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Show MYSTTEBOUS DISAPPEARANCE Of I VALUABLES AfTER DEATH OE OWNER NEW YORK, Dec. G. A special dispatch dis-patch to the llorald from Philadelphia , says: Jewelry valued at $75,000, furs, a copj' of "an old masterpiece valued at $15,000, Paris gowns, hats and opera cloaks aro included in the inventory of valuables reported inissiuc from the residence of tho late Mrs. George Wood, who was found dead on October i:$ in her homo at 1239 North Broad street. Mrs. Wood lived alone and she died alone. Sho was eccentric. Though she had hosts of friends and acquaintances, she spent her days and nights in the big gloomy house unattended. On October Oc-tober 31 this house, so Mrs. Wood 's friends say. was the scene of confusion. 1 Strangers tramped through the rooms and valuables were piled up and taken away. The mj'stery of the missing valuables ma3 never bo cleared, unless action is taken by the city, which falls heir to part of the estate, as does the Catholic Cath-olic church and the various charities mentioned as beneficiaries in the will. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5. The police po-lice of this city, who havo been notified no-tified that .-jewelry, valuable furs and art treasures, variously estimated as worth from $50,000 to '$75,000, had disappeared dis-appeared from the home of the late Mrs. George Wood since her death on October U, declared today that if the many articles alleged to be missing were taken from the house they were not carried ofT by persons who made steal-ing steal-ing a business. The allc-ged disappear-ancc disappear-ancc of the valuables has created a small sensation - among Mrs. Wood's friends. The dead woman was 60 years old and tho widow of George Wood, former Amorican mnnagor of a foreign insur-ance insur-ance company. Her handsome home on North Broad street was well furnished fl nnd contained treasures gathered hero and abroad. |