The Cairo bulletin., 1906-01-06
LAWYER WAS TURNED AWAY ON
PLEA THAT PATIENT WAS
TOO LOW TO SIGN.
LEFT WILL IN LONDON
Is Thought BY legal Adviser Of Dead
Miilionaire.- to Protege
May Scale Big
Fortune.

New York. Jan. 5Thc viii OF
Charles T Yerker does not embody
his last wishes, according to state
ments made yesterday by men who
are In position to know the plans and
desires Of the millionaire Just before
his death.
1t is known that h. dictated will
while n his last illnegs In the Waldorf
Astoria, three weeks before his death.
1t was written down by Adrain II. jo-
line, of the law firm of Joline. Larkin
and Rathbone. No, 54 Wall street The
instructions Of the dying millinaire
were to draft the viii as speedily as
possible and return II 10 him for his
$ gnatuse.
Owing to the complicated nature OF
the Instructions and the many be-
quests that necessitated NEST careful
work some time was required by the
| lawyers to prepare the document.
When il was finally taken to the sick
room i'm the WaldorfAstoria, Mr..
| Yerkes was pronounced by those
around him To be in no condition TO
comprehend the phrases of the docu-
nent or to sign il.
/ The last will as dictated but never
signed was vastly d.fferent in it's pro-
Visions for the distribution of the
great estate from the one which was
published two days ago and which win
% offered for probate in Chicago.
MIR. JoIine Silent.
When Mr.. Joline was asked yester-
lay for information concerning this
econd will, he declined 10 discuss tho
natter in any way saying;
MY refusal TO discuss this matter
| must NOT be construed as either q
| leniai4ou i continuation. Il lnAgns
simply that | am powerless to speak
II the matters discussed between Mr..
ierkes and myself"
Prior to the presentation OF this
second win for Mr., Yerkes' signature.
members of his family had taken pos
easion of the suite OF rooms in the
hotel where he lay dying Mrs. Yerkes
vas brought there about tel days be.
fore the last by Charles f. Yerkes, tho
son of the first wife. Mrs RondineIla.
the daughter, also came over from
Philadelphia and the dying millionaire
was surrounded by his own family
from whom he had been estranged.
Mrs. Yerkes and her step-son as
sumed complete charge of the sick
room, Not only was Emiiue Grigsby
| barred. but certain men who hal been
| In nloea concentration NTH the dvioC
m mllionaire. were excluded also AT
this juncture, the second viii. as pre-
pared by MIR. Joline. was taken 10 the
hotel for signature
Exactly what was the physical and
/ mental condition of Mr. Yerkes was at
this time Is point which may assume
importance in the future. Those
around the patient asserted that he
was in no state 10 comprehend or TO
sign the document They quoted the
attending physieiln. DR. Looms, that
Nj Yerkes was dying man. whose
life was sustained only by stimulants.
Mr. Joline left the hotel with the will
unsigned.
His Lawyer Barred.
A few days before the end and just
before he lost consciousness, Mr..
Yerkes sent a message summoning 70
his bedside a prominent New York
lawyer whom he had consulted fire.
quently concerning his family troubles
Th S lawyer went to the Waldorf-Asto-
ria. hut was denied admission to the
sick room.
II was stated yesterday by a gentle
man intimately associated with Mr.
Yerkes. that the millionaire never re-
Tented in animosity toward his wife,
and so long as he could voice a pro-
test he resisted every suggestion Of
reconc liation with her I. was only
after he had lost the physical power
OF protest that Mrs YeTkcs was al
miued 10 his he'd ide.
For three months before his delth.
Mr. Yerkes was endeavoring 10 dispOs-
se-s Mrs. Yerkes from the Fifth ave
( niue house. so thar he might turn il
and the arr col,e.tion over 10 ths city
during his lifetime He vi he'd not
ionIy to gel rid Of her. but also 10 hear
himself the praise Of the publ c FOR
? his gin But she fought him at every
step She surrounded the house with
armed guards and barred the doors
TO every one save those whom she or
dered the detectives to admit
These tactics enraged Mr. Yerkes
and intensified the estranseneHt He
was preparing for heroic measures TO
get possession q the house when
death overlook him.
Planned to Feel ris Wife.
In planning the disposit on of his
property. Mr.. Yerkes had tWo schemes
in mind. one was 70 make a viii snch
as the one Just Published. n which
apparently the entire estate vas ieft