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Show MAN ONCE RICH DIES IN POVERTY IN RENO i Reno, Nev., April 24. George Ec-cles, Ec-cles, CI years old, and an early comer com-er to this state, one time district attorney of Virginia City in the bonanza bo-nanza day6 of the lode, and legatee of a fortune of $150,000 from eastern relatives, was found dead here today In a squalid cabin in the rear of 515 Sierra streeL It la supposed he had and alone. It la supposed he had been dead several days. Among his ett'ects were several copies of letters addressed to his sisters, Mrs. John R. Hamilton, 930 West End avenue, and Mrs. James A. Swynerton, 47 Hampton Hamp-ton terrace. New York, in which he asked for money In order to "save my body from a pauper's grave." |