Omaha daily bee., 1907-03-22
SUMMARY OF THE bee LINEUP ON COUNTS WILL
: >
y ssns are Preparing Their Forces For
General Court Fight
ALL INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE BAN
On One Part Elements Agree, that
is for EARLY Interpretation
of that MOOted Thir-
teenth Clause.

of that MOOted Thir-
teenth Clause.
While the executors and attorneys are
busy in making the inventory Of the estate
/ Of Count John A. Creighton, heirs are
/ equally busy preparing to contest the Will
! In the effort of increasing their portions OF
| the benefactions. The Bee is informed by
most reliable sources that this contest, 1t
/ Is now evident, will be much more cOmpre-
hensive than was originally thought and
! that the truce, which II was announced
few days ago, had been agreed on, is
knocked sixteen different ways and wide
open fight to a finish is Inevitable.
II is now stated that all factions, not
alone the unmentioned heirs, but others as
well. will cooperate toward decisive and
early Interpretation of that mooted thir-
teenth clause. which is the key to the
whole situation, primarily.
From the same sources II is stated that
contests will be made on the bequests to
these institutions:
Creighton university.
Creighton Memorial Cst. Joseph's hospI
tall.
Little Sisters of the Poor Cold woman's
home).
Working Girls home.
Attack on Hospital,
The fight viii be made on the hospital
on the grounds that the law limits its
holdings Of this sort TO 10000 That is
the present law, although good lawyers
are not settled in the conviction that this
statute, designed not specially for the In
stitutions, but for the protection Of the
state, could be strictly sustained in fight.
But under the law as amended by the
present legislature this limitation will be
removed. However, II is said the fight will
be made just the same. Certain heirs have
been to Lincoln in the endeavor Of defeat
ing this bill, but failed.
The attack on the bequest for Little Sis
ters of the Poor. who are to maintain the
home for the old women, is based on the
fact that that order is not now established
in Omaha and must come here in order to
avail itself Of the benefaction. The con-
tention by some is thought not to be
, strong, but affords an opening and will be
urged.
, The Working Girls home will have hart
sailing as we'll. II the heirs can make 81
so. This benefaction is outright $4,000
4 with a share in the surplus, which probably
would bring the total up to 100000.
University Comes in, Too.
: It will come as a great surprise to many
l 10 hear that the contest Is to extend t
I Creighton university, but that the claim
, Of this, the central institution, will be at
D tackled is now said TO be unquestionable.
This Is the thirteenth clause arount
which the whole fight seems to revolve:
3 Thirteenth-I l. sreby WILL devise and be
5 queath oil the rest, residue and remalnde
p OF the estate, real and personal OF whlcl
: I NAV die seized or possessed, to the lega
. tees and benefciaries hereinbefore men
y toned, each OF them to take and have tn
quest herein made to him or her bears {
+ the whole OF my estate.
: The heirs making the attack take tn
. position that every dollar Of property no
. specifically bequeathed in the will goe
d into the undevised portion and swells thei
prorata Just as much. No one denies tina
! all parties concerned are eager for tn
II earliest possible Interpretation Of thi
y clause There is rumor that certai
3 heirs insist on cleaning up the whole litiga
10 tion within six months, but that the in
J. stitutions oppose this. This, is said b
3 some lawyers, would be impossible any
way.
= How the Figures stand.
N According to a so-called agreement 1t ha
M been stated that these figures were settle
on:
1 Creighton university .................. $500
Hospital .....H''..'.''''''''..'.'' lV9U
Poor ClareS ...........s.ss...... l0,l'
ID Good Shepherd .........''..........'-... l0,O
" These figures are given as those of
a. compromise in addition to what the wi
& provided and when they were submitte
~ q a man deeply involved in the post morte1
l. affairs OF Count Creighton he said:
y please do not ask me to say anythin
about that; 1 simply cannot"
E. The will made these provisions for thes
VI institutions:
University ...''''''''.'''''s.'' A0OOV
1 Hospital 2UOO
, Good Shepherd ......................... 800
The next legal step Of public charactt
will be the filing OF the inventory. Unit
then nothing toward a contest will be dor
: publicly. Work on the inventory is pr
- crossing as rapidly possible, since a
:, parties are anxious to get at the real ma
ter as soon as possible 1t is stlll admit,
. that no contest will be made as to Il
4, counts right or competency in making h
,s will and that the only fight will be on Il
!, Interpretation Of this thirteenth clause vii
? It's consequent entanglements, but thu
hght will be waged with all the skill al
b. power Of gifted lawyers.
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of TWO DEAD IN PRAIRIE FIR