New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-30
SON BUSCH'S CHIEF HEIR
Gets $4,000 of Fathers
S50,000,000 Estate.
$4,000 TO CHARITIES
Widow Receives S6,0o0,000
and Costly Homes in U. S.
Bulk of Fortune in Trust.

St Louis. Oct. 29-The will of Adolphus
Busch. filed to-day for probate, makes
charitable requests aggregating $4,000 to
St Louis institutions The bulk OF the
estate is placed in trust Mrs. Lille
Busch. Charles Nasel and August a
Busch are named trustees.
In addition to the charitable requests
set forth in the will, Mr. Bush left pri-
yate memorandum requesting members OF
his family to make certain other dona
tons, amounting to $4,000, most of which
are private in their nature. This makes
the total requests for charitable purposes
s2l0 COO. The value OF the estate is esti-
mated at s5OOO0,0O0
The trust is to be discosed as follows:
One-eighth to the widow. Mrs Lilly
Busch. Seven-eighths TO be divided into
seven equal shares. These shares are to
be apportioned as follows: Two shares to
August A. Busch, the son, for several
years active head of the Busch interests;
one share to be retained by the trustees
for each of the daughters-Mrs. Nellie
Loeb of Chicago; Mrs. Edmee Reisi1ger,
of New York; Mrs. Anna Louise Faust.
of st. Louis; Mrs. Clara Won Gongtard, OF
Berlin, and Mrs. Welsimine Scharer, wife
OF Lieutenant Eduard Scharer of the
German army.
Before specifying the disposition of the
part of the estate which is placed in trust
the will provides that all household prop
erty and effects, including paintings stat
uary and jewelry, as well as carriages,
horses and "other appurtenances, should
go to Mrs. Lilly Busch.
Mrs. Busch also received the estate In
Germany, including villa and loo acres
of forest and agricultural land. More
over, until the estate finally is settled.
Mrs Busch is to take whatever she deems
proper for the maintenance Of herself ana
family, not exceeding $4,000 year.
The part of the estate placed in trust
! includes all except the charitable requests
named and the legacy to Mrs. Busch.
! August A. Busch, who. according to the
express publication of the WILL is to be
] president of the brewing association, re-
ceives two shares of the trust "abso-
! lutely" If he dies before the distribution
! is made his shares are to be divided as
though he had died interstate and the dis
| tribution already had been made. August
| A. Busch is made responsible for the care
of his invalid brother, Carl. who is to be
supplied with all necessities and wants
up to $l2,0o0 a year
| The part of the will regarding the five
! daughters is the most complex After
stating that each daughter is to receive
| one-seventh Of the trust the will specifies
that the trustees may pay at once to each
Of the daughters 100000 out of her share,
and that the remainder shall be managed
by the trustees for the daughters for the
rest of their lives
The trustees are given authority to pay
Mrs. Reisinger, Mrs Faust and Mrs. Won
Gongtard such portion of their shares as
deemed wise This provision does not APP
ply to the other two daughters, Mrs. Loeb
and Mrs Scharer.
At the death of a daughter the share
assigned 10 her shall be distributed in
equal shares to her husband if he sur
v.ve, and her children, if they are dead. 10
the descendants OF the children. II no de-
scendants survive, then one-fourth of the
daughters share shall go to the husband,
the balance to the surviving children OF
Adolphus Busch. If the husband aud
children Of the daughter are dead her
share shall be distributed to the surviving
children of Adolphus Busch.
The Busch homes in Pasadena, Cal. and
Cooperstown, n. Y, which are among the
costliest in the United States, are be-
queathed to the widow. She also receives
the mansion in st. Louis