Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-31
Litigation Over Estate of Miss
Frances McCutcheon Will Be
Begun Monday
ENDOWED RELIGIOUS ORDERS
Almost the Entire Estate of Cedar
Falls Resident Was Bequeathed to
Such institutions for Various Pur-
poses-Deceased Was Sister of E. II.
Mccutcheon, of Holstein-lowa News
special to Times-Republicar,

| Special to Times Republican
Waterloo, March 31-The only re-
naming heirs to the estate of Miss
Lizzie Frances McCutcheon, amount
| ing to several thousand dollars, will
protest the WILL which bequeaths all OF
the estate to religious institutions for
various purposes. Action will be be-
gun when the district court of Black
Hawk county convenes next Monday,
and the case will be of special interest
due to the fact that Miss McCutcheon
was a resident of Cedar Falls for sew
eral years. and was resident of that
place at the time of her death.
There had been considerable friction
In the family for years prior to her
death, it is said. She was sister Of
f. HI. McCutcheon, of Holstein. The
trouble arose over speculations in
dulged in with her money. in which the
brother invested literally in shares OF
the Golden Link Mining Company.
These shares were claimed to be value
less, but the exact extent of the spec
ulation is not known and Is given in
less. Ava Logan has been appointed
special Administrative of the estate and
purposes to contest the case in court
until all resources are exhausted, dis
putting the assumption raised by the
heirs that the lady was of unsound mind
when the last will and testament was
drawn and signed by her.
The last will and testament of Lizzie
Frances McCutcheon, commonly known
to friends as Fanny McCutcheon, states
that she desired and directed that all
the just debts, including sickness and
funeral expenses, be paid and the fol-
lowing disposition of the estate made:
To the Birge Home under the man.
agement of the keokuk Benevolent
Union, all household and kitchen fur
niture, including beds and bedding.
To Miss Judith Eaton, OF Keokuk,
5000.
To the womens department of the
Bible Institute for Foreign Missions,
all my clothing and jewels.
To the Women's Foreign Missionary
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
church, New York, the sum of $1,000.
To the board of church extensions Of
the M. e. church, incorporated under
the laws of Pennsylvania, the sum of
$1,000, to be invested SO as to draw in
terest and shall be known as the Nc
Cutcheon fund.
To the Biole Institute for Home and
Foreign Missions, located in the city
of Chicago, 33 800, which sum shall also
be known as the McCutcheon fund.
To the Bible Institute of Chicago, the
sum of 500, to be used for the benefit
of the prison fund in connection with
the Colportage Association connected
Herewith.
In case there shall not be sufficient
money or assets in my estate to pay all
the above legacies. or in case there
should be more money or assets than is
necessary, then I desire and direct that
the legacy of $500 to the McCutcheon
fund in the Bible Institute for Home
and Foreign Missions be paid in full,
and that the remaining money or as
sets be divided among the other lega-
tees in same proportion.
In case there should be any residue
to my estate or in case any of the leg
acies hereinbefore mentioned should
not be effective. direct my executor,
w. C. Howell, of Keokuk, to pay the
money remaining to the Bible Institute
for Home and Foreign Missions, to be
added to the fund already provided.