The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-03-11
MOTHER SUED
FOR MILLIONS
q MADE IN BEER.
Daughter Of August Schmid
Demands Accounting of
His Estate.
SHE CONTROLS s5,0oo,oo0
Widow as Executrix Given
Full Power Under
Brewers Will.
SHE CONTROLS $4,000, 900

A case involving millions Of dollars
IN which daughter alleges she has
been deliberately deprived of her legal
share Of her fathers estate by her
mother, is on trial to-day before Jus
tice Gerard, In the Supreme Court.
The action Is that OF Mrs. Pauline
Schmid Murray. wife OF Hugh A, Muir.
ray. to obtain an accounting OF the NAH
agement OF the estate of August Schmid.
the brewer, who died on June I, 1889
Mrs Murray, daughter of the dead mil
llonaire, alleges, in effect, that her
mother has conducted the affairs OF the
estate for her own benefit.
There Is an array Of legal talent en-
gagged In the case. Former L, S. Senator
John c. Spooner, De Lancsy Nicoll and
Louis 8. Phillips are counsel for Mrs.
Murray, while John f. Parsons and
George e. Mott appear for Mrs. schmid-
Daughter Claims Third.
Mrs. Murray, young woman with au-
burn hair and wearing eyeglasses, oc-
clpled seat near her attorneys, hsv-
Ing come to the court house with her
husband. Mrs Schmid. who is now past
siNty. was not In the court room.
At the outset OF the trial former Sem
stor Spooner read the terms Of the will
OF August Schmid. which made his wife
sole executrix of all his estate with
power to manage or sell or otherwise
dispose OF 1t as she would see fit until
his two daughters should come OF age.
1t appears he vested Mrs, Schmid with
q lie interest in one-third OF the estate
and directed that when his children
came OF legal age each should come into
actual possession Of one-haf OF the re-
naming two-thirds, with whatever &C
foundations might have accrued In the
mean time.
An idea Of the size OF the estate may
be had from the fact that the Lion
Brewery property, valued at S5,0Q00 900. u
controlled by Mrs. Schmid, and besides
she is said to have bought real estate
amounting to more than 81 800 900, and Is
also owner OF valuable stocks and
bonds
Asks Mothers Removal.
Since Schmids will was probated, Il
Is alleged Mrs. Schmid has remained
In sole possession OF the estate. When
their father died Josephine and Pauline
were eighteen and sixteen respectively.
Josephine died In 1893.
Mrs. Murray asks that the Court re-
move Mrs. Schmid as executrix and
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be appointed for the property. She asks
also that she be placed In possession
OF her share OF the estate. and that GER
tain papers she signed at her mothers
request, without knowing the contents,
be set aside.
One of the papers signed, accord
Ing to Mrs Murray, provided that she
should accept as her share of her
fathers and sisters estates a total Of
}342,7is. which was to remain In her
mothers possession for twenty years
on condition that Mrs Schmid would
pay her five per cent. annually.
Mrs. Murray alleges that her mother
voted herself yearly salary Of $780,
600 as manager Of the brewery inter-
ssts.
Despite Mrs. Schmld's advanced age.
she is described as a remarkable bust
ness woman. Her career as a financier
ferences between herself and Simon E.
Bernheimer who was her partner,
threatened to disrupt the brewery, she
bought out Bernheimer and incorpor-
sted the concern. with capital OF
10000. The company started business
with only $500, cash, and it was not
many months afterward that she was
enabled to vote herself salary of
100000 year.