Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-03
lsjor GiDter Passes Away Calmly, Sur
rounded by His Family.
pETE OF FUNERAL NOT YET FIXED,
lake Place from St. PaurS; Mill Be
Buried In Hollywood.
EXTENT OF HIS VAST FORTUNE.
pcccased Believed TO Have Been
worth Worth seven or Eight MIL
lion Doliars-Iiis Large Enter
Intact.

Though the announcement Of the death
81 Major Lewis. G!nter. which occurred
last night at IL: % o'clock. at his palatial
suburban home. as told in another part
o. to-day's paper. where a full sketch of
his long and useful life Is also given. win
be received in all quarters with profound
sorrow. IL will be a source OF comfort
20 his friends to know that he died as
De had lived. peacefully and quietly.
IL had been apparent for weeks that the
Death OF this successful businessman
and public benefactor was only question
a time but nevertheless the end came
somewhat more suddenly than was gene
rally expected DIS. Hunter and Stuart
Mcclure had said. though, for some days
that dissolution might occur at any time.
rhe latter physician. who remained al
most constantly at the bedside Of the
ratient during his last days. saw change
Cor the worse yesterday morning. and IN
the afternoon he notified the deceaseds
family and most intimate friends that
5oath was near at hand; indeed he as
sured them that their honored friend ana
r,lative could hot survive the night
Major Ginter had rallied slightly when
This news was impaired, and he was al
times able to give monosyhaoic rephes
30 questions propounded TO him. though
his articulation was exceedingly weak
Towards dusk he lost conscious
moss entirely. ana he then sank
,.-,s,v until 100. when his soul took
,.s flight Just before Major Ginter eN-
,t-e6 his relatives and the lmIheula'o
t-isn6s who were in the house were SUM
,,oned around his bedside. where they re-
,,.ired until he brcathed his last. In the
,,-t, were Major enters sister, MIS-
V,ung and her children; his nephew anu
,iace Mr.. and Miss Arents, and 0'heiS
Of he household.
THE FUNERAL FROM ST. PAUbS'
,epresentative Of the Dispatch visited
1vestbrook lust after midnight. a oeatn-
Ike sVence peryaded the masHlIlCen'
hc,,e and the most intense grief was ap-
parent on the part of all .,,.,
Death having occurred late at hlaH',
10 definite arrangements Tor the IuHe' a
Nv. vet been made. The body VIII not
lie IN state, nor Will others than -
personal friends OF deceased be permit
"a 40 erter the room where It rests.
~ e. understood that the funeral ser
,.t,a VIZ be very simple and that there
s-lu be am entire absence of display; lm ne
nhsearies viii take place at 81. fau'
church. which Major Cinter generaiiy az
lended near che middle Of the week, per
hans on Tuesday or WEDNESDAY, ~ - nv
known what clergymen will ofhclate:
mo fnternent viii be made in Holy
,,oo9 though not in the section recently
The CAHkrk
win in al probability rest In vault uii'l
n tomb can be built for It's reception
EXTENT OF HIS WEALTH.
Dr,,or cfnter WAS in all probability the
-,obest man in Virginia. though 1t VIE
not no known until his will has been al
mIt,ed TO probate just what he was
worth HIS fortune is variously estimated
81 from, five TO ten million dollars, but
,,crhons the most reliable estimate IS
e o,o coo or a little less. The great bulk OF
rs estate is in the stock of the American
Tobacco Company. of which he is SAID
IN have been the largest individual
holder When the Allen & Ginter bust
ness was absorbed by the American
Tobacco Company Major Ginter accord
inc 10 the best information obtainable'
,.aoa,,,e5 q 600 600 In preferred and COM
mon stock. The former is guaranteed
3 ner cent. stock. now quoted at me-
and the latter a 70 per cent. STOCK now
quoted al 50. though a year or two BACK,
when war was made on II, the dlVluehu
was passed once or twice
Major Ginter was not as large a tax
,o,er as rnieht have been supposed, as
the American Tobacco Company paiu me
taxes on it's property and material whIch
were covered by the stock. 1t Is known
tbot when he went into the big concern
ef1arahla norton OF MS
stock TO those who had been associated
w,th him in building up the immense
b,,stness He sold very little, II any.
Most of Major enters real ana olher
nronertv. aside from his securities was
rbisav of a non-prOductive character
He had spent vast sums Of money III
building up his two magnificent homes
and Identifying and improving the coun-
trv leading out TO and beyond west
brook. and on 10 Lakeside. lie had also
estabIished several large suburban en-
.erartsas In the same section and in
veeted largely in business and other IN
stitrtions in the city. from which ne
neither. expected nor received any re-
turns.
cry AND COUNTY PROPERTY.
II 1870 the year in which Major Ginter
Moved his residence into the county, ne
I'D tayes on an income OF SO0OOo. MS
nersonalty then amounted to Soeo'4oO, I'll
,.faoA 90 follows: Money in banks, Wow
"a go q7O. notes bonds. &c, S2Zo'VVO'
linrarv So. 600: other items, SLOW Sz'VyV'
sslo Il zoo $40. 81 800, $500. Total, SSSo'ofo'
T,st the year before that Major Glnter
naid e s67 Of personal taxes directly INTO
the office Of the State Treasurer. ana IL
was said that he then paid upon an III
come OF 81 900 day, or $4,000 Tor the
year.
since the removal of his residence TO
.he county his income, as far as the tax
hooks snow. has not been so great rms
,,ear he maid into TIE County Treasurer
hands taxes on s2l5.So2 OF personal pro-
,ertv A25 600 OF income, $4,000 on MS
yVestbrook estate and sl,5O on two lots
inst outside the city. To the city he palo
IN real and personal taxes AOiLS6 or on
teS $50. He paid ABOUT $500 In taxes thiS
yaar upon firms or companies he mas
ssststed I'm one way or another
Mater Ginter's magnificent FRANKLIN
street property was put down on the tax
hooks in 1890 at Slh 200 and II has peeh
Continued at the same valuation up 10
tbis time. save that ne made some addl-
tlops 10 Il amounting 80 probably $'VV9
or $40 600 in 1890 his other real estate
IN The city was located generally as ioi-
lows. cary street around intersections
az Fourth and Fifth streets. AS'oo, s.vp'
s2y 100 $40 200. IS 900. $500; Main and mar
vie streets. $3.50. ,oo, ,o,
The Allen * Ginter works In 1871 oWneo
real estate valued as follows: sz9,So0. sll'-
Ice s,s eoo stoO-total, $57 400. Ia 1882 Ma