Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-07-25
WOMAN IN BECK
LoRiLLARD MAKES RICH PRoW-
Sion FOR HER.
WILL MAY PROVOKE FIGHT
Disposition OF Valuable Farm the Bone
of Contention by FamiIy-lt Goes
to Woman Who Was Not of Kin.
Merely a Friend, to the Testa.
tor.

The woman in black who was notice
able at the funeral of the late Pierre
Lorillard at Grace church, New York.
promises to become the center figure
of lawsuit. This woman is known
as Mrs. Lillian Allen, for years the
female companion of Pierre Lorillard.
She was known to two continents and
wherever the famous sportsman and
merchant was to be found the woman
was certain TO be near. In his will
Pierre Lorillard decided that the
famous Raneocas stud farm, buildings,
etc, should become the property of
this woman. Not the live stock, how
ever, which was willed to his lawful
wife. The family now rises up and de-
clares as with one voice: Mrs. ALLEN
shall not have Rancocas. We will
keep her out of it."
This would signify that second
will contest of magnitude and public
notoriety is to follow the battle for the
Rogers millions.
In nutshell the Lorillard will pro.
vides as follows:
Mrs. Lorillard, the widow, Is to re-
ceive an annuity of $4,000 for life, a
part of the estate sufficient to provide
that annual amount being set aside as
a trust fund.
Pierre Lorillard, Sd, and Griswold
Lorillard, sons of Pierre Lorillard, Jr.,
are to receive one-fifth of the estate In
trust.
Pierre Lorillard, Jr., Mrs. T. Suffern
rrnilar ~ nd
of Pierre Lorillard, are to receive the
income of the remainder of the estate,
one-third of the income going to each
The grandchildren of Pierre Loril-
lard are to inherit the entire estate
after the deaths of their parents, one
third of the estate going to the family
of each child of Pierre Lorillard.
The Rancocas stock farm in New
Jersey is left absolutely to Mrs.
Lillian b. ALLEN, of No. IL East Thirty
first street, New York.
The estate of Mr.. Lorillard is esti-
mated at about 81 100000, and consists
mainly of his holdings in Tuxedo park
and the Continental Tobacco company
Pierre Lorillard received 81 100000 in
trust from his father; Peter Lorillard,
and he bought out the interest of his
sisters in the tobacco business. In
his life time Mr.. Lorillard devoted the
income of the trust fund to his daugh-
> ters, while Pierre Lorillard, Jr., took
his share in the tobacco business.
OF course the eyes of the country
are upon the woman in black to whom
the Rancocas farm has been devised
"A person well posted on the affairs OF
the Lorillards said:
Every provision in Mr.. Lorillards
will outside of the disposition of Ran
cocas is perfectly satisfactory to all
members of the family. No one had an
idea that Mr.. Lorilllard's estate would
at his death amount to more than
$4,000,000. During his life he was ex-
tremely generous to his family and
provided for several of its members
openhandedly. In regard to Mrs.
ALLEN, she gets Rancocas-if she gets
it. All that care to say of her is
that she Is plain, everyday, money
making person. don't say that there
will be a contest, but this is SUBJ
stantial property, real estate, not
money, and all the world knows that
when it comes to a will 1t is very
difficult thing for man to will away
real estate from his wife and family.
1t is hardly dignified to speak of Mrs.
ALLEN in association with the affairs
of the family of Mr.. Lorillard. There
is no mystery about her, and has not
been for the past twelve years. All
the world knew that she was a Miss
Barnes, and for convenience sake was
married to Lewis Allen, who was
sort of farm hand at Rancocas, and
who dropped out of sight years ago."
Mrs. ALIENS father, John G. Barnes,
was brother of the late A. s. Barnes.
1t is said by friends of the Lorillards
that it was owing to Mr.. Iorillard's
friendship for Mrs. Allen that Mrs.
Lorllard separated from her
husband many years ago and
refused ever afterward to live with
him. Mrs. ALLEN says that she did not
meet Mr.. Lorillard until five years
after he separated from his wife, but
that after she met him, she became
his friend and adviser and that Mr..
Lorillard never undertook ANYTHING OF
importance without consulting her
Mrs. Allen was born in Brooklyn
forty-fve years ago. When Mr.. Lor-
lizard fell i'll while abroad last spring
he telegraphed for Mrs. ALLEN to come
to him. She was then at Rancocas
and she sailed by the first steamer
She was with Mr.. Lorillard practically
all the time from the hour she reached
him in Paris until he died at the Fifth
Avenue hotel, New York.
Mrs. ALIENS friends say that she
will resist. and gladly, any contest OF
the will TO which she is made a party
but she has no thought of originating
any contest. She wants Rancocas for
the associations which connect her
with II. She has an ample income. It
is said, in fact, that Mrs. ALLEN is
woman OF large wealth.