Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-13
DEATH or RESIDENT OF d.
suoUE WHO LIVED ALONE
REVEALS HER PAST.
WAS DESCENDANT OF
FORMER ENGLISH QUEEN
, .ilverware and Jeweiry as We'll as
Rare Old Furniture Kept by Woman
Whom Misfortune Had overtaken-
Some of Relics Over ESQ Years Old
and Handed Down From Ancestors.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Repuolican.
Dubuque, March 1.-two weeks age
there died in Dubuque a woman who
was generally known as Miss Mary
Ann Gray, but whose name in fact VAS
Mrs Deerlng Her death was sur
rounded in mystery, no: that II was
due to any other than natural cause
but because she died alone, had oeeh
dead proba bly, a couple OF days when
the body was found.
Mrs Deering or Miss Gray as she
was more generally known " as the las ;
in Dubuque OF what was once one o.
the city's most prOminen; fa!nlIles- ne
death of her parents left her wealthy
and left her IN possession OF the 1an-
lily helrlooms. She mar RED uhlort-
,nnately, and her husband, whose name
is forgotten. after getting possession OIL
her money, disappeared. She maErleo
again, this time a detective oE tn~
name OF Deering, who dlsap peareo
after living with Ter few months
Other members Of her family moved
out OF the city or died but she cor
tinued to reside IN Dubuque On"
brother is now connected with a large
wholesale grocery house in Chicago
The two unfortunate marriages
soured the woman on life. In the las'
quarter OF a century she has hFeo al
to herself She owned a property IN
1.-THE south end Of the city. The house
set back in a large lot at considerable
distance from other homes and was
completely surrounded by unkempt
trees and shrubbery. The woman. how
~ ~ 49, VI o.
ing washing, scrubbing and such other
work as q woman of her age could do
but no one was ever known to enter
her home. II was her failure to appear
ito 60 work she had agreed TO do thar
sbrought about the discovery OF neF
body.
House Filled With Rare Relics.
The Chicago and other relatives were
notified Of tho woman's death. came
and rave her burial in accordance with
her former and rightful standing in
the community
Visiting the home while the woman
lay dead and afterward to assist the
relat ives in getting her effects together
revealed the fact that the home was
fixed with rarest furniture, cut glass
WORKS q: art, etc, things valuable .cr
their intrinsic worth as well as TOT De
ing extremely rare, for It developed the
woman was a direct descendent OF one
Of the most noted queens IN England OF
the fifteenth century.
In the house there was found large
quantities OF siIverware, ESQ years old
and bearing the family coat OF arms,
patterns long since out Of existence
Valuable Jewels Found.
There was jewelry beautifully SUD
ded with rub4es and pearls. that the
grantino,hers and fathers and great
era ndmothers and fathers knew OF, nut
the like Of which is unknown TO-DAY.
There were dozens OF rare books ana
bibles some of them two centuries oid
\ sideboard Of solid walnut with rare
marble top and exquisite mirror
showed its age. that 1t had come from
a wealthy family of century or more
ago. 1t was most ella borately carved
the work evidently having been that
Of a master.
All Of these things that have beer
neglected or forgotten for thesH many
years were shipped 20 the chicago
. brother or went TO other more distant
relatives.