The evening world., 1911-05-09
DOVER RIGHT
IN S100,0Q0LEFTBY
HUSBANDS
Widow of Arthur /. Brady,
Who Died After Shooting
Her, Fights for Estate.
WILL GIVE HER $500.
He Sought to Ahrogate Faith
er'S Testament Giving Prop
crty to Her and Son.
WILL GIVE HER $500.

After n long ser'cs ~ futile ncgotla-
tons for a compromise. Mrs. wvnctta
". Brady filed n suit In white Plains
to-day 10 osta hl'sh her dover rights ia
tho estate II hor husband. Arthur T..
Nrad'. Who shot hcr NJ their home Tn
Golden's Bridge. wcstchcsrcr COUNT.
june ~ last. and died July f.
Brady, n victim ~ locomotor alta Sia.
was suffering fro mthc disease when he
made a will. cutting OF his wife with
$500, and was practically helpless when
he she her.
The estate IL valued At over $1,000 300.
Brady. by HIS will. left al over the
s2.5o0 he bed ieathed 10 his wife to his
fourteen-year-old son. George Todd
Brady. and provided that tho boy and
tho estate were 10 bs placed In charge Of
Edward Brady. the testator's brother.
Tried 10 Compromise.
Mrs. Brady filed n pro,cs. with surro-
gate Willard OF Westchester County
against the terms OF the will. She want
ed her dover rights and the control OF
her son. Counsel for her bro.her-ni-
law advanced several compromise offers
which delayed the probate Of the will
until March II last. Mrs. Brady then
prepared 10 bring suit 10 establish her
claims.
Mrs. Brady contends that her husband
was O; unsound mind when no executed
the will. She also alleges undue In
nuence exercised against her.
M attempt Of Brady to kill his wife
through the progressive stages OF loco
motor ataxia for years and had reached
q condition where no was powerless 20
o without assistance. June a his
wife went otu TO engage . female nurse
to Assist the male nurse who had charge
OF the invalid and was gone until late
In the afternoon.
During her absence from the nous
and while the male nurse was out OF
h room. Brady. by the exercise Of hi
last ~ Of strength and his last Of.
fort Of will. got possession of a re
volver that was kept In . bureA,
drawer an arms length from where III
sat in his bedroom In his invalid's
chair. Hiding the Weapon under q
blanket which was wrapped around him
he directed tho nurse TO take him "a
tho living room Of the house.
Shot on Her Return.
Mrs. Brady on hen return worx 20
hat room 10 tccl hAr husband that she
had engaged another nurse. A. she ap-
preached Brady no shot ct. resting the
revolver on h ann of his chair. The
bullet penetrated her right lung. She
telcphoned TO DIR. w. J.. Carpenter of
Katpnah that her husband had shot her.
When DR.. Carpenter arrived Mrs.
Brady wns unconscious and Brady was
In his inval!d's chair. apparently asleep.
The revolver was on the floor of the
living room. Brady asserted that his
wife had tr1ed 10 KIN herself In his
presence and stuck to the story.
Mrs.. Brndy's wound was serious. but
she began 10 improve in a few days.
At tho sasne time hsr husband began 70
sink. On the day he died she WA able
70 get out Of bod for thu first time after
tho tragedy.
II appears that Brady's hatred for his
vile was inspired by the terms Of tho
vii Of his father. which gave him only
the income of 10000 during his life
time and left the principal to his wife
and son on his death.
Brady was bitter because ne could not
use the money. and because II would
pass to his wife when no should die.
He consulted lawyers and finally tried
to a~brogate the terms OF his fathers
will with respect TO tho 800. 900 legacy
by making a will Of his own. cutting
OFF his wife with e2.50o in lieu OF her
DOVER right.
The contest will ooms up for thai IN
September.