Smyrna times., 1904-11-30
RIDGELY WILL CONTESTS
COMING TOCLOSEAT DOVER
DAUGHTER AND WIDOW OF THE LATE
HENRY RIDGELY CARRY OUT AGREEMENT
The Time The Settlement VIII Be Made Is Not
DefinateIy Known, But II May Take
Place Early Part of December.

Definately Known, But 1t May Take
Place Early Part of December.
Settlement of the estate of the late
DR.. Henry Rldgely of Dover is about to
be made, whenHenry RIdgely, Jr. the
executor, will pass his accounts with
Register of Wills, Wilson. At the same
time Mrs. Annie Kempt Ridgely, the
widow, will be obliged to make her
settlement of $50, 900 with Mrs. Ruth
anna j. Wilson, the only child of DR..
Ridgely by his first wife. This is ac-
cording to the terms of agreement be-
tween the widow and Mrs. Wilson af-
ter the latter had started proceedings
to contest her fathers unnatural will
in order to recover that portion of the
large estate which he had gotten from
his first wife, Mrs. Wilson's mother.
The time the settlement will be made
is not definitely known, though it is
supposed the accounts will be passed
about the middle of December. The
widow has the privilege of paying the
$50, 900 in interest bearing securities.
or in real estate, or both. Neither is
it definitely known in which way she
will relieve this obligation to Mrs.
Wilson, though it is understood she
has elected the latter. At least 1t is
known that she is disposing of many
articles of furniture in the State Street
residence and is packing up prepara-
tory to leaving Dover to occupy the
suite of apartments she has engaged in
Washington for the Winter. 1t is also
rumored that she intends building a
residence in Swarthmore, Pa, which
would indicate that she intends leav-
ing Dover for good and that Mrs. Will
son will come into possession of the
home of her parents. 1t was thought
Mrs. Ridgely would return to her ma
tive town of Easton. Nd, after the
settlement of her husbands estate,
but for some reason she has selected
Swarthmore.
1t is also learned that Mrs. Ridgely
is contendIng for the crops coming off
the farms left under the will to Mrs.
Wilson's children, as we'll as other
trivial matters. considering the large
amount she received under the will,
and there is likely to be some litiga-
tion in order to settle these differences.
ha l.
which was the only devise made to
Mrs. Wilson by DIR. Ridgely. has since
been given by her to her son, Samuel
M. Harrington, who, next to his
mother, received the smallest share of
this large estate. It was rumOred this
week that Mrs. Wilson is in posses
sion of her mothers unsigned will, to-
gether with many receipted bills show
ing that her mother had bought and
paid for a large portion of the furniture
in the handsome residence that the
widow is now disposing of and packing
up. Upon inquiry it is learned that
Mrs. Wilson does possess such receipts
though there is no will. There al @,
however, papers showing memoranda
in her mothers hand writing that
were evidently intended as a basis
upon which she intended to make her
will. Among this memoranda is the
acknowledgement that she had loaned
large amounts of money to her hus
band and it was this that LAID the foun-
dation for his large fortune. Dover
Sentinel.