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Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale, Illinois

24 Dec 1979

Page 8

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Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1979

Page

8

Amateur sleuth locates priceless bond certificate in Chicago

A 65 year old amateur sleuth, Jack Lewin, has identified a bond certificate from 1888 valued at about 4 million dollars. The certificate, No 390 of the Texas Pacific Land Trust, passed through many hands after Texas Pacific Railway collapsed in 1885. Discovery followed a Wells Fargo archive search after a newspaper clue.

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Chicago Sherlock Holmes Sam Spade Jack Lewin United States Lewin Texas Pacific Land Trust Texas Pacific Railway Co New York-Boston Land Trust Texaco Dallas Wells Fargo Bank San Francisco West Coast Wells Fargo New York
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DeLamar’s Palm Beach life after a $4 million document

The 82 year old Alice DeLamar resides in Palm Beach with two houses and a staff, saying the document’s value at the turn of the century was modest. In Chicago, Cook County Democrats shift to uncommitted Kennedy delegates as Mayor Byrne pushes to keep Kennedy support intact.

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Joseph DeLamar United States DeLamar Joseph Decker Alice Harvard Johns Hopkins Columbia Lewin Alice DeLamar Miss DeLamar Palm Beach Fla Chicago Cook County Democratic Organization Edward Kennedy Jane Byrne Democratic Central Committee Massachusetts Presi
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