The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-02
Miss Fanny Rayne McComh Bids
Defiance 10 Codicil of Faith
cr's Will.
TO HAVE RECEIVED $2,OOO,OOO.
Courts Will BE Asked 10 Decide
as To the Validity of
Her Fathers
Orders.

REPt ELIr SPECIAL.
New York Jan. with only two friends
as witnesses. Louis Z. Hetzos Of rhlade-
phia and Miss Fanny Rayne McCom5 Of
Dobbs Ferry were married by the Reverend
Henry G Van Dyke I'm the brick church III
Fifth avenue at 80 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoou.
BY this marriage the bride may forfeit
onc-fourth interest in the estate of her
father. This estate is estimated at $l5te.-
Geo 1t will remain for the courts to decide
whether the clause in the will cutting her
off with an annuity OF $1,000 should she
marry Mr.. Herzos is to stand.
The marriage. which was the elimination
Of a most complicated courtship was as
simple as it could be made.
Miss McComb wore a taiior-made gown "t
gray cloth with a black Gainsborough hat.
large c0rsage bouquet of violets We're inc
only fiowe.s TO adorn the wedding. tn"
bride seemed thoroughly at ease. ana
showed no traces of worry over the Tor
tune that may be lost to her.
After The ceremony Doctor Van Dyke con-
graduated Mr. and Mrs. Herzog In fellci-
tous phrases. which conveyed his approval
of her choice
The democratic simplicity of walking to
the wedding was abandoned for carriage
after the ceremony. when the bride ana her
artist husband were driven away. their des-
tination secret closely guarded. iheH
Will live in Philadelphia, where Mr.. Herzos
has a home and studio.
She Was to Receive x:.OoN.ohO.
According To the provisions of the will
of James Ienning McComb. payment OF
the annuity of $4,000 will begin Immediately
upon the marriage of his daughter to Louis
e Herzog and upon her death the sum
os s9DD Oao will be divided between her chill
dren.'
/, was said on good authority that n suit
10 test the validity of the will VIII be pe-
gun as soon as the necessary iesai steps
can be taken now that Miss McComb mas
married the man of her choice.
One Of Mr.. Herzog's intimate friends saio
Yesterday that the bridegroom was opposed
to attacking the will. except az matter
of Justice TO his wife. and would be only
too glad to escape any further notoriety as
a victim of "incongruous mixture Oh
sentiment and Snobbery
1t is the plan of Mrs. Herzog to sue the
estate for the full share to which she was
entitled before her marriage. basing her
ontention on the alleged invalidity of the
codicil designed to prevent the marriage
II her claim is sustained, it is intmated
her share of the fortune will amount to
moro than 100000
DiSregarded Wishes of Relatives.
In reporting her decision to marry the
artist Miss McComb disregarded the wishes
OF her living relatives. as well as the ex-
pressed intention of her father, and they
still were trying to dissuade her from the
step when she decided to walk to the brick
church with Louis Herzog.
Whether Mr.. McComb intended in his will
to beaueath to his daughter more of his
vast fortune less of it II she married
Louis E Herzog was a question open TO
argument when the puzzling codicil was
read.
1t was dated March 26. 1901. five years
later than the main body OF the will. and
read. in part:
1T Is my WILL and hereby direct that
in case my daughter. Fanny shall marry
Louis Herzog. the provision which she shall
enjoy from my estate shall be as follows:
An annuity OF $4,000 per year shall be paid
TO her SO long as she shall live. free and
clear from any enjoyment or interference
Herewith on the part of her husband"