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Show LEFT HIS MONEY TO UNKNOWN CHILDREN BOISE, Ida., March 3. A strange story has come to light here In connection with the filing of the will of the late John Wood. He died In the hospital a short time ago. Before his death he made' a will leaving his property, valued at $50.-000. $50.-000. to his children. None here knew he had children, though he had lived here thirty-five years. He was married after he came here and waa afterward divorced, di-vorced, but there were no children of the union. It now seems he left a family In Crawford Craw-ford connty, Missouri, in 1860. They thought he went into the Southern army and was killed. His right name was Bruce Wood. The wife and three children chil-dren are still living, but he had never communicated with them or heard of them, and when he came to -make his will he did not know the number of children chil-dren nor their nsmes. They have been hunted up since his death. The children are Peter S. Wood of Cuba. Mo.; John Wood of Steel ville. Mo., and Mrs. Msggle Stemple of Florida. |