Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1917 — $1,500 FOR FORGOTTEN BIT [ARTICLE]

$1,500 FOR FORGOTTEN BIT

Savings Bank Account Accumulates Unclaimed in Brooklyn Bank for Sfx fv Years. New York,—A TTTags bank account of $1,500, which had been accumulating unclaimed In a Brooklyn bank for 60 years, has just found its owner in Yonkers, City Treasurer Albert Van Houten said today. It goes to Mrs. F. A. Gastlneau of Hancock avenue, Lincoln Park, that City. Mr. Gastineau, who died two years ago, deposited a small sum of money in the Brooklyn Savings bank in 1857. He must have forgotten it for he never mentioned it to his wife. For 40 years Interest on the deposit compounded, and It brought the total up to $1,500. Delivery of the money was brought about through a new law • compelling banks to search for owners of unclaimed deposits.