Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-11-12 | Page 11 | Town to Winchester Inherits Million Dollars

TOM IroWN OF WINCHESTER INHERITS MILLION 1 DOLLARS l- l ID WINCHESTER Va Ya Nov 12 This This little city of In the Shenandoah v valley today has a a fund of I for education because It was once once kindly to a lonely old man man Judge Judge John Handey millionaire of or Scranton Scranton I ton Pa once onee a resident of Washing ton who died in 1895 without heirs I and le left t ilia hll estate in t tr for Win Win- Win Win-I chester Handley felt toWard Scranton and the North He was an admirer Lee and Stonewall Jack Jack- son He lIe came South to learn leani more of or them He grew into the heart of Winchester and Winches Winchester er into his Having accumulated a a small amount of ot money Judge Hanley Invested in invested invested In- In vested in iii coal land which made him rich Eventually he be visited friends near Winchester and developed his J extensive acquaintance with the prominent residents of this Southern section He lIe also gained a a. a wide knowledge of ot the surrounding country country country coun coun- try which interested ted him him-as the scene of many of Stonewall Jacksons Jackson's ex ex- At his death it t was discovered that his first bequest was was for tor a li library 11 This w was s built bunt at a cost of ot The rest of his fortune he willed to the city to be held In trust for tor twenty years at the expiration of or which period the fund is to be used for tor the er erection of schools for the poor pr