Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-11
MAY CONTEST
 THE WILLIS WILL Harry Bell, Uncle and Legal Guardian of Pine Bluff
 Girl, May Act.
DETAILS OF THE WILL
Little Mary Willis Is Left Only S1OO and $5,OOD With Strict
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 Pine Blutfians, who are familia, With the many legal battles in which Mrs. W. Y. Ellis, former wife of x p. Willis, whom Ellis shot and killed in Little Rock several days ago, figured during the life of her former hus- band, will be interested to read tha full details of the will of Willis, which was recently filed in the probate court at indianapolis. In the will ljttle Mary Willis. who is now and has been for some years in the custody of her mother, Mrs. Ellis, is beoueath ed $o,0O0 in the evnt that she goes to live With her grandmother, Willis mother. or aunt, Willis sister. Otherwise she Is to receive only $1OO.
 Knowing the great interest that is being manifested in the case by Pine Blufflans, the Graphic sent for a CODY of the Willis will and it was received yesterday and is published below. Willis, during his lifetime professed to be greatly devoted to his little daughter but friends of the little girl and her mother in this city are at a loss to understand why his love for the child was not displayed in his will. Willis was worth more than SloO,O00 and notwithstanding this fact, he leaves little Mary only S10O because she has not decided to make her home with his mother or siste.. In the event that she does decide 70 do this, Willis only provided S5,OOO out of his fortune for the child
 There is possibility of Harry B. Bell, the child's uncle, contestine the will of Willis Mr. Bell, who makes his home in this city, adopted little Mary in the Jefferson chancery court some months ago, when Willis mada sixth legal effort to secure posses sion Of her. He will i'll all probabil- ity bring suit to set aside the will and will urge that the little girl is given a reasonable share of the Willis e. tate.
 The will. as filed in the probate court al Indianapolis, follows:
 The Willis Will.
 l, Parker Willis, at this time resi- dent of Indianapolis, Marion county Indiana. and being of sound and ;lis- posing mind and memory, do mako. publish and declare this to be my last Will and testament. hereby revoking any and all former wills by me made.
 Item 1. direct the eNecutos oi thls, my last will and testament. here matter named. to pay all my just debts whatever they may be found to be.
 i.c:. :. l give and bequeath all nv interest in the Parker Willis Com pany to my mother, Frances El'en Willis
 Item 3. Having had long and troublesome litigation over the CTS tcdy of my little daughter, May Frances Laura Willis, and desiring that sl'e shall live with my mother or my sister, and desiring that she shall be educated and trained by them until she shall become of age, I direct, therefore, that my executor herein after named. shall give to my daugn- ter Mary Frances Laura Willis T ~ sum of five thousand ($5,00O) dollars on condition that she be permitted to live with my said mother or sister making that her home Otherwise she shall have only one hundred (S100) dollars out of my estate. I therefore give and bequeath to my said daug.- ter the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) dollars absolute
 Item 1. give and bequeath to my niece, Mary Ellen Willis, the sum of cne hundred ($100) dollars.
 Item ,. I give and bequeath to Camp Six (6) Patriotic Order Sons of America of Charlottesville the sum of one hundred ($10O) dollars.
 Item 6. All the residue of my per sonal estate and all my real estate give, devise and bequeath to my sis ter, Annabelle Ellen Kling.