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Brooklyn Hermit Is Dead At Hospital (Continued from Page 1) learned that another $1,000 had been landlord knew him as Joe Zubena. The city directory called him Joseph stolen, and discovered bankbooks Gosinske. One bankbook gave his showing deposits of more than $25,name as Joe Joususki. 000. Two of the bank books were George Yettko, his landlord, befrom the Merchants Trust Co. and came worried Saturday when he had the Kazemekas Bank, both of which not seen Jozenas for several days. are now in receivership, the deHe called police, and Patrolmen posits in these two institutions toEli Boulanger and William Harris talling about $7,000. The rest of the broke into the basement and sent deposits were in the West Side Savthe man to the hospital. Jozenas ings Bank, now merged with the was delirious even then, and had Waterbury Savings Bank, and the obviously been seriously ill for sevWaterbury National Bank. eral days. At Waterbury Hospital, Old Jewelry Found. his name was placed on the danger Besides the cash, police found in list, and no hope was held for his the home jewelry. whose value as recovery. He grew weaker hour by old gold will reach some hundreds hour and death came at 11 o'clock of dollars. The home itself was bare, and littered with refuse. A few last night. pieces of food were found. Two of Home Broken Into. the four rooms were bedrooms. He Yettko, on Sunday, found that did his cooking on an old coal stove Jozenas' tenement had been broken and on a decrepit gas burner. The into. He called Lieut. Balanda, and clothing found in the place was the latter began the search of the little more than rags. The four premises which revealed the large rooms were littered with paper bags, amount of cash and the bankbooks. fruit baskets, and empty cans. The burglars had ransacked the Jozenas worked at a "pickle tub" premises the night before, apparat the American Brass Co. He had ently influenced by the oft-heard lived in this country for 30 years report in Brooklyn that Jozenas but was not a citizen and spoke was rich. They found about $1,000 English poorly. At one time he lived but failed to discover the additional in Gary, Ind. He served in the U. $1,100. In a small white bag in a S. Army during the World War. suitcase, Lieut. Balanda found ten Had Several Names. $100 bills. Between the pages of a He was known by several names. prayer book were found additional His army discharge papers gave bills which totalled $100. his name as Joseph Jozenas. His Had Brother, Sister.