The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10
His Estate Enricllcs Relatives,
Servants and Scores of Old
Employees.
RESIDUE GOES TO NEPHEW.
Fifty $1,000 West Shore Bonds
Bequeathed to Mrs. Leduc of
New York-S2GD.GW
Goes to Manager.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

SPECIAL
White Plains. \. Y, May 9.-According to
the will of Warren b. Smith. muirimillion-
na;re. club member and traveller. which was
fled with Surrogate Silkrnan at White
Plains. his estate. estimated at S2JH.SD
is divided among his sister. nephews and
nieces. cousins. charitable institutions. SER
wants and old employees.
The most remarkable feature is found In
requests OF sl.coU.cv0 each to five nephews
and niecss. while employees OF the big carpet
factory at Yonkeis of which Mr.. Smith was
the owner. and who have grown old and
gray In his employ, receive from $500 to
sc. 600.
The will was executed on March :. of last
year. Just previous to his sailing for the
written pages.
Theodore Fitch. who drew the will and Is
counsel for the Smtth estate. gave The docu-
ment to Surrogate Silkulan at Yonkers to-
day. where the proof OF the witnesses to the
signature of Mr.. Smith was taken by the
Surrogate. Then the Will was sent 10 the
Mestchester County SurroGate'S office: at
White Plains. by "a special messenger, where
II was filed and locked Up In the county
slo0.o OK FOR SISTER.
Much to the surprise OF friends, Mrs. Eva
s. Cochrane. widow of William +. Cochrane.
who left Sl2.oco.cQ to her: and who it was
nrst thought would inherit the bulk Of the
estate OF Mr.. Smith. who was her brother.
is given only $1,000 She is. however,
made one of the executors.
The reSiduary estate, which is estimated
to be worth between SIC. ee1.o0 and sii.coa.-
90. goes to Alexander Smith, Cochcane. a
farofite nephew of Mr. Smith. and a son
carpet works at Yonkers. Five neohews
and nieces. three of them sons and uaugh-
tiers of Mrs. Cochrane, are each given Si.-
M 40 ..t trt1 h- for .h-tr 1ur- trEa Th.- h.
quest is considered the largest received by
q nephew or niece in this country. These
heirs are William F. Cochrane. Jr.. Clifford
A Cochrane, Anna Cochrsne Ewing. wife
of Thomas Ewing; Eleanor Cochrane Smith.
wife Of Percy E. Smith. and Elizabeth Bald
wiz Cochrane.
business manager. Harold Brown. Of Yon-
kers. who received a gift Of Se1.Jf3 in cash.
Frances Z Holder. another relative. is be-
ST. Johns Hospital OF Yonkers. TO which
MI. Smith vas a LIBERAL contributor, is be-
Que6thed Sa,eG
A mysterious feature OF the will. which
the friends Of Mr.. Smith refuse to explain,
is a clause which says:
GIFT To MRS. LEDUC.
L give and hequeath to my friend, Nan
ME B. Leduc, now residing at No. rs West
Eighty-fftil street. New York City. fifty
West she,e Railroad bonds. of the par
The happiest residents in Yonkers. how
ever. are Mr.. Smiths servants. and old
caAipsOs IN ne a. y sGClOGg- fSfCy t.
Collins. his valet. receives $500. and his
wife, Annie K. Collins, soc. All the servants
In MI. Smiths apartments in the Rutland,
In his New York stable and In his country
mouse at SoriESrs receive SN1 each, while
James Hughes. his gardener. gets $500.
Then Mr.. Smith goes on to say: Il gave
S16.OH TO each to the following. who were
employed by the Alexander Smith & Sons
Carpet Company: Richard Eddie, Jr.: WIZ
liam Mckim. Henry ". Parton. Eugene C.
Clarke and Eugene Tymerson. and sen TO
the following employees: Henry Laragh.
Waiter Thomas. Arthur Land. George STEM
gel. William H. Wolf. William ]. Webb,
Reuben Boriand. George ]. Moshler. Robert
OoughertS and James Fee"
Robert B. Light, who has been Waterman
at the gate leading TO the factory grounds
for eighteen years. gets 5000. and says he
will build a cottage with the money. where
he will spend the remainder of his days, and
then IT will remain as q memorial to Mr..
Smith.
Other large requests follow: Mary L.
Smith. stepmother. $4,000: Eben Baldwin. a
cousin. $4,000: Hall F. Baldwin. a cousin.
$4,000; Estelle Smith Defeifen, Eleanor
Smith. Jane Baldwin. Linnell ]. G. Hill.
Edna ". Grtnwood and William c. Waring
each get $1,000.
eGiford A.. Cochrane, who is a fall senior
at Yale. IS said now to be the wealthiest
undergraduate there. He is popular and a
member of VOLTS Head. a senior secret
society.