The sun., 1910-06-19
HAMEUSLEY WILL IN COURT
FIGHT BEGTN FOR ESTATE
OF SEUERlL MILLIONS
Question u whether I.suls I!oF,ioR IInn.
rFsiey l. 10 Get the Entire Estate OF
whether u u 10 ne i,hied An,ons
mang Heirs On the Maternal alaie

WhRtnrr " y 10 lle DtN hled Aml9mI
ManS Heirs On the Maternal side
About fifty lawyers representing nearly
a. many interests Werr present before
Justice Blackmar in tho Qursns County
Supreme Court Long island city. yes.
tnrdhy morning. where the initial steps
IN legal hattie for the Hamersiey mill.
ions were taken. The action was o9ened
by motion mads hy Roland Ro'i RaS-
quin, attorney for William Rasuuin. Jr.
and Alfred II Renshaw. executors NJ tho
will ol Lily Warren BerssFord. Tor the
appointments OF a referee 20 make an ac-
counting Of the estate 0f the late I.Onts &.
hamcrsley aud 10 de'Hrmins to whom
the estate shall be distributed. Il n
said that this action will determine
whether or not Louis Gordon Hamer-
sley, son Of the late J. Hooker Ham
crsley, n 10 inherit the estate. estimated
20 be worth from 100000 to SIS .OOe.
or whether Il ia 70 be divided ArnOng the
Mason heirs. descendants Of the mother
OF the founder of the fortune
A bulky lot Of paDers was filed with
Justice Blaokmar. who will announce the
appointment Of a referee during the COM
ing week There is great curiosity 70
know whom the Justice will appoint. for
besides the interest in the case there vi !
be attached To Il a handsome fee
The vOluminOus petition that was
handed up cited IN ths first place thswin
Of Louis G HamsrSley. which gave all
of his estate 20 his vile. alterEard the
Duchess of Marlborough. for her use
during life. AZ her death il was To 60 10
the male issue Of the tcstatOr's cousin.
J Hoo GER IlAmerslay. Il there were any.
and should there ha none L was 10 be
divided among such charitable institu-
iiOns a. his wife should alect Tho peti-
ton sets forth that a. The death Of the
testatOr J HOoaer HaI1ersley was not
married. hut that he subsequently married
Margaret hlsh0lin. NJ which marriage
there was ONLY one male issIe Louis
Gnrdon HAmerslev
The ffty or more lawyers who are en-
gagged in the ra-e arr divided over the
proposition whether th" provisions nf the
will passing the pro .'erty 20 Louis Gordon
Of he young rian led by Attorney Henry
n MNn. say thai he'iS righifullv entitled
q thu estate The other IA Nyers contend
that the viii s,Oke a. the tirls Of the tes-
tatnr's death. and there being no male
issle alive at thgt time Of Hooker Ham
er-lcy. tn prDNsrty should be divided
between the heirs Of the founder Of the
fortune. who are she Mason heirs
lle will u Louis { hamer5ley named
the late George & Williams, Jacob x
LOCkInan and lily Warren Bercsford
lfaa.sas.atnssta H.. =
final accounting has ever been filed Such
an accounting Is now demanded The
petition sets forth that the New York LIfs
Insurance and Trust Company. which h.
the general guardian Of Louis Gordon
hAnersley. and which waa made eKertI-
tor Of the trust estate on the death of the
Duchess of Marlhorolgh the last surviv.
ing executor, IL now po-."-sed ~ large
sums ~ money The dlypo-,tion oi this
money y asked 20 be deiarmnad
Among those vino we're repre- ss'ntcd by
attorney IN the arti0n ycstrrt ~ Nars
Louis Gordon Hamerslev tho NaN York
I.ife Insurance and Trust Company. De
Witt VI. Locknan. Virginia + Wilhans.
Frank u heech, John I lsO~kman. Will
lam Rasquin. Jr Alfred H. ienshaw
William Pitt Mason, Margaret Belts
Mason, William J Young Ellen u
Young. Clara Mason Undnrhli. W J.
hderhill. Edith Mason ShaEs. James II
Shave, John Mason, Bertha Frame Eiiie
Glars Mason James Kent Mason. Justin
Mason, LYDIA Cutting Macon Carne7 l.ou,s
Carnes. Lewis u Brown, Louis VI Brown.
LYDIA h jacob. BarthOlOmeW Jacob
Susie Brown Gertrude VI Brown. Alice
lsein Edwin 4 CrJik shank. Mare e.
Post. Charie, A Post. Countess Du porzic
de Rodellac, Count Du Porzc de Rodriiac.
Catherine O(onnuT Jone. William D.
lseiin. Mary liassell Louis Crugcr Ia ,sel.
Arthur y Weekes COrueiia Waldo Jones.
Lydia Jones Blagdon. Otto Bla yipn.
Arthur Mason Jones Woodbury. q Lang
don Sophia Langdon. Catherine Barr5.-
man Jones Sidney = Coliord Dora p
Coiford, Edith lselin, Columbus O'D l-c.in.
Helen Wszman, Francis 10 X Wi- man
United States Trust IoUpauy William :
Smith. Marrarct Ggrney Smith. william
4 smith 2l and Louis d lone.