The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-06
YERKES ORDERED A
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in trust for his wife and family hu
secretly to dispose by gifts and ,
business transfers of the greater par
OF his vast wealth 50 that compare
lively little would be left for them.
The second idea was 10 make vii
IN England under the laws Of tina
country which do not provide 50 ibef
ally in The matter Of the wife's dove
tight. In this country the wife coul'
claim a third interest
II Is the belief OF the advisers O
Mr. Yerkes wha We're excluded from
| his sick room during the lasi week
that he carried out both of the5t
schemes They are firmly convince,
that he not only made another viii
| last summer in Lngland, but that he
!by individual deeds Of gift disposed
Of large part of his estate One OF
these men said Yesterday
Il have good reasons to believe that
NJ. Yerkes went Tn London early
last summer with the purpose firmly
in mind Ia distribute his estate by
gifts % that the benefciaries under
he win already made would find af er
his death already made would find
lfter his death a mere fragment of his
great wealth. II Il my understanding
hat Miss Ethel Yerkes and Miss
gladys Unger received in this way
very large sums Of money,
May Have Given Much Away.
Il should not be at all surprised to
earn that he gave each of them as
much as s2.000.000 Unless ana other
Gentlemen legally as sociated with the
are are vastly mistaken in our opin-
ons the amount Of the estate found
)y the appraisers VII be astoni.hngly
small. Personally ! doubt whether il
via exceed $5,a10,0G1.'
The following explanation is given
~ lawyers as 70 why Mr. Yerkes
ieneI lac viii ju-t made public As
oug as he remained a resident OF
7hleago he would he Obliged under
he laws of Illinois to give his wife
ue.thiri dover interest OF property
If salts factory equivalent For bust
less reasons he did not wish to give
~ his residence in Chicago, and,
therefore,, he made and signed will
compliance with the law. planning
Is evasion by giving away his prop
artv before death as already ex-
blamed.
Al last, however, he was advised by
counsel in this city that h could
legally make a will in London, as the
English law does nor require any
iated duration OF residence 10 estab-
Gsh citizen Zip. II is only necessary
EXPIRE an intent on Of becoming a
subject Of the crown, according to Mr.
Terkes's advisers. There is no formal
ty attached TO the making OF such a
declaration, and il /. believed that Mr.
Yerkes took this step quietly to estb
ish the validity Of the viii he is al
eyed to have executed in London.
There were hints dropped yester-
lay that the family in this city fear
hat the English viii, signed subse-
1uently to the one published here.
nay be in possession of Miss Ethel
Yerkes, the fayorite niece who is now
n Dresden, Germany.
Wife Suspected Him.
Mrs. Yerkes and her friends have
long suspected that Mr.. Yerkes was
disposing secretly of his property so
that her dover interest would be re-
duced Various events caused her TO
5elleve this. although she could not
trace any acuaI transfers.
There were indications that enorm
Gus sums had pas ed to Ethel Yerkes
also that business Investments were
disposed of in such manner that the
Executors Of the will could not claim
hem. Such a course would account
fer the seemingly extreme llberality
% the family and the enormous en-
iowment of the hospital provided for
in the published will.
Clarence Knight of Chicago. who
va, counsel for Mr. YerKes in many
# his western affairs. is custodian of
his published will and who now has
become chief advisor TO Mr. Yerkes,
refused 10 be seen yesterday by re-
poIters. A telegram was sent TO him
at the Hotel Wolcott, where he is stay
ing, asking whether a second will was
prepared for Mr.. Yerkes during his
a-t illness. but not signed. Mr. Knight
replied: Not true
He planned 10 return 10 Chicago
Yesterday TO offer the published will
for probate but will remain IN New
York for a few days yet
May Sue for His Gifts.
Close students Of This remarkable
case predict a determined effort by
Mrs. Yerkes TO regain pos. ess.on Of
ho vast sums Of money presumably
given by he husband to his proteges
It there be any process known to
law that viii force these women 10
iisElree. Mrs Yerkes viii not hesitate
20 employ e. II is not believed that
she viii proceed against the Gr'gsby
g.rl. save a. to the check for S250.o00
which Yerkes is known 70 have given
OF a few dats before his death.
But a. to the alleged gifts dis'r.b-