Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1893 — WOES OF WEALTH. [ARTICLE]

WOES OF WEALTH.

Another Phase of Financial Trouble. Larkin Delph, of Delaware county, had 8300 deposit d in a Muncie bank. Becoming afraid of the bank he drew it ont, and, without sayifcg anything to his wife, he secreted it in the straw bed upon which they slept. A day or two afterward Mrs. Delph concluded to pnt in fresh straw, and the old was emptied out and a match applied. Mr. Delph saw the blaze and he ran to save his treasure, bounding into the flame and hurling brands of straw in every direction, Meanwhile his clothing caught fire and his hands and face were terribly burned. The envelope containing the money was rescued in a badly charred condition. The money has been sent to Washington, hopeful that some of it is worth redeeming.