The San Francisco call., 1895-12-19
Mrs. Louisa Rabe Barroilhet
Was Made Residuary
Legatee.
MANY CHARITIES REMEMBERED
ANY One Who Makes a Contest Will
Forfeit All Rights Under the
Testament.

The will of Charles Mayne, the capi-
tallst, who died one day last week, was
filed for probate yesterday. AS was ex-
pected, the liberality of the old man was
shown more to his friends than his rela-
tives, and the bulk of his estate goes to
lady whose only claim upon him was that
she had earned his esteem, and he thought
her good woman and charitably dis
posed.
His residuary legatee is Mrs. Louisa
Rabe Barroilhet, and her share will reach
up into the hundred thousands. In be-
queathing her this princely sum the
testator says in his will:
All the remainder of my property, real as
well as personal, give, devise and bequeath
10 Louisa Rabe Barroilhet, wife of Henry Bar
rollhet, now deceased. have known the said
Louisa Barroilhet from the time she was of
tender years; have always liked her and
adopted her in my mind as my child, and
make her now the residuary legatee of all my
property, being convinced that 1 could not
give that property to any person more charit-
ably disposed. She has a very large and very
poor family which she has to support and
educate.
The will provides for numerous bequests,
ranging from 5000 to $4,000. and they in
clude nearly hundred legatees. The be-
quests are as follows:
Balbina Merzbach, $4,000; Hulda Merzbach
$4,000; julius Merzbach, $4,000; Sylvius Merz-
bach, $4,000; Felix Merzbach, $4,000; Franefca
Merzbach, $4,000 Flora Merzbach Lowenthal,
$4,000; Leopold Merzbach, $4,000; Joseph
Merzbach, $4,000: Leo Merzbach, $4,000; Gus
tav Merzbach, $4,000; to each OF the two chill
dren of Dorothia Merzbach Tausky, $12, 500;
to the widow OF Louis Merzbach, $25 900; Irene
Steirley, 100 shares of stock in the Spring Val
ley Water Company and $1,000; Mary Hoffman,
niece of the late Judge Ogden Hoffman and
daughter of Southard Hoffman, 200 shares of
the same stock; to Alice Hoffman, of the same
family, 800 shares of the same stock; to Ed
ward j. Pringle, $4,000; Peter Caluipis,
$1,000; the German Benevolent Society, $4,000;
the French Benevolent Society, $4,000; the
Hebrew Benevolent Society, organized in 1857,
$4,000. the Protestant Orphan Asylum, $4,000;
the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, $4,000;
the Hebrew Orphan Asylum, $4,000; each of the
kindergartens named in Langley's Directory
for 1893, 5000; George de Cola, $4,000.
By codicil John T. Ward, who for
years was bookkeeper to the testator, is
left $1,000, and by second codicil Kate
A. Ward and Hortense III. Ward are left
$4,000.
The will is Photographic and was exc
cuted March 5, 1894 The first codicil was
added August 81, 1894, and the second
March 8, 1895. William Alvord and
Prentlss Smith are witnesses to the will,
d. H. Ward and J. M. Duke to the first
codicil, and Charles Webb Howard and
Frederick Hess to the second.
In his will the old man declares he was
never married and that he has no child to
lay claim to any part of his fortune. But
in order to forestall any possibility of
child being brought forward as a claim
ant he leaves $40 to any such heir, should
he or she prove good claim. AS if to
prevent any contest, he slips in another
provision which declares void and for
feited any legaree who shall make a con-
test of any part of the will.
At first contest seemed imminent, but
it seems now that the heirs have agreed to
abide by the wishes of the testator, and
everything will be amicably settled.
Antoine Borel and Mrs. Barroilhet are
named as executors. The value of the es-
tate is not alleged. but it will reach several
hundred thousands.