New-York tribune., 1912-03-14

I'm any event, owing to domestic unhap-
piness the father and mother Of Miss
Sturges separated. Mr. Sturges was unable
10 provide for his wife and daughter and
Mrs. Sturges appealed TO Mr. Hawley. Her
daughter was then about fifteen years old
Mr.. Hawley took a great fancy to her,
provided for her education at a private
school, and at the age of twenty she be-
came a permanent member Of his house
hold
Has Confidence of Relatives.
Miss Sturges changed her name to En-
ma c. Cameron to avoid any annoyance
that might result from inqusitive ac-
ouaintances and friends Mr.. Hawley's
brothers, sisters nephews and nieces lived
with him at various times and all of them
maintained the friendliest relations imagi-
nable with Miss Sturges. They helped her
look after his homes and treated her with
the greatest respect, having absolute conf
dence in her. Nor has the attitude of one
of them toward her changed since Mr..
Hawleys death. Mrs. Seymour, Mr. Haw-
ley's sister. is looking after her now while
She is ILL.,
Miss Sturgcs's mother died several
years ago. Her father is believed to he
Il
ing with her husband in The Bronx
No complete appraisal Of the Hawley es-
tate has been made as yet, Mr.. Stanchfeld
said. but an appraisal of the town house
had placed its value at 10000 and one Of
the Babylon place showed the latter 10 be
worth $l250" This does not include the
furnishings Of both town and country
homes including automobiles horses and
so on all of which also 20 to Miss Cam
eron or Sturgcs Mr. Stanchheld thought
the entire estate would amount to some
thing between 10000 and $l0OorOlJ, much
smaller figures than bounded the estimates
Of business friends of Mr.. Hawley shortly
after his death. Miss Sturgess share.
therefore. will probably exceed that of any
Of the CrandeU heirs, who are 10 receive
fifteenth each.
With regard to the administration of the
estate. Mr.. Stanchfold said:
"All or the heirs of the late Edwin Haw-
ley, With a view TO the conservation of his
estate and to prevent an untmey distr
button thereof. have joined in a formal
written agreement whereby they have
conveyed TO Frank II. Davis, Walter 5.
CrandeI, William 2. Hawley and Charles
X. Seymour, as trustees, the entire estate
of Mr.. Hawley, with the exception Of the
property (; . No. 10 East Goth street and the
country estate at Babylon. which. with the
contents, have been transferred TO Miss
Cameron.
Life of Trust Ten Years.
THE trust is to continue during the lives
of two of the trustees, Walter 5. Crandell
and William F. Hawley, not exceeding,
however. a period OF ten years. Under the
,l...1
with the principal Of the estate in the same
manner and to the same extent as would
Mr.. Hawley were he living. Under this
general power and without limiting il
broad special privileges and rights have
been conferred upon the trustees to enable
them to deal with the estate practically in
the same way as if Mr.. Hawley had con-
tinued 10 live.
This method Of procedure will Obvlate
any difficulty that might flow from quick
administration and distribution Of the es-
tate All of Mr.. Hawleys large holdings
of stocks and bonds in the various rail
roads and corporate enterprises in which
he was interested will be held intact. The
trust is now in force and the trustees have
accepted the duties conferred upon them
under tne instrument and are now in active
charge Of the estate
Frederick Cranden. who married the tele-
graph operator in his uncle's Office and had
10 shift for himself has not rejoned his
wife. who. a short while ago, completed
term on BlackwelTs Island for disorderly
conduct. The two Oldest Of their five chill
orcn are stil with their grandfat ather IN
Chatham. The others are in Catholic in
f,itutiou. maintained by the Sisters Of 81.
Dominic. at Spook Hill, y. y. where the
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty 10
Children placed them last summer. They
Will soon be taken out of this institution,
Mr Stanchneld said
Family Remembered in Homestead.
The natives Of Homestead still remember
the Sturges family and the two girls
Emma. who is now the Miss Cameron, Of
New York and Babylon, and Mamie, the
wife of a man living in The Bronx Cor
nelius Sturges. their father, was himself d
native of Homestead, son of John Sturges.
q Law Judge Ia the Hudson County court
and descendant Of a family which at one
time owned practically the whole OF Home
stead Charles McCullom, who keeps Il
saloon where the Eric and trolley tracks
cross. said the ola Sturges homestead
where Cornelius Sturges and his wife ana
tYo daughters had lived for years sun
s,oo5 An prospcct avenue. long since sold,
however. 10 some outsider.
Cornelius Sturgcs McCullom said, was
,o, ,,,rs manager OF a local branch in
this ritv Of the Waltham Watch COMPANY
,.cciying a salary in the ncishborhood OF
c-n.,.u u,at He married Miss Emma Acker-
man vino came TO Homestead from
cb,trar IS Y, while still young girl
"A ,a,,.r t.,,,ht school iu the New Jersey
town John Ackerman' bfoiheF % vi
Sturges, stil lives in Homestead t"'hS ]"
10 New York every mormns' "E'I' ne 70
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