St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-09
MONEY Was HER GOD
An Old Lady Miser Dies at the
Hospital Unknown and
Unmourned.
Almost a Fortune in Deeds
and Bonds Found Upon
Her Person.
The Body subsequently Iden-
titled AS That Of Mrs.
Anna KlotZ,
Who Had Secured a Divorce
On the Plea Of Nom
Support.

Wealth and happiness do not always
go hand in hand. and the case of Mrs.
Anna KiotZ, who died yesterday at the
city hospital, serves well as an example
that those whose sole aim in life is
boarding of gold are not to be envied
by their perhaps more fortunate bretll-
rem who have just sufficient with which
TO buy the neceSsarieS of life.
Last Thursday Anna KlotZ. an old
woman Of sixty years, was knocked
down by an electric car on Fifth street,
near the establishment of Nichols d
Dean. She sustained severe internal
injuries, together with compound
fracture of the right thigh. she was
conveyed TO the city hospital, where
she received every attention at the
hands of DR.. Ancker and his staff of
able assistants. The woman, however.
never rallied, and Yesterday as the dim
light faded her spirit passed away TO
her maker. Her story is a strange one,
as Investigations made last evening
prove.
When conveyed to the hospital the
woman was unconscious and unable to
tell who she was or where her relatives
lived. In her pockets were found let
tiers, deeds and receipts of the value of
$50, 1000. which were taken possession of
by Dr.. Aucker, but nothing gave clue
as to where she lived. Her name was
Anna Klotz, that was all known about
her. If she had loving relatives why
did they not report to the police that
she was missing? The fact that she
was in the hospital wOnld very quickly
have been made known to them. But
neither kith nor kin called or made any
inquiries at police headquarters or at
the hospital. The only thing the woman
loved
was her gold and could not love her IN
return. X. L. O'COnner, the reelected
clerk of court, who heard of the
woman's Ceath last evening, stated that
she had some two years ago come to
his Office on business, but beyond that
he knew little of her. except that she
owned property on Jackson street, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth. Inquiries
were made there by GLOBE reporter,
who succeeded in gaining some import
ant information from CHE of the dead
Woman'S tenants.
Charles A. Rose, of al jackson street,
saloon proprietor, said that he rented
the three-StOry house from the old lady.
Her husband was Fredric KlotZ, who
owned forty acres of land near Fort
Smelling. The old woman owned the
house on Jackson street. and appears to
have told Rose great deal of her affairs.
He said that she owned a great deal of
property all over the city, but insisted
upon
Collecting Her Rents
in person. She could neither read nor
write, and would never accept a check
in payment of rents. She insisted al
ways in being paid in gold, and care
fully counted and examined each piece
Satcbel. Whether she deposited her
money in bank or not, MIR. Rose did
not know, though at one time j. Ell.
Schurmeir, Herman Scheffer and
W. Ii. Hamm had collected her
rents. This was some years ago,
when she lived with her husband
on the outskirts of Minneapolis. Dur
ing the last four years she has always
collected her rents in person, and it is
believed that she has blried a quantity
of gold on the farm at Fort Smelling.
She often declared that banks and
checks were not safe, and on no ac-
count would she take paper money.
Some time ago her desire for accumulat-
ing wealth became her one aim in life,
and she actually secured divorce from
her husband on the ground of none sup
! port. She told Mr.. Rose that
She Had al Son
who had been confined in the asylum at
st. Peter, but that she would not sup
port him, and he had gone to California
to live with her two nieces.
The day she was knocked down she
had previously been i'll the saloon, and
complained she had lost her pocket
book with the contents, S12, and be-
walled the loss bitterly.
The building on jackson street is
worth $4,000 to $4,000, and was pur-
chased some years ago by the woman for
$500. She had accumulated money by
| speculation in lots.
Though divorced from her husband
| she lived on the farm at Fort Smelling
| in a small house.
Her body lies at Murphy & Donnelly's
| undertaking establishment. and her
| husband will be informed today OF her
death, and his decision as to the burial
asked.