New-York tribune., 1884-12-28
TIE WILL or T1LERiA STONE.
WHAT II HAS DEVELOPED CONCERNING HER STEW
ARp-uEH III STANDS GIFTS 10 iNsliitIIoNs.
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AHD-nFR III STANDS GIFIs 10 iNsliIt lions.
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BosToN. Dee. 27.-Dircctly and indirectly
about ~. 100000 were involved IN the contest over
the Will Of Vncria u. stone which has
hcen on trial before the supreme Judicial Court IN Cam
bridge for the past three weeks and to-day resulted III
disagrecinent of the jury. Tia case ms
assumed peculiar interest because of the
number of religious aud educational INSTITUTIONS
which have derived large sums from the estate IN ques
ton The manner In which the estate Of the late
ynlcria g. stone was distributed pretty thoroughly
aired Her husband IN 1873 left her T2,loo'oOo win
the expressed wish that he distributed among chanc
institutions The most prominent figure In the trial was
nm cx xclefg yinan named William H. Wilcox VINO was
fornerly setted over "A Congregational church In the
ncighboring town of Reading. on salary of Fl,-UO
Mr. Stone resided IN Maiden and Wilcox was MI friend
Hc assisted Mr. stone In drawing MP his will and Wilcox
was made of the executors After Mr. stones DEATH
his widow employed wilcox distribute her property
giving him the salary he had been I'm receipt of ~
a nrearher and he performed his work SO
faithfully, according to the testimony at the
trial that Mrs Stone confined her lnhofs to
signing her name Is orders dsposng ~ large sums to
churches colleges etc. nnd Mr WiroS dd not for-ri
himself fot hr arhnov rdprd yn the witness stand that
hr hna ,trtt, ~ addition ,b - eUu rri anruin
saiait hr suin ~ s239uUU iUt itr trats sritirrs
as si,e eion.a rnsriHeh nttiset 80 tHiisr
ihls a,nun lii nn, cinp ~ unr in'r bht Nas irirl
enait as,fNN, 80 ~ site ~ ta,uelats piuit hp Ntp
fais hal eaieeh hp hpripps e y i' aNl ~ u Nt'p
DnHipiiiApH hiN, h tiairiNi institutions ~ iiiinHs hhh
hrnunthl. Ai MiaN4 proposed ~ eHe ipii sWrHn in
dlsppsoG ~ nNnnnU, bat lhp pnpg executors griNni
siiaiui Niih Al, dd hr fNolrith hla niiiNi7l, irl
his eenruan was np ln lp ihNaiiil Sl sn he N'l'l
.tid ihl sUuA ~ drlheis nnins nn Gihcnh m Wrlali
.g upnn an old lads n hrr nOage ~ sM all orders
| Mis- Sione, according ln hlsllHcllnhs hhuNh ~
| court wished the property, Sllu0,000, "dlsrib
upbuildng OF the cause OF Christ IN the promotion OF
evangelical religion aud Christian religion ana TO ho
|
kingdom Ia our own rather than IN foreign lands Mrs
stone In addition the mentioned gave S20OOOO
to relatives and friends The sum III dispute, directly
amounts only about 100000 which she transferred In
trust in 1881 to Mr.. Wilcox, 10 be distributed III substai
TALLY the the bulk OF her property had
been The contestants alleged mental incapacty aud I'M
robOrae both charges. Wilcox was shown 10 be re-
markably strict Cayinst and protested against giving
anything to the Institute Of Technology OF Boston,
because he had heard in round about sort OF way that
Of the professors liberal in their views on
Rev Wilcox pretty handling IN summing up. The
1913. When quite young he was regarded as pronls-
hi@sefs Ghs H. i,,1 came ''' to Boston. il ls55,
came one OF the leading merchants Of the city lie ac
cumulated property of - oO0oo0 yet at the time OF
life OF mser, his only unnecessary expenses being,
coring TO his accounts, money spent for tobacco
pipe, saying that he could not afford cigars lie lived
in Maiden, doing business in Boston. lie boarded with
1
himself The furniture comprised nine chairs. plain
| bed. lounge and plain carpet for
| each room without pictures Of any kind.
In S3s he married Miss NacIia G.. GOodnOw at Alfred,
! Maine. She the daughter OF Daniel Goodnow, Of
that place. and born In 500 She was allowed only
800 year by her husband Had the VIII been broken
would not have settled the case, because II would
| then have been necessary to prove that the trust
deed Of $50 was invalid, as by 1t nearly all Of the
| 81 900 900 had been distributed The 100000 re-
served By Mrs stone for her special ana which
| placed 10 the nccount Of William H. Wilcox Ia trust,
| Tor the benefit OF charity under tho
| trust deed 10 certain extent hence
| the statement that the trust deed
would necessarily have Ia be proved invalid II the will
had been broken. II the trust deed proved invalid the
5000 would be the amount To De distributed among
the heirs r~paindor OF the S4,OOOOOO had been
given away IA Mrs stones life To colleges ana charity
! and cannot be recovered.
Among the Institutions benefited tho following
Bowdon College $40 900. ~ which $4,000 was for the
stone Professionally aud f2O,OOO for the completion Ol
Memorial Hall AndOycr Theological Seminary, 10000
for tho Stone lror-sorshpi Armenia College, ~ 1000
for rs new building, F25O0Oi fryoburg Acad
| emy, Frychurg Me- floooO Hamilton Col
lego, SJ6oOO. for the stone frofcs'orshlp, con
dltional upon IT. being given 10 Professor kelsey
| "A relative for fe Amherst College, fDoO 900 for th,
| Stone proins.orship conditional upon the raising o
s95 900 nddona, Classical School. llallowcll. Me.
10000 provided that $4,000 be raised IN Other