“MYSTERY MONEY”
FARM LAIOURER'S HOARD Police are endeavouring to trace relatives of Walter William White, aged 69, a farm labourer, who was found dead on the floor of the living room in his little cottage at Newport, Isle of Wight. , , At first foul play was suspected, but this was ruled out when the police found there were no signs, of « struggle. Searching the they discovered a small fortune. Hidden away in bags and boxes were piles of coins and rolls of notes. A Post Office Savings Bank book revealed that the old man had a big balance there.; How White came to amass such a large sum of money is a mystery, a* ihe never worked at anything but a farm labourer. Ho lived alone and allowed no one to enter the cottage.
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Evening Star, Issue 23565, 2 May 1940, Page 2
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