The evening world., 1893-11-04
Everything Left to His Friend,
Col. Henry s. Kearney.
The Latter VIII Oppose Any Contest
,,oi the Document.
The 500, 900 Insurance Required
to Pay Debts of Honor.

''tl. - itl'l, mas b''ll l'llill Il VIII 'N'-
yutcd about a month bcfor" has death,
IN which he leaves everything he pos
scss"d to his friend. Col Henry $. Kehr-
ucy, OF the Boatd of Electrical Control.
who for "A long TIM had occupied with
/ i'm his bachelor apartments at the Nor
fox. broadway and Thirticth street.
As hir. LuvCCraft at his death was
supposed to be u wealthy worth
between $4,000 and S2O 800, and as he
had Il neither and tive sisters living in
Rochester. y. y. this disposition Of his
"sta'" was regarded with some surprise,
especially among his relatives.
The knowledge of such a Will has
given rise to reports that Mr.. Love-
craft, who Is said to have been insane
ut the time of his death. had been the
victim Of undue influence, and that Il
bitter contest would be made by his
family To- have the will declared void.
The will has not yet been offered for
urobat" ana Is sun in the possession OF
Col. Kearney.
1t was learned to-day that II. ii.
Slmmouds and Mr.. Chase, of Rochester,
the husbands of Mr.. Lovccrafts sisters,
We're in town, and were staying at the
Hotel Imperial. They came on several
days ago with their lawyer, n Mr.. pavy.
of Rochester. tn look into the matter.
MIR. Davy has since returned to his
home. but the two rothers-in-la Of Mr.;
l.oveCrart are still in hey could
not b. found at the Imperial this morn
ing. Col. kcarney, however. who is en-
gineer to the Board of Electrical Con-
troll. and was for years the most in
innate friend Of MIR. Lrvecraft. was found
at his office. He admitted that his friend
had made a Will in his favor. but denied
most ~cmphaticallv that any influence had
been used to induce Mr.. Lovecraft 10 take
this step.
ton in this matter" he said, and in
view OF certain statements which have
been made some explanation seems to
.in the first place I wish to say that
| ~ not want II cent of Frol'@ money.
even IL he had nnS. to leave. as ] do not
need it AS far as Keeping anything away
from his sisters and mother to which
they are entitled is concerned, no one
who knows me will believe me capable
of such AN Intention.
such an attempt would be worse than
highway robbery. AMI my friends know
that | could not be guilty of such base
ness. In Il word. 1 dld not know any
hing about this will until after the
No one knows of his affairs better
than ] do. aad when | say that It is
very. doubtful even with the very best
management 10 reali2e enough from his
state the truth.
Every one supposed that Mr.. Love
craft was wealthy when he Ii.d, yet
the last 70 weeks in the endeaNOr to
get at the bottom of the tanrle in which
| is affairs We're lect, | am compelled to
it will be about all that | can do.
Although it is not SO stated in the
will, 1 know very well. from what he
said to me 4 short time before his death
that he left his arfrirs to me To DO
what | could towards Strengthening
things out. and paying what Were in
reality debts Of honor which were en-
at is true that the insurance on his
life amounted to over SiOo,9oo one or
the policies was in the Equitable Com
$4,000. which waa taken out less than
n year ago, may be defeated, and IA thirl
for 5000 L. made payahl" to one of his
sisters IN RocheRter. Even If could
collect all this insurance 1t would hardly
suffice to pay his dehts, so greatly in
VOWED We're his affairs.
81 will say that | have had several con-
fcrenceS with Mr.. Luvccraft's brothers
in-law since they came TO town, and they
know perfectly well what the situation
II. affairs is. and they understand that |
shall certainly oppose the action, for |
understand better than any one else what
Mr.. Loyecraft's views wcr" with regard
to the payment of money that was loaned
to him by his friends, without any Sc
curity whatever. and If ANYTHING is LETT
you may be sure that l shall not profit
Some time before his death ! advised
Mr.. l.ov~C'aft, when he talked to me- on
the subject of making his viii, to leave
h's ar perty to some trust company.
"'What's the use?' he said. 1 have
orlv debts to leave
II. regard my position in. the matter
rs simply that OF n trustee for the bone
IT Of creditors, and 1t seems to me it
wpu)l be hes; for all concerned to have
no litigation oVer the matter
Col. Kcarney sai' that the Will would
not be MED just at present, for. he would
he obliged to investigate Mr.. Love
crafts affairs sill further. mere might
he s2me,hing found. he SAID; which
would further explain the viii, which
was very brief. 50 far, however, he had
found nothing, AMI by the terms Of thc
viii everything was left absolutely tc
"Thcre Is no doubt" h added, that
NJ. LovecrIft was insane at the time
o' his DEAN. He would have been re-
'rDv,I - a priNat" inSLn" ASYLUM with
m a day ct lwu at tn" advice Of br.
KNh'ris.n had n" not made away WIKI
himself. | believe, however; that he was
perfectly sane when he ma ic his will
Iuhn THOMPSON, of Tempt" Court, who
VAS associated with air, Lovccraft IL
many Of his business enterprises, said
this morning To an Evening Wurld' re-.
porter that h. believed that his lat,
uIrtuer could not nave dOnc better thar
ave his c..nt" to COL. Nearn"%. lie
MANY Of his friends advised him lont
ago to put his affairs In the hands Of =
raHeiver, Wnpu thcy found out how
deeply Lovrcruft was involved. but n,
always relu ed. ! have discovered since
his death hat he mad pledged all tn,
stocks and securities he owned witt
banks both hero and out Of town to So
cure luans. amounting to something lik,
$4,000, and that besides this there ar,
, many unsecured debts repvrsCntinl
loans made to him by his friends.
"ilC was one OF the most hOnOrahl,
a. OF men and any one OF his friends wOulr
have loaned him what he wantcl on hi
. simple word that he you'd repay It.
thiuk II was the feeling that he Coul,
not repay some Of those debts tina
. drove him crazy AMI led him to ak
his life.
d In my opinion, II would be a very un,
, wise ana foolish thing for his ~relatiyos
! - crutes, the will, for " would only
increase expenses, AMI II IT were broker
and the securities sold they would sim
., rs base t. he sacrificed. an even viii
Z the Insurance policies would not bcrir
, t. pay tuo icbtS. This family, by such Z
a course. would merely be- throwing awaN
~" only rHauce they have in realizini
, auvthirE from the estate
Mr.. IovcCraft was the business man
y aurr ~ Planners Theatre, assistant sec
. rotary Of the Coney Island Jockey club
4 besides being interested in half a do2e
. business corporations.
BADLY HURT IN A QUARREL.