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CLAY LEFT SECOND WILL
Famous Kentucky Statesman Deeds
White Hall Park to the Nation.
Former Child Wife Produces Later Testa'
ment Than That Held by Heirs
Coal Mines to Keep Up Park.

Lexington, Ky.-Another will of Gen.
eral Cassius NJ. Clay, executed March
%, 1901. year after the one offered
for probate in Richmond. has been pro-
duced by Dora Clay Brock, the forr ,r
child wife of General Clay. The :"
strument is in General Clay's ow.
handwriting, and sealed on the back
with his private seal ring in green wax.
Sections 1 and 2 appoint Dora Brock.
his former wife, and two others, Sc
lected by her, rs executors, and gives
them onc-half Of the proceeds Of cer-
tain sales. The will then reads:
"Section 3-The White Hall lands
and fixtures Of 800 acres shall remain,
including houses, trees, etc, forever the
same, intact-the finest natural park
on earth. 1t shall be in fee simple the
property of the United States Of Amer
lea, in trust for the inhabitants Of this
earth. 1t shall be so ling under the
care Of my executors az may be
deemed best by the Federal Govern
ment, and then be under their direction
and support in the purposes OF this le-
gator
Fourth - My coal mines in Clay
County, Ky. bought of Eli Bowlin.
near Manchester, about 300 acres. more
or less shall be formed into company
and worked for the use and benefit Of
the funds and needs Of the White Hall
Park, and to pay all legaees and debts
here enjoined. The 800 acres Of my
son, Green Clay, deceased. when my
late divorced wife, Mary Jane w.
Clay. lived in Madison County, Ky,
shall be sold and the proceeds 90 into
the White Hall Park reserve fund. All
other lands shall be sold for the same
fund or given to the legatees, as Or
dered herein"
Sections 8, G. Z and give Dora Brock
$4,000 in bonds, and names bequests
to James Bowlin and other employees.
All other property, personal and real.
goes into the White Hall Park reserve
fund. Continuing. the will says:
Section 9-Of the works Of art IN
my house, the protraits Of the Emperor
and Empress Of Russia, given me by
their Majesties, with their autographs
and seals, and the likeness (paintingi
Of my son, Warfield Clay, shall remain.
and such other things not then disposed
Of shall remain there forever. The
bust of this legator in marble on Verde
antique marble stand-wherever found
by the great sculptor, Joel Todd
Hart, shall be placed in the Corcoran
Gallery, at Washington. D. c., or other
gallery, as the executors elect.
Section 10-My manuscripts, five
volumes or more Of my memoirs. the
material for lcarus, written by this le.
gator, shall be given to the Association
Of American Authors in New York-of
which am I'm honorary member-for
publication and copyright, one-half Of
the proceeds to 60 to my former wife,
Dora, and the other half to the society
forever; in the event of her death be-
fore publication of said book Icarus
the child Of said Dora. Cassius Marcel
lus G. Brock, forever"
The other will, dated May u. 1900,
has been probated, and it was for her
protection in that will that Dora Brock
retained J. NJ. Norwood, to whom she
told that she had an unopened envelope
that General Clay gave her. with the
admonition that it was to be kept until
after his death. 1t turned out to be
the last will.
Colonel James Scott has. since been
retained to assist Mr.. Norwood.