Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — SET FIRE TO MILLION [ARTICLE]

SET FIRE TO MILLION

Tells His Relatives He Saved Them From “Evil of Wealth.’’ St. Petersburg. Dec. 15. —A dying Moscow millionaire named Petroff had his whole fortune withdrawn from the banks and the bank .notes brought to the sick room. They were piled before him and set on fire. I’etroff summoned hia relatives and showed them the ashes, congratulating them on having escaped from “tha evil of wealth.”