WILL IN OLD SKIRT
IRISHWOMAN'S BEQUEST
£4OOO FOR MR. DE VALERA
LONDON, Nov. 16
In a will discovered in an old skirt left under her bed, Miss Mary Fitzpatrick, an Irishwoman, aged 72, left Mr. de Valera property worth £4OOO. It was disclosed at the inquest into her death at Brighton that her brother, her sole surviving relative, is contesting the will and that an action is pending between him and Mr. de Valera.
Miss Fitzpatriclf led tho life of a recluse and was found dead in bed. Lashed to the bed was a strongbox containing valuable jewellery. Tho Irish Press states that Mr. de Valera regards as a gift to the Stato the bequest of £4OOO left him in the will of Miss Fitzpatrick.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21346, 22 November 1932, Page 9
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