THE SECRET DRAWER
UNEXPECTED WEALTH FOR A FAMILY. A woman's persistent efforts to find a secret drawer in an old-fash-ioned bureau her husband had bought at an auction sale have resulted in th.* solution %f a mystery regarding the wealth of a Cardiff man who died yix years ago. The present .owner of the bureau, Mr Muller, a second-hand furniture dealer,, of Cardiff, paid £3 for it, and it has been in his possession since last November. It was quite by accident that Mrs Muller discovered the secret she had so long tried to probe. When the drawer revealed itself it was full of documents showing a £SOO investment in Transvaal Government stock,_ £269 on deposits in a bank at Cardigan, and deeds of some house property. All the documents bore the name of Mr David Morris Lewis, -who died at Cardiff six years ago. The police on Thursday found a married daughter of Mr Lewis. She stated that when her father died they were surprised at the smallness of his estate as shown by the documents they could find.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 9 June 1913, Page 7
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180THE SECRET DRAWER Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 9 June 1913, Page 7
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