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Show MISER LEFT $10,000. That Much Found, and Estate May Figure Up to Half Million. NEW YORK. Jan. 4. Gold, silver and bills amounting to more than $10,000 have been found secreted about the home of Firman Dubel, who died ro-i ro-i ontly at Burlington. N. J. For yearn Dubel has lived as a recluse, re-cluse, denying that he had any wealth other than his home and the spacious grounds that surrounded it. It Is now estimated by the relatives that his estate es-tate will amount to between $?.n0.000 aaid $500,000. In a peck measure In a room In which there was countless rubbish, there was $17n0, and B cigar box held $2500 In gold. A thin book contained between . onseciatlve leaves thirty-eight $100 bills. Old clothing in various trunks and closets had been used as recepta-cies recepta-cies for money. Search among old papers after the death of the recluse brought to light si ores of mortgages on properties of the residents of the town and In the country for miles around. He had no faith in banks nnd invested his Income as rapidly as it accumulated. |