Show A MISERS HOARDS A good many of our citizens are familiar with the appearance and some of the peculiarities of an old fellow known as D M jones more commonly called prig jones he was of medium height and had a tanned leather skin and complexion giving him a somewhat mum gifted aspect his eyes were small and peering as if constantly engaged in scrutinizing a little object j act located a short distance from the point of his nose a pretty sure 1 indication nd I 1 of the dime hunter hu anter and nickel squeezer those peeping organs were covered at the outer corners by a plant from the brows this individual was generally considered to be a crank and esteemed to be located on the bottom level of poverty v arty this idea was borne out to by the fact that his living dons consisted isted of what he could obtain by a species of begging applied without the making of an out and out solicitation in addition he indulged in the practice of fishing scraps from hotel swill barrels money was nearly the sole burden of his conversation and like many worshippers wor shippers at that shrine he became possessed of a special craze it consisted of the fallacious idea that the church was owing him a large sum of money he was an expert buttonholer button holer and in that capacity poured his tale of wron wrong and wealth into the ears of a gool good many people some time since jones was taken ul and conveyed to the sisters hospital his complaint ending in hi his death about two weeks ago dr pinkerton held a post mortem examination upon the remains and it was discovered that the cause of death was some internal disorder the nature of which we have not learned coroner george J taylor made some informal investigation for the purpose of learning whether or not dot it was necessary to hold an inquest coming to the con conclusion elusion it was not he consulted with judge marshal as to the advisability of taking in charge what effects might be discoverable as having belonged to the deceased and was informed that the proper way would be to find some one who had a claim against jones and then an investigation for the wherewith to meet it could be instituted undertaker jos joe W taylor who conducted tile the burial had such a claim and on april 11 the coroner and that gentleman proceeded to the premises lately occupied by jones they consist of a couple of rooms one on the ground floor and one above it on donihe the taylor property south temple street they opened the door with difficulty as it was obstructed by rubbish the contents of the lower room were simply lu describable there were strewn in inextricable confusion rags and bones bonea decayed apples and oranges old boxes and mouldy bouldy cheese overalls and margerine oleomargarine oleo etc when the interior was gained and the prospect surveyed the coroners countenance suddenly assumed an unusual pallor and he made a dash for the door to obtain a whiff of unadulterated air the undertaker remained unmoved no such a situation as that could disturb him he fought his way through the heavily laden atmosphere and climbed the stairs after awhile the coroner thought he heard a voice penetrate the dense air of the den it was not the voice of jones jobea but that of the undertaker der taker who said come u up here it smell so thick S above 0 v e the mandate was obeyed and the two began be an a search among the rubbish it fit was not in vain in the bed and in out of the way corners were found packages of money ranging from a solitary nickel twisted in a piece of paper to seventy dollars the aggregate amount discovered being the condition in which the money molley was waa found bore evidence of the sordid and miserly hand that secreted it each piece was carefully wrapped and the paper money was folded and compressed until it was squeezed into the smallest possible compass next morning the search was re fumed and for hours a curious crowd stood around jones lormer home watching the proceedings mr jos W taylor and his two assistants si al were busily at work making the investigation A large pile or of personal property made up mostly of punny gunny sacks I 1 old mildewed mil dewed eld clothing thing tin cans ancient boots and shoes and similar rubbish lay in front of tile the door the searchers sear ellers looked into every tin can thrust their fingers into every pocket in the old clothes examined the linings lining of the ragged and filthy garments and shook out the gunny sacks and rags for it was impossible to tell when and where a littfe litte I 1 package I 1 ck vu of money would be found foun d buch packages p were discovered at frequent qu ni intervals by bv the searchers while going through this proceeding at one p m the scrutiny was at its height and the wagon of mr taylor was wae loaded with articles which were deemed worth hauling away among them being a number of old tin cans and queer packages pack es known to contain money the amount of cash which the deceased had has not even been guessed at as yet but it is known that it will reach some hundreds of dollars mr taylor will ascertain and report to the probate court the total amount and will also render an account w of all the property the deceased is known to nave have had the incidents narrated above have caused a number of wild rumors to float about to the effect that immense sums of money the hoards boards of the miser had been found of 0 course all this was pure exaggeration the whole story is that of a miserable being who while telling a tale of abject poverty was storia money preferring to worship it aau an live in squalor rather than use it or for his comfort and convenience poor jones belonged to a class happily small who evoke but little sympathy from their fellow beings belu and yet their very natures demana dealan that that sentiment should be extended e ac to them the search through the junk which comprised the earthly wealth of the late prig jones was continued until the last pocket of the to last ragged garment had been examined and until the last tin can call had been carefully looked into r after completing the search and putting jutting together all the lots and par alla of cash which had been found the ae money was counted and the total al was waa ascertained to be r A y kon load of junk having a total io value of perhaps 10 includes the tny balance of the tangible estate of the deceased the junk lies in the rr w of the establishment of joseph ym taylor undertaker on west ale street in the apartment ap artmen as a morgue in a miscellany heap lie a quantity of letters and peael mingled with pamphlets vw whether or not any documents will be found which will throw dwany ow any light upon the family of the deceased is un eert iT Oln aill it will be quite a job to foort ort and examine the papers A 4 number of checks drawn during the byear year 1874 on the salt lake city rational bank were found they apte were raade made payable to 11 buxbaum ja 1 jurgenson enson thompson john rockhill boyd d Witt worth stevens ste leiis 00 T j and 9 wood petersen all bear the sa signature H A van praag and and all are endorsed by the y or hayees payees eeb but have not been th celled by the bank upon which ey y were issued the one made r syable y able to wood peterson is for 30 wo 0 and an the ag others for smaller au ni os 8 and aggregate in value t will be remembered that the bank ab nb named failed and the probabilities at bili wm ties are that the deceased lost the represented by the checks jos wm win taylor has to the probate court for let belr tars ra of administration it is not knowd aown that the deceased was in debated ate to in any y person or that there we 16 any claims against his estate estate otheir sir 8 fehan the tae expenses of ills his lat last and burial |