The Springfield herald., 1902-09-26
STRATTON'S WEALTH
WILL AID THE HELPLESS POOR.

Relatives, w. s. Stratton Be-
queaths All His Vast Wealth to the
Myron Stratton Home to Be Estab-
iished at Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs. Colo. Sept. 21.-
The last will and testament of the late
| Winfield Scott Stratton was read mt
his late residence at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning before the assembled
heirs, and was filed for probate in the
/ County court at $50 o'clock in the af-
| ternoon.
The will as printed in small type in
| the daily newspapers occupies more
than two columns and the following Is
Il comprehensive synopsis of its pro-
| visions:
One million dollars for the purchase
| of ground in El Paso county and the
erection of the Myron Stratton home
| named in honor of Mr.. STATIONS
| father.
After the payment of legacies
amounting to S4S5, 900, the entire resi-
due of the estate, generally estimated
as amounting to S0,0O0.0oO of $1,000
| COO, shall form the endowment of the
| home.
The trustees of the estate shall form
n corporation which shall carry on this
benevolent purpose and shall transfer
the property to it. The home shall be
| for Poor persons who are without
| means of support and who are prin-
cipally unable, by reason of old age,
| youth, sickness or other infirmity,
| to earn livelihood and who are not by
reason of disease, insanity, gross indie
cency or immortality, unfit to associate
with worthy persons of the condition
| of life above named"
The executors of the estate are Carl
S. Chamberin of Brooklyn, New York,
Il nephew of Mr.. Stratton; DIR. ID. II.
Rice of Colorado Springs, and Tyson
S. Dimes, attorney of Denver. The ex-
ecutors are directed to sell all the real
| and personal estate as soon as they
conveniently can and within the period
| fixed by law.
The executors are required to pay the
following requests:
To Carl S. Chamberlin, nephew, the
house and furnishings in Colorado
Springs and $4,000 in money.
To Earl w. Hamlin, son of Mr.. STRAIT
toms deceased sister, Mrs. Harriet n.
Hamlin, of Jeffersonville, Indiana,
$4,000 in money.
To Harry b. Hamlin, son of Mrs.
Harriet Hamlin, $4,000.
To Mrs. Jennie Stratton Cobb, STRAIT
tons sister, Of San Jose, California,
$4,000.
To Mrs. Mary Cobb Smith. daughter
of Mrs. Jennie Stratton Cobb, $4,000.
To Lillian CopD, daughter of Mrs.
Jennie Stratton Cobb, $4,000.
To Elmo Pearl Chamberlin, 315 East
Sixteenth street. Brooklyn, New York,
daughter of STATIONS deceased sister,
Mrs. Anna Chamberlin, $4,000.
To Mr.. STATIONS son, /. Harry STRAIT
q, ,,Iy,
| $50 600: provided that II he contests
the will, directly OF indirectly, he shall
get nothing.
10 Byron @. Logan of indianapolis,
Indiana. a friend, $4,000.
| To the State Institute for the Mute
and Blind. $4,000; the interest on
which shall be given annually to the
pupils as reward for excellence in
scholarship or demeanor or both.
| After the payment of the above lega-
cies to individuals the executors shall
! turn over all the remainder of the es-
tate TO DR.. ID. ii. Rice, Judge Moses
| Hallett of Denver, and Tyson S. Dimes
| of Denver, to be invested by them in
| trust in sound, Understanding securl-
| ties Those three trustees then shall
turn over all the property to II corpora
| ton to be formed by them to own and
conduct the Myron Stratton home. The
| trustees shall be paid for their SER
vices in the discharge of the trust such
sum as shall be fixed by the District
| Court of FL Paso county.
Should the clauses of the will Great
| ing the Myron Stratton home be de-
cared void or invalid for any reason
by the courts. the will provides that
| the whole estate, after the payment of
the $4S5,OOO of personal legacies, shall
be paid over 10 the state of Colorado to
| be applied in such manner as the Leg
| islature may direct to the support of
such charitable and benevolent insti-
tutions as now exist and are supported
| by the state of Colorado.
Residents of Ell Paso county are Civ
| Ell first preference for admission to the
proposed home, and then residents of
| other counties of Colorado.
| In regard to the conduct of the home
| the will says:
1T is my especial desire and COM
| mand that the inmates of the said
| home shall not be clothed and fed as
paupers usually are Mt public expense,
| but that they shall be decently and
| comfortably clothed and amply provid
| ed with good and wholesome medical
| attendance, care and nursing to protect
| their health and insure their comfort.
And that no inmate of said home
| shall be constrained against his or her
will to perform any manual service for
| any inmate of said home not related to
him or her by blood or marriage, nor
| Tor any officer or employe of said
| homo nor shall any of Such inmates