The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-24
COURT MAKES BOY
HEIR TO S2,000,0O0
Voids Adoption Decree, but
Permits Lad to Remain With
Adaptive Parents.
BY international News Service.

BY International News Service
NEW YORK, May 2S,-Henry Fran
els Shoemaker. multi-millionairc rail
road fjnancicr, gravely i'll at his mag
nificent Sound Side home, Cedar Cliff
at Riverside, Conn, received word
from Seattle this evening that the suit
brought by his son, Henry W. Shoe.
maker. to change tho name of the lat
ter s o-ycar-oid son back TO Shoemaker,
had been won.
With the sands of his life rapidly
running out at the age of 6S, the elder
Mr.. Shoemaker recently added re-"
markable codicil to his will, whereby
the sum of $2,000,000 is left to his
young grandson, Henry Perry, on con-
dition that the lad 8 name be changed
to Shoemaker.
The boy has been known as Henry
Perry since he was legally adopted by
DR.. Richard Perry OF Seattle whom
Mrs. Beatrice Barclay Shoemaker Perry
married after her divorce from Henry
w. Shoemaker.
Horny w. Shoemaker brought suit
in the superior court of the state of
Washington to force DR.. and Mrs.
Perry TO annul the adoption of the boy
and the restoration of his name to
Shoemaker. The father declared the
child would inherit $2,000,000 from
the estate Of his grandfather if his
prior name was restored.
On the witness stand, when the suit
was called today in Seattle, Mrs.
Perry, who was the principal witness,
said that if guaranteed undisturbed
possession of the child until his fiji
teenth birthday she would not oppose
his taking the name OF Shoemaker.
She protested, however, against the de-
cree Of adoption being set aside.
'EMy son does not need this money.
He will be amply provided for under
his present name,' said the mother
with considerable show of spirit.
Nevertheless the court anulled the
adoption of the boy and restored his
name TO Shoemaker. Mrs. Perry, how
ever, was awarded the continued Gus
tody Of the child
When the news was taken to the
master OF Cedar Cliff, he
Frightened considerably. He haa his
heart set upon his sons wining the
case, for it meant the perpetuation
Of the name that has been borne bv
many generations in this country,
Mrs. Shoemaker stated today at
Cedar Cliff that her husband was too
i'll to be seen.
"Tt is true that Mr.. Shoemaker
plans to leave $2,000,000 to our grand
son." said the old lady. "My son
brought suit, hoping to get possession
Of the child
The elder Shoemaker, it was learned
today, has been critically ill since the
trial Of William Cummins two years
ago, when an attack of paralysis pre-.
vented him from testirving. He is a
director in dozen banks, railway cor
porations and realty companies and is
reputed to be worth many millions.
Mr.. Shoemaker's daughter is Mrs
Alfred Wagstaff, Jr Another son, the
late William Brocle Shoemaker, mar:
-iod Miss Ella De Peyster, daughter of
Mrs. Frederick j. De Peyster.
Henry W. Shoemaker, son of the fl
nancier, was married at New Rochelle
on May 10 last to Miss Mabelle Ord.
daughter of Mrs, Robert Brant Ord of
San Francisco. Today at Cedar Cliff
his mother stated that he and his bride
we're en- route 10 Europe. They sailed