The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-09
FIELD ESTATE IS
CAUSING QUARREL
With EXECUTORS
Mrs. Drummond Angry Over the
Acts of Dead Magnate's
Chosen Managers.

New York. March Tho publicity
attending the theft Of $4,000 In dia-
mon6s and pearls from Mrs. Maldwin
Drummond. formerly Mrs. Marshall
Field, jr.. on the liner Amerika. has
revealed the fact that the real reason
tor the visit Of the Drum,nonds to this
country at this time Is because Of a
disagreement the former Mrs. Field
has had with the guardians of the for.
tune Of S200,000,000. which their grand
Gather ard father left to her children.
Contrary to general belief. Mrs.
Drummond Is not woman OF great
wealth. From the combined fortunes
of her fatherinlaw and her husband
she received about $500 600 in cash and
the income from q trust fund OF ST..
100000. The remainder Of the great
Field fortune, estimated now at $780,
100000 and steadily growing. was left
TO Mrs. Drummond's children. Marshall
Field third. Henry Field and Gwen
dol,n Field.
Disagree on Management.
Complete control of this fortune has
rested in the hands of the executors
Of the wills Of both Fields. These are
Arthur 3. Jones and Chauncey Keep
Of the Merchants Lean and Trust
company. of Chicago, and William G.
Beale. an attorney of that city.
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ON the management OF the fortune and
the futures Of the two young men and
their sister. 20 whom all ultimately will
go. Their ideas arc said to be at var
lance with those of Mrs. Drummond.
The Drummonds were so anxious
chat nothing should be known Of their
visit that they did not have their
names appear on the regular passenger
list Of the America. They boarded the
steamer "a Southampton and their
names appeared later on the supple
mental list which few people scanned,
In the regular dining room, but took
their meals in the Ritz-Carlton res
taurant.
Control Of Children.
There was a clause in the Field will
that allows the executors to interiors
with Mrs. Drummond when her plans
for the children do not meet with ap-
prevail. When Marshall Field, jr., &C.
cidentally killed himself with re.
volver in 1905. his widow appeared
perfectly satisfied with the will. Two
years later she took The children to
Europe, where they were placed In
school. Later the children returned
here and the boys were In school In
Massachusetts, for some time. They
are now in Chicago.
After her marriage in 1908 to Maid
win Drummond, Mrs. Field conceived
the idea Of taking her children to Eng
land and making that country their
future home, as It is now her country
She was about TO carry out this plan
when the executors objected. They
maintain that it was the manifest in.
tention OF Marshall Field when he
made his Will that his grandsons
yhould receive American educations
and become American business men.
Have Declined to Rseede.
They have declined to recede from
this position. In spite OF Mrs. Drum
donds entreaties. They cannot pre-.
vent the mother from taking her chill.
dren to England If she wants to, but
they can refuse to make any allow.
Hnce to her for their education and
support !n that country, it is said. The
Field children do not come into theil
money until they are 80 years old, and
Marshall Field third is now only abou,
II.
Mrs. Drummond not only wants t.
take the children to England, but also
wants an income for their support and
education while she has them there
She will go to Chicago just as soon a.
she can settle the matter Of her los
Jewels here.