Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-07-04
A. v. Wright 5 WILL.
Was Read Monday July Isl by Judge
OF Probate Isaac SeaVef.

La Monday afternoon at the Pro-
bate court at Ithaca the will of the
late Ammi W. Wright was made pub
lie. According to the provisions of
the will the bulk OF the estate is to
be left in trust for ten years, at the
end Of which time the vast estate of
many millions, with the exception of
$4,000 to DR.. ]. II. Lancashire, will
go to Mr. Wright's daughter Mrs.
J. II. Lancashire There were very
few bequests..
The widow of Mr.. Wright, Mrs.
Anna Wright, by the will inherits
$4,000 and the beautiful Wright
home on State street with interest of
six per cent annually until the full
amount of the bequest is paid. This
was in accordance with the ante-nup-
tial agreement Mrs. James II. Lam
cashire receives an annual income of
$4,000 and DR.. Lancashire $4,000.
There is a provision whereby Mrs.
Lancashire's income may be increased
to $22,5OO. AT the age of twenty-one
the grandchildren Harriet Lanca-
shire White, Ammi Lancashire, Helen
Lancashire, Lila Lancashire, received
$4,000 each. Miss Elizabeth Case
is bequeathed $4,000.
Shortly after two o'clock, Mrs.
Anna Wright, Dr. and Mrs. J. H.
Lancashire, Lester A. Sharp, w. T.
Knowton of Saginaw, and Judge
John Moore, for many decades Mr..
Wright's legal adviser and the attor-
ney who drew up the will, arrived at
the court house from Alma and i'm
mediately went into Judge Seaver's
office. They were seated in the pri-
vate office where Judge Seaver read
the will.
There has been considerable spec
ulation and keen interest as to the
gifts that might be made to charit-
able institutions and friends OF the
late Mr. Wright. There were no such
gifts. The only provision OF this
nature was $4,000 to Alma college.
However, a codicil to the effect that
in view of gifts made to the college
since the will was drawn, which gifts
were in excess of the amount speci-
fed. negatived the provisions so that
the college will receive no further
beneficence from the Wright estate.
The will named Willis T. Knowl-
ton. Charles H. Davis, and Lester A,
Sharp as the trustees into whose
hand the estate is left in keeping for
ten years. These gentlemen have been
| lifelong business associates OF Mr..
Wright and have ever been in close
touch with his interests and plans,
The will goes into details as to the
| handling of the estate and in fact the
whole will speaks of the master mind
that made the millions and placed
them in secure and certain invest
ments.
No inventory of the estate has been
filed and it will be sometime before
such an inventory can be taken for
tie vast interests are located in many
states in the union. When Mr. Sharp
vas asked after the reading of the
will for an estimate of the estate he
was very reluctant in giving a definite
answer. He said, however, that the
.state had been greatly over-estim-
ated He seemed to think that fifteen
or twenty millions was far too large
and that five million was fairly con-
servative estimate. Many, however,
believe the estate to be much larger
and they cite the testimony of James
Hill before the Investigating Com
mittee of the House of Representa-.
tives, when he testified that he paid
Mr.. Wright for Minnesota lands
something more than five millions.
Michigan will benefit by the in
heritance tax which is one per cent.
If the estate inventories only S5,OO0,-
coo, the state will receive $5o,OO0 1t
ill likely be some weeks or perhaps
months before complete inventory
san be made at which time the cor
rect amount Of the tax can be easily
ascertained.