Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — Estate of Eccentric Irishwoman. [ARTICLE]

Estate of Eccentric Irishwoman.

A very eccentric lady died in County Meath, says a London correspondent. After the lady’s death no will could be found, and it was thought she had died Intestate. The solicitor for the person believed to be next of kin spent about 40 days In the house going through the most extraordinary accumulation of papers, documents and valuable property that filled the rooms in the house and even the hall. Not only every room, but every corridor was piled high with loose papers, books and parcels of all sizes and descriptions, and the litter on the stairs was almost knee deep. Various sums of money were found in very peculiar and unlikely places; in rubbish on the floors, in band boxes, and in a purse, and two hank notes for £1 were actually found glued to the floor. The lawyers recovered an immense amount of property, including £7,000 in bank notes and securities of every kind. They also discovered the lady’s will, under which various charities much benefited.