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Show AX 1IE1KKSS IX l'OVEUTV. SADSTOIiVOt A WOMAN WHO WAS DF.l ItAlIi:i US IIEIC MILLIONS!. : An heiress to several million dollars, dol-lars, who had lieen deprived of her fortune by her brother anil had livid f for seventy-live years in poverty, .trouble ami a broken heart, with 'none but charitable frit nds to attend her In her last moments, although tlie has rhh relatlic, has just died at Phlla delicto. s The lady is Henrietta (ilranl, r niece of Iltienno Uirard, founder of 1 Giranl College, and tlster of August : GIraid. : Dnder the will of a Mrs. VIddell, I a member of the Giranl family, who , died ill Ui is city n.auy ears ago, Henrietta Giranl, her sitter aud her ; brother, August, were joint heirs to , a fortune ettimateil at from live to t ten millions; but none of thtni were to coiuelnto (usMtion of their property prop-erty until they became of age. Ail of them lived In Iaris. August, who was of age, foith-w foith-w Ith came to this city and took !-' !-' tetIon of (lie estate of which he was ' made the executor until his si.ters ; obtained their majority. Hu mar-i mar-i r.VI here. When hist Mere became i of age (hey culled upon him for their shares of the estate, but to all their entreaties he turned a deal ear aud i remained In sole possession. Finally Final-ly he died, aud to their astonishment astonish-ment they found that In hU will he claimed the entire estate as his own and bequeathed the whole of it to his wife, who lives at S"S Green street. About three ears ago 11 cn-rletia, cn-rletia, aftir saving, with her titter, a small amount ot money, cmiulieru to Hie August aud widow for their share, and the litigation. lias been golns; nil ever since, no decldon liaving yet been reached. Her money became exhausted, aud finally final-ly tlie went to live with the family of a saloon keej-cr named Ilenii Poiijttte, at 9 North Klc veutli tin ct, where the occupied a garret room, scantily furai-lied, and where for i nineteen months the subs-Hut on the charity of ft lends. Aud there : she died yesterday morning in ab- : Jntpowrty, though rightfully hilr-ea hilr-ea to two or three million dollar-. The French Society hire .willji tend the body to France, as her rel- : niivcs hero refuse to coutributo toward to-ward the necessary expense. This I the story as toUl to-day by the man who bad sheltered her. llz. |