The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-02-24
Paw PAW
C.. n. HAcKLEYS WILL,
The Michigan Trust Co. OF Grand Rapids
and Thomas Hume of Musl1egOn Named
as CO-Executors and Co-Trus 1es.

The will of Charles IL. Hackley was
filed in the Muskegon probate court to-
day 10y Knappen, Kleinhans & Knappen,
counsel for the executors and trustees.
1t was executed in Grand Ra 3ids, Nov
ember ii, 1903, and consists of II pages
of typewriting and is divided into AZ
clauses. The Michigan Trust Company
of Grand Rapids aud Thomas Hume of
MusKegon are appointed executors aud
trustees, and concerning them Mr..
Hackley says that, having unbounded
confidence in their integrity and busi-
ness capacity, he valves their giving
bonds.
Mr.. Hackley directs that the partner
ship of Hackley & Hume shall not be
dissolved by his death, and authorizes
his co partner, Thomas Hume, to carry
on the business of that firm if Mr. Hume
so elects for period not exceeding 10
years.
The estate is disposed of as follows:
lie gives to his wife, Julia r.. Hackley,
his homestead and all its belongings and
horses and carriages, and also the sum
of 5000 year while the estate is being
settled; to his adopted son, Charles
Moore Hackley, $4,000; to his grand
niece, Eva Louise Giraffe, $4,000; to his
niece, Helen II. Brachvogel 800; to his
cousin, Helen G. Clark, $1,000; to Benja-
min +. Deming of Chicago, 5000; to
his aunt, Mary A. Clark of Crown Point,
Ind, $500 year during her life; to his
aunt, Martha Fuller of Kalamazoo,
Mich, house and lot in Kalamazoo and
81 900, and to each of her five children,
$500; to Mary Jane Heron, for her faith
ful services in his family, $1,000; to his
coachman, Taylor Bulls, $500; to Mrs.
Kate B. Nells of New York City, $1,000;
to Julia s. Wood of Muskegon, 81 900;
to Susie NJ Wood of Muskegon, $1,000;
to Charles Henry Hackley Lee of Mus
kegon, $1,000, and if he changes his name
within two years to Charles Henry
Hackley, an additional sum of $4,000;
to Thomas Hackley Hume of Muskegon,
81 900; to Julia Hackley Deming of Chi
cago, 800; to Ethel ackley Smith,
Helen Smith and Leigh hackley Smith,
children of his adopted daughter, Erie
L. Smith, each 81 200; to Julia Hackley
Rainbow of Muskegon, 800; to his cou-
SIN, Mary Citerly of San Diego, Cal,
50 800; to Kittie Nj. Lee of Muskegon,
S25 900; to the Muskegon Humane Union,
$1,000; to the Congregational church of
Muskegon, of which his wife is mem
Der, $1,000; to the Michigan Trust Com
pany as Trustee, S250,000, to hold and
invest the same and pay the net income
in each year, perpetually, to the public
schools of the city of Muskegon, which
income is to be expended forever by the
board of education of said public schools
in providing suitable instruction, free of
charge, to the boys and girls of Muske-
gon in the Hackley manual training
school, and for maintaining, enlarging
and equipping the building of the man
ual training school. The will declares
that the testator had already given the
SUN of S360,000 as an endowment fund
for the manual training school, and the
S250,000 given by the will is TO be in ad-
dition thereto, making the total endow
ment fund for this school 100000 The
will directs that whatever sums shall
have been paid by the testator during
his lifetime and after the date of the
will, on account Of this endowment fund,
shall be credited on the bequest of $780,
600 and deducted therefrom. To the
Hackley hospital, 100000, for the pur-
pose of erecting and equipping hospi-
tai bnilding, and the further sum of
$500 900 as an endowment fund for the
HackIey hospital. If the cost of erect
ling and eqwipping the hospital shall be
less than 52O0,O00, the difference between
the cost and the sum of 100000 is to
be added to, and become a part OF the
hospital endowment fund. Whatever
sums were paid by the testator in his
lifetime to the Hackley hospital for these
several purposes are to be credited on
these respective bequests and deducted
/ therefrom To the Michioan IruSt
Company as trustee, 100000, the income