Show BLIND TOM IS DYING MUSICAL PHE IS 13 N NOW A IDIOT although ito he list halt a million dol lard arii lr it II rulilo ito burll Bu 1 la tho the bottera Pot tera clid ills ul history Kew jan 3 atit aul dispatch san biu Frano francisco issen Ch chronicle roulet e gorica j poor loor blind tom the er genta genius of 0 a decade ago la Is dri draveling driveling oat athe remain ing lo 10 months month of his bin eventful afo ito at a private retreat in st marks place no ilo lias has been for bobill thoo an didlot and now consumption las baa sot bot Us its iron grasp grap upon bis bid once tough frame ramo and his bis days day are numbered blind torn tom earned in bla big uy day 9 like aalf a million dollars today to day he la Is comparatively a pauper and the wonder Is what hh has become of lite fortune be made as ho be WAS always lu in charge of a guardian and was never allowed to spend speed it judge andrews in court todor today to dor day tho the report of referee jerome back allowing the estate of daniel P hot land for services rendered roudo cod and feces 8 the mad musician darbig t abu 0 or of husband holland tito tho acted rou mo bl olana real namo name Is thomas lie ilo was born in about forty al sli v years ago 1118 mother wua was a slavo slave from tho ilia time lio lie was able ablo to toddle around tho the no pro gro cabins on his inoA tors toni tom displayed wonderful power as a musician lio lie could play ou on bay kind of an aa sod yet never had an instructor Is jtb alb the loo leo at total tom bee arall a free tuan man or rather a free hoy boy ao an alert southern Soui horo gon BOO siemens colonel J W bethune Bet buno saw aw his pecuniary value and nut got can an order from the virginia court appointing him a committee for tho the and safety of bilue toni colonel toto into the black lie ho promised laid friends ho he would lie he took him out on the road and barn to every city town and matulat front from boston to son san francisco tool proved the bout boat card of bis big time la in days TOM earned for hit lil manager front from V 1000 to tt a week the present indications oro are that blind tom who earned over halt half a na tillon of dollars will dlo die in tho the poor floor house bouso and bo be burled in tits the bottem pot tora field |