The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-18
SIDNEY DILLON'S REQUESTS.
HE PUT OFF ALTERING HIS WILL,
THINNING HE UOULD RECOVER.

Four OF his Heirs Garry Ont His Purpose
By Deeds of cir Amounting to $780,
900, OF which Amherst College Cots
$4,000 md Y. NJ. G. A. tho same.
The will Of Sidney Dillon. made in 1885. will
DO offered for probate to-day. Mr.. Dillon In
tended to alter 1t 30 as to provide for certain
beouests to charities. but he died without do
ing 30. Such Of the benenciaries under the
will as are OF age have arranged. however. to
carry out his intentions.
The will provides that all his estate. real and
personal. shall be divided into two parts. the
first part to consist OF two-thlrds in value OF
the estate. and the second one-third In value,
Tho first part Is to be divided equally among
Mrs. Julia d. Ripley and Mrs. Cora d. Wyckof.
the two daughters. and Sidney Dillon Ripley
and Harry Dillon Ripley. the two oldest grand
sons OF tho testator. each taking one-fourth OF
tho first part One-half OF the share OF each is
to be paid over. and the other half is to BIO held
In trust for tho benefit OF the legatec.
Out OF the second part lone-third) OF tho es-
tate each OF the three other grandchildren OF
the testator. Julian Ashton Ripley. Louis Ar
thur Ripley. and Florence Dillon Wyckofr. is to
receive 500. 900. half Of which is to be
paid over and tho other half ia to be
held In trust for the benefit OF the legatee.
The residue is to be divided equally among
the two daughters and the five grandchildren.
In addition to the portions givon to Mrs:
Ripley and Mrs. Wyckon by their fathers will
they at various times received from him dur:
ing his lifeti me large gifts of ren and personal
property Among tho real estate thus given
are thirteen lots of land on Fifth avenue and
Seventy sixth street. near Fifth avenue. The
executors and trustees named in the will are
John F. Dillon, Peter Is. Wyckoif. and James
Al. Ham.
Tho will as originally drafted contained a
charitable beauest Of 100000 to the Chill
dren's Aid Society This was revoked by Mr.
Dillon, partly because lie felt that the amount
given BY him should he divided among several
objects. and partly because his estate had
shrunk considerably and the securities
which constituted n largo part OF it were
rapidly declining in price. and their future
seemed uncertain. This heluest was revoked
on the day Mr.. Dillon went West for n tour Of
Inspection over the ! Mon Pacific system In
May, 1901. 1ie intended. after his return. to
reconsider his will and make several chart
table requests in place of tho one, revoked.
Tho matter was deferred owing to the prcss-
ing financial affairs of the Union Pacific. which
occupied his time and attention during tho
summer and fall Of 1891. l.ater it was tascn
UP. and 1t was under consideration when Mr..
Dillon fell into his last Illness Several times
during his sickness he spoke Of changing his
will. but his confident expectation that he was
going to recover led him to defer the matter.
For the purpose Of carrying out his settled.
though uneXecutcd Intentions Mr.. Dill ons
two daughters. Mrs. Ripley and Mrs. Wyckoff.
and those Of his grandchildren who arc Of age.
have united in agreeing to give and have set
apart 100000 as foil ows for religious. chart
table. and educational purposes.
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