The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-20
Lesatees of x500.000 Estate of Al
phens ID. Dubois Cannot
Find His Daughter.
HIS LONG LIFE OF DENIAL.
Almost Shut Away From the
World. Superintendent, by
Frugal Habits. Laid Foun-
datiOn for His Wealth.

! EEPrBtLC SPECIAL
New York. Dec. l9.-As if he dreaded t.
have revealed. even after his death. the
sorrow that had made him almost n re-
ci'ise. Alrheus u. Du Bots. the retired
public schoolmaster. who died leaving a
large estate. so yelled the identity of his
daughter, an only child, that those now
engaged in the search for her are doubt
! lul IL the aged teachers heir-at-law will
| be found.
| mat she is alive is believed. but even
her name is not definitely known. \ clause
in the will left her $1,000. 1t has teen ted
! Row Mr.. Du Bots and his wife had been
esfansed for nearly half century. That
OLD time romance was as great n surprise
| to ms friends the fact that he had left
| an estate valued at $4,000
| Now these friends are turning tackw ard
| the little that is known of the srhoolmas-
! ter's life. wondering how on a ss!ary that
Fever exceeded 5000 year. he could have
accumulated half a million dollars.
lhey are learning that the foundation
was laid and the structure added to by
an abstemiousnass that amounted to de-
NAL
As far as can be learned Mr.. Lu Bois
CID not inherit any of his money. When
domestic troubles came to him early in
NE he turned his back upon the world
and devoted himself to his profession Of
school teaching and to money making lie
was eminently successful III 10th under
takinga
For more than forty years Denny & Co.
We're his bankers and brokers and they
nave seen his savings grow from few
hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands.
Ihomas Denny, Jr, OF the firm, aa!d that
ne would be surprised II Mr. Du Bois,s
fortune did not exceed $500. 0I0. and that his
estimate OF the value of the estate would
be nearer $3.50, 900.
While the bankers decline to give list
Of Mr. Blu Bois's securities, they assert
that his investments were of the very
best, including bank and railroad stock
and bonds, the market value OF which is
far above their face value.
beginning In small way forty years
ago. Mr.. Du Bots bought some stock and
held it. He allowed the dividends to lie In
bank until the sum. together with
what he saved from his salary, was large
enough to make another investment: then
he bought more stock. This was the meth
cd which he pursued all through life.
one peculiar trait OF his was that ne
amount Of his income. His dividends would
accumulate for period Of a year or two.
and then. in response to letter from his
brokers. he would go over his account, In
vest his surplus cash, put away the stocks
and bonds and go back to his school
teaching. apparently oblivious OF the for
come for the last ten or fifteen years has
exceeded $4,000 q year, and at times 1t has
reached 10000.
With his increasing fortune Mr.. Du Bots
took no interest In the social pleasures of
life. but lived apart. spending less than
$1,000 a year upon his personal comfort
He enjoyed music but never attended the
opera. He loved books. but seldom pur-
chased any. Thus he lived. and few. If
any, Of these who knew him had any in
timation of his wealth.
In the chapel of the Fifth Avenue Pres |
byterian Church short funeral service |
was held. Mr.. Du Bots s sisters ana
nephew were present and about fifty oil |
the teachers. who at some time during the
fifty-three years of his superintendency OF |
school No. Sc had served under him. The !
body will be placed In the family vault In
the cemetery at Sleepy Hollow.