The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-08-02
.FOUNDLINGS TO GET
FLAGLBIIREl MILLIONS
Show Relationship 10 Mil
IiOnaire'S Former Wife.
WOMAN IS lNCURABLY INSANE
Surplus of Her Great Income to Be Di-
vided at Once Among Needy Rela-
tives-ShaTes of sI8o,ooo Each to Be
Distributed.

NEW YORK, Aug. AFTER taking
several hundreds of pa es of evidence as
to kinship Of relatives Of Ida \, Flagler.
formerly wife OF Henry VI. Fiagler, of
the Standard Oil Company. native Of
Canandaigua, y y. Job E. Hedges, as
referee. has prepared q report for the
supreme court.
The estate Of Mrs FlagIer. who has
/ been in charge of committees since she
was declared to be incompetent, amount
! ed to s.. 275 Isl. AZ on August /. 1899. and
lit is worth more at present. The net
| income runs from S1I6,0OO to $117 900 a
year.
No Part for Mr. FIagleT-
I An important -oint before Referee
Hedges in the present proceeding was
whether Mr.. Flagler had, through his
divorce, lost his interest in The estate
/ Of his wife If she should prececease him
/ Mr. Flagler laid no claim to such an in
/ terest and he had been advised it ceased
when he procured 4 divorce. but the
question had not been judicially deter
mined.
I After stating that Mr. FIagIer had OBJ
/ tanned q divorce in Florida owing 10 the
/ incurable insanity Of his wife, the
/ referee says: And the said Henry NJ.
/ Flagler has no vested or contingent
right or interest, present or prospective,
( in the property or estate Of the said
/ Ida \ Flagler.'
Three Foundlings Placed
Different rumors and averments as to
how the three loundIings who are
nephews of Mrs. FIagler came to learn
of their relationship are set at rest by
/ JUDICIAL findings Of MT. Hedges.
| Mrs Flegler's maiden name was
( Shourds. Her sister, Mary Emma Tay-
/ Ior died on February Is. 1854. and thir-
teen days later Mary's husband. Ed
ward ". Taylor. gave the custody OF
/ their three sons, William, Richard, and
/ George. to the New York Founding
/ Asylum
Ten years later they were appTsuticed
/ 70 farmers IN Illinois. Their father
died at New Haven On March "a 1885.
I He had sent his photograph to mis- sons
and had written to them q few times,
but the referee says they did not know
anything about their relatives until the
fall CT 1901
Family Tree Discovered.
About this time Mae Taylor. wife Of
William ". Taylor. a harness maker.
took much interest in heraIdry and In
terested her husband in helping her ous
TO look up their family trees. From COM
munication with the New York Found
long Asylum they learned Of their other
relatives.
The relatives as judicially determined
OF Mrs. Flagler, and the proportion each
VIII get Of her estate If she dies before
they do are: Charles F. ShouTds broth
CT. one-Quarter: Stephen E Shourds.
brother. oUe-Quarter: Mrs Matte \
Johnson. sister, one-quarter. and the
other quarter will 90 among the three
Taylors.
Payments to Be Made at Once.
The referee advises that $4,000 a year
OF income be paid now to the three Tay-
Icrs so that each will get third of It.
The two brothers and sister Of the in
competent have previously obtaiheG or
ders Tor $4,000 a year each from the sur
/ plus income OF Mrs. FIagler. II is stated
that each Of the TayIors is IN such imam
ciaI condition as to require relief by An
ticipating their interest il the Flagler
estate. 1t is found that William Taylor
| Is extremely needy. Richard Tayiof is
/ joUTneyman painter whose income Is
very small Each of these nephews had
a wife. but no children George Taylor,
/ an engineer on the Northern Pacific
/ Railway, was injured SO that he cannot
put in full time. He has q child 10
maintain.
On the proofs of relationship the two
brothers and sisters Of Mrs. FlagleT ap-
! proved the allowance TO the Taylcrs. All
IchaTges against the income Of Mrs. Flag
/ Ter, including allowances made for her
support, leave a surplus income OF about
$50 900 4 year