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Show BONANZA DAY VETERAN DIES ALONE AND POOR RF.XO. Xev.. April i!::. George F.e-cles. F.e-cles. ll yars old and si ji early coiner to this state, one-time district attorney of Virginia City in the bonanza days of the lode and legatee of a fortune of $150100 from eastern relatives, was found dead here today in a squalid oab'in in the rear of 515 Sierra street, lie died iu penury and alone. It is supposed he had been dead several days: Among his effects wore several copies of letters addressed to his sisters, Mrs. John R. Hamilton. D50 West Hud avenife. and Mrs. .lames A. Swinnerton. 17 Hampton Terrace, New York, in which he asked for money in order lo "save my body from a pauper's grave. ' ' |