Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-03 | Page 11 | Man Leaving Immense Fortune to City May be Buried in Potters Field

Man Mai Leaving F Fotune to City May Be B Buried in P Potters otters Field By MINOTT SAUNDERS PARIS Jan 2 United Press Press Press- Theodore F. F multimillionaire multi million aire ahe benefactor of the historic city of Toulouse died over thirty years years' ago go and left all his vast store of worldly goods to to loving neighbors and home Institutions They honored honored honored hon hon- ored him wept for him and called him the patron saint of the city Then they forgot him The good that men do Is oft in interred interred interred in- in with their bones but the difficulty difficulty difficulty dif dif- In the case of M. M is that he was never never burled buried Perplexed Perplexed Perplexed Per Per- keepers found his mortal remains re re- mains the other day in an old tyle style coffin lying in a dark corner of trio city morgue Refu Refuse e was vas piled upon it and it was covered with dust The fine tine finish of the rich oak was faded and arid grub eaten The golden handles were loose in their sockets Not until the grime was cleared from the name plate did the musty memory of one of the aged guardians guardians guardians guar guar- recall the glory of 1 M. M Born In Paris in 1814 M. M went to Toulouse at the age of 20 and took a humble position He was an upright frugal man and soon began to gather wealth He opened X Xa a department t store lore and prospered ered He had the soul of a philanthropist organised tommer commercial ial and agricultural tural trust comp companies for mu mutual 1 benefit and helped his fellow tellow citi citi- zens to better ways of life Ufe During the hard time Jn in Incident dent ident to the War ar arof ar aror of or 1870 he saved many fri friends and arid neighbors from ruin by generous loans and helpful advice M. M took an active part in civic chic life was a leading spirit Inthe in inthe inthe the chamber of commerce director of charitable institutions and be became became be- be came caine maintainer of the Academie Academic des des He saved the Academic Academie which is the oldest and andone andone andone one of the most famOus famus in l France rance 1 from decay by his generous gifts The beloved man died October 6 1855 1895 To honor him at his funeral the tho city stopped work and thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands attended the ceremony His j body was carefully laid away in inthe inthe I the morgue so that a fitting vault ault might be erected Without relatives relatives rela rela- tives he ho left his entire fortune of ot over francs to friends in Toulouse neighbors public works and charitable institutions h All his bequests benefited the city directly or indirectly But thirty years later his body was resting Just where it was left after atter the funeral and nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing has been done toward the vault Now the city faces a problem inthe m in n I the disposition of the remains J Regulations require that when a 4 body remains unclaimed after restIng restIng rest- rest 1 Ing log in the morgue for two years It 1 shall be placed In the common burial plot I J t L