New-York tribune., 1908-12-14
HEWITT WILL CONTEST
Battle of Prominent Lazcycrs Opens
Mt OzCegO TO-mOrTO1C.

Owego. n 7. Dec. 1S.-A litigation which prom
ises to develop into one of the most oltteriy CoH
tested legal battles ever waged in the state VIII %
begun Tuesday III this village in the Surrosates
Cov-+ of rioes County when Mrs. Charlotte IL
Arnot an aged and wealthy resident OF ElInira'
will seek TO break the win % her brother 1Feu
erIck c. Hewitt, eccentric bachelor OF tL9 "a
lage who died August 30. bequeathIhs $500
70 the New York POSTGRADUATE Medical Schoo'
and Hospital 81. 10000 to the metropolitan NJ
of Art $4,000 to Yale University. more thai - SJ -
900 charitable institutions and more than yo. $o.
to his relatives. besides naming tle Sde't
Museum of Art the residuary legatee or ms -
tate which has been appraised at more tIidii 49,
nn Though no authoritative announcement
vat been made as TO the specific grounds on whlch
the contestant Is to attempt to set asiSf the Nv
strupoent II IS generally believed that the chrBeS
will be those OF unsound mind and undue ihI'ueiI.
The case presents several other peculiar ASPECTS.
For instance Ciurdon H. Pumpely, a hepile" ~, -
the testator and one Of the executors VI 'io
Is nlsced in an extraordinary position As
ecutor of the estate he is obliged 10 oeIenu 80 80
contest In the event of a decision upioIii.Ee Is 80
will Mr. Pumpey will receive a oequesI Vi S'''1''
beetdes his fees as executor. which will amount 70
about $4,000 more If. however the case i NI
cided in favor of the contestant, MT fuHlpeiS
lose his legacy. and the property VIII DC u's
among the sister, niece and tive nepheWs Oh t,e
deceased man. AS Mr.. Pumpelly is one OF '.e
nephevys his share OF the division would amount 10
about s1,00o,Ooo. ,.,, +ra
An important bit Of gossip in connection Win 'iLs
impeQdinG
is in effect that Mrs. Arnot, who Is more 'ia1i
eighty wears old and bedTidden, IS the cohIe9'0i' "
name onIy the contest having been lnstlIu'ed Il.
her name by her daughter, Mrs Fanny whitney, "l
Rochester to whom was bequeathed SP'"" os lI'o
testator To all outward appearances none Oh lhe
nersons named as bene1ciaries of the Will are loe
tilted with the contest.
At the hearing on Tuesday. which VIII oe heiu
before Special County Surrogate Bell the eAecu
tors will be represented by Andrews q Eiis' oi
this village and Herendeen & Vaudeville OF FL
mira with Martin S. Lynch, Of No y Aoelty
street New York, their counsel Key ShoidS'
stanchfeld & Collin. of Elmira. and clark q lru-
man. of this village, will appear for the contest
ant who will not be present at the proceeolhsS-
John b Stanchfeld, of EImira and New York. VIII
probabv conduct the examination OF the witnesses
for the contestant. Other lawyers TO appear are
Robert w de Forest, of New York, for the Metro
roIitsn Museum Of Art and Yale University; lay
Ior & Anderson of New York for the New YORK
Post-C;raduate Medical School and Hospital Johh
F. Roosevelt OF New York, for the Shelterng ArIis
Society of New York. which is bequeathed SlOo'-
o1O; Cuggenheimer Untermyer & Marshall or New
YORK for the Free Industrial School for Crippled
81 90 OoO; Turner, Rolston & Horan, or New 1or z
for the Little Missionary Day Nursery OF New
York TO which is bequeathed S20O,OO0. ana lamp
he'll Harding & Pratt OF New York, for the Neth-
erwood IN. j Fresh Air Home, 70 Whlch Is Oe-
queathed 100000