Norwich bulletin., 1911-04-29
Troubles of
 A Millionaire
INDICATED BY THE FIFTEEN coD-
 IcILs IN His WILL.
DAUGHTERS LOVE AFFAIRS
Entered Into Two Marriages, Neither of Which Pleased Father-FinaIIy
 Leaves Matter to Executors of Will

New York, April 2S.-AIrs. Frances Ellen Burke Roche, youngest daugh- ter of Frank Work, the aged million aire who died recently, is left at the mercy. of her fathers executors under the terms of his will. filed today for probate In fifteen codiciis the mil 1ionaire voiced his disapproval of her checkered matrimonial career, and f. nally. as if weary of wrestling with the problem he believed confronted him, gave up it's solution.
 First codicI in 1901. ! In the first of string Of codiciIs, under date of June ). 1901. after her Separation from James Jeffry Burke Roche, Work directs that she be giv- en $70,000 a year on condition that she have no further dealings with him and remain away from England during Ilis lifetime. The several succeeding codicils contain scathing criticism of Burke Roche and provide that he shall not inherit a. penny of the Work mil lions.
 Threatened to Reduce Request to $12,-
 900.
 About the time that Mrs. Burke Roche's name was coupled with that of Aurel Batonyi the whip. 9. codiciI was added threatening to reduce her beouest to $12.0o0 q. year unless she relinquished interest in horses and horse shows.
 Request Raised to $30,00o.
 A few months later MT Work re- tented and increased his daughters bequest to sS9,000 a year. This is di- rected in the tenth codicil. A suc- ceeding condition was that Batonyi should not be employed at his New port property. The twelfth codici1 threatens Mrs. Burke Roche with for feiture of all interest in the estate if she should wed Batonyi.
 Thirteenth Cut Her Of Entirely.
 The thirteenth. appended after her marriage to the whip. has this to say:
 'T hereby revoke all in my will con- ferring any interest in my property to my daughter, Frances Ellen"
 Fourteenth Provides for Her Support.
 The fourteenth codicil, written a year later, directs the executors to keep careful watch over his daughter and make provision for her support fl she should separate from Batonyi.
 Her Children Fare Better.
 Mrs Burke Roche's three children fare much better than their mother in the fifteenth codicil. To them ia left the residuary estate conditional upon their becoming American citizens es- chewing all relations with their father and adopting the name of Work
 Must Marry American Citizen.
 Ole Ol tIleH, CguIuld bufkc JtOCH<s now Cynthia Burden. is directed not to marry anyone except an American citizen and ot to visit England during the lifetime of her father, upon threat of losing her share of the estate. Her two brothers must also maintain permanent legal residence in this country to share in the estate. $80,o00 Annuity for ons Daughter. TO Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt, his oldest daughter. MT. Work directs shsi1 be given a yearly allowance of SSo,00e during her lifetime and a life interest in the Work estate at Newport, R. !. An annuity of $1,300 and life interest in property in Columbus, O., is left to Ellen and Mary Merrick, nieces of the testator; James Henry Work, ne- phew, is left $1,00O.
 The value of the estate is not given