Show died hungry with in bank fortune found by chance in hunt for burial funds CHICAGO Chel stino chiesa 75 who lived the life of a penniless recluse was buried recent recently lyt 24 hours after a rusty key found in his ragged trousers unlocked a bank deposit box and disclosed that he had left an estate of indications were that most of the money will go to charity chiesa who lived in a 20 cents a day flophouse on S state street died in the cook county hospital his death was attributed to debility and malnutrition investigators found documents indicating di that he had amassed the fortune from which he had inherited in ia 1900 from his father acquaintances said chiesa wa was S so penurious that he was known to walk miles to save carfare it was by chance that the fortune was uncovered said probate judge john F oconnell OCon neU after his death john T dempsey public administrator ordered an investigation to determine whether chiesa had left f funds for his burial investigators went to his 5 by 6 foot fourth floor room the key was the only article found in his trousers and it was recognized as the type used by a loo loop P bank for its safety deposit boxes bank officials said chiesa had been a depositor for more than 20 years and that his savings account of more than had but few withdrawals the safety deposit vault which the key opened yielded packages of stocks bonds and other holdings that totaled more than A will found in the box dated march 1924 left the estate less a bequest to the catholic archbishop of chicago to a brother and a sister john and mary chiesa both deceased the will stipulated in the event of their death that the estate was to go to the archbishop as trustee to keep the principal principal pai invested and devote the income to the poor one known surviving relative a nephew detective anthony eckert said that he was unaware of his uncles wealth he said he had not seen him for five years chiesa formerly was an elevated railway guard |