The Washington herald., 1907-10-01
PURLONG WILLFOUND
Made Out in 1889, 1t Leaves
Fortune to Charity.
RELATIVES ALSO REMEMBERED
barber in Fifth Avenue Hotel and
Mattresses Receive BequestS-GOd-
child in Russia Gets slO,OO0-Sev-
eraI Institutions in Mississippi Get
5000 EaCh-LOnE List Of Gifts.

New York, Sept 20-The viii Of the
late cen. .,arIes E. Furiong. who died
n Name last week. was filed for probate
in ths surrogate's Office this afternoon.
after IL had been dug out Of the vaults
Of the AIercantI, safe Deposit Company
upon an order from Surrogate Thomas.
The viii, which was made on May Is.
.1SS9. leaves over E200o00 10 various chart
table institutions. George A sullivan, of
Sullivan * Cromwell. Douglas Greene and
Hiram Hitchcock were named as exeeu-
tors. For over thirty. years Gen. Furl0ug
lived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. and he
died while on O. visit up in Maine
II was not known that he had left any
Will until Lawyer Sullivan appeared be-
fore Surrogate Thomas this afternoon
and in an affidavit stated that Cen. Fur
long had made his viii in his Office sew
eraI years ago. in his affidavit Lawyer
Sullivan said that diligent inquiry had
been made among the friends of the
decedent and that no wife, heirs. or next
Of kin could be discovered. As soon as
he obtained the order Lawyer Sullivan
went 10 the Mercantile Safe Deposit Com
pany and opened the box which Gen
Furlong held there in his name. The
viii was found in the box and immedi-
ately filed for probate.
Requests tn His Barber.
The will reveals the fact that Gen. Fur
long made bequests 70 his barber and
several witnesses at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel and elsewhere. His first bequest is
$1,000, which he leaves to Elizabeth Fur
longe. widow OF the late Joseph J. Fur
longe, OF KiIleline House. Newcastle.
West County Of Limerick, Ireland To
Joseph s, Furlonge, their son, the old
general left another $4,000. and to an
other son. Rev Alexander NJ. Furlonge.
still another $4,000
Another bequest reads ITO Luba
Shestakow, daughter Of Monsieur and
Nine Shesta1Ow nee Princess Olga
Gagarime, OF Odessa. Russia. now resid-
ing near Yalta. Crimea, Russia. said
Luba Shestakow being my godchild I
beQueath $4,000
The general did not forget Donald
Campbell an old soldier of Vicksburg.
Miss. who served under him when he
was sheriff and collector Of Warren
County. Greg, for he left him 81 900
Fred DittmaT VINO shaved the general
for years at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. was
remembered 10 she extent of another
thousand, as was Patrick Condor. who
waited on me for several years at one Of
the dining tables at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, as the viii reads
Hotel Employees Remembered.
Eliza Murray and Jennie Mclaughlin.
chambermaids employed at the hotel. get
$1,000 each. A larger bequest of 5000
goes to Estelle Erdeman. daughter Of
Bessie Erdeman, who, the will says. was
employed during the summer of 1857 ana
some time previous by Joseph Eager, at
the Montrest Hotel. Middletown Springs.
Vt, and who resides at present at Sken-
inge, Switzerland.
Still another 5000 goes 10 the rector.
wardens, and vestrymen of Christ
Church. Vicksburg, Miss. Other bequests
are as follows:
To the mother superior OF the Convent
of MeFcy, Vicksburg, $500.
To the University of Mississippi at Ok
ford Miss, $1,000
The Alcorn University. Jefferson Coun-
ty. Miss. $500
Deaf and Dumb Institute. Jackson,
Miss. 5000
Asylum for the Blind, Jackson, Miss,
s, 600
Asylum for the Insane, Jackson, Miss,
5000
Five Points House of Industry, New
York City 5000.
Nursery and Chid's Hospital, 81 Lex
ington avenue, New York, 5000
Children's Aid Society, 5000
Sheltt for Respectable Girls eos West
Twenty street, 5000.