The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-06-03
Newark Widows Will Is
Attacked by Rich
Brooklyn Niece.
MRS. JOB M. NASH LEFT
100000 TO DOCTOR
w. P. Eagleton, M. D., and His
Mother Largest Bene-
ficiaries.

There will be big contest over the
will of the late Mrs. Frances v. Nash,
the wealthy widow of Job M. Nash, a
millionaire mine owner, who died May
16 last in the Cont rental Hotel.
and the first step was taken
today, when a caveat was fled
in the surrogate's Office by Harry
Wright, counsel for Mrs. Emily A.
Pearce, wife of a retired merchant, of
e54 Gates avenue, Brooklyn. She is a
niece of the testatrix and received only
$1,000 under the will. The estate was
valued at about 100000. Mrs. Pearce
has fine home and moves in the best
Brooklyn society.
The allegations were of the customary
statutory kind, namely, lack of testa-
,nentary capacity and undue influence,
and will be heard on some day in the
Orphans Court to be fixed.
The will which is to be fought is
dated May 20, 1905, and, besides numer-
GUS family bequests, covers legacies to
several local charitable institutions. The
Newark Eye and Ear Infirmary is re-
nembered to the extent of $4,000; the
Magdalen Benevolent Society, New
York, $1,000; the Home for Incurables,
Newark, $1,000; the Home for Crippled
Children, Newark, $4,000, and Good
Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati. $1,000.
Doctor Big Beneficiary.
The largest legacies given under the
will are those to DR.. Wells p. Eagle
ton, weIl-known eye and ear specials
ist. of 10 Lombardy street, and his
mother, Mrs. Mary E. Eagleton. who
resides with her son, both coming In
fol si00,epo each. At first Mrs Eagle
ton was to get only 10000, but q codicil
made November II. 19os, directly after
the return of the doctor and the de-
ceased from long European trip, cut
off a number of minor bequests and In
creased the amount of Mrs. Eagleton's
share to 100000.
The other beuef1ciaries named and
the amounts they are to receive are:
Mrs. Mary j. Ellis, niece. of Crest
view O., $4,000; Helen R. Mason.
widow, of Brooklyn, $4,000; Susan A.
Evans, friend, of Hyde Park, Hamil-
ton, o., 81, 900; Thomas Eagleton, now
deceased, brother -inlaw, of Newark,
So, cG0; Gertrude ]. Nash, of Cincinnati,
$500; Violet Hawkesworth. of Cinc1n-
natl, o., $500; George D. Darlington,
son of the executor and lawyer, $1,000;
Wilbur Horton, White Plains. West
chester county, N. Y, $500; Francis l.
Nash, of Akron, o., $500; Charlotte Coe,
357 West Twenty street, New
York, $500; Adelaide Macy of Pelham,
N " $500; John N. Hoffmann, OF New
York, $780, John N. Hoffman,, 5r.. 5000;
Federal Trust Company. in trust for
the care of her burial plot In the White
Plains Cemetery. $1,000.
The executors named are her
nephew, Dr. Eagleton, and Augustus
B. Carrington, a New York lawyer,
who drew the will The jewelry. which
is said to be worth small fortune in
itself. is divided among the legatees
receiving the various sums already
stated, the most part going to Mrs.
Mary Eagleton.
Bequests Revoked.
The codicil, however, revokes the be-
quests made to Francis /. Nash, John
N. Hoffman,, and John N. Hoffman,.
jr. the Good Samaritan Home in Gin
cinnati. Adelaide Macy, and gives the
use of all the jewelry to Mrs. Eagleton
during her lifetime, and then to go to
DR.. Eagleton. She makes a distinct
request that one Of her diamond ear
rings be made into either a stud or pin
for the doctor to wear. 1t also gives
to the William H. Davis Free Indus
trial School for Crippled Children, of
All West Fifty-seventh street, New
York, the sum of $1,000
One of the concluding clauses Of the
will states conditions tending to an
avoidance of any dispute, going even
further than is usual, stating that
ssuch contesting legatees are not to
receive anything from the estate. either
under the will, or by any statute of
descent or distribution, or otherwise"
Mrs. Pearce was always favorite
with her aunt and cannot understand
why she is cut off with but $4,000. and
expresses her willingness to forfeit that
amount If she is not successful In
breaking the will. At any rate long
and bitter fight will result.