The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-06
THE DYING MISER'S WILL.
,vrrpEyDORF SAID TO HAVE LEFT
uIs ALL TO MRS. kUEHNER.

a.. n Housekeeper OF the Tenement IN
ssws,cb the Ola Bseh cior Had Been starv-
,.s H,mseifto Death These Fifteen Years.
vour carriages followed hsarss yesterday
-, tina small. cleah tenement house at 500
Tsst Tenth street to the Lutheran Cemetery.
nss,o uas crowd about tho door OF $40. The
800, from their windows or were grouped
s.nt tbe doors. All were talking excltedly. It
Nv Nv. ths funeral Of lonely old bachelor named
rsrora steubendori. and the housekeeper Of
100 and her family wore the only mourners.
mr. ncople watching the funeral were discuss
49,, tho sincerity OF her tears. the life OF the
h'.hslor. and the will he had left behind.
rdvard steubendori who would have been
ssvoars old had he lived until April 81. came
,a,his country about forty years ago with his
.,o,hcr and fnther. His mothers grea'- grand
,.,her the neighbors said. was physician to
A., King of Denmark. and the husband grow
r.h No a merchant through the patronage OF
Al. Duke OF Mecklenburg. but came to grief
ID omirrntcd The Steubendorfs moved into
Ton r son, AZ artmcnt on the third floor OF
,t;s ,,n,,n.n'. When the war broke out they
go afraid tho son would be drafted. and
,hsy returned to German; for few years
rdwarJ Steubcndorf was then n handsome
,nunp man. Ho met his cousin Emma. tho
daughter Of his mothers sister. and his faith
49, brother. and fell in love with her. But all
Mo relatives opposed tho marriage bitterly.
.nJi,was abandoned. The war being over.
,ho s.cubcnlorfs came back to America to the
.,,ns tenement house. Edward. the story
,,es, sworc that. rs he could not marry his
cousin. he would marry no one. and would
Nave nothing to do with women. IT seems
ia, t,nk htlrh herself Tor she
hns never married. w SO,
HT The Steubendorfsh had a little money. and the
ssSsnt ali his days and evenings among his
hooks. lie was silent morose and suspicious
He would allow no young girls TO come into
! vssr In is7i his father died and his morthcr
was shortly alterward SO III that she made nd
al me property to sI the s s9n n1 sse
t meh %s SON he had no desire. to accumu-
~ money bit he seemed led b to s Wsna fear
away from HIM. SO ho cutldow, n the e%pcndi-
tnre below tho living point, and his old moth
;Ss si FOUR wars hcfore FER death in 1880 the
neighbors say. sho supported both herself and
10 the principal. His mother was sick several
months before she died. and tho neiEhpors
brought her all tho little luxuries She had
Alter Ills mothers death 1t was seven years.
any one crossed the threshold OF the little
ss
used to see him, so down stairs with basket
lie went to the butcl ,er $ and got little cheap
meat. then to tho bakers for ono LOAF oi bread.
Then he went back to his rooms. bolted the
morning. II any ono knocked. he. made no
sqsEeF Ibis name was called ne asH tSs
reply was satisfactory he would not open
tue door. Tho neighhors could hear
the steady rock. rock q the chair IN which no
Sat reading all day. 1t is the custom IN this
tenement for tho tenants to take turns at
took a bucket and brush and did the scrubbng
himself He raid no attention to the ieer D. OF
sound from his rooms besides the rocking
chairs creak was the noise OF his mother,
sewing machine. On which he did his old
One day four years ago his next door neigh.
bors heard fal. In his rooms. followed by
Groans The door was burst open and they
i was in tho bitterest cold OF the winter.
He had no fire and had been sitting in his
rocking chair with the feather bod around
him to keep him warm. The doctor said he
had tainted from weakness caused by starva.
ton He had been cutting down the amount
OIL 6r Sd en- meat sl IN s n n
G@a bae be sen resed TO stsrve frSer Wien
the doctor explained to htm that n would ore
unless he ate more. he SAID be would ent more;
he was a materiallst and an atheist, and ned
that as this lie was AL. ne would 90 well 70
live as long as possible; 50 after this for two
years hs grew In health, and strength. ana
size He barely THANKED the meighbors VINO
nag rescued MIN. ana MS door was barred as
beiore.
IL seems tnat ABOUT Two years ago ne negan
10 starve himself again. for many monthS;
s his liz
HdREdTu lilrt. LatlcFly he peFQlttSu tllc