The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-08
MRS. PULLMAN TO RENOUNCE HER
LATE HUSBANDS WILL.
she Will Claim n widows Share of
the Estate in Order to Provide for
the Disinherited Boys.

CHICAGO Dec. 7.-George M. Pullman
two sons will be millionaires, despite their
fathers will cutting them off with 5000
a wear Their mother will accomplish 1T.
She has decided, it is declared on good au-
thority, to take the portion of the palace
car kings estate that she is entitled to by
the laws Of Illinois and renounce the will
that gave the bulk of the estate to the two
daughters Mrs. Pullman's share of the
property will amount to at least $3,50OOoO
and this will eventually be divided in such
a way that the disinherited sons will have
a. sum more in accord VII, their expecta-
tions. Under the laws of lllinois the widow
is given one year to decide whether she will
elect to abide by the terms OF the will or
take her statutory share OF her husband
property.
Mr.. Pullman left her only life interest
in the family residence at Eighteenth street
and Prairie avenue, and the interest on ST.
10000 AT her death these requests were
to become part of the residuary estate,
which the will declared should go to the
two daughters, Mrs. Florence Lowden and
Mrs. Harriet Carolan. In addition, the
daughters were each given 81, 900 900, but the
two sons. who had vexed the fathers soul
with their escapades, were shut out of his
beneficence His manner of doing so greatly
diSpleaSed Mrs. Pullman, with whom the
two boys were the greatest faVoriteS. They
are, in fact, much like the average sons OF
millionaires, and placed no stint on their
desires to enjoy life. The fathers will, 1t
is said. was drawn up after an unusually
sensational incident in which they figured.
1t said:
''Inasmuch as neither of my two sons
has developed such a sense of RESPONSE
bility as in my judgment is requisite for
the wise use of large properties and con-
siderable sums of money, | am painfully
compelled, as l have explicitly stated to
them, to limit my testamentary provisions
for their benefit to trusts producing only
such income as deem reasonable for their
support"
The sum set apart as reasonable was
$1,000 year The decision of Mrs. Pullman
to uphold the interests of her boys has not
yet taken the form of a formal notice to
the executors of the estate, Robert T. Lin
coin and Norman B. Ream, but the docu-
ment required in such cases will be FLED
with them before the time expires Accord
ing to the laws of Illinois, Mrs Pullman
is entitled to half of her husbands personal
property absolutely and to one-thrd inter-
est in his real estate during her life. Most
of the estate consists of personal property,
however, so her share will be considerable,
as the palace car man left about So 900, 600,
according to moderate estimates made at
the time the will was probated.
The Illinois Trust and Savings Bank is
the trustee Of the estate. In addition to
it's duties in dividing the millions among
the Pullman heirs, the trust company was
to provide for a manual training school at
Pullman, for which $1.2O0.OOO was TO be set
aside. Whether Mrs. Pullman'S determina-
ton to provide for her sons will affect this
plan of her husband is not known, but it
is not believed that after Mrs. Pullman S
share is set aside there will be sufficient
for the million-dollar portions to the
daughters and that bequeathed to the train
ing school. The will, however, provided that
all the requests in full, all were to be
scaled pro rata.