Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-02-06
UNCLAIMED MILLIONS.
From she New York Telegram.

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$3.50 GOO, and although he pays out
now and then certified Claims from the
administrative fund it keeps steadily
increasing in a ratio with the popula
zion of the state.
The public administrator Of Brook
| lyn furnishes the following cases from
his record books;
Thomas Wilson sold newspapers in
Brooklyn's Twentieth ward for gen
Grafton His route wasa an aristocratic
one, comprising such streets as Clin-
ton and Clermont avenues, in which
are the homes of millionaires. lie
peddlod bis wares in all sorts OF
weather, appeared on the streets in
rain and shine every day and far into
the night, and even made feeble
attempt to brave the fury OF the big
blizzard Of March 70, 1888. He had no
friends, no conadants, no associations,
and he lodged in the attic of miser-
able tenement house. One day in
the spring of 1889 his legs refused to
carry him along his route, and he went
for succor and shelter to the Brooklyn
hospital.
Here he was warned that he had but
a short time to live and was told to
communicate with his friends, if he
had any. Old Tom shook shook his
head negatively and died that night
without making q sign. Five bank
books were found under his pillow,
showing three or four thousand
dollars to his credit in different in
stitutions The administrator could
learn nothing about him in the banks,
where he had told different stories
about himself. 1t is though he was
Of Swedish origin and that his real
name was Nilsson, not Wilson.
Then there was Joseph Lcngier, 8
name common enough in ~ south OF
/ France, in Marseiles especially.
Langier was also a solitary man, liv-
ing or rather, grubbing in an At
| lantic avenue gaTet. He paid the
janitor a dollar a month for his miser-
able room. He went cut and be came
in, spoke to nobody and answered
questions by shaking or nodding his
mead. One day he went forth for the
last time staggered and fell at the
next corner, was taken into saloon
thence conveyed in an ambulance to
Lopg Island College hospital, where
ne died after ten hours.
Ia the pockets OF his coat were
found bonds, mortgages apd bank
books worth $l7,OO0 to the owner, also
q wlH drawn in excellent legal phrase
ology and written in n beautiful hand
His signature was anlxed to the will
but it lacked The names Of witnesses
So careful had he been in preparing
the instrument that hc affixed an ex.
pianatory paragraph underlined in
red ink. In "a codicu he rcYokei the
viii. so that he really died iutestate
, Rumor says LanC.er'5 bclr is & nephew
living in Marsellles, a sisters son
whom, il the administrator could 10
cate. would inherit $l7, ,0Q0.
William Cato is another Of thC
great intestate for whose heirs the
administrators is ioobing. Cato wa.
no tramp orhews yeRder lie was q
marine in the service Of the United
States, ard bad been one fer such ;
length Of time that he had only ;
vague memory OF what he had beer
before. HIS comrades had an jdc'
that he was scotch, and chat is al
they could tell about him. lie dice
suddenly while stln in the service
leaving 81 900 OF so he had saved GU
Of his small pay.
Patrick Gresham lived on Third ave
nue, near Forty-sixth street, Souti
Brooklyn, and was in good circum
stances. His wife died in the sprinl
of 1889, and the loss drove him crazy
A week later he committed suicide
He left good deal Of property t.
which his little 4-year-old daughte
was heiress. His brother, we'll to d,
New York carriage builder, was th'
legal guardian Of the girl, but ther'
happened just then to be in the hous'
a sister Of the child's mother. Sh,
o was on a visit from Ireland, and ha'
arrived just In time to see her siste
die, The night of the day Gresham
committed suicide the auDt took tn,
little girl stealthily out o. Yer bed an'
out of the house, went o7 r to New
! York, and on the morning following
sailed for Queenstown in the Umbria
Mr.. Gresham, the uncle and lega
guardian, reported the theft to tn
police and they cabled to Queenstown
to have the aunt arrested on he
arrival in that port. Now, It happen
ed that owing to a great storm tn
, Umbrla could not put in at Queens
town, and so went directly on q
Liverpool, where no police were wait
ing for a handsome lady OF the nam