New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-11
MPs PAINE'S WILL TURNS UP.
.,r MISSING DOCUMENT PRODUCED BY
HER HUSBAND.
, v,o,.SD IT TN A LOT OF OLD Pa
,~,s"-TuE INSTRUMENT PROVIDES THAT
THE DEAD woMAN's FORTUNE on HIS
DEATH SHALL. RE DIVIDED
AMONG HER RELATIVES.

AMONG HER EbisAliNH'>'
-,. oil 81 Mrs Ruby Tilden Paine. niece OF
e.muel J. Tilden. which has been MISSING since her
sam 's IN december. 1896 filed for probate In
oe"'I s-roe,,e's Office yesterday by Waldo Grant
NV =, me rrn OF Morse & ACer. Of No. 10 Wall
>. Mr. Morse is one Of the executors under the
o., which Is dated March IS. 1904
-A.-o has been considerable mystery about this
AN ever since Mrs. Paines death. Her husband
~,r,s G Paine formerly State Superintendent OF
,..uroncc and now president Of the Merchants
49,. Derosit Company OF his city, admitted that
- tnew that his wife had made VIII, but said
~, ne had been unable 10 find e. IIe had seen
.ss Will he said and thought that II might be
,oyrd IN the vaults Of the Garfield Safe Deposit
Cor,ranv but when the vaults were searched no
-, could he found II was believed that under the
um Mrs Paine had heaueathed 10 her husband an
,,,ooe o. $1,000 year. and other relatives DC
ueved that the principal was 10 revert 10 them
sts- tho death Of Mr.. Paine. When two OF his
,,os sisters called at his house Mr.. Paine allowed
.he.a 70 search. and draft Of the Will was found
BIZ. 10 signed Will could be discovered IN spite OF
repeated searches.
some time after this Mrs. Samuel r. Blatchford
and Mrs Susan T. Sabin. two of Mrs Paines Sis
.c-s brought proceedings in the Surrcgate's court
"a NJ Faine's examination as 20 the whereabouts
o, the will The Supreme Court set aside IN" or
der ,or NJ Palne's examination. but the Appellate
Division o, the Supreme Cour; sustained tho orig
,rai order and directed that Mr.. Paine submit 10
an examination Mr.. Paine had then left the Plaza
Motel In this city where he had been living. and
was traced 10 Taylors Hotel. in Jersey City Mrs
Palres relatives declared that he moved in order
70 cvadc the order o. tho Cour; tell how his
v.fes will had disa ppeared. Last Monday In the
Supreme Court Justice Cohen gave decision that
cor.ueued Mr. Paine either to come forward or re
main entirely out OF this State Yesterday Bliss
scnley. courrel COR Mrs. Paine's relatives, re-
covel word that the Will had been found. No de-
tails rs 20 how TIE discovery had been made can he
learned All that MI Paine will say is that the
vii Yves found among lot OF old papers.
husband an income Of $1,000 year for NE. Aitcr
Ss death the principal Is 70 be divided equally be-
tween her brothers and sisters. who are also 10
receive the residue OF the estate after several cSa
cies have been paid There two brothers and
three sisters The former are George Il Iilden ana
Samuel J. Tnden. and the latter Mrs. Whiiuesey.
city and Mrs Blatchford. -
The lezaces are as follows: To the Congrega-
tiona, Church Society Of Ne"-Lebanoni y -. CIV,
or 10 Ruby Tilden Carpenter: granddalsn'er o.,
John Sherman. the income Of $1,000 each year uhtil
che is OF age. when she IS 70 receive Ihe income
az e 100. 10 the Methods; Episcopal Society Tor
,seS fo- me maintenance OF the mission al Allaha-
bad India under the direction OF the Rev, Ro3 K
Ccoiored the income o: 81 600 for the eiucation OF
a v1uHg man studying for the ministry Mrs.
Paine divides her jewelry among her sisters. ier
engagement ring she leaves 70 Aer hisoand, ana 70
Avenue Presbyterian Church. Sums Of y 900 each
are 20 be paid TO Lizzie Could. Mary Nealon ran
ME Kns aga t., A4 nTts fo eSca o. Mrs Paine
nephews md n!eccs, and 20 pay 10 thch the Jesuit
ine income until they have reached tne age OF
~ EXECUTORS are wills s. Paine and Waldo
Grant Morse. The value OF The estate is not an
nounced.