The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-28
WIDOW CAN'T GET INCOME.
W FIX ECUToRS OF HER HUSBiND'S
WILL SAT- MRS. TRASk II MAD

Four Doctors to Back Thorn Up-she saSs
She's sane. and Three Doctors and One Ex-
ecntor Back Her Up-Thr VIII B"qu.nths
Her the Income FOR Life or p8ss oss.
Mrs. Harriet n. Trask made application to the
Surrogate's Court yesterday to compel the ex-
ecutors Of her husbands. Benjamin |. II. Trask's,
will 10 advance her $4,000 from the estate
to meet obligations incurred and to provide for
hor sustenance. She says she has been the vic
tim Of the whims OF her executors, who have
refused to provide for her as she has been 40
customed to live and who have declined to ad-
vance her any considerable sum OF money on
the pretext that she is not mentally competent.
She says that her husband was a millionaire.
and that she had q retinue of servants, horses
and carriages, and unlimited money up to the
time OF his death. The estate. she says, is very
large, and the executors have no proper reason
for Withholding money from her. As the result
OF tho nieagre allowances they have made her.
she says. she has been obliged TO contract about
$4,000 Of debts to maintain herself as she do
sires TO live. and she wants the extra 81. OoU to
meet expenses for a while ahead. Her husband
died on Jan. IL last, leaving herself, an only
daughter, Sarah 8. S. SturRcs. and two grand.
daughters. Sadie Trask Sturges and Adele
Sturges. He had resided for many years before
his death at 8 East Eighty.second street with
his wife. daughter. and grandchildren.
The will or Trask, which was made on Dec. IA,
1896. left his wife the income for life Of his
personal estate and gave his brother. Gustavus
d. S. Trask of Sailors Snug Harbor. $75, 900
absolutely. Upon tho death OF his widow. the
will provided, the rest Of the estate should be
put In trust. half of the income to 20 to his
daughter and half to his grandchildren He
named as executors his brother. Gustavus d. S.
Trask; his granddaughter. Sadie Trask ~Sturges,
and his friend. Maurice 5. Decker. Messrs.
Trask and Decker have virtually controlled the
estate since. the granddaughter having but lit
sOn"i estate ssx te Of s Ssssss'n in Gire ersst trust isls q c Sep:
pnnies, aud also LETT real estate in this city
Mrs. Trask. who is 6s years old, is living at
southampton j. l.. with her daughter and
grandchilaren. She says she has had TO borrow
money even to pay for neCessaries. and for tho
wages OF her servants. In opposition to the
motion the male executors set up that she is not
personally Liable for money advanced to a per-
son in her condition. The executors presented
George De Forest Smith. Loomis l. Danforth,
and NJ. Allen Starr; who state that they believe
In support of her CO potency she submitted
atiidavits, of her daughter and grandchildren
who say that they have lived with her for years
ana know that she attends 10 her affairs In a ra.
tional way. md is capable OF looking after her.
self and disblrsing money from the estate in a
Graeme NJ: Hammond. Augustus Palmer bud.
ley. and Bernard, Sachs. all of whom say that
nations. and that they consider her competent
TO direct her affairs.
Her granddaughter. Sadie Trask sturges. says
that as one OF III" executors she HIS always
been willing TO make allowances TO her grand.
mother from the estate for her proper main
tcnance, but has found herself powerless. as the
estate Is ia the control Of the other two execu'
tors. She says the other executors have re
fused her demand to make such provision fol
her grandmother. The action OF her fellow
executors. she AYERS. has caused hnr much an
noyance. and she hopes the Court will grant the
motion OF her Grandmother.
The Court reserved decision.