Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-12
CONTESTS HER WILL.
MRS. HlCKS-LORD'S FAvORITE NEPH-
EW FILES OBJECTIONS.
He Denies That the Eccentric wo,,an's
Great Fortune Had Been Reduced Be
fore Her Death-She Made Large Be
quests to Loyal Servants.


that odd woman, Mrs. Hicks Lord, is to
be contested by her favorite nephew, j.
w. II. Crommelin of Amsterdam, Holland
During her long stays abroad Mrs.
Hicks Lord often made the ancestral home
Of the Crommelins her own Her nephew
knew nothing of her death till friend in
New York sent him n newspaper contain
ing two column account of it. This news
was closely followed by letters telling of
her strange will and intimating that the
estate had not crumbled away by her use
of the principal, as was reported at the
time, but that instead of paltry S4OO.-
900 she still retained whas-represented
some of the many millions that had come
to her by inheritance and her two mar
rages
Mr.. Crommelin is well known banker
in Amsterdam, and his family is one of
the most famous in Holland. He decided
to visit America and find out the truth for
himself, He arrived here on the Neither
andsAmerican liner Spaarndam a week
ago last Sunday He brought letters to
American branches of Amsterdam houses,
and through them II law firm has been en-
gagged to.inVestigatc the circumstances of
the preparing of the will and to bring the
contest Mr.. Crommeln has been enjoy
ing himself in New York in a social way
and is now on sightseeing tour in Wash
ington. The papers will probably be served
within a few days.
Mrs. Hicks Lord was born in Surinam,
Dutch Guiana, in 1927 Her grcat-g grand
father was Sir Francis Rumbout, an Eng
lish gentleman, who two centuries ago got
concession IL miles long and 8 miles
,r which bo,-, i,co bo,t, ,,,,.,,I h. r,,l,
New Yorl, families ne tba Kins Von
Courtlonfts and Scbenrl,s
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0lr frihcis married 9chehck ana AID
ncr ~, thelf son married MISS Nlltse.
helr qi'ugnter Aocllhe was the mother OF
Mrs nlChs- Lord' ilet laUhcr was Chlco
Peter WILKINS whose sister was the ances-
TOR OF the contestant. Crommelln wilkins,
the lather OF MIS- HICKS LORD, was rich
Dutch plaiiter' VINO acquire a fortune III
Dutch Uuiaha' Inc lainlly returned to
MAtteaWah' Where the father dled.
AS young ana pretty Sli Annette VIII
hlhS was married 10 Henry HICKS, New
YORK shipping merchant many years older
IMAM herScii' lie dleu IN 1851, leaving her
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Mrs Lavish IApeh"i'ures'
Mrs Hlcks-Lord bought the mansion at
81 West Washington square, which for
three winters mad been tenanted by Gener-
al "eorse l5' MoCiellah ana his family.
she gave there such entertainments as New
YORK mad never seen and always wore her
S2O, QUO stomacher OF diamonds. There, in
her breakfast room, hung the maps of her
property, ana there she DID business with
shrewdness that was the marvel of her
friends,
There she died ON the night of Aug. D
last of cerebral apopleXy and was buried in
the Schenck plot at fishkill. In her house
was great collection OF paintings, jewels
ana priceless eniilhels 1t was reported aft
er her death that she had sold the house
ana was living i'll it ut rental of $1,000,
also that her property had dwindled from
1ief WILL Whlch Is now to be contested,
M''s ,oc'' oit 20 ne 81 resi''u1rS estate