Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1890-10-05
FIGHTING A WILL.
The Last Testament Of the Late
John Crersr Attacked.
Relatives Making an Effort 20 Have
Many of his Phiianthropis
Requests Set Aside
TnusrEts Nor ALAnMrn.


cHIcA0o, Oct John Crersr's will
Is 10 DC contested Within ten days A
w Brown will tie a bin asking that
many OF the important beqaests Of the
dead millionaire be declared illegal and
the 81 500 0O0 represented BY the be-
quests be taken from the hands OF the
trustees and divided among relatives
on the side of Mr. CrerAr's father.
These relatives were not mentioned in
Ike will and only one Is nov resident
OF Chicago. the others living in Canada
and New England.
John Crerar died October 20. Isse,
and his will was tled in the probate
court on November IA. The document
proved the munitcence and public
spirit OF the wealthy philsnthropist
Mr. Crerar was a bachelor and had no
immediate relatives living. but be be-
queathed liberal sums 20 all cousins on
his mothers side OF the family. The
requests which have attracted public
interest and attention were those 10 re-
ligious and charitable institutions and
the fund for the Crerar library. They
were as follows:
Second Presbyterian Church Of Chicago, slo-
600: the mission schools % the same church.
$1,000. Scotch Presbyterian Church. a. New
York. 50. 900, Chicago orphsu Asylum $50, %;
Chicago Nursery aud Half Orphan Asylum, SO
ooo; Chicago Historical Society ss5,0oo, Chi
cago Presbyterian Hospital IN West division.
t25 600; ST.. Luke's Free hospital, s,soD; CHI
eago Bible Society, $4,000; American Sun
day-Schooi Union. Of Philadelphia for
Western work. 1900: Chicago Relief aid Aid
Society, ESQ. 900; 81. Andrews Society o. New
York $4,000, ST. Andrews Society Of Chicago.
$1,000; Illinois Training School for Nurses,
t5oooo: Chicago Literary Cub tI00po; Chicago
Manual Training School $4,000; Presbyterian
League OF Chicago. $4,000. Old Peoples Home.
ESQ 90; Chicago Homo for the FrieDdless. 80.
600. 20 Norman Williams and II. ". jackson.
ti00 900 for the erection Of q statue OF Abraham
Lincoln; 20 Greenwood Cemetery Association.
g. 90; 10 Young hen's Christian Association.
$50 COO ard the residue Of the entire estate Cor
the erection creation. sad N maintenance CT : free
public library. 70 Dc called The John Crerar
Library. and 70 be located IN the city Of chios-
80. III. the preference being given 10 TIE South
division"
In the family history accompanying
the will no mention was made Of rela-
tives on the side Of Mr.. Crerar's father.
These relatives have been sought out
and are made parties 20 the approach
ing contest Most OF them are named
either Stewart or Crersr. James
Stewart, carpenter residing in this
city al State and Thirty-ffth streets.
has employed A. w. Brown and Frank
A. Stirtan TO contest the will. Stewart
and his brother have been at work
since May hunting up relatives IN Can.
ada. and list OF eighteen. substantial
ed by sffidavitS. has been prepared.
The attorney will attack only the If
brary bcquest the Lincoln monument
bequsst. those to the Second Prcsby-
terrain Church, and those 90 foreign in
stitutions The amount in dispute will
be not far from 81. soc, ooo It's claimed
that John crerar had no legal right
TO leave money 10 an intangible
association yet TO be created. and
that by SO deing he placed undue su-
thority in the hands OF the trustees
and rendered the disposition of g. 600. =
600 very uncertain. The beouest 70 the
Second Presbyterian Church IL con
ditional or that church Observing ''fbe
PRESBYTERIAN faith" This Is held 20 be
uncertain and necessarily void The
foreign requests. those outside o. the
State. are also TO be attacked, and The
Lincoln monument gift is held 70 be
open 70 the same objections as offered
to the library clause Of the document
Norman Williams and Huntington W.
jackson. the trustees Of the Crerar es-
tate. are out Of the city. but in sntici-
patton Of bin being Sled they had
already prepared statement, IN which
they say that tbe trest created br Mr..
Crerar will undoubtedly be carried cut
as the provisions are exact and the Il.
brsry bequest IS not left az the 6iscre.
ton OF t.he trustees.