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Show CARRIES SECRET TO GRAVE. Woman Died of Starvation Who Had $6,500 Hidden in Cellar. Chicago, July 2. Bank notes amounting to $6,500 have been found hidden in two tomato cans in the cellar of the residence of the late Mrs. E. Loenna Elmstedt, at Washington Heights. Whereabouts of the greenbacks which belonged to the estate of John Elmstedt Was a secret which the woman carried with her to the grave. She was under order of the probate court to produce the money there, but never complied with it. For her refusal to part with the notes, Mrs. Elmstedt served nine months in jail for contempt of court. For, a long time the woman lived in destitute circumstances cir-cumstances with the money buried be- I neath the surface of her cellar floor. She was removed to a hospital by the police to prevent her from-starving. and died in the Englewood Union hospital on April 2o, death beiug caused by complete physical collapse. |