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Show OLD WOMEN LOST THEIR ALL Page From Scktller History. Crippled Granddaughter Left to Earn Living by Hard Work. Valuable. Estate Given Into Banker's Bank-er's Charge Said to Have Dwindled Dwin-dled to Fow Paltry Dollars. IIcr Is another chapter frorn tho history his-tory of 13. H. Schettler'fl hanking career, or .perhaps It would bo well to speak of It as but a single page, as the amount involved Is less than $10,000. Tho ono to .suffer, In this instance. Is Miss Sarah Karl. Ml-.i K.u l I - rod only an orphan, nnd alone In the world, but she Is also a cripple for life, nnd sorely needs tho money which was Intended should be hers. She Is doing her bent to make her own living, and is at present employed as chambermaid at the Miller hotel. Here Is the story : Seventy years ago, or more two school girls In England became greatly attached to each other, and later when they separated se-parated it was with tho understanding that they would always bo friends, and would keep up a correspondence. Both married In duo course of time and came With their husbands to America. Tho old friendship thai hud been formed years before still existed, and, when a few years later, both Women loat their husbands, it was but natural thai they should again bo united as they Were, In this city. Pooled Their Possessions. The widowed ladles were Mro. Rebekah Harris, grandmother Of Mis Sarah Karl, and Mrs. Mary W'orseldlno, who died February 8. 190-J, at tho ago of 82 years. A p. ie. w,us purclioscd at 411'- Sollth .Main street) and, pooling all their earthly poss, ssions. It was understood that th'-v should live together for th, r st of their lives, and that upon the death of either the property should go to the survivor At her death, one-half was to go to Mrs. Worseldlne's son, who lived in England, and tho other half was to g., t. Miss Sarah Earl, Mrs. Harris's granddaughter. For safe-kepelng the deeds to all of their properties were given Into the hands of B. II. Schettler, and ho was also Intrusted with what money they had, with Instructions Instruc-tions to Invest It. As the Deeds of the old ladies were f,-w, and they lived In a simple and economical way there was no reason for withdrawing withdraw-ing their property from tho bankers hands and It consequently remained whero th- y had placed It for years. That Is, some of It remained there. But a few ,ais I,, iCro M rs Worseldlne's death Mrs. Harris having long slnco passed aWay, certain circumstance arose which seemed to throw s ispl, ,,n upon tho banker's mode of doing business, and an accounting was called for Then It was, li is said, that Mra. W'orsoldlne discovered Schettb r's alleged .-rooked methods of doing do-ing business, lintry after entry. It Is alleged, al-leged, had been made on tho books of amounts of money withdrawn by her. which she had never seen, and on dates whero she had deposited money It had not been recorded except In tho small deposit book In her possession. To neighbors neigh-bors Mis. W'orsoldlne at last confided her troubles, hut thlPBS were found l- bl In such shape i hat it was almost Impossible to make head or tail of the bank books. Promised to Settle After Her Death, Finally, "Brother Bchetller," as Aunt Marv W. rseldlne was pleased to enll him, convinced her that h- would do the right thing by her son and Miss Earl, and that he would settle upon her accounts after her death. Feeble and old, realizing that she Mad but a short time to live, and hardly knowing which way to turn in her trouble, she finally decided to trust all to the banker Just how well tho property was handled and how honestly the heirs wen dealt with, the following statement by Miss Karl, who was seen at the hotel yesterday, win explain: Miss Earl's Story. "As nejir as I can Ret at It, Aunt Mary and Grandma Harris owned property val led at JH.'" Slie often used to tell me that 1 would havo $5000 for my share when she died and that 1 would then be able to get along without working so hard. 1 am crippled, as you can see.. r.nd It seems pretty hard to have to limp around all day and work eo hard, while those who robbed iiv are living in luxury. Only once havo I ever received any money, ar.d that was $160. As far as I know! tho rest has all been used up In lawsuits, or something of that kind, or rather what was left after Schettler got througn wlin It and had taken what he wantad. Tho placo has been sold to strangers and two houses hivo been ertcted on the lot. It was a valuable piece of property and it was Intended that I should own It .some da . but 1 have long as?o g'ven up getting what belongs to me." Victim Breaks Down. At this point In tho conversation Miss Earl broka down arid sobbed as though h.- heart would break Not that tho monev meant any more to her in particular particu-lar than It would to nny ono elie. for sh? Is lrdustrlous and In .-.plto of her i rippled ccrdltlon Insists that she Is ab: to make a living, but because tho money wonr whero it was not neeund, when it would have done so much for her. "I bad mado lots of plans lust how 1 was k"ing to u.---o the money, ' said Mlsa Karl, "but now I see nothing ah id but work, and hard work at that, for the rest of my life." |