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for $ 1,000 that she borrowed from him, but after his death, the document was either discarded or simply "disappeared". Jacob Wagner, 78, died on June 3, 1937, leaving $ 17,000 cash to his "beloved niece" Hahn. She soon began caring for 67-year-old George
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