The evening world., 1907-06-18
Document Leaves Estate Of
100000 to Virgilio Del
GenoveSe'S Brother.
DAUGHTER LEFT OUT.
Relatives of Dead Contractor
Assert That Woman Was
Not Married to Him.

vvnen she win Of VirEiiio Del Gefro'
v~~e. an IialAan conthetor-said &c
have left an estate valned close 10
sfoo ooo-waa produced before SurroEafs
churoh In Brooklyn to-day. two broth
srs and sistsrs OF the dead man were
thrown into consternhtion. They were
not aware that their brother bad left
q will beuusathinK AL 10 a brother,
Giusspps. Up 70 this period they were
willing 10 contes; the document. The
last testament OF Del GeDovese was In
ths hands OF the brother who was
naned as the sole beneficiary.
while dsbAttng the method os pro-
eeedinG. q heavily velied woman and a
sixtsen-yeAr-od Girl entered the court
room. accompanied by Lawyer Harry
n. Lewis She announced that she was
the widow OF Del Genovese. and was en-
titled 70 har husbands property. She
foin the court that she was Ars
Bidona Del Genovsse, OF Montgomery
aveuU>. and One Hundred and Seventy
ssveafh street the Bronx. and that o.
was at her home that oen0vess had
aisA
abandoned the Contest
tzSSa tks= ss==zss sssfsmaat. the two
brothers and two sisters. who had ex-
pecfed 10 share ip fhe dead heother's q
sssets. lAfa the courtroom. and ~ 4
they would not further contest the will
Mrs- Del 0enoyeae and the dead man s
brother. Giuseppe, who produced the
mystsrsoas WILL were unable to agree.
Thn brother told the mans widow that
hs could show that she had a husband
whan she married his brother by a cers-
mony nshich was performed By Alder
man Donovan four years after the win
II supposed 10 have bsen made In favor
q the brother. Giuseppe
AZ nearly as could be learned Der
Genosese met the weEnAn an lsss Al
that time SHE admitted she was the
wife OF Edward Lopez. An estrange-
snent occurred shortly after. and Lopez,
ms that she was free 10 marry again
and that he would never return 10
bother her. The deserted wife did not
ecs until = yaAt after, shsn she learned
Aat her husband had died.
Married the Contractor.
she then married Del oenovese. the
esremony being recorded. The fruit of
tbs marriage 10 the sixteen ysar-old
SRI who accompanied hsr mother into
When AIRS. Del Genovese announced
sser Intention OF oontesting the VIII,
giuseppe arose and dramatically said:
II can produce Eop1. zoo are still
married to that man. You have no
right 10 the property OF my dead
BROTHER
Toe declaration caused a stir in court.
Ara. Del Genofese was partly overcome
10 tho s-xhihilien OF the Will. After this
announcement she hroke down and
weps bitterly She esnphatlcall denied
tfHt her former hesaaaa Nas alive and
eszfed Giuseppe to produce him
Del G3rHo gese VISA a god mar 20
me- sne Aaid. and 10 his dauEhier.
and can't beiieve that ne left vii
IN ths hands OF his brother As ror
Lopez. ] know thAt he has BEEN dead
naany years l did not know anything
shout tie testament which hia brother
has ssfown the Court will surely
neAlt for my rtgrta"
How Giusepps came into pousezviou
u the WILL Is a mystery. Frank III
Wilson and Charles G. GIL both Of
brooklyn. are named Aa Witnesses.
Del denovese died Jan > last aftef
cosrpieting an extensive breakwafe-
aontfacs a. carurNs Venezuela TIE
ease WAS adjourned to give the present
holder OF the vii lime TO prodsce The
~onAann isffnsr husband IaUysr
Lewis says tsat his client can easilv
establish the business OF the claim.