The Washington times., 1902-07-12
Able CCu,,5el Retained on
Both Sides in Prepara-
ton for Litigation.
SUPPOSED EXECUTORS MEET
Will Said to Have Been Made at At
lantic City Leaving Estate to Bride
Latter Expected 10 Apply for Letters
Testamentary in Oklahoma.


While the BODY of Col. Nathaniel Nc
Kay has been lying in the hotel IL At
iantic City awaiting burial, the contest
:or the possession of his millions has
already begun.
Already preparations have been made
for 4 fgh. between his second wife.
Mrs. Jennie Pope McKay. CT Brooklyn.
from whom he WAS divorced by an Ok
lahoma court, and Mrs. Mabel Gcyer Me
Kay, his recent bride. to whom he was
married on June &c last.
Able counsel have been retained cn
both sides, and the proceedings. which
will soon be instituted. probably in pro-
bate court, promise to he long and in
teresting. as well as profitable to the
lawyers.
Meeting of Supposed Executors.
It is understood that a meeting OF the
supposed executors of his estate was
held yesterday in the hotel in Atlantic
City, where he died. Admiral Philip
Hichborn, U. S. N. retired Mrs. Geyer.
and Mr.. Woodbury., an attorney. are
said to have been selected by Colonel
Mckay to administer his estate.
According to the statement of an in
innate and personal friend of the late
millionaire Colonel Mckay is reputed
to have made a will in Atlantic City
on Monday last, and TO have bequeathed
the bulk of his estate to his bride. The
principal part of the remainder is said
to have been bestowed upon his chill
dren with various gifts 20 his employees
and personal friends.
The first move, which II is expected
will be made by Mrs. Mabel Geyer Nc
Kay Immediately after the remains are
laid at rest. is to proceed at once to
Guthrie, Okla, where acting upon the
advice of her counsel she will apply
for letters testamentary of his estate
on the ground that he was declared by
the courts of that Territory to be
bona fide resident of Oklahoma
A counter movement is anticipated on
the part OF Mrs. Jennie Pope Mckay.
the divorced wife of the millionaire.
She is expected to come here. and
through her attorneys, ex-Secretary y
F. Tracy and William Gordon. of this
city. to file petition in the Probate
Court here for letters of administra-
tion. and ask for the appointment of a
collector for the estate, pending a de-
cision.
The amount of Colonel McKay's wealth
at the time of his death is variously es-
timated at from 100000 to s., 600. COO.
and hence there is certain to be a live
ly contest.
Married Thee Times.
Colonel Mckay was three times mar
ried. His first wife. with whom he lived
happily, died many years ago, and she
is buried near Boston. Colonel Mckay
erected handsome monument to her
memory, and always attended to the
care of her grave, even after his second
marriage.
He is said to have met Mrs. Jennie
Pope while she was book agent and
to have married her a short time af,er-
ward. Their married life was unhappy
from the first, although it is said that |
Mrs. Mckay professed to love her hus
band greatly, even after their separa- |
tion.
About four years ago he Instituted /
suit against her for divorce in the local I
courts. After considerable Testimony |
had been taken, it developed that Colo |
mel Mckay was not entitled to bring |
an action in the courts of the District
of Columbia for the reason that he did |
not have legal residence in this iuris
diction.
The statute requires a residence Of
two years before a person is entitled
TO bring an action in the courts. Al
though Colonel Mckay had lived here
for longer time than that. he mad
within that time voted in BROOKLYN and
his cards all bore his address as New
York
Accordingly, the case was dropped. and
Colonel Mckay announced that he was
going to Oklahoma to take up his resi-
dence there.
II was publicly stated, although he
old not go to any trouble to circulate
the report, that he intended to enter
polltics there, with the hope of coming
TO Congress and ultimately 10 reach the
United States Senate, when the Terri
tory should be admitted to the Union
as a State. Privately. il vas known
among his friends that his purpose in
going there was to obtain a divorce
from Mrs. Mckay. in fact, he so stated
TO his friends and this fact was lrno,..,,