Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1901 — Usurer Gives to Charity. [ARTICLE]

Usurer Gives to Charity.

It is understood that th£"estate of Samuel Lewis, the notorious money lender, who died a few days ago in London, amounts to about £4,000,000. He bequeathed everything to his widow, with' the exception of £200,000, which is divided among relatives and friends. In his will he expresses a desire that his widow give in her name £400,000 to provide dwellings for poor persons of all creeds, £250,000 for the Prince of Wales hospital, £IOO,OOO to the Jewish board of guardians, and £200,000 to thf various hospitals.