The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-11
Dover Right TO Be Claimed
and One Daughter Plans
Contest.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOX
IS FOUND IN BANK
Exact Amount of Estate Not
Known, and Can Not Be
Until Court Acts.

Intent upon sharing in what ever. estate
the eccentric man may have left, Mrs
Jennie Dyrenforth and her daughter.
Mrs Rose Marie Knowlton. are today
awaiting =he petition for probate Of
the VIII Of Col Robert u Dyreufor.n.
who left practically all OF his property
20 q foster son, conditioned upon his
obeyinE the dying wishes Of his testa-
tor.
Attorneys for Mrs. Dyreuforth. who
has been separated from her husband
since 1901. although not divorced, said
today that a few days would be given
the executors TO probate the Will be-
fore any attempt is made TO contest H.
Both Mrs Dyrenforth and Mrs knowI-
ton, who were cut out entirely by the
patent attorney, viii fight for their
snare OF the estate
Widow Entitled to Dover.
Mrs Dyrenforth is entitled 10 her
dover rights. viii or 10 will" said
Attorneys Rudolph Ieatnan and VIII
liam r. Dennis The daughter. Of
course. would have TO contest. having
been omitted
'.No one knows how much proDertv
Colonel Dyreurorth left il may be
much or little. We are unable 10 as
certain anything about his insurance
policies which ne mentions in EHa
wil- The At Pleasant property, we
hear IS encum oered-
The executors, brothers Of the de-
ceased. VIII be given a reasonable
time 10 ask for the probatfu- of rna
viii IT may then be known what the
forth undoubtedly viii demand her
dover rights
Had Safety Deposit Box.
Dyrenforth had a safety deposit vault
In a local banking institution. the con-
tents Of which are unknown 10 his wife
or daughter here.
Mrs Dyreuforth believes tnat this
vaIlt may contain securities Of value,
or at least @ statement concerning the
patent attorneys affairs. TIE vault.
however, cannot be opened except by
tHe executors OF the estate OF By pro-
cess C- law
MIS- kn0WII0n. who Is widowed
caGShter OF tEe maker Of the UNIQUE
will must fight for her share OF the
estate Another daughter. Miss Eliza
PEI. Dyreni orth, IS also living. but she
IS an invalid and probably viii not at
tempt % break tha viii
One thousand dollars was left for her
maintenance in . local sanitarum.
Colonel DyreEforth. on account Of
his bravery during the civil war drew
a special pension from the Govern
ment- This ceased, however, with his
GezJu and the widow cannot share
further in its BENEFITS
MIS- DyrenfOrth anticipates that 10
VIII De difficult task TO ascertain
the amount Of the estate The execu-
lots ana other -eIativeS of Colonel
byrenfOrth did not acouaiuf rre
widow with the news Of her hus-
band $ death until two DAYS after in
occurred and fears that il NAV be
equally difficult TO obtain other de-
tails Of her late husbands affairs.
Queer Provisions of viii
Colonel Dyrenforth. who died July
in New York. made his foster son
and grandson. Robert St Georg-
Dyrenforth. his heir The lad. how
ever, who is now eleven years old.
must graduate from high school al
fourteen. leave Harvard at eighteen.
become a soldier. after "A term at West
Point then take up the practice OF
law and in the meantime learn many
lanEua geS and abjuTe WOmankiud-
II he does this and other things ne
VIII come into the property when he
reaches the age OF JWenIy-eiEhL wears