Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-27
FOOD FOR THE LAWYERS
Belief That DR.. Evans Relatives Will Con.
test His Will,
wealthy Paris Dentist Left Bulk %
His Fortune for the Found
Ing OF an Institute.

A special cablegram from Paris to the
Philadelphia Press gives the following de-
tails OF the will Of DR.. Thomas w. Evans
the american dentist, who died recently I'm
Paris: "
AFTER making requests to more than th,r-
" relatives, the total of which amounts TO
iess IMAM quarter OF a million dollars. DR.
Evans leaVes the rest of his estate 90 tn,
lhoiilas W. Evans Museum and Institute
OF fhlladelphia.' The value of this estate
WHICH Is IN real estate, stocks and bonds
Is estimated by the executors to be about
100000.
1t is by no n cans certain, however that
al Vi Df Evans millions will eventually
serve the purpose he intended In fact as
a lawyer in Paris said, If DIR. Evans had
GraWh VIII for the express purpose of
LehehtlhS the legal profession, he could MOI
nave accomplished that object better than
by The present document, or rather docu-
mentS.
DR.. Evans left two wills. the dates and
PROVISIONS of which are Identical one be-
ing drawn up under the American form and
The other in French form. Both documents
are entirely In his own handwriting and
edcn one covers eighteen pages of legal can
The individual requests are SO numeroIs
that the testator, who specifies each one
with letter, beginning with "A" goes
GEAR through the alphabet and commences
over again. The total CT these individual
requests, however does not amount TO a
quarter OF million dollars as has been
stated. the largest beneficiary being the
lestator's nephew, Col Muller, who is also
one of the executors OF the French will
and who is left $3.50
The only one Of DIR. Evans near relatives
VINO does not come i'm for a share of the
estate Is nephew, DIR. John Evans. also
a dentist created Marquis Doyley by the
hope, DR. Thomas haS 1r.ax, hi
that Dr. John cannot possibly benefit by
IL In any circumstances so long as the
WISHES OF the testator are carried out He
Is mentioned over and over again in differ
ent clauses of the will as dis5arred from
any participation in the distribution Of the
estate FOR reasons" the testator saws
which he and l both understand"
NOT only is the Will drawn SO that one
clause counteracts another, but DR. Evans
leaves the bulk of his property, as before
stated, 10 the Thomas w Evans Museum
and Institute of Philadelphia
NOW there is no Thomas w. Evans Nu-
scum and Institute of Philadelphia 1t had
been DIR. Evans intention on his recent
VISIT 10 America to found a dental Institute
IN Philadelphia which was to bear his name
ana museum In connection Herewith
wherein were to be deposited numerous
heads.
He was prevented from carrying out his
object and the Will provides that in case
state or Pennsylvania refuse to accept the
conditions under which he desires the inst.-
tute TO be founded the property shall go TO
the SIX executors named in the two wills.
ire testator stating that he has entire con-
hdence that these executors will carry ont
what they know to be his wishes in the
matter of founding the Institute
Another legal complication arises from,
the fact that DR.. Evans has named three
executors of the will in France and three
In America. The three American executors,
Ely, Wilson and Rev. Mr.. Habberton, a
nephew of the testator, have sent powers
of attorney to the three French executors,
Arthur E. Valois. DIR. Evans legal adviser:
DR.. Crane and Col. Muller; but French
courts have not yet decided whether the
powers of attorney are valid in this case
The individual beneficiaries of the win
have cause fer INSTRUMENTATION that the
clause of the will devising half a million
dollars to the wife of the testator request
ed her to duplicate each OF these requests
on her DEATH as she died intestate The
executors of the will will proba bly, consider
DR.. Evans wishes in the matter.
DR.. Evans body still lies in the mortuary
chapel in Paris, his will expressly stating
that no religious services be held over his
body in any church in Paris. The exc
cutors have not yet decided whether or not
to hold services over the body in the resi-
dence; but as the French authorities are at
present making an inventory of the effects
at the house il win probably be month
before the body will be removed