OCR Text |
Show FIFTY CATS MOURN. Newport's Hermit Miser Left 850,000 U a S. P. C. A. The will of Miss Sarah E. Gardinei was offered for probate here this week says a recent dispatch from Newport R. I., but final action was postpone for two Weeks, as Sarah Gardinei Graw of Detroit,- through her coun sel, objected on the ground that sht was the next of kin. Miss Gardinei led the life of a recluse here for man years, having been disappointed ii love in early life." She was generallj believed to be very poor, as she hat for many years made a daily round o; the ash barrels of the city, gatherinj anything that might be of value at I junk. She lived in a wretched hove and allowed iiohe of her neighbors tt enter . her house on any pretext, and she died unattended. A search of het miserable dwelling revealed a will and bank books showing deposits of upward up-ward of $50,000. Miss Gardiner w-aa passionately fond of cats, of whici she had at lease fifty, and by her wiB she bequeathed her estate to the Rhode Island Society for the Prevention Preven-tion of Cruelty to Animals. Sarah Gardiner Graw claims to be a cousin and E. M. Caswell of Detroit and New York also claims relationship. Thert promises to be a bitter contest |