Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-12-20
MANY BOND
REQUESTS IN
BECK WILL
Stock Distributed Among Rela'
tives and $4,000 Monument
Provided for Himself.

The will of Louis Frederick Beck,
who for years conducted barber shop
in New street, near Broad street, and
who died on December IL, was filed in
the coanty surrogate's Office today.
Numerous specific requests to rela-
tives are made, as we'll as a provision
for monument to himself, to cost
$1,000. william r. Wohlegemuth, who
succeeded Mr.. Beck In the barber shop,
is given the duty of seeing that the in
structions in the will In this regard
are carried out
The value of the estate is not stated,
but a large amount of stocks and
bonds are named in the specific be-
quests. Mr.. Beck owned a number of
Newark City $1,000 bonds, and also
held stock In the Federal Trust Com
pany and other banking and trust
companies besides stocks in gas and
electric light companies.
After some minor bequests of per-
sonal effects to relatives and friends,
Mr.. Beck directed that all his furni-
ture be given to Stella c. and Flor
ence Il. Beck, nieces, The Federal
Trust Company is named as executor
of the estate and is directed to give
the income from one Newark City
$1,000 bond to Joseph Aloysius DeCine
until he shall reach the age of 20 years,
when the bond shall be turned over to
him absolutely.
Other requests are: To Louisa Beck,
widow of Louis Randolph Beck, ten
shares Federal Trust Company and one
Newark city $1,000 bond; to Stella c.
Beck, Florence Elizabeth Beck, May
Christine Beck and Frederick A. Beck
are each given ten shares of Federal
Trust Company stock five shares of
Hudson County Gas Company stock
and one Newark city $1,000 bond; to
Clifford Francis Beck ten shares Fed
eral Trust Company stock and one
Newark city $1,000 bond.
william j. Devine, ST, a brother in
law, is left thirty shares of United Gas
Improvement Company Of Philadelphia
stock and one Newark city $1,000 bond,
as we'll as the testator's silver headed
cane TO Loretta A. Devlne so ten
shares eWest Hudson Gas Company
stock. four shares United Electric Com
pany of New Jersey and one Newark
City 81, 900 bond; to Frederick Joseph
Devine, thirty shares United Gas I'M
provement Company stock and one
Newark city $1,000 bond to Emma T..
Devine, thirty five. shares Consolidated
Traction Company and one Newark
city $1,000 Hpnd
Mrs. Mary j. Kain, wife of Peter
Kain, is given ten shares Federal
Trust Company stock and one New
ark city $1,000 bond. The Federal
Trust Company, as executor, is in
structed to hold four Newark city
81, 900 bonds in trust for Mrs Anna L..
Westlake, the income to be paid to her
for ten years, after which they are TO
become her absolute property. Will
lam f. Wohlgemuth is given one New
ark city $1,000 bond, while four SINH
lar bonds are to be held in trust for
Mrs. Louisa b. Harrison, the income to
be paid her during the lifetime of her
husband. on his death the bonds are
to go to Mrs. Harrison.
OF the residue of the estate the will
provides that ii is TO go to those named
in the will, share and share alike. with
the exception Of Mr.. Wohlgemuth. A
clause in the will provides that in the
event of any of the legatees contest
ing any of the provisions of the will
they shall be cut OF from any partici-
patton in the estate.