The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-12-31
MISS MOEEA FORTUNE.
All Hut $4,000 Given TO Iharities-.sShe Had
Lived Alone Twelve Years.

In two rooms ut the Manhattan Hotel. Sixth
avenue and Twenty.eighth street. there lived
until July 81 last n woman past middle life.
who was the mystery OF tho hotel She had
come there twelve years before. and her nam o
had been put upon tho reg .ster as Miss Maria
MolIat. There was nothing in her appearance
or speech to excite comment. but. us months
and years passed. her manner OF life. 80 retired.
so lonely so devoid OF all those things which
go to make the happiness or satisfaction OF
ordinary human beings. made her much talk ed
about and much wondered at. 1t was at first
supposed that she was u miser. but ms she did
not obtrude any missrly qualities. 1t was At
last decided that she was poor. She lived In
one OF hcr rooms and had the other filled with
boxes and packages of books. ncwspa pers. and
magazines.
Once in while an old man. always the amo
old man. sent M his card TO her. whcreupon
she would descend ana talk to him in tho rub
lie reception room Tor n short time Several
times during tho dozen years other reorl,
came to see her. hut at such long intervals and
for such brief calls that she was practically
without human society Sho never ate In the
dining room nor in any OF the restaurants 9f
came out that she bought canned provisions
and ate them in her room.
she was not an unhappy looking old woman.
and did not seem to uhlnrt tn her loneline 49,
TN July -, last she did not como out "t hes
room. As she did not appear the next day. on
hey "u h u dead III" w WENT was AK"
cessivrlv hot. il WAS supposed that this hnd
relatives aud tw" cousins III. How. Isaac ".
Brinckrrhoi, !iaItist muster Of ~ itrd'o,h
street. and Mr.. II. Walter irinck"rhofr. "a civil
engineer ,f 81 Jefferson avenue. brooklyn,
cam" am! looked at the contents III tho rooms
They found several rnck aEes OF money. gold.
way placeS-in the mnt,ioSe. under the edge OF
the cArlei. in The corners oi the closets in ALL
Si..h'i. They also foUnl several bank book y
aud som" keys to safety d"rvsit loN"s.
Whch they cam;i sid up all that she hal
lei, i Ws , found that Ia" nj h nn" ut : SMm
that u score ri cnrnorationa "i good standing
must have failed before he last Of hcr money
was gone. They searched n month before they
found her will. which had been carefully Grnwn
about tho tim. 81 her coming TO mo h"'ci
$4,000 was left TO the Blhl. society and >:.Wr,
10 n friend. m" rest n' tn" estate was divided
int no sn"" ris rn.i, /" n
Ilnmc i"r Aged aud INDECENT Women. an the
Blind Asylum
patent medicine business when John Moiiat
Fix 70 s san p Wa 1fa4 M who h
advertised the medicines in the manner which
has since hrc"me common enough; T., h"t i, VA Wa,
family became the thir! largest in Now YorK;
being exceeded only Ivy IN" Astor, essa'.. and
the rights he had given his son. and the result
lustrd for years. When Dr. William u. Alnirat
died he left his sister Maria about s:N.nOD.
which. added TO the smaller sum her p,nrcr
father left. forme cd tho principal Of her fortune
increasing from year to year b""aus" 81" srcnt
DIR. William Il. Aloffat Inherited tho bulk OF his
fortune. and entered tho most exclusive
cietv Of Now York city.
When the bundles and boxes Of Maria Mofrat
were examined the most interest ing lot found
WAS her Jewslry. all Of ancient pattern and
none 81 very great value. Their" were oar
rings. finger rings Uins. bracelets. watches.
There wero several hr"oc hes with locks OF
gray hair in them. these In pcttor condition
and showing thnt they had been handled:
There was also large Old-fashioned grand
Iiano who's. keys struck out gruesuIs
sounds. The makers Of this piano have been
out 81 business for forty years. The value OF
II thes. effects was loss than Sl.WnL
Miss Mof,at was buried in the family plot in
Trinity Church yari. Yesterday they were ai,-
rrai-nG her property in the law offices OF
Deyu. Duer 4 Haue,durf. at II broadway.