Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-10

vUates of seemingly Poor People
Found TO lie Of Value.

Ouuu to be VI
Chicago Tribune)
r-ick II. ODonnen. Public Admins
GATOR of cook county has had two years
...r and interesting experiences. 1t is
t. duty 10 act as an administrator and
l.lt0r for the estates Of all those who
.. u Cook county leaving no apparent
tr- lie makes a vigorous effort 10 hunt
, lels II the deceased person leaves
money. property, or anything Of value.
S.r..mes he is successful. occasionally
I. las to turn down fraudulent heirs
r.-, tut in claims for the estates. When
DID heirs are found the personal properly
IS ,.-ued over TO the County Treasurer.
Iy some strange omission OF the law
Gid. administrator IS not allowed TO sell
. state unless il is necessary TO pay
Gid. debts of the deceased man, nor does
.. law allow the real estate 10 be turn
.. over 10 the county AS the law stands
ELLA real estate must Doe let alone until 1t
...ten up by taxes, which must be paid
lg s.ling 10.
From personal property. Mr.. ODonnell
Ca- turned into the County Treasury
rary thousands Of dollars since he has
I... i. Office. Nearly all of this comes
... b. hands in the most surprising
MAYS. IS ieU months ago "BilP' Furney,
U. -6roNl Nest-Side character, died.
leaving 30 Was opposed, nothing but the
..t. lll.I. ol songs he had been ped
aims tla ss before his death. For tit-
t... yeats Elruey had continuously put
days u a sturdy effort 10 sell war
s,.-- d.. -le corner Of Madison and Hal
STEAD streets. Madison and Halstead at
their ..t.rsectiOn make strong cOmDina-
rr 0l some things, but they're pretty
weak 0l buying war songs when there
.l WIG .u sight SO the only little squirt
. trade ln fifteen years W-s enjoyed by
last spring.
j. mounted TO so little. however, that
Er.y got but few pennies more imam
Usual from it, When he died everybody
supposed that he passed away mrch
poorer than the traditional church mouse.
I. Public Administration delved around
among "BWs" things and discovered that
W m H. Furney had $1,000 I'm a safe de-
r.r vault down town. and owned an
orange grove I'm Florida. No heirs nave
... .rueared TO claim the Furney estate.
a.. re Mann. another old character VINO
... lot long ago, was also song seller.
u. lad q fad for collecting newspapers
l.r...uing articles which he had marked
Al. .l- side Of his bed was a stack %
l.u-. 4pers reaching from the floor 10 IN,
...e The pile weighed nearly 900
pounds. Mann was a great spiritualisl
. lad pictures of himself and what ne
s.l was the spirit of his wife at MS
... Mann died at the County HospltaI
al. lt was supposed he hadn't a dollal
r the world. When the Public Admins
rator searched Mann's mean little room
r I'll south DearbOrn-street lodging nous
i. found the deed 10 "a good piece OF pr
rtrty on the North Side and siA depos.
nk-boOks on SIX different banks, stu
..l in six different States. The books
showed deposits ranging from 81 up &c
several hundreds. No heirs Of Mann have
t..a und.
N- year ago Charles Piercy dice
p,r D the West Side He was ana ole
r.n v.I known in his negnborhoOd, ano
Was oposed he left about 500 worth
1...ltv. MIR. O'Donnell tunneled into
N. a.rs Of the deceased, and found be
I .t 81 900 Ia bonds and 5000 IN good
rrae0s. Before long several heirs APP
l.. for this estate. Mr.. ODOnnell al
WAYS Illustrates fraudulent claimants VINO
Earn up after the burial Of the deceased
from distant PARTS OF the country by ask
Ie f..m 20 send a personal description
deceased and give the maiden name
mother
Nr OUonneu says that swindlefs gene
U. lual their cases from the news
Ia..l accounts Of the life ana dealh "a
N.r alleged relatives Ihtse accounts
rarely mention the points referred TO- 81
n tr qulzz.ng along those hhes ne eau
frequently satisfy himself as 70 the NON
zoe claims. d.,
uo months ago Davis Davenport uieu
m t.e South Side. surrounded by all the
t.. aces of abject poverty, but with Ioho
I.U.mufauces Of his dead children pre-
served here and there about his wretcheu
r.. Dn "a shelf covered with aus, was
H. tiny shoe Of "a baby boy who died
t....s--Dyen years ago, and near II was
ds bank. I'm which were lO1 pennies
Written on the rocker OF a little chali
Was This Was Mary's chair" Dir. q Don
M found that Davenport left niue
fortune of $1,000 or $4,000 in mortgages
and real estate, with little or no known
l..rs
N0t long ago John j. Staub died in a
NuaUd little room over on Rush street.
$50 first an Of the possessions Of Staub
raf could be found were sold for Rs
Cents. They consisted OF a brass watch
chain and charm Later the admins
u.nf found that Staub had mortgages
afI money in eastern banks 10 the amount
Of 81 90
Ia strong contrast 10 these cases in
WHICH unsupported wealth has been dis
covered is the case OF Orlando j.. Had
tI whose liberal and generous requests
'i hls Will attracted some attention last
summer. BY his will Hadseh directed
taf 5000 be devoted 20 dressing poor
frs giving them picnics. &c. Altogether,
Too wIl disposed Of over $1,000 The IN
frntofy 81 this heirless mans estate has
made 81 shIivol dreadfully Six hundred
n'ies that he left are practically worth
less and altogether hts estate VIII not
pan out over $1,000
in half a dozen different ways Mr..
VDonnelrs attention is attracted TO the