Burdened by some $300,000 in debt brought on by rising costs and falling crop prices, L.D. Hill saw no other way out. His 705-acre Georgia farm had been foreclosed, and was to be auctioned off. Minutes before the sale was to begin one morning last winter, Hill shot himself to death, evidently hoping that his life insurance would enable his wife Annabel to save the property. But his life insurance money did not go nearly far enough to save the property, and the auction sale was rescheduled for last week. Help came from an unexpected source: New York Real Estate Magnate...
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