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He Left No Will

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
November
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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New York, Nov. 17.- A Tribune special íroin Pitisbiirg, says it bas just been Bscertained why Dr. Hostetter lelt uo will. It seems tbat tbe miilioaaire had inailo a will. oneof the bequ sts provided for üeing a fund for a fine art gallery and rnechanics' hall, to tie gi ven to the city of Pittsbuig, to cost $1.oUO,uOÓ. A few weeks ago the city controller 'took a siep wblcb í mgered Dr. HosJbetter so that he iii stioyed the wilL It appenrs that Dr. Hostetter was boiidsman for a city con raetor ag&insc wnoin a juagmens in favor of the city had been rendered. On that judgment the city coutroller had an exocutiou i sued on some oí the doctor's property. The doctor feit that undue haste was used, as he was good for the amount and would hare paid it without the necessity of an execution. Tue controller's acción so angered the doctor that he sent to the safe deposit company wbere he had dposited the wil], and lore it into shreds, and up to the time of bis death he could not be induced to make another.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News