Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-11
Miss Cameron Said to Have
Been Left Large Part.
ALLEGED FINDING OF WILL
Declared Document Was Discovered
at Magnate's Country Home.
REPORT OF MARRIAGE DENIED
Latest Estimates Of Late Railway
Mans Wealth Place It as Low
as $12, 1000, 900.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, February 1O.-Develop-
meats at Babylon, l.. l., today seem to
indicate clearly that Edwin Hawley, the
railroad magnate, who died suddenly Feb
ruary /, made a third and binding will
last September. These developments,
moreover, point to the fact that the
bachelor millionaire included in this last
testament provisions whereby Miss Mar
garet Cameron, his protege for nearly
twenty years. and known generally as his
niece, was bequeathed bingham Park.
his splendid country estate at Babylon. as
we'll as his fine city mansion at No. II
East Goth street. New York. Besides
these two magnificent homes. Miss Cam
eron will inherit a large part OF the vast
fortune amassed by the railroad financier.
who, since the death of e. H Hartman.
three years ago, had been generally re-
garded in Wall street as destined to be-
come the successor of that wizard of
transportation.
Alleged Finding Of Will.
In spite of emphatic denials by the
lawyers for the administrators Of the es-
tate, and members Of the dead million
aires family, 1t was declared at Babylon
today that Miss Cameron, accompanied
by Mrs Walter S. Crandell, whose hus-
band was a nephew of Mr.. Hawley and
one Of the three administrators OF the es-
tate, visited Efhngham Park last Tues
day, and. with little effort found the will,
which. according to the same reports, was
found to have been witnessed and signed
by Henry Peterson. for considerable
time one of the chauffeurs at Ehpgham
Y1f,x into
Of the estate.
Report of Marriage Denied.
The report that Mr.. Hawley and Miss
Cameron had been married was denied
sister of the railroad magnate.
Il know nothing whatever of Miss
cameron's origin or antecedents,' de-
clared Mrs. Seymour II first saw her
at my brothers country home about fff-
teen years ago. She was then matured
young woman. I have seen very little of
her since. Although We and other of
my brothers relatives frequently asked
him about Miss Cameron, we were never
able to get any satisfaction from him.
About .last November 1 told him that I
believed he was married to Miss Gamer
on. He denied this very positively and
with some indignation. I nave no desire
to marry anybody he said, adding: Most
of my man friends are married, and l
have seen enough of married life through
them not to desire to enter into that
state
Neither myself nor any member of our
family takes any stock whatever in the re-
ported claim of Miss Cameron to have
found will left by my brother" Mrs.
Seymour said.
Estimates of Hawley's Fortune.
For reasons which none of them eX-
planned, some Of the former business as
sociates Of Mr.. Hawley in Wall street to-
day placed much lower estimate upon
the value Of his estate than generally
has been accepted as approXimating the
figure. The latest estimates run as low
as twelve million dollars, as against
former estimates varying from $25. 0,O00
to $45, 600 600 and even a few running as