New-York tribune., 1901-03-13
RECLUSE HELPS CHARITY.
INSTITUTIONS HERE AND IN wEsTCHES-
TER BENEFIT By WILL OF WOMAN
WHO HID HER WEALTH.

When Mrs. Marietta Hay, widow OF De Witt
= Hay. one OF the pioneer settlers Of Sleepy
tsouow. died TWO weeks ago. in a house in
l.rove-st. at Tarrytown where she had lived
axe a miser, few persons believed she was
r,ealtbv. Vet il developed yesterday. when her
,.fl was fled in the Westchester County Surro-
Gates office at White Plains. that she leave. an
state worth more than 100000 consisting
principally Of railroad stocks and other securi-
ties
Though Mrs Hay in control Of this
.,r,,lne she did not pay more than So a week
Gov her subsistence. and lived alone in two little
rooms Of the big house. BY her will she leaves
ne bulk Of her estate TO charitable institutions
Not very long ago she appeared before the
TarrvtoUn assessors and swore off a personal
assessment Of $4,000, claiming that she had
no personal properly. After Mrs. Hay died
rolls Of bills We're found sewed up in an old
skirt while 500 and $50 bills We're discovered in
the lining Of her corsets and underwear. crisp
ereenhacks We're found tied up in bundles in
,be TOP OF a satchel and in an old hair trunk
Fully $1,000 found. in addition to jewelry
valued az S2250, Mrs. Hay was in the habit
Of placing her money and jewelry in a small
black bag which she would hang on the limb Of
atree outside Of her window, so that il burglars
entered her home she could not be robbed
Among her various bequests are the following:
To the TarTytown Historical Society. 2.5n0
shares Of Northwestern Grand Trunk Railroad
Company bonds; TO the De Witt c. Hay Library
Association Of Caldwell, Lake George. 100 shares
of American Bank Note Company stock, thirty
five shares Of Chicago Milwaukee and 81. Paul
Railroad preferred stock. and about $1,000 in
Duluth and Iron Range Railroad bonds. in trust.
10 be held by the library association forever.
the interest and income TO be devoted 10 the
purchase Of new books, pictures and objects Of
art: 10 the United States Cremation Company.
Limited a. Fresh Pond, Long Island, $1,000 in
American Dock Improvement bonds and $1,000
in Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
bonds. 10 the Saratoga Hospital. Saratoga
Springs ffty-ive shares OF Chicago Rock Island
and Pacific and Ohio Railroad Company bon5s
70 endow a bed in said hospital as a memorial
10 the Pickering and Doe families; 10 the New
York City Iuflrmary for Women and Children
in New-Y0rl City, $1,000 in Chicago and East
ern Illinois Railroad Company bonds and S2.ee0
IN Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company
bonds.
Mrs HAYS body. al her own request was
cremated al Fresh Pond. and the ashes were
taken 10 Sacketts Harbor for burial Before
her death she decided the GrOTe-st. house 10 the
Tarrytown Historical Society for use after her
death museum
So far as can be learned, Mrs. Hays only liv-
ing relatives are a brother and a niece. who live
al Sackett's Harbor The latter. who Is named
in the Will as Beach Ever. Is left the Pickering
homestead. al Sackett's HarbOr, valued at 500
600 After the death Of Mrs. Hay her rooms
were thoroughly searched and two wagon loads
of tomato cans. old bottles and other rubbish
were found in closets and in vacant rooms.