The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-07
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 OLD BuRLAP DEALER.
His Children Thought Him Worth
 sSoOoo, but He Left Million and a Half,


 .sssss and Half.
 When Jacob Lawson, burlap dealer, of No. 10 Whitehall Street, died, his family supposed he was worth SOoOo at the most. but his will. filed for pro- bate yesterday disclosed the fact that he was worth s15 0oooo.
 "We are dumfounded,' said his daughter, Mrs Euphenia J. Warner, of No. 3S Second place, Brooklyn, last evening. None of us supposed father was worth more than $25,000 or $3O, ,OOo. We can hardly realize it. Never for a moment did we suspect he was wealthy We always had everything we needed, but million and a half! Think of 1t. Mother died two years in ignorance of his wealth.
 With all his riches, the old man died angry at his oldest son. He cut him off in his. will with $1O,0OO to be held in trust, while the residue of the estate wos divided, equally among his other children. They are Mrs. Warner, wife of a teacher of Latin in the Poly technic Institute, Brooklyn; William, who manages the store at No. 40 White hall street, and James, a lawyer at No. 229 Broadway. '..
 ''I am sorry father did not forgive Edward said Mrs. Warner 1T don't know what they quarreeled about. It happened nine years ago, and brother went away and none of us has seen him since. although we hear from him 1 now and them
 Lawson's neighbors were even more surprised than his family at the rev elation of his great wealth, although some of his old cronies now recall that his face used to wear curious smile | when the subject of his neighbors s riches was discussed. and that he chuckled audibly at the time that the
 surprising .Feyerweather will was made public. 'rt
 He had lived quitely and never made the least display His children were educated as the children of any we'll to-do family would be. All were taught to work. and the sons have for sev- eral years been making their own liv- ing, independent of the father All are in good circumstances as result of their own labors The fortune that comes to them, is therefore a genuine surprise, and adds to their actual sur- plus.
 His son, James, who filed the will for probate, said yesterday that his father had been a quiet investor, and that
 more than half the estate was in the shape of stocks and bonds of great value intrinsically.
 The elder Lawson, who was no re- lation of the Boston family, was we'll known to shipping men, as he supplied ships with bagging. He was born in Scotland 67 years ago, and came to America when 34 years old. Last Co., tober his family doctor urged him to retire from business, as complication of diseases threatened his life. He re- fused to do so and worked up to the day of his death He lived with his son James at No. 34S Hoyt Street, Brooklyn. The night of December 20 he retired to bed feeling weak. The next morning his son and his little son Arthur entered his room to call him. The child ran to his bed crying. Good morning, grandpa" There was no response, and examination proved he had passed quietly away in his sleep. The will was not discovered until this week. . o.: la,t
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