Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 211, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1911 — Forgotten Bank Account. [ARTICLE]

Forgotten Bank Account.

Quite forgetting that she had a substantial little fortune In the bank an old woman, Ruth Evans, residing at Carrog, Llangolla, Wales, had lived and suffered in direst poverty for 20 years. She died recently at the age of 90; neighbors paid for the coffinto save her from having a parish funeraL Afterwards a singular discovery was made by an officer. Upon taking possession of the effects in the little qpttage, which were only worth a few stillings, barely sufficient to pay the rent that was owing, he found in a rickety drawer a pass-book of an Aberbele bank, which showed a balance Of nearly £3OO to the aged pauper’s credit The last deposit wad made 30 years ago. The book was forwarded to the bank, and on the account being made up, it was found'to total £SOO, the original amount at compound interest having doubled Itself.