The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13


New York. Dec. l2-Seyen hundred and
49,. - N. -, a.. ,,.,,oo,o r.;,-
e'sh's-'hiee sH'-euseo mrs. HUI tsaee
road bonds. worth at their market price
to-day approximately s7S3,0O0. were found
in the safe deposit box of Macmillan
Hershel. when 1t was opened. These. with
ninety-three other bonds of the same
grade. which are held by another trust
company. bring the value Of the Hershel
estate to S950,Go0
Mr. Hershe, who was an aged rec,use.
W. i1ei Shei' WV was 81. aeeu
died in ST. Luke's Hospital last July, no
person having had any idea that he was
Tue poseessor vi sIea. wealth.
The discovery OF his riches means now
that Mrs William Georgi. of No. 80 Hamil-
ton nlace "a s1a5 Ooo wealth,er. and only
because her parents had been hfeiohe
friends of Mr. Hershel, to whom she al
,ra,s va shon,n ,,fa;I;rs .;ndress
While no will was left by Mr.. Hershel,
before his death that his desire was that
ali his ,,ronerfv should GO to Mrs Georgi.
1t has been discovered that six heirs sur
vived him. Through their attorneys they
aG herr,nn;o,s ,,nInr.,a nd;rS 81 Sas aSrced
that thesa heirs shomId be elassed as four
branches of the family. and that Mrs
Ssr ee is as OF The
tate t IS Concerned 90 So it is that, While
four-fifths of the estate will 60 to his
next of kin. one-fifth becomes the right
VI mrs .,, neu 1rs,s, r,s,, r,,o,,c,,r
mn oNSS.r .Sn
Whatever We did for MI. Hershei. she
said when 1t first was reported that his
es'a'e vas 'oiee' gu. rs 81
was because we loved him ana ne neeoeo
our care. We had no thought of gain
thing that might deprive his rishtfui heirs
Of their just share Of the estate"
Those who win share with Mrs Georsi
IN Ine LoaIune are St.. ae'aT Tses. n.hn bod
Known him in life had not seen him for
forty years. for it was that long ago that
he came to this country from Germany.
All Of them are across the wafer ad NOV,
with the excepllon VI nsp.e", tuoi i,s
unele,s death. ~, ., ,,..
fifth OF the estate; nKe snare VIII az :"
Bernard asrsnel; n Ohoimer 81 m nne.
tenth Will pc the snare Q. M "a ~ Waa
Harm. nephew. whose home Is IN Co
iogne; one-te1tn 20 ME: I ';.,as ~, CresaId.
serg ;enfS fe Mr. Elizabeth Asberg
niece, who Is IN Ams.er gan W anH s
liar share to her sister. Mfs. MMneinia
Hirschhorn, whose home Is IN Ma s IN
death Of Mr. Hsrshel that there came anne to to
those who had known n,m. ni ~ T., this
was more tnan 1saina ~ KY, Ten b S N the
wer,a S,ie safe peposit companys vaults
at No. l20 SroeoWay, was ho $500 % Mt
key was found among ms eHecn a Due
when MS papers wee SSsIh.,diTu Ne
fully there was founa meSio fhe yvaine
Of which was ssSIla5sa 70
ooo,oVo. Ine1e vas morm 4Sst ~ he VA. the
vond DOUBT. nowever tnae ne .haa INV
were in the safe deposit vault.
OTHER HEIRS FOUND.
Mrs ;eorei consulted her lawyer. Lo-
r.r,o car,n,e NJ r,o,dert Pros. Then It
Ieh1o semple, Oh ~ o .ss.. %, mo. ~ u,,,
was ascertained that there was no WILL
and, as there were witnesses to Mr.:
Aershers assertion that he wanted e. 81
usual S i endeavors to sscertain il there were
any relatives were made. This brought to
Of them. Adolph Hershel. nephew. came
to tsS son of the eseate s
bonds of S250,OO0.
Some delay was occasioned In the obtain.
ing Of the required consents for the OPEN
yesterday AFTERNOON and Mr.. semple sent
Adolph Hershei, and together they went
to the Mercantile Safe Deposit Company:
Awaiting them was a representative Of
the STATE Controller. one from the Amer
ican Surety Company. which Is on the ad.
minisfrators' bond, and another from the
firm az i. a W, Seligman & Co., bankers
In this country for the foreign heirs.
With the turning of the key in the lock
Il was found that the box was filled with
naners sssorted mcthodicaily, Even the
LAWYERS were surprised when they un.
folded security after security. and at a
casual Elance ~ anH e1 s sna NJ, t1 ssr or nf
Of the way. First mortgage bonds Of va