Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1931, Page 24

LETTER BY LINCOLN TOBE GIVEN PUBLIC 500- Word Autobiography, Written in 1859, Left by California Woman. By the Assoctated Press. SAN JOSE, Calif, October 8.—The original of a 500-word autobiography in the handwriting of Abraham Lincoln will be turned over to a public ‘nstitu- tion, under the-terms of the will of Fannie* Fell. who died at Los tos September 24. 'he will is to be probated here this ck. 1t bequeaths the three-page nuscript in trust to Miss Fell's niece and her son, Harriet F. and Robert D. Richardson of Milwaukee, They are directed to present the manuseript “to some public institution” where it will be well cared for “and made available’ to the people of the United States and especially to students n(]lhe life and times of Abraham Lin- coln.” At present the manuscript lies in a bank vault at Normal, Ill, Miss Fell's former homs. ‘The autobiography was written in De- tember, 1859, to Judge Jesse Fell, Miss Fell's. father, when Judge Fell had in mind the possibility Lincaln might be- come a presidential candidate. Judge Fell and Lincoin shared law offices in Springfield, Il . His parents were “of undistingulshed. second families. perhaps I should say,” Lincoln wrote in the autobiography, a By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 8.—A little lady of 93 years wondered yesterday why the law should take her hoard of $400,000 in cash from its numerous hid- ing places in her modest hotel room. “I don't want any body to take care of me,” sald Mrs. Ida E. Wood, who once reigned over Fifth avenue salons and danced with King Edward VII when he was the Prince of Wales. “I'm |93 years old—and that's old enough for me to take care of myself.” A bewlldering treasure was revealed yesterday when officers, acting under a court order declaring Mrs. Wood in- | competent, searched her quarters at a midtown hotel. Confronted with the court order, Mrs, | Wood surrendered her treasure reluc- | tantly. From the folds of her old-fash- foned frock she produced a parcel. In it were bills of large denomination— | many of them half & century old. | $400,000 Cash Is Found. | _ Altogether there was $400,000 in cash. | For years she had kept it, not trusting bznks or investments. | There were bills long since out of cir- | culation. In the room, too, were trunks | filled with laces, deflated bustles, satin | ball gowns, watches studded with dia- |monds, taffeta petticoats, dance pro- grams, tiny shoes and jewelry. Her relatives often hi i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931. AGENTS OF COURT FIND $400,000 'HIDDEN BY WOMAN, 93, IN HOTEL Widow Who Danced With Kh;g Edward VII, Then Prince, and Ran Newspaper "Gets A&ministr?,tor. refer to her money, but even they were surprised at the size of the fortune. Although she was openly displeased that any court should think her unable to attend to her own business affairs, Mrs. Wood did not become angry, as she did a few weeks ago when she pro- duced a sugar bag containing $50,000 and ‘turned it over to_the istrator of her affairs, Once Ran Gotham Newspaper. Mrs. Wood, sprightly despite her years, is only five feet tall. She has lived alone for many years. Her hus- band, one-time owner and publisher of the New York Daily News, was & promi- | nent Democrat. The New York Daily News, which Mrs. - | Wood's husband bought in 1860 and ran as & Democratic newspaper, had no connection with the present New York Daily News. After Mr. Wood's, death his widow in Exquisite Novelties OU’LL find the unusual here in mode and color effects—as created by the world’s most famous designers. naged ‘paper herself by felephone and pneumatic tube, reading the proofs an editorial policy. Eventually, however, she relinquished control of the publication and it was sold to Munsey. CASHIER FOUND DEAD Official of Closed Ohio Bank Dies in Gas-Filled Garage. DEFIANCE, Ohio, October 8 (#).— William E. Irwin, 53, cashier of the Na- tional Bank of Deflance, which closed a months ago, was found dead in his garage last night, a victim of monoxide Ppoisoning. ‘W. Watkins deferred an Coroner F. official verdict pendi investigation, but expressed the beu:f Irwin met an| accidental death. 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