Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1918 — FORTUNE WAITS FOR BURNS [ARTICLE]

FORTUNE WAITS FOR BURNS

Heir of Civil War Volunteer Who Never Returned Can Claim Windfall. New York. —Boy! Page Mr. Burns! Paging the Mr. Burnses of the country is precisely the task confronting I. M. Sacklin of No. 5 Beekman street, who is in charge of a large sum of money seeking an owner—first name and present whereabouts unknown. Here is how it happened: When Lincoln called for volunteers in ’6O David Burns, then living at No. 135 East Twenty-First street, this city, stopped his work and marched off to battle. He was in such haste to respond that he notified no relative and made no disposition of a tidy bank account. < David Burns never came back. His unclaimed earnings lay in the bank, swelling by the. increment of Interest until now they represent a large fortune even In these days. The windfall is awaiting the claim of the right Mr. Burns.