Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1906-12-21
MONEY FOR ORPHANS.
Final Papers of Carnegie hero
Fund for Crabbe Children Re.
corded in Baltimore.

Fund for Crabbe Children Re-
corded in Baltimore.
AS great deal of interest has been
manifested in the award to the children
of Mrs. Sadie Lewis Crabbe, of Nor
cumberland county, who lost her life
two winters ago in efforts to rescue
from drowning negro youth who had
broken through the ice, the VIRGINIA
CITIZEN has procured copies of the
papers bearing on the subject. The
first, as viii be plainly seen, is a letter
to Mr.. Brent, through whose disin-
terested efforts the award was secured,
and the second copy of the trust deed
which secures the money for the children.
Mr.. r. S. BRENT, Com'r of Revenue.
Heathsville, Va.
MY DEAR MR.. BRENT am writing
you separate letter today, announcing
finally the settlement of the case of
Sadie Lewis Crabbe, and wish to take
this occasion to thank you in the name
of the Commission for the great assis-
lance which you have rendered us in the
consideration of this case, and which
has resulted in the awarding of bronze
medal to Charles Crabbe, husband of
Sadie lewis Crabbe, and the sum of
81, 600 to their children, Charles II.
Crabbe. Cera Alice Crabbe, Callie M.
Crabbe, and Hilda j. Crabbe, which
amount has been placed in trust for the
benefit Of these children. The interest
that you have taken in this case, and
the trouble to which you have gone,
without any compensation, whatsoever,
IS to be greatly commended
Again thanking you for your many
courtesies, beg to remain,
Yours very truly,
+. M. WILMOT, Manager,
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.
WHEREAS, Mrs. Sadie Lewis Crabbe.
of Avalon Postoffice, Northumberland
County, Virginia. lost her life on Feb
ruary 18th, 1905, in the endeavor to
save the life of one Ralph Young, and
the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission is
DESTROYS of giving Two Thousand Dollars
($2, 00O, to aid in the maintenance,
support and education of her minor
children, and the Continental Trust
Company, a corporation of the State of
Maryland, having its principal office in
the City of Baltimore, Maryland, is
willing to act as Trustee of such fund
for said children
Now, THIS AGREEMENT WITNEssETH.
That the Carnegie Hero Fund Commits
sion, party of the first part, agrees to
deliver to the Continental Trust Com
pany, party of the second part, the sum
OF $1,000, which sum the Continental
Trust Company agrees to hold as Trus-
/ tee in trust for the following uses and
purposes:
| o. To invest said sum and pay the
interest thereon semi-annually, after
deducting all costs, charges, ETC., to
Charles Crabbe, husband of the said
Mrs. Sadie Lewis Crabbe, or to such
other person or persons as the party of
the first part may from time to time
designate, for the support, maintenance,
and education of Charles H. Crabbe,
Cora Alice Crabbe, Callie M. Crabbe
and Hilda j. Crabbe, minor children of
the said Charles Crabbe and Sadie Lewis
Crabbe. The receipt of Charles Crabbe,
the father of the said minor children
shall be a sufficient discharge to the
Trustee for all payments of income to
him for said children, unless, for any
reason the party of the first part shall
nominate some other person to receive
the income for said minors, and shall
notify the Trustee in writing of such
change, and thereafter, a receipt from
the person designated shall be a dis
charge to the Trustee for all payments
made to him, unless his authority shall
| in turn be revoked as aforesaid.
~ The principal sum of $1,000, shall
be held intact by the Trustee, but as
each of said children shall reach the age
of Fl years, he or she shall be entitled
to receive in cash, his or her proper
tomato share thereof, to wit, the sum
of five hundred dollars (S500). If any
of the said children shall die before
Ira of@l,r Ho <Nf
lawful issue, then the share of said
child shall be held by the Trustee, and
the proportionate part of the principal
of said share shall be paid by said Trus-
J tee to each of such issue as he or she
reaches the age of 81 years, but the
Trustee, during their minority, shall paw
their proportionate share of the income
to the natural or legal guardian or guar
dams of such issue, or to such persons
as may be designated from time to time
by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.
If any of said issue die before reach
ing q years, his or her share shall be
held upon the same trusts for the sur
vivors of said issue.
If any of the children die before reach
ing the age Of 81 years without leaving
lawful issue, then the share of such
child shall be held by the Trustee in
trust for the children of said Sadie Lewis
Crabbe, and the lawful issue of any
deceased child, which issue shall repre-
sent their deceased parent, upon the
same trusts as are hereinbefore pro-
vided for the sum of 81, 900.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
may, at any time during the minority
of a child or the issue of a deceased
child, authorize the Trustee in writing
to pay his or her share of the fund to
any such child or issue, free of the
trusts herein mentioned, and the receipt
OF such child or issue shall be a sufficient
discharge to the Trustee, despite the
minority of the person giving it.
/ (S) In case all OF said children die
before reaching the age of 2I wears,
} leaving no issue, or leaving issue and
such issue die before reaching said age
then said fund shall revert to and revest
IN the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission,
and the Trustee shall deliver said fund
and any accretions thereto to the SAID
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, ano
the trust created by this agreement
shall thereupon cease and determine.
The Trustee shall not be responsible
Tor loss of any part of said sum of
900, unless such loss occurs by reason
OF the gross negligence of said Trustee.
The Trustee shall be entitled as COM
pensation for its services hereunder to
ten percent of the gross income derived
from the trust property.
CARNEGIE HERO FUND COMMISSION.
(Signed by the President, and attested
Dy the continental Trust Company.
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