Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1911 — HARTSELL WILL DISCOVERED; LEFT $30,000 FOR HOSPITAL. [ARTICLE]
HARTSELL WILL DISCOVERED; LEFT $30,000 FOR HOSPITAL.
Memorial to Be Erected in Triangular Park Bearing Name of Famous Rensselaer Physician. The will of the late Dr. W. if. Hartsell, which had eluded all searching for the past three years, was found late Friday afternoon. The safe which he had used in his office was sold to another man and in cleaning it out a'large envelope which had fallen between two sections of the safe, fell out It proved to be a will dat'd March 20, 1904, and left $30,000 for a memorial r hospital to be erected in Flatiron park on Division, Plum and Franklin streets. The will told of an investment and of cash deposited equal <o the bequest and provides that the investment shall be left and
the interest from it provide for a janitor and the upkeep of the hospital. All Rensselaer physicians are to have the use of the hospital and a free ward for charity patients is provided. The executor of the will is Phillip Blue and a committee of local doctors is to determine the arrangement and equipment of the hospital.
