The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-20
TIE STORY OF THE GAMAGES.
MISC GamuEe. Her Friend Miss Mcyvhorter,
and Henry Ten Broeck laamngc

| "na henry Ten BrOeCk Carnage.
MILFORD. Pa. Feb 19.-The statement that
Henry Ton Brock Carnage. tho University
| building recluse. who was buried on Wednes-
day In thisvillage by tho side OF his sister her.
| sell an eccentric person. died possessed of
slo,ooO In money. besides the queer collection
| OF paintings and bric-h-brac found in his room
III New York. is something difficult OF belief by
people In Milford who arc well informed on tho
| al1airs OF tho Carnage family. Tho existence
| OF the paintings had been known in this village
Tor many years. Forty years ago the dead
mans sister and friend of hers. Miss Me-
Whorter began to make Milford their summer
mono. They were among the very first per-
sons from New York to become city board
ers In this summer resort. At that time the
Carnage fortune was considerable Miss
| Carnage and Miss McWhorter were middle.
agei women when they first came to Milford.
anu they had boon Tor years insepnrable COM
Miss e n %SG"rs T Ia5 n , NsT
she was young her lover lied and she She devoted
to s TSrts and H !to S hhs e ws
%n M9a narS ana sno"srs taller than her friend
uress. and were r;tfc!y ever seen apart. They
continued their church work here. both being
s,a ars hp resSyt%rndns They wer. together 10y
half a dozen rcoplc in the place who ever knew
their first names.
hc piElHItS tHhl Henry i. damage died
possessed Of we're mono ri them collected by
himself. They were got together by his
t tnthsr and after tho latter LOST his money
storage. When tho Gamago money was lost
Miss iamag.'s resource, ceased. hmt Miss
Nc; McWhorternt once assumed the expenses Of
Mr.; Gamass diel soon after he ia!eii and the
Miss GamaEe., She paid for Ills ier SO some be
tim time through the courtesy Of Miss McWhor.
Devoted h. W r,t h.,r h,,,tb .r
that II he could not look after them they must
be disposed OF. 1t was then that he had them
m s in til. rniversi,y building.
,,rTr ,n many years s Mis- GamaTe and Miss
Hsa ess "'ns ss h fan n Bm
mick. Afterward they purchased u pleasant
SGn ss Witn r2oy grounds the village
Mons"n. q Indy OF means, in New York city.
on; out drawing "n their resources. They had
M T N.Y. three Y their noss when
a 81, Of , Esr estate e Nss Gam%Ys on cor
M mot az Which sR Msrs that k Spon
her death III. residence should 20 TO Miss
Fanny Dimmick. and the remaining, estate be
benefit OF Henry Ten BroecE Carnage. upon
who's who's. ID deafn ns 5000 was I? be rad 9 two
mick This will was made. Miss tiamags
was ANXIOUS 70 nave the remains OF her life
when she herself died she might lie by her
side. A sDccia! messcngcr was sent to New
ork to get the consent of Mrs. bronson to this. !
DO buried in the family vault in st. Marks |
New York. and the burial was
Miss Gamago did not survive the loss OF Miss |
AMIefWh2rtsr long. Sho died and was buried IN |
OF her will. In settling up the estate it was |
found that the trusted agent of Miss McWhor- |
ter Now York man who had attended to her |
affairs for years. had not exercised very |
bril- liant business ability. and the estate set |
tod up much less than il was believed to |
amount to- Miss Dimmck was able TO invest |
about $4,000 rs provided by the will. Tho |
income OF that Horny Ten Brock Carnage hail |
during the ten or twelve years he enjoyed il
enough to accumulate the amount Of securi- |
ties he Is alleged to have died possessed Of he
g entitled to be remem bored as a person OF no
little financial genius instead OF as a sort OF |
Harold Skimpoe without that worthy's vices