one, comprising such streets as Clinton
and Clermont avenuess ia which are tie
homes Of milliORaires. He peddlod his
wares IN al sorts of weather appeared
on the streets ia rain and shine every
day aHd far into the night and even
made feeble attempt 20 brave the fury
of the zig blizzard Of March a. lssS
he had no friends. 40 conhdauts. no as
sociations, and he lodged IN the attic of
a miserable tenement house One day
Ia the spring, last year, his legs refused
10 carry him along lss route, and be
went for succor and shelter 10 the
Brooklyn hospital Here hc was warne&
that he bad but short time 20 live and
was told 10 communicate with his
friends II he lad any. cd Tom shook
his head negatively and died that night
without making a sign Five bank
books were found nndVr his pillow.
showing SIS 900 or So 900 70 his credit In
different institutions. The admins
traitor could learn nothing about him in
the banks, where be had tod differ
ent stories about himself. Ii Is thought
he was OF Swedish origin and that his
real name was Nilsen. not Wilson.
Then, there WAS Joseph Langler. q
name common enough IN the south OF
France, in Msrseilles, especially. Lang
Ter was also a solitary man, living-or,
rather. grubbing-in an Atlantic avenue
gArret. He paid the lanitor 81 month
for his miserable room. he went cut
and came in, spoke 70 nobody and an
swered questions by shaking or nodding
his head. One day be went forth for
the last timc-stsggered and fell al the
next corner, was taken into saloon,
thence conveyed in an ambulance 10
Long Island College hospital. where be
died after a few hours. In the pockets
of his ceat were found bonds, mortgages
and bank books, worth Sl7. 900 70 the
owner; also a will drawn up IN excellent
legal phraseology and written IN beau
tiful hand. His signature was affixed
10 the will, but it lacked the names OF
witnesses So careful bad he been in
preparing the instrument that he added
an explanatory paragraph, underlined
in red ink In codicil he revokes the
will, so that he really died intestase.
Rumor says Langler's heir Is a nephew
living in MaTseilles, a sisters son, whom,
if the administrator could locate, would
inherit s17, 900, with one years interest
William Cato is another Of the great
inteStates for whose heirs the admins
traitor is looking. Cato was no tramp or
news-vender. he was q marine in the
service Of the 4aited States. and had
been one for such length Of time that
he had only vague memory Of what
he had been before. His comrades
had an idea that be was Scotch,
and that is all they could tell
about him. He died suddenly last
spsng, while still in the service,
leaving one thousans dollars or sc be
had saved out of his small pay. II is
probable that an old woman living in
Wigtonshire. Scotland, may be found
with valid claims TO this one thousand
dollars.
Patrick Gresham lived on Third ave
nue, near Forty-sixth street, South
Brooklyn, and was in good scircum-
stances. His wife died in the spring %
1889, and the loss drove him crazy. a
week faper he committed suicide. He
left good deal Of properly. 20 which bis
little four-year-old daughter was beiress
| His father, well-to-do New York car
rage builder, was the legal guardian Of
the little girl. but there happened just
| then 10 be in the house q sister Of the
! child's mother. She was on a visit from
/ ireland, and had srri we'd just in time %
see her sister die. The night Of The day
I Gresham committed suicide the aunt
took the little girl stealthily out 81 her
( bed and out OF the house, went over 20
! New York. and on the morning follow
| ing sailed for Queenstown IN the l m
! bria Mr.. Gresham, the uncle and legal
| guardian, reported the theft 70 the
police and they csbled 70 Queenstown "a
have tho aunt arrested on her arrival 81
that port Now. IL happened THAI. ow.
ing 70 a great storm. The Umbris could
] not put in at Queenstown, and 50 went
I directly on 20 Liverpool. where 10 police
we're waiting for handsome LADY q The
| name OF Grove and her four-vear-old
/ niece. Miss Grove and the child srs
| still in Hurope, and the legal fight has
not yet been decided
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