Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-08-12
VAST RICHES HIDDEN
Wealth Brought to Light Only
by Death.
London Newspaper Records Cases
That Are Remarkable in the Lido
synerasies Of Nature That
They Reveal.

After the accidental death OF a
spinster who had lived in Twicken-
ham for many years all alone, and in
circumstances which suggested pow
erty, property valued at many thou
sands of dollars was found in her cot
tage, which was sadly in need OF re-
pair, London Answers states.
Money was discovered all over the
house: deeds of property and stocks
and shares were found stuffed
meath a mattress. 1t was also found
that the old lady had in two banks
over L 10000, nearly $1,000 in the post
office savings bank, and that h had
insured her life in four offices for
sums totaling $4,000.
Nor was this all. The whole OF the
interior of the cottage was deliberately
furnished. It's walls were hung with
valuable oil paintings by wellknown
artists, and lying about everywhere
were rings and other personal adorn-
ments, set with diamonds. opals, ru-
bies and other precious stones.
The old lady was eighty when she
met her accidental death. and, as she
left no will, and, it would appear, no
relatives, all these good and chattels
! revert to the crown.
But this TwNkenham treasure house
| sinks into insignificance beside anoth-
err discovered within a walk of it at
Chiswick. This house is n Of the
| biggest in that riverside suburb, and
apparently one of the most deserted,
it's windows uncurtained, its large
| grounds a wilderness. Nobody seemed
to know much about it, but suddenly
the police paid it a visit.
The house Of 16 rooms proved a
perfect cave of Aladdin. The interior
was deliberately furnished. while on
the walls hung many beautiful paint
ings. including four by that greatest
of English masters, Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds.
But this was only the beginning of
wonders. Every oom was packed
with costly treasures. Gold and silver
vessels were heaped into %cupboards;
jewelry and precious stones packed
loose in chests and drawers.
There were dozens of cases of cut
lery, table silver, vases inlaid with
gold, valuable pottery, boxes full of
silver and jewelry, beautiful embroid-
cry and lace, bed and table linen
without end, rugs and skins and a
thousand things still unmentioned
which required a line of pantech-
Moons to remove. No wonder, indeed,
when it is added that the treasure
trove included, among so much of the
rich and rare, IL gas-cooking stoves
and 80 misunderstanding stoves!
The discovery of the safe contain.
ing much of the o valuable jewel
ry was the result Of a smart piece OF
detective work. Behind a brass bed
stead one of the officers noticed that
there were q dozen or more embossed
rosettes. To all appearances they
formed part of the wallpaper design
But the quick-witted searcher tried
them all, and found that one had re.
volved. Further investigation revealed
a keyhole.
Within two minutes a safe was
found containing thousands of pounds
worth of valuables. The whole place
was a sort of den of the Forty Thieves
a receivers storehouse, the result oil
countless burglaries.
Sometime age an old m was
knocked down and killed instantly by
a dray neal Ballyunena, Ireland. ant
when the police examined her wretch
ed howell they were we'll rewarded fol
their search.
Two large buckets and a tin trunk
as we'll as a big wooden box an(
about a dozen mugs, were found filled
! to overlooking with all kinds Of cur
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