The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-24

sole extravaganza appeared 10 be snowy
clothing and jewelry. Her good looks and
lack of experience carried her into bad
| company. and her life. after that. as
learned by a later investigation. was a
pitiful example of the depta to which
wrong influences may drag person.
Through it all. however, she continued
TO save and deposit her money. After
time she purchased a house on West
| Thirtieth street but was driven from place
to place. until finally she became insane.
Then she was taken to Ward 5 island. al
though she had quite sum OF money
on deposit in the bank at the time. No
one knew OF this money save the bank
officers. whose attention was not direct
ed TO IL until it became dormant, and
a man living IN Brooklyn to whom Lesta
had intrusted her will. He had entirely
forgotten the will, but stumbled upon il
while clearing out an old desk one day.
several years after ii had been placed
in his keeping. Believing Lests dead.
he instituted an investigation, which led
TO the discovery that she had been taken
to Wards Island. Thence il was easy
to trace her. a friend had caused her TO
be removed to the Amityville State Hos
pital, where she had died but a short
time previously. The 81. 200. TO which her
account had grown. was sent to rela-
tives in Poland. and the receipt by them
of this good fortune would make quite
a chapter in itself
To illustrate how similar methods may
fail in different countries. it might be
related, as large numbers Of the old sol
der depositors were German. a letter
was written TO the German official who
corresponds to the Postmaster-General Of
this country. asking that he publish in
some manner a list OF Germans who had
dormant accounts. The notice that the
official sent out was, OF course, that
something Of advantage might be learn
ed etc This he caused to be sent 10
every postmaster in the German Empire.
and before a great length OF time had
elapsed ten dormant accounts had been
closed, the owners or their heirs having
received the money due. The reading Of
a list Of Irish mans from the pulpit in
every parish In Ireland was also obtained.
but thus far there has been no return
whatever from this. Whether the differ
ent results indicate that Germans who
emigrate 10 this country are more apt
than the Irish 10 return home. OF that
the Irish who remain here send for all
their relatives is matter for conjecture.
man who may be called James Dos
man opened an account II 1861. The amount
was transferred 20 his widow when he
died. two years later. In 1856 she trans
ferred the account TO herself as trustee
for her three children Some years later
the book became disused. and after the
twenty years the account became dor.
mant. The widow. meantime, had be-
come subject to fits Of temporary insan-
gether for years, but was finally taken
By the police during one % her attacks
and confined IN an asylum. The children
who were young were sent 70 an institu-
ton A letter vas received az the bank
from one OF these in response 10 an ad-
vertisemeat. IN which the writer stated
that he had a dim recollection Of events
suggested BY the name advertised. which
was that OF his mother. He called az the
bank was able 70 identify himself as
enc % the three children b. singular bur
perfectly satisfactory means. He recoi-
lected q house opposite a graveyard The
cid maps OF the city indicated the grave
yard near the address given b. the Dos
mans Furthermore. although be could
rot recoflect the number the son pointed
cut the house He had the letters tes-
tsuleniary issued 20 his mother upon the
father death. . copy q which the bsnk
also posseshse6- The sun q E.lz7 was
paid over 20 him ard his two brothers.
and al three wept AZ he thought hat
50 much money Rad been lying idle ia IRE
bank while the family. which 4 would
probably have kept together rad asea
Joseph Brandon. q Pedsle<. opened an
account which prosed obstinate after be-
coming dormant. Indeed. ths account xss
dormant twice before finally. ln answer
to an advertisement. he mans SISTER
slrecte6 . letter 20 TIE bank. TO her
vas paid The SUN q $50. sza this DER
,.scaflsn vas TIE means q another
which resulted IN her co.lscfizg tsS-s
nore than her brother lad On DEPOSIT IN
tbs city
Mrs.. B=Esis Bsrnoid opened az accez1t
zithort her hushsrss's xngEls5ze- re rks
prosperous. a. lzter developments proved.
ara ga %; zlsz Ma rooeT as 81
aside Hs falled saef before TIE death
x his Hife .saz shortly aftsrzar1s b.
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"a tbs case - honess EssTsr hae TIE
rzn Interests T. charge, ard Fs-foru-@1
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