The sun., 1908-05-10
END OF THE NEIGHBoRHooD COYOTE HUNT IN KANSAS

or next Of Kin are at hand to take up the
work Of administration but once in a while
a stable estate does pass through the
Public Administrators hands, the next Of
kin in such a case being usually non-resi-
dents. The record in this county ls an
estate Of 100000.
It should be borne in mind that these
estates are not unclaimed. Of unclaimed
estates something will be said later. In
thousands Of cases the Public Administrator
acts simply as would private administrator
or an executor under will; he collects the
monevs due, conserves the property and dis
tributes to the next Of kin according to law.
Also he charges the legal commission on.
receiving and disbursing the estate.
In some counties the Public Administrator
gets the commission as a personal fee. In
New York he il a salaried official and the
commission goes to the city. In 1907 the
city earned Sl4 ,776, SO in commissions on the
administration Of estates.
The Public Administrator first provides
a burial for the dead person in accordance
with the amount Of property left, Most
often the burial is in potter's field and the
city loses al that
Few large estates are unclaimed. The
proceeds OF an unclaimed estate after all
the legal formalities have been observed
20 into the city treasury, The amount
turned over to the city in 1917 on account Of
unclaimed estates was SSl 1858 oS,
With the commissions already mentioned
this made the city's receipts from this
source 500, 1851. The salary list OF the
Public Administrators Office fOots up only
325, $50, and maybe the rent and running
expenses Of It's small Office at ll9 Nassau
street will bring the total up to $4,000. II
will be seen therefore that the city's profit
was more than S6S, 600 in 1907
The chief clerk Of the Public Admins
traitor, who sees not beyond the dry parch-
ments and dull figures Of his trade, will tell
YOU that there is nothing Of public interest
In the procedure OF the Office. 1t is all a
matter OF routine with him; he cannot see
that figures sometimes constitute the record
OF a tragedy or aromanoe.
The Public Administrator report for
1907 has moro than 1000 names, and some OF
them. with the accompanying entries, hide
manya pathetic story OF blasted ambition
and disappointed hopes. Most OF the names
on this list are Irish. There are very few
Jews. Men whose occupation is given as
artist. music teacher. surgeon, actor or some
other OF the higher occupations OF life
passed out Of life here leaving not enough
10 pay the expenses Of their burial
In TACT those who walked humble way
Of life, such as sailor, watchman, tailor,
domestic servant. left estates of several
thousand dollars which the Public Ad.
ministrator took charge Of and distributed
according TO law. One man no Is puI
down az a speculator died in luck, for he
left nearly 5000 TO he distributed And
il Ia refreshing TO read that Swedish house
keeper laid by more than 5000 and an Irish
laundress more than $500 and German
printer more than $1,000
OF the estates which we're not claimed 10
| ioO7 the largest were those Of Mary Mortill
"a. 500; Fredericka Echarte, $500; Ann X,
Maher, s., s5O Frank Gaudin, 81, 200, Michael
Brady, 81, ,750; Johanna Quick, N,S7o' and
Sarah Brennan. 81. 100 There are few
Others which exceed $1,000. most Of them