New-York tribune., 1905-08-17
NAY CONTEST WOOD WILL.
WIDOW TO GET ONE-NINTH
Dozrer Right of Former Chorus Girl
Would Be Three Times That.

There is hardly a doubt that q oontes, ~ ,ba
will OF Alan w. Wood viii be made nv his
widow. When the will was read yesterday IL
was found that Mt. Wood had made provision
for dividing his estate into nine equal parts and
giving one part 20 ms widow and one part TO
each or his eight children II the widow were
20 accept the provision made for her In the will
she would receive only one-third OF her dover
right in the estate. No statement from her per-
sonsly could be obtained yesterday after the
provisions or the viii became known but a sig
nihcant remark made by her personal counsel.
Henry ". Catlin, last evening made il clear
that she viii fight Tor her dover right, one-third
o. the entire estate.
When the viii is offered for probate" MI
Catlin said, the widow will have reasonable
time in which 10 decide which OF two courses
she win adopt She can either accept the will
and one-ninth of the estate. or contest the will
and take one-third. which the law entities her
20 get need not say which course I shall
advise her 10 pursue
BY his first wife Mr.. Wood had only one child,
Walter Dewes Wood. whose home is in Cali
fornia- By his second wife Mr. Wood had seven
children. who are all living. They are Parke c.
ana Roland Wood. Mrs A. C. Mcconnell ana
four unmarried daughters. Eis will which
read yesterday. made in January OF this
year after his marriage with Miss Goldie Lillian
Mohr. former chorus girl at Weber & F1eldss.
had estranged him from his children.
The viii found yesterday in a safe de-
post box. which opened by Mr. Catlin,
the representative OF the widow. and Richard g.
Wood OF Pittsburg. the uncle of the children.
Some OF the children We're present when the box
was opened and the viii read
The VIII Is brief said Mr.. Catlin last even
ing. 1t names executors or the estate Rich
ard O. Wood. PSrke Z. Wood and George r.
Brown. OF PitIsburE, VINO was Mr.. Woods conf
dental adviser ana business associate. 1t
Directs the executors 10 dispose OF all the testa-
tors property, both real and personal and
divide the estate into nine equal parts. in which
the eight children ana the widow, named in the
VIII IS his wife. are 10 have equal interest.
There was C. irectiOn N the viii 10 have the
tcststor's BODY buried in any particular place.
The widow. therefore. viii stand by her eX-
pressed desire and right 10 have the body buried
permanently in Kensico Cemetery. and II viii
not he taken 10 Pittsburg for burial beside the
bodies of Mr.. Woods first two wives.
None Of the blood relatives Of Mr Wood could
he induced last evening at the Waldorf 10 talk
about the viii. i may he taken for granted.
however. that the and daughters would nos
think Of contesting the will which is regarded
in their favor. No one in a position TO know
would say last night what the estate Of M.
Wood amounted TO- except that Catlin expressed
belief that The estate would not amount 10 So,
G00 600.
II is expected that the executors will offer the
VIII for probate this week. possibly to-day Al
the time Of the fling OF the viii there may be
statement as 10 the probable value OF the estate.