The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-19

some words that he put in the will He
mlssspelled some words, rubbed them ou
and rewrote them. After he finished the
Will he left 1t with Mrs. Craven.
When Senator Fair died Mrs. Craver
realized the responsibility placed upon her
Nhe was afraid of being brought into noto
rlety that would not be very agreeable to
her. She was afraid remarks would be
MADE and she made up her mind not tc
produce the will. She even went so far as
to send 1T somewhere out of the jurisdic
tlon OF the State, but when advised by hel
attorney she sent for it. We secured il
Saturday and Immediately had it photo.
graphed by Archie Treat, the confidential
clerk of Charles Wheeler
These Photographic copies of the will
have been certified to by County Clerk
Curry, who has charge of the original, and
every precautlon has been taken that moth
ing can occur to prevent the probate of this
VIII. Mrs. Haskins, the other witness to
the Will, is very respectable lady who
lives with Mrs. Craven
Inc terms OF the new will do not differ
very much from the former will as regards
tne amounts OF the legacies. The impor-
tant part is that no trust is created as I'M
DER the hrst will, and therefore the execu-
tors VIII lose small fortune in fees. The
children Will, therefore, fall into the man.
agement OF the estate as soon as the execu-
tors can comply with the legal formalities
In probating the will.
The principal difference between the
TWO wills outside of the creation of the
trust Is the amount of money left to
Charles Fair and the fact that instead of
being given life estate he falls in for
mlillons without any restriction, and his
chlldren may inherit his share on his
death, Charles Fair is given $500, 900 be-
10 d0re the distribution of the estate is made.
Inc OBJECT OF Senator Fair in leaving this
amount 10 his son is to make his inherit
a a from the whole Fair estate equal to
u mat loo OF OF his sisters. They were left
FAR was LETT only 100000 by his mother,
put ne fell heir to 100000 bequeathed to
James FAR Jr. This made his total in
a nerltance from his mother 81 900 900, or
$Soo,ooo less than each of his two sisters.
ne father now equalizes the general in
nerltance by giving Charles Fair $500 900
ap t1s tne third share of his estate.
me other differences in the legacies are
minor ones. Herbert Clarke gets $4,000
under the new will, whereas he got bnt
Slooo under the first one. Charles E.
stewart gets but $4,000 under the new will
WI under the other he would get $40 600.
wary ANDERSON and Margaret Crothers.
sisters OF the deceased, get 500, 900 each
uhaer the me new will. The first one gave
lnem $4,000 each. Edward Fair, a
s n1oE noo gets an increase from $4,000 to
9So,Uo- w. S. Goodfellow and Louis
DIes ST are deprived of all fees as executors
anu anu Iihomas Crothers and James S. Angus
mni iose the larger part of the fees they
"3 nil secure as trustees of the estate.
Ane new will being free from forfeiture
OF aislnheriting clauses makes it much
d nore probable that the illegitimate chill
snr; m ~ lanes Fair, if he left any, will
; ;prieig INTO the contest. The $50 clause be-
ing out OF the will will give them extra in
dd ooa to attempt to gain some of the
oe ma mlllionaire's property.
Anete Is great difference Of opinion in