New-York tribune., 1901-07-06
m. A. GETS BIG ESTATE
1S ROGERS LEA YES PRACTI
CALLY ALL TO ART.
,popERTY ESTIMATED VARIOUSLY AT
FROM S5.O00,0O0 TO o0,0o0-RELA-
TIVES LIKELY TO CONTEST.

TIVES LIKELY TO CONTEST.
,..erson. " j. July 3 (SpeciaD.-The will Of
~ { Rogers. the eccentric millionaire loco
tive builder, who found dead in his room
:. the Union League Club last Tuesday morn
',o was read this evening at his home. in this
- m his relatives after they had returned
s-on, burying him in Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
outside of S250000 which is beQueathed to
lumber of the relatives in legacies. and two
.~1,,,ties amounting TO $1,000. the whole of the
tote is given to the Metropolitan Museum of
At in New-York. The estate has been esti-
led to be worth anywhere from S5.000000 to
s15 900 600 but the best informed people
o,r nIacing the figures around SS,000.000. Sew
sral of the old friends of Mr.. Rogers who were
~ the funeral to-day all agreed that Mr.. Rogers
ros worth the last named sum. The alienation
- This fortune from his relatives will bring on
ona of the biggest litigations New-Jersey ever
saw. =, 400,
The will was executed June 23. 1892. 1t
mas supplemented by a codicil on December IL,
1904. by a second codicil on December ., 1898;
Nv third codicil on May "a, 1899. and by
fourth codicil on October ?. 1900. The following
Iayscies are given in the original will:
o71-MBT-s B. ROGERS. a brother. dead 100000.
FILA A ROGERS daughter of Columbus B. Rogers.
Rogers $4,000.
NARY J. wEsrERFIELD, daughter of Jason Rogers.
FLORA E. ROGERS. daughter Rogers. $4,000.
ANNIE R. DUPONT. daughter of Theodore Rogers,
trother s25 600
THEODORE B. ROGERS. son of Theodore Rogers.
f25.Oco
EELEN R, BRADFORD daughter Of Theodore Rogers,
ISABEL LEVY: Of Nsw1Eorh; now dead; @ so s25 oOO
Household goods and chattes Columbus b Rogers.
All the rest of his estate he bequeathed to
columbus 3. Rogers and Asahel s Levy
executors in trust to sell and to pay the pro-
reeds TO the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
yew-York al an endowment fund. In case that
Institution could not for any reason take this
beouest, it was TO go in succession to the New
York Society Library, the New-York Historical
Library. the American Museum of Natural His
tory. the General Society Of Mechanics and
rradesnen and Mercantile Library Association.
The first codici recites that, Columbus B.
Rogers having died. the legacy to him lapsed
md reverted to the residuary estate Of the tes-
ator By this codicil the testator takes out of
his residuary estate all his lands in New-York
md New Jersey and all his stock in the Pater-
son ard Hudson River Railroad and the Pater-
ton and Ramapo Railway, and devises this part
Of his estate TO Asahel Levy and Jenkins
Van Schaick Of New-York. in trust during the
lives of Thomas B. Bradford and Theodore B.
Rogers, IT, DOln STdHuuepHeNSs 1oI inc AOiioH-
ng purposes:
First-To pay taxes. repairs. etc.
second-To pay $500 annually 10 each Of the
nid Thomas B. Bradford and Theodore B.
Rogers, jr.
Ttrd-To improve the real estate.
Fourth-To pay the balance of the income TO
he Metropolitan Museum of Art in New FORK.
Fifth-on the death of said Thomas B. Brad
property and pay the proceeds to the Metro
aotan Museum of Art.
By this codicil Jenkins Van Schaick added
rs an executor. The second codcil adds William
Pennington as an executor and gives all the
household goods, cattle, equipages wines, etc,
10 Theodore B. Rogers, nephew Of the testator
The third codicil names Theodore B. Rogers
ana Judge John s. Barkalow. of this city as
Executors and trustees. The fourth codicil re
,ites that. Thomas B. Bradford having died. the
testator substituted in his place in the will Will
lam Dupont, another grandnephew. This codi-
ell also gives to Theodore B. Rogers an ad-
dtional sum of $4,000 This leaves Theodore
B Rogers John s. Barkalow and William Pen
nington as the executors and trustees under the
will
Asahel s Levy. one of the persons named as
executor in the will was a lawyer in New-York.
q friend Of Mr.. Rogers, and frequently dld legal
business for him. He and Mr. Van Scha!ck are
now dead. The only relative OF Mr rogers
sister Mrs Heinitsch, who now lives IN irving
ton " J. She was at the funeral to-day, with
z friend. ana they were tilt lliSh 10 ieoNe
the house after the reading. of the will All the
relatives were present, and they fingered only
z few minutes.
Mr. Pennington said there was no demonstra-
ton Of discomfort on the part Of the relatives
when the provisions Of the Will were mace
known. Mr.. Pennington was asked IL there
would be a contest and replied:
s'NaturaiIv there will be a contest; fully
pect IT, AS an executor l will try TO estapish
the wills of course, but unaer tile peCS,ia enr,.
circumstances there will undoubtedly be nght.
There is no provision in the Will TO take away
the legacy from any legatee VINO contests , Ils
provisions so none Of them can lose anything
by contesting it
No one in Paterson is surprised at the pro-
visions of Mr.. Rogers's will, although many are
shagrined that he did not remember me Gry 81 tbe O
his birth. His relatives were as HuCh III s "a
dark as any one until the document was Iedu. eau
He had never shown affection for them during
his life and had very little TO do with any oi
them. Still they clung TO the hope that ne Wouiu
not cut them off, as he has practically don't -
During the lives Of the two grandnepheWs' the
METROPOLITAN Museum OF Arts gets the income
q the vast estate. with the exception OF the Two
$500 annuities and at their deaths the Whole
estate goes to that institution. The estate may
oe worth S10.000,00O or SloGpoOn oy tnat liiiie
Ar. Rogers was a trustee Of the museum
Al his home here he had some miniature por-
traits by old masters, but he did not nave
landscape in the house. No one knew that ne
nso any particular interest In art
II mas been repeatedly said here that Mr.
Rogers never gave cent 10 charity. but IN TINS
particular Dean McNulty, Of ST. Johns Church
becarnes his champion. The Dean tonight SAID
that among his gifts to st. Johns Church was
an old painting Peter Repenting for Having
Denied Christ" by earle Dolce, twenty-five An
years ago which he bought in Europe for S2oUo
be also gave literally the Working Girls
Home, Jackson-st. He gave $500 TO the East
Side Presbyterian Church and $3.50 to the Bar
merit Memorial Temple.
Mr. Rogers +" said Dean McNulty 'had many
good qualities which not recognized he
mas been employer Of thousands of men TOT
many years and no one has heard of him treat
har NJ