The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-13
FouR norBs BrroRn DEiTH
The win ny which Mrs. Reese Beaueathed
Fortune 10 Charity and Learning.

The Surrogat,'- Court was occupied YES
torday with the contest regarding the will of
Mrs. Mary VI. Kc,sc the widow of the Rev. VIM
Keese. who died on thr sih Of April at her resi-
dence. ~. ~ West filty-third street leaving an
estate worth from .7o.ooO 10 100000. Mrs.
Reese had two sisters Sarah 4. Lawrcn'e and
Susan A. Drake her nearest living kindred.
Neither # them ar" ben rii'iarles under the
will She wlS ill about twelve DAYS. III. 1t -eaSe
apparently bong an lnillmmatlnn. pr. fS-
worth Elliott was her chief medical attendant.
and administered opiates. besides lOtal apph-
cations, such IL pouitns.
7th a.. Apr Mrs.. 'cs' executed viii. drawn
Missed 10y Mrs Jane l. KiIhr and Dr. Elliott
Dr. Elliott -uppo- -d at the time. that she might
i've ture. or four days longer. and being him
on the morning OF the sth Mrs Keese died. A
po-t-mnri"m examination, made AT the desire
o' lr. Elliott and IA opposition T. he wishes u
some ot tn rrlatiN, ,. showed thai death had
been caused hy peritonitis consequent on in
cipirnf cancer oi tir liver. Or Elliott ye-t"riuy,
stated the doses of opinto- which he had caused
Ia be- nininisirred. ana sali thnt th"y wonli
only h"lp IN" patient - ENJOY rest ana rrh'i
from pain. hut would not have affected her mon
tai clrHrn and int ilie"n'". She was, b"
added. au unusually Intelligent woman. and a.
far as be- OILS .rycd retained her mental iurul-
0niat"s H.. ni i.j w,'ra the sh.et anchor Of thn
perltOnitls. Mrs. keese had spoken 70 him about
hcr desire to leave bequest 10 81. Lukes Hos
/ 'ltl.
Mrs Kocse hequcnthed $4,000 to ex-Gov In
gor-oll. of Connecticut; IA diamond pin to the
rN-GoNornors wife. Virginia lnger-oll. and u
diamond ring to the daughter, Justine lnger-
syN. LA-Goy ln-ersOu Is not related 10 Mrs.
kNr-r
T. Miss Mary Drake. niece, Mrs. Kecse be-
queaiheu her interest in q hOu~" ANA lot on
Cherry street IN this eiiy TIA" contestants say
That tins WAS only life mt rest uuh would not
be conveyed to Miss Drake. 10 her executor.
for the use oil Theodore knos". brother of her
Late husband. she bclurathed SlOOOD, the
money 10 be- invested and the interest paid 10
Tnrod re; III" NV York cty Library ,hr
t..'u athcd sl2uo0; and 10 the President and
Follows Of Yale COil"g" ~ 600, To be called the
krrso Prizr Fund, the interest 10 ~ pnid 10 tlat
member Of the clnss graduating at any term
VI % shall write tho hcst thesis. Tho Professors
Of the medical iucuity of Yale are To award said
prize lu such manner aa u them shall af,n
best. II among the thrS" offered nonr may be-
OF sum erni nirrt 10 dtH rye lh" prize, II may hc
carried over That year. lnd the amount added
70 the principal iuni
Ten tousunl dollars. ana the rest and resi-
due of the estate h. l'iu athrd 70 81 Luk" :
Hospital, rs a fund for the lurial of the dead
from TIE said hospital. lr Ellsworth Elliott Is
named M sole 'rutlr.
The lgil il contested by Susan 4. Drake and
Sarah a. Lawrence on ia" ground of undue M
nnrnce and lack OF capacity To- make "A valid
VIII. The contestants allcge that Mrs. Ker-e
was induced hy strangers to her family 10 dis
pose Oi her property away from them.