The sun., 1910-07-16
HENRY DEXTER'S MANY GIFTS
LEAVES IBOJT SI..JOO.OOO TO
JdRIOIS INSTITI TIONS
Nifi Provides That the sIO. 600 Reward
for the detection sf the Murderer OS
Ith sen he Kept lp-Large Gft
ttIBlateiy to the salvation Army.

Itls son he Kept lp-IArge GIfs
=, Ultimately to the salvation Army.
The will oI Henry Dexter. which was
filed at the Surrogate's Office yesterday.
leaves to religious. charitable. scientific
and historical societies about 81 .5OO.O0o
Mr. Dexter died on July II and his will
was made on October a. 1900 There are
eight codicils attached. tho last dated
April q. 1910. To Mr.. Dextsr's daughter.
ClariSSa Treadwell Dexter. ts left the bulk
OF the income Of the estate. subject to
the payment OF legacies To individuals
and corporations y Clinton Sherwood
' Mr.. Dexter's nephew by marriage. re-
ceives practical control OF the estates
management
The New York Historical society re-
csiVes Mr.. DeNtsr's papers and library.
consisting of some 5000 volumes. on the
condition that a room il provided in the
society's new building. which Mr.. Dexter
recently gave IT, IN which % keep them.
The Salvation Army in this country gets
81. 600 outright by the will and s7sO.OO0
| after Miss D-xtsrs death. IN be kept
a. a permanent fund, called the Dexter
fund. with the provision in q codicil
that this money be used for work in this
State.
The residue Of the estate IL left in trust
To the executors TO he applied to an In
como 81 not less than o.. 600 a year for the
care 81 his daughter The executors
ara authorized to turn over To the Protes-
tant Episcopal Mission in Mexico certain
shares 81 stock in the woodlawn Gene
terry II they deem IL proper. hut 10 they
do not So NJ to do 30 the mission In to
receive twenty five shares Of the ceme-
tery stock FOR the purpose Of conducting
a female school TO be named in honor
Of Mr.. Dexter's wife. who IL dead.
The New York Christian Home for
IntempeT ate Men gets 81 go. the American
Museum OF Natural History 81 OOO and the
81 luke's Hospital the same amount
Three of Mr.. DeNter'z nieCes receive
81 on each upon the death Of Miss Dexter,
and to hls servants Lacy kelley and
Annie Purdy he directs the payment ~
" 5n Zach as an expression ~ his appTe-
citation 81 their loyA and faithful services
After the death of Mis- Dexter the re-
msind~r Of the trust fund u divided
The Childr-n's Aid society gets $40 on.
the Protestant Episcopal Missionary So
ciety for Seamen in the city Of New
York $50 90. the ~ Johns Guild SO. On.
The Society of ~ JohnlAnd gets si0.Ooo.
the New York Society for the Suppression
of Vice 5000 the Washington square
Home for Homeless Girls sOUO. the
y VI &. A in this city tISOUD for the
Use of the West Side branch tn establish
a fund for the education ~ young men.
Ia be called the Dexter Fund
The New York Association for Inn
proving the Condition of the Poor and the
New York Protestant Episcopal Mission
/, society receive s2o.ts0 each aud the
American Bible Society reCeiv"s tlS0.uO
for perm Anant fund The American
Tract society gs'z 80 Gf0 and tho Mid
night Mission s2u0 GD for a fund The
Charity organization of the city ~ New
York receives sssiUU and the Home for
Old Men and Aged Couples sion 80 for a
fund
In hi- first codicil MIR Dexter leaves e.
GNprg. SULLIVAN Dexter ~ Boston his
certihcate a. member in perpetulty of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Of which
h- declares George Putnam and himself
were founders in $50 and -of whom no Z
menton has been made IN the records of
the museum
In his sixth oodicil he provide- for N" |
continuance 81 the rev ard that he offered I
fer the arrest ~ the murd"rer- ~ his 7
near hlS home m the Adirondack forest.
ana -et- aside sl0.C-H for that purpus.
The eli gh'h codicil changes IN" amount
of the h'.quest to th" VI 4 4 from
81 81 ~ to t2ID. .tsH and reduces 'hs amount
of the pelues' IN IN" American Tract
society Nv ss' tsp and the Charity Organ
ization society - cut down frc m ~ Oo
g. $1,000
Mr. peNtsr- spn. Orrando was mur-
dersd on the road leading from his cottage
on Dexter Lake in Franklin county On
September ~ 1913, and 10 was IN has
memory that the father gave 'o the New
ork Historical society it, new building
at seventy seventh street and Central
Park West The building co-t t3SOOD.
which Mr. Dexter said at that time. vas
one half of has fortune
Mr. Dexter offered a reward Of $4,000
for tho appTehe nsion of the murderer ~
his son. bat the man was never captured.
He pat the matter IN the hands 81 A lawyer
named John 7 Badger. but the lawyer
could discpvsr nothing and MIR. Dexter
sued Badger to recover tsO0si worth NJ
stock Of the American News Company
which he had advanced rs a retainer
Many religious institutions regarded
Mr. Dexter as their patrun and he was
subscriber To many societies, most ot
which are mentioned ia hir will On last
Decoration Day he became III, and al.
though he recovered from cerebral
from which h" suffered n
such an extent that he vas able to ~
out his declin. vas rapid and he died Ola
July ~