New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-11

OF all tho le-a-eeS z-ho will share in ths
large estate of Reldan r McAlpine. former
president of the Western Union IeIesraph
Company. whose will was fled in The Sur
togates' office yesterday, probably none VIII
feel more deeply grateful than John l.
Hurley. who inherits 5000
Hurley is blind and for many years has
kept a newsstand al the elevated station at
Columbus avenue AMI I'd street While
Hurley. because Of his unfortunate condi-
ton. never saw MS benefactor, ne often
heard his syTnpsrhetic voice as MI Meal
pine stopped at the stand for newspapers
on his way downtown from his home. al
No West I'D street
Nj. NcAlpine-s estate is valued at about
S.onn"oo. The specific requests in the will
aggregate S242 600, and the bulk of the re-
siduary estate is beuueathed 20 charitable
institutions. Four-f1fths Of the residue VIII
be divided in equal shares among the Roch-
ester Home for the F'riendless. Rochester
Orphan Asylum. the Association for the
Relief OF Respectable and Aged INDECENT
Females Of the City Of New York. and the
New York Society for the Relief Of the
Ruptured and Crippled. The Central Pres
byterian Church Of this city receives 5000"
and the State Charities Aid Association
$500
Miss Sophia L NfcAlpine, daughter Of the
testator and his only heir-st-lav. receives
one-fifth of the residue estate. an annuity
Of 5000. go shares Of stock Of the Chi
cego. Milwaukee & 81. Paul Railway and
all her fathers personal and household e.
fects
Among the fifteen persons 20 whom Mr.
McAlpine left requests of S5.nno each were
Margaret Ellis and Minnie Ryan, respec
lively maid and seamstress to Miss Meal
pine. To Addison ., White. Of Nontclatr.
y !. q nephew, is left SSo.ono-
The testator left no real estate His will
vas dated April IS. 1870 Mr.. McAlpine re-
quests his daughter 10 destroy ell records
relating 70 his private affairs IS soon IS
the executors shall have finished their work
What VIII you do with the $1,000 Mr..
Hurley. who has been blind for thirty-six
years. or since he was three years old, was
asked At his newsstand last night.
1t would be like Mr.. McAlpine to leave
some money to 3 poor chap he answered,
evasfveIy This is the first I've heard
that Mr McAlpine left any money to me,
Are you sure you got the name right"
There vas no excitement in his tone or
manner.
He vas John Leonard Hurley, he said.
twenty-five years new sdealer. twelve
years at his present stand. made an orphan
9 the age Of three Evidently there was
TO mistake.
What shall you do with it. the reporter
asked again.
Assuming that I am the man intended
by aIr. McAIpine 10 get 3Looo." he said,
thoUghtfully. and acting for moment
like / had II TO dispose Of, there is, Of
course, only one place for the money 10
GO you understand. Il would go in the
bank. and stay there There's no other
place good enough for it. I'm talking now
as Il what you say is really the way you
say II is-you understand. I've never been
mentioned in d will before, and this may
be a fuke of some kind
Have you ever wished for lot Of
money to enable you 10 do some one spe-
Cial thing?'' he was asked.
I've never been given to romanclns
none he answered.