Show POOR BLI 1 D the negro who ito earned half a million Is cliate sic become a maniac and riling of if coa con gumption in a tori york foor poor house STANDARD F P serviced Ser Service ricel 1 NEW YORK jan 3 blind tom the erratic magical genius 0 of a decade ago is drivelling dri velling away the remaining mouths months ol 01 his tile eventful li life oat at a private retreat in st marks place lie ile bas has been for some time an idiot and now consumption has set its iron grasp greep upon his once tough frame and hie his days are numbered blind tom earled in bil his day something Bom ething like halt hall a m million illion dollars to dy day ha lie Is comparatively ively a pauper and wonders what has become ol 01 the fortune bobas be made as be was as always in charge of a agUir guardian dianand and was ra never allowed to spend it judge andrews And rowa of the supreme court today to day confirmed the report of referee R teree jerome buck allowing allo winz the elate e late of daffel P li holland olland for services rendered aid necessaries fur dished the mad musician during the lifetime of holland abe musicians reat name it i taomas wiggins wigging he ile was born in in virg nta aboul fort forty al six eix years ago so ilia mother w wa ab ft a elave le from the time ho he was able to lodjic around degro cablas on his masters mas lera plantation tom displayed wonderful power ae as a musician mue ician he ile could play on any kind of instrument and yet never bad had an instructor with the surrender 0 ot lee at oppi OPP 3 mattot mattox tom became a frae man or rather a free boy bey an alert enterprising southern gentleman colonel J W bethune saw bis his pecan larv value and got an order from a virgini virginia court appod ting him a committee for the maintenance and ond safety of blind tom lie ile took him out on the road and played him to every city town towo and hamlet bamlet from boston to ban san francisco tom proved the best card of hie his time in those days tom earned for bis big manager from 2000 to 13 a week indications are that blind ad tom nho he earned over 0 half hall a million at 0 dollars will die in the p poor jor house and be buried in potters field 0 |