The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-28
MILLIONAIRE L0RlLLARDS WIDOW MAY CONTEST HIS WILL

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
give. bequeath and devise unto
Lily 4. barnes, known as Lily barnes
Alien, my farm. known as "RancOcas
Farm" situated partly i'm the town
ship of Springfield md partly In the
tcr"ship of Pembcrtcn, I'm the comfy
Of Huf 1inStOn and State OF B~~ SSe
sc:-. together with all temyOsas1 sAA
pc:nisncut buildings erected .n0eS-
On. being AL the real properly .1OoSA
by Tee In said townships. TO hs~S aAA
10 Io.d tie s::me 10 her heJrs ana ~
si.ns forever. y
give rad beGueath to Luz A.
Barnes. known also ms Lily Asaes
Alien ali horses, ,DaeS and
Ceilings fn England. United states -
elsewhere. in tr:sinfaE or OthesW1sA
and for her absolute property.
Thus read two paragraphs fsom the will
of tae late Pierre Lcri!iard. a man who
made millions I'm the tobacco businenA and
grew famous as sportsman.
He married beautiful woman. That was
thirty years ago, and she is a beautiful
woman yet, although she is grandmother.
has been separated for years from her aus-
band. and, at his Death. fi:ds her wifeiy
husband. will which Sestow upon another
woman some of the most treasured o. the
family possessions
And the other woman? She is handsome.
but possesses nene Of the regal beauty and
the queenly dignity of che wife.
She WAS at the bedside of the millionaire
when he died; the wife was at Southamp-
ton.
She wears deepest mourning now; the
wife's dress has no somber note.
Mr.. Lorillard met Mrs. Alien. or Mrs.
Barnes. after his wife had left his home.
There seemed to be q mutual sympathy be-
tween them for they were close companions
until the mans death. They were abroad
together, and in East Thirty-first street
house was magnidcently furnished and be-
slowed upon Mrs. Alien. There the woman
and her father and brother lived. and are
still living. upon the proceeds Of wealth be-
slowed upon krA Allen by the millionaire
j. is not to be supposed that Mrs. Loril-
lard was ignorant OF this condition OF az
fairs. The intimate friendship of her hus-
hand and Mrs. Alien was we'll known to
her. She knew OF the East Thirty-hrss
street house; she knew OF the trips abroad;
she knew OF all that was happening.
There were stories-which Mrs. Loril-
lard denies with such emphasis as to
brand them as faise-that the wife had up
braided the other woman. Mrs. Lorllialc
says she never saw nor spoke to Mrs Allen.
There were other stories that 1t was his
infatuation for Mrs. Alien that led to the
enhancement between Mr.. and Mrs. Lor1l-
lard Mrs. Lorillard says her husband did
not meet the other woman until long after
their separation.
There were reports that MrA Lorillard.
heavily yelled. had been 1t her husbands
bedsids when hs died at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel Mrs. Lorillard says this is false:
that while Mrs. Allen was At the side Of
the dying millionaire. she was at Southamp-
ton, L. ].
Perhaps the story Of Lor1rlaTd and Mrs.
ALLEN would never have been told except at
clubs and in boudoirs had It not been for the
provisions in his viii bestowing Rancocas
and hiD stables Of nns horses upon Mrs. |
Alien. Had he given her money. or prop |
erty less closely connected with the Loril- |
lard name and the Lorillard family history.
no matter to what value, before his death, !
and made no alantio0 oe her name In his
will, It - eonsiAereA certain that she and
hers would have been left to enjoy his
bounty. But vhen he named her in his
win - . bensnoiaxy, and bestowed upon her |
the famous Lorillard place. Rancocas. and
the famous Losillard stables. there was an
end to effort to conceal the sound Of the
1attiing Of the family skeletons dry bones.
and tie hidsous thing was brought from the
closet Mrs. LoEiIlard and her daughters
were most bitterly wounded by the discov-
cry that the document which contained their
names contained also the name OF Mrs.
Allisn. and their pride was brought to arms
by the attampt to bestow far-famed Ran
cocas upon one who they thought had no
honorable right to receive the title to II. II
IL for the retention Of Rancocas that Mrs.
Lorillard = expected to contest the will.
The family pride IN the LoFillard stables