The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-08

stencil was unbearable. and Windows and
I doors had 10 be opened TO let in air fit 70
breathe. It seemed almost impossible that
q human being could have lived in the
place. The floor was carpete1 with dirt,
the walls were black, aud table, few
boxes and small stove were the only ar
/ tlcles OF furniture. Clothing that locked as
II IL had been in the cutters for months was
| piled in heaps about the floor. Rags were
/ piled up in the corners and the room Gov
cred with dit.
The floor was covered with rags and old
/ clothes. but underneath these evideaces of
poverty more gold was found. The search
had not proceeded far before they began
| to lind rolls of bills. Old garments wee
searched and in every pocket were found a
roll OF greenbacks, the bills nearly all OF
large denomination. The policemen began
TO think they had found one Of the hidden
vaults of the United States treasury or the
strong box of a big bank. They looked
about for some place to put the money.
A two-quart tomato can was fou d and so N
it was half full of gold and greenbacks
Down among the mass Of old clothes
the policemen found some loag slips Of
fine cloth that hsd been white once
upon time. The strips were sewed up
and resemhled cheap suspenders. only they
were longer, in these slips $40 and $50 gold
pieces were sewed IN, each piece separated
There were a number of these slips, and the
policemen dropped them all in the can.
They did not wait to count the money as
they found it, but dropped IL in the can and
looked for more. A piece OF old yellow
satin then came into view. Policeman Dis
tar picked it up. 1t was heavy, and he let
1t drop TO the floor. There was a muffied
sound Of the jingling Of coin. The police
man grasped 1t up again, and a light gold
sovereign Of 1862 rolled out upon the heap
of rags.
A SMALL FORTUNE.
Then the sergeant and Policeman Walker
carried the mo ey around to the station
house and the work of counting began. Tie
gold Sovereigns we're sewed into the satin
five in heap. The sergeant counted them.
There were 159 of them. Most of them
were of very early date and old and rusty.
The golden eagles and double eagles were
dated away back as far as 1880. Some
of them were dated in the forties,
but most of them were turned out
in the thirties There was $3.50 81
in American money. The total amount
found was something over 5000. In the
bank books entries OF interest were found to
have been made Il great many years ago
This account with the immigrants was
found to be ST. 1872 The account with ii Q
Blocker Street Savings Bank was for
81 $50 80, made in favor of Mrs Roche.
On the last page OF the books were these
worde stenciled in purple ink: Received
payment in full, March IL, 1917
Nobody knows what she did with this
money. The entries in the books showed
that she had made regular monthly deposits
Of from $50 to $40. 1t was calculated from
the books that she has lived on about $50
year She paid 81 month for her miser-
able rooms, so that in all she lived on S143 a
year. She had occupied her rooms for thirty
years. When old Kate Roche was girl
she was beauty. according to a photo.
gaaph found under the stove-a perfect
type of beauty. The neighb7rs knew
little of her habits of living. At
the corner saloon Mrs. Roche was well
known as an eccentric old woman and a
miser. She would buy bucket of ale,
grumbling always at the price. Thcn, tot
tering back to her room, she would lock the
door on the inside and live for days on the
liquid stimulant. Three months ago the
board of health took Mrs. Roche down to
the public bath house and gave her thor
ough washing They found her long hair
such a mass of dirt and fitch that it was cut
Off close to her head. 1t is not known
whether the old woman has any relatives in
this country