New-York tribune., 1901-07-13
ROGERS WILL FIGHT REnrr,
HALF SISTER FILES PROTEST Ac.,.
PROBATlNG OF WILL MAKING. m
QUEST TO THE MUSEUM OF APT

paterson, n. j.. July II (speciaD-rha
step IN the effort to break the will Of rao..
rogers. who left his millions to the Metror,,,.
museum OF Art. In New-York was taken a.
ov virginia Heinisch his half sis,sr
eierk from the office of James McC Morro-
-a"Ser' IN Newark. who is counsel for w..
fieinisch, came to this city this afternoo, -.
caVeat. which he filed in the surrogate,s oa.'-
- Is 'ne ordinary form of a caveat. and A..
0' specify on what grounds she viii co,..-
'he VIII The caveat reads as follows.
PassatHs Snaries NJ King, Surrogate of the cor,.,.
II, Virginia Heinisch half s,stsr
nrafsr iate OF Paterson N j. Lerebv cavsso aeoo
purporne to b aaSSmting aS to probate any pan an
fSsro JACOB Rogers until examination sns o. tn
OF passaic JAMES M'C. MoRRoeWs soe SAD count
Newark N. j.. July H. 1901 Proctor
"Aiiam pennington, one of the exscu,o..
'he rogers WILL when asked tonight wbo,.s
'he relationship of Mrs. Heinisch would ba r.,ss,
i" 'ne contest. said he thought it would ba :.
i'ipor'ai'' question He said that Mrs Hen,..,
was half sister of Mr. Rogers Ha CT,
MIS- supple. of some town In Westarr ~
iork' had written TO him for information ...
ing that she did not know whether Mr. po.-,
was her father not The executor cot, :,
only reason the woman had for imaeint,r -,
MI Rogers might have been her father u-a.
that he died wealthy
william o. Mcdowell a LAWYER who u,,
sS'ls ciose friend and adviser OF the Iata r,e,
D rogers has come forward with a s+a,
.nae the millionaire locomotive builder of Patars
lh'ehded to give large part of his fortune 20 ~
opoiieah Museum of Art in his lifetime NJ
Do"ei mas sent to Robert ". De Fores,
member OF the law committee of the rnus.r
Of
says MI Rogers intended to send to the tr,s,a
oi the museum The draft of the letter was nra
pared oy Mr. Mcdowell for Mr.. Rogers as follows
the srsa eft am very favoraby impressed Will
Library by the Hon ADdreW GsTneais Hrk a Publ
nor,a py sios with the public library. as a very i'm i'm
is the Metropolitan Museum OF Art IF Nevyyass Jyrs
a VIII rurnsh the site for any extension to the Maf
ior added buildings the result OF this eiff
PARK as 90 u9he for the present building in Centra
ue W future maintenance with a sum not less thar an
& yhe amount that shall be pledged for library pur
Carnesie | stand ready TO transfer to the Mstr,
poItan oi Museum of Art property and money OF h.
II this gift is accepted would like to see III,
m SI the NeW-York Board of Education ans
maze ma ex oicio members of your board OF trustees
ditional member elected upon my nomination ~ az
In his statement Mr. Mcdowell saws he had 90,
versations with Mr.. Rogers as TO how Mr. Roger
could best use his wealth for the public good n,
constantly advised Mr. Rogers not to leave HI
fortune to any Institution by WILL but 10 act In hi
lifetime. After Andrew Carnegie's intended gif,
Libraries to New-York was announced Mr. Roger
vent 10 Mr.. McDowelrs office and asked him I,
draft the letter to the of the Metropota,
Muse, Museum m OF Art telling Mr. Doweli nothin,
leaving his fortune to the museum On account
Public Library.