Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-24
MILLIONS
To HIS FAMILY
H. w. HELLMAN CUTS OFF ALL
OTHER HEIRS
One Thousand Dollars Left to Charity
Estate Expected to Reach
Three Millions When
Settled

The last will and testament of Her
man w. Hellman, disposing of practlc-
ally $3,00O,00O in real, PERSONAL and
mixed property, Will be filed for pro-
bate this morning by Attorney II. w.
O'Melveny, who with e. S. Heller, a
San Francisco attorney and son-in-law
of 1. w. Hellman, has been his coun-
selor.
The will was written by Mr.. Hellman
personally, and was signed December
2S, 1904. w. II. Holiday and w. A.
Barker, both Of Los Angeles, were wit
nesses.
OF his vast estate, Mr., Helman leaves
$1,000 to charitable institutions. To the
Hebrew Benevolent society he be-
quea thes $500, to the Kaspare Cohn
hospital $3.50, and to the Catholic Or
phan asylum $3.50.
All the rest of his estate, real, per-
sonal and mixed, he leaves to his wife
and children, one-half to his wife and
the other half to be divided between
Mrs. Frida Hellman Cole, Marco H,
Hellman, Irving H. Hellman and Miss
Amy /. Hellman.
Cuts Off Other Heirs
No nephews, nieces or other relatives
than his own immediate family are
mentioned in the will, and that it was
his intention that they should not be
is shown by a characteristic para
graph. in the will. In this paragraph
Mr.. Hellman says:
"Admonished by recent events in the
state of California that the laws of
the state, as they now exist, are such
that no estate, especially if it be of
any considerable value, is secure
against the attacks of persons claiming
to be wife or child of a decedent, to
guard against such claims, as far as
1 can, hereby declare that no person
on earth has accidentally or inadver-
tently been emitted from this will, but
on the contrary / intended to dispose
of my property as herein set. forth, to
mentioned or named, to the exclusion Of
every other person whomsoever, and
whatever relation they may hold or
claim to exist"
This paragraph, as was every other
word Of the will, was written by Mr.
Hellman himself, without the dictaton
or knowledge of any attorney.
One Clause Useless
One clause in the will is made use
less by his daughter, Amy, attaining
her majority. When the will was writ
ten, two years ago, Miss Amy was but
1G years old, and Mr. Hellman desig-
mated his wife and his sons, Marco
H. and Irving H., as the girls guard
ians. He directed that she was to be
maintained and educated out of her
share of the estate, and when she be-
came of age the residue of her inheri-
tance was to be turned over to her. He
provided, however that If the guard
ians, for any reason, should consider it
unwise to give Miss Amy her part at
that time, it should be held until she
was 20 years old. AS Miss Amy is now
of age, she is very nearly a million
aire in her own right.
Ida II. Holman. his wife, and Marco
II. and Irving H., his two sons, are
named by Mr.. Hellman as executors
of his will to serve without bonds.
They are given fun power to dispose
of any part of the estate, as they deem
fit, without an order of court, insofar
as the will is able to confer this power
on them.
Il do not know the exact extent of
Mr.. Hellman's estate" said Attorney
O'Melveny yesterday. "a very conser-
Vative estimate would place 1T at two
and half millions. but it may reach
three million before everything is
settled"