The sun., 1898-01-15
SOFT MUSIC. AT HIS TOMB.
NOW ROBERT IRELAND'S REPUTBD
WIDOW MOURNs ron HIM.
she Goes Orten 70 the Reeeiving vauit at
Saratoga SPRINGS whore His Body IL,
HrinEinE with Her n1usio BeE That
Plays the Airs ireland was Yona or In Iare.

she Goes Orten % the ReeeivinG vault at
Saratoga Springs whore His Body IL,
BripsipE with Her nzusio Bex That
Plays the Airs Iroissd was Hond or In Lire.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Jan. IA cemetery
with daily concerts in its receiving vault is an
attraction that Saratoga now offers to tho world,
In addition 70 its mineral springs and great
hotels. The town would never have been able
to do this had not tho lato Robert Ireland. bo.
fore his death, made tho request that after his
body was entombcd there bo music of some kind
In the sepulchro every day. In carrying out this
request woman who inherited Ireland's for.
tune and who says she Is his widow has placed
Swiss music box in the receiving vault Of
Greenridgo Cemetery. where the body is. Every
day the woman visits the vault, winds up tho
box and, taking q seat beside It, softly weeps
while the favorite airs Of the departed Ireland
are played.
Ireland died at Catskin, N. ", on Sept. 16.
He had been in tho habit OF spending his sum-
mers hero for many years. The body was
brought here and placed in the receiving vault
Of Greenridgo. Not much was known about the
man In Saratoga, except that he was man Of
leisure living on his income and that he had
stopped at one Of the largest and best Of the
Saratoga hotels. He came early In the summer
and stayed until the hotel at which he stopped
closed. He was always accompanied by the
woman who now says she is his widow.
. ireland was something over 90 years when
he died. This woman is not much more than
40 On account Of his peculiar appearance he
was nicknamed ''the Jack Of Spades" When
Ireland first came to Saratoga he did not claim
that the woman was his wife. She passed as o
near relative and was known as Miss Reynolds.
The devotion Of the two was so marked. how
ever. that it occasoned comment. Mover. by
any chance. was one seen without the other.
During the morning and evening music hours
at the hotel they would often sit on tho piazza
or in the paror and hold hands. totally obivious,
Finally 'fivo or six years ago, tho woman
sprung a surprise one day upon q number OF
hen ss
said little for time, but at length stated that
she was not Miss Reynolds, but Mrs. ireland.
She told when she was married and where. and
Mrs Ireland. No question would have So'6 been en-
had iFnd died sSort Il ser
York, and then, the skeleton in the Ireland
land was member Of an old New York family
and the son of the late w. d: Ireland. whose
Robert Ireland Inherited the bulk OF his fa-
Tiers property, which was in valuable real es;
so ae mS Wife Sa and
pily together, and twenty-five years ago she pro-
cured q separation from him. The, decree of
nish to his wife n certain sum each year for her
own and their sons, SUPPORT. The wife and
clair, N. J. Immediately after her separation
Mrs. Ireland ceased to use her husbands first
name, and became known as Mrs. Anna s.
Ireland continued to reside in New York and
a woman named Mary Reynolds was his house
keeper; 1t is she who is now accepted here as
An appraisal Of Ireland's estate showed its
value to be about 100000. By the terms OF
his vii all %f. Gf his prop;SaEy real and personnel
codicil Of the viii that she should serve Without
bond; bond; The win was dated June 4. 1892; and and
When tho will was made.and when the codicil
was drawn the legatee was Ireland's house
keeper. A clause of it reads:
II devise my estate. both real and personal,
to my frield and housekeeper. Mary Reynolds,
for her own,use;, benefit, and behoof forever"
afterward the beneficiary under 1t lived at the
Hotel Kssnsington; Fifteenth street and Fifth
has taken q house for the winter Whether
the woman is Miss Reynolds still or is really
Mrs Ireland. Saratoyians are unable to deter
to erect mapsolepm in Greenrldgee,, in the
spring, to which lrelands remains will he re-
mammoth music box from shs and
make it part of the interior furnishings Of the
tomb; She says that lreland,s views of the fu-
Of the airs which cheered him on earth could
reach him in the spirit land. Accordingly.
among the airs that any music box designed for
Soul" and Il Know That Ny Redeemer LivS. .iS
local paper has this PouchnF so
''The bride OF two decades ago is to-day the
mourning widow. who sits by the side of her
husbands casket in Greenridge's vault. while a
music box. placed on a stand at the head. plays
sweetly the chosen selections of Ireland, who
was passionately fond of music