Page 14, The Herald, Friday, July, 11, 1980

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TORONTO (CP) — A frail estate that included a $47,000 ‘Theed quoted Miss: Hess as’ ~ Dalsy, and purchased a dog hospital, publle health nurse: “nothing. about her condition... bowels” at .Jeaat several ” condition when he vinited ies
spinster who died in her house _and) $14,000. in saying. ‘for Miss:Hess. ‘Two puppies - Kalharing Penner‘ visited " because“. ‘‘L understpod* | weeks before her admission . ‘9 days before-she vt add
filthy, ramshackle house and securities found in the home «- Mrs. Lucas denied the were born. Neighbors said her, She found Miks Hess to Wardle was.in charge. ‘And- to hospital’. _ “hospital but he di t call 2 ;
a Toronto alderman who was ‘after her death. The house charge, saying Miss Hess Walsh told them that he and’ be unhealthy. and:living in 4 “she already. -had. ‘someone... .In testimony to the public health nur ee sae
to share in her $135,000 estate and half the remaining asked that a will be drafted, his roommate spent: about ‘‘deplorable..iness,"": but... there looking atter her.” .. . inquest, Wardle said he was he was too busy wil city hat
assets were left to Anita ‘but Isobel Beith, another $40 weekly on groceries and ‘made no ‘attempt to admit “Miss "Hess was examined” ; meetings. °°

are the central figures in a
bizarre coroner's inquest.

The inquest into the death
of Lillian Hess, who died last
December of kidney ‘failure,
malnutrition and
dehydration, began June 16
before regional coroner
Peter King and is expected
to end soon.

‘The at-times furld, at-
times contradictory

testimony has been aimed at The coroner's jury il and. her eyes were not -eduld open the box, id. hee ‘a Fae ge as ee
hélping the fivemember jury told by neighbors that, a x focused.’ vie at, Walsh said, her -Q 0 wt ee ae . ee : a
answer the question — how being threatened with a. - Accompanying Miss Hess condition’ deteriorated. She ~ ¥ “ a 4 .' an This Founseller will eaqulre rea nity sovalopment:
could a woman with a health department work. -back to her home, he found began walking the floors at @ . . a “s { ne lopment & dees Sala
$135,000 estate be allowed to order against her di- -“‘little deposits of -human. nights and vomiting. She. ¢ nanans . ii WSs a a
starve in squalid surroun- lapidated house in 1978, Miss ".-waste"’ on the floor and a pail stopped eating: But Walsh- re ee ; Qualifications: M.S.W., B,S.W, or. R.S.W, preferred.
: of urine in the kitchen. Allhe refused to call a doctor. |The A&W: will.be taking applications: WIL consider other ‘University degree tn Soctal::

dings? Ha
The story of Lillian Hess, a

y-year old former school fotally.. dependent,” on bags andstale bread. Shortly doctors and he didn’t want to . for full time and part time employment. §° | proppriata experience a.key factor ‘In this op--
secretary and Monineel whoever ca for her. that Biter, Walsh moved in with be implicated | in her ; Ee ott AP polntnient.; . re a
pianist, was first brought to’ The inquest hea a ess in. exchange for. financial situation with: a Tne . a os cy ae, ~ ara

the attention of. medical after Mrs. Lucas, 66, and her work he agreed to do around Wardle.» me . "Apply in person at: errs Te . Salary range: $1,625.00 - $1,900.00 per month.
authorities when, after being now-deceased husband the house. - Wardle visited Miss Hess : i hie ars an: are Peer eh sto: aac
examined by adoctor for the moved in with Miss Hess in From the time Walsh in October and Walsh said he — - ere ae pees rebar 0% a ; :
first time in years, she was April of that year, Wardle moved in unti) Miss Hess believed it was up to the . ee fee a rcann ity Servi ces soclety 2 ork tds
admitted to Toronto General agreed to manage Miss was taken to hospital a year alderman to help her. The AcW, oo ; vadia | K turn Ste me - So,
Hospital last November Hess's finances. In June, the later, the. two lived on a woman lived in.the Beaches oS ue 80-341 4 un ree ‘
weighing only $4 pounds. She alderman took, Miss Hess io meagre budget of $8 week area of Toronto, the area . So _ Terrace, 8. tO 2
was desc y. tors alawolficeiodrawupa will, pro y Wardle anc represen y Wardle. : _ Te co ; _
Whe treated her in the six buthehasdenied having any some of Walsh's money. Six weeks belore the 9 MALL nis acest eet Closing date: July 21, 1980. . NS

weeks before her death as°

resembling a concentratlon
camp victim.

Yet when a safety deposit
box shared by Miss Hess and.

Toronto Ald, Thomas Wardle

was opened last Jan. 9,
stocks and bonds worth more
than $70,000 were added to an

Lucas, now of Surrey, B.C.,.
who lived with Miss Hess for
six months in 1978,-The rest
was left to Wardle.
: During the inquest, . both
Wardle: and Mrs. Lucas,
along with Vince Walsh,
Miss Hesa’s roommate, have
been accused by. the
woman's friends of taking
advantage of her.

Hess was too ill to clean or
feed herself and became.

influence in the drafting of
the will or control over the
woman's finances.

But a friend who visited
her that day testified Miss
Hess - was being forced.. to,
sign the will by Mrs, Lucas
and Wardle, “I don’t want to
go where I have togo,” Neva

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To Zoratti, even his awk- “ : oe . .

when they spot Barney
Zoratti’s hobby as they pass

- his sprawling estate in the

Alberta foothills.

For as they drive by they
see buffalo, Tibetan yak, a
llama, a few dwarf Sicilian
donkeys, a Texas longhorn

or twoand some exotic cattle y for yak meat. : a Lo - a at , a ’ re

such as white-belted Pte says Dee-Dee,' the RK "Is quality what you want? oe 7.4621 Lakelse Ave. (above Northland Deli)

Galloway and shagey favorite of the herd, is a . 5; _
ottish Highland rattle. unusual. _— ' —
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-samnlesticed _.,rancher,
decided about four years ago
to dabble in éxotic breeds.

And his collection is not yet -

complete. --
“T thought about zebras,”
he says while travelling

- about in a four-wheel-drive

vehicle. “But they're too
mean. ; ;

“Tt thought about camels,
but they’re too ugly.

“Pye been thinking about
getting a musk ox or (wo, but
my wife is kind of againat it.
They can be mean and she’s
afraid I might get myself
killed one of these days.”

But it's obvious that
Zoratti, given the op-
portunity, wouldn't pass up 4@
chance to add a musk ox to
his collection, no matter how
ornery it might be.

Zoratti plans to cross-
breed and raise the best
possible strain of cattle for
southern Alberta's harsh and
unpredictable- winters.

“7 would hope that
something will pay off
because it is an expensive

hobby,” he says. “The main come, not only from passers- ‘
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wardiooking female yak
Dee-Dee, which follows him
around like a pet: dog, is a,
beautiful sight. There is no
way he would sacrifice her
for the $7 a pound that some
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‘from gentle, but bottle-

feeding DeeDiee from the

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That’s, the case with
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But that isn’t true of all of
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He says it would Hill a
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‘It just wouldn’t stop
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Zoralti likely will have

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of od.

-neighbor, -said, ‘I. thought

they (Wardle and ‘Mrs.’

Lucas) were in cahoota.”.
A month after the Lucases
moved out in September,
1978, Vince Walsh found Miss:
Hess'in.a park. Walsh, -70,

testified that "her face was

pasty, her wig was: fo one

side of her head; she seemed:
_ to be in a floating condition.

found’ to eat were used tea

Walsh ‘brought his dog,

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