New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-11
P. F. MCGoWan'S Will Reveals
a Note of Sadness Re-
garding Acts of His
Only Child.
PUTS RESIDUE IN TRUST
Women Aides Are Made Chief
Beneficiaries in Document
To Be Filed To day
Had Premonition
of Death.

OF OCdln,
The Will OF Patrick Francis Nc
| Gowan former President OF the Board
Of Aldermen. viii be filed I'm tho Surro-
gates Court to-day. The estate con
sists in large part OF his interest IN
the firm OF =. T.. NcGowan & CO. ii
| No. PA East 18th street. Mr.. McGowln
| also left valuable collection Of paint
ings. books and china. He died on
April 6. following an operation in the
New York Polyclinic Hospital He had
| premonition of death and made his
| will Oh April >. before he underwent
the operation
! The two chief 5cneficiarics are Katie
! \. and Anna Maume, sisters. who
were employed by the firm in the
manufacture OF womcn's wearing APP
parel. They receive all the assets of
the concern outright.
There is n note Of sadness i'm the
viii. 1t is in the revelation Of the
sorrow Mr.. MCGOWAN had TO bear be
cause of the conduct of his son. Fran
| els Patrick \. MCGOWAN. The father
however, uttcrs no word Of reproof in
his last testament for his only child.
Art Objects in Trust for Son.
Mr. McGowan leaves his art collce-
| ton. china and books in trust for his
son. naming the Rev. John u. Roach
as trustee. he directs that Father
Roach hold this collection for young
McGowan until he is thirty years old.
! and then turn il over to him provided
that he has conducted himself i'm such
= manner as TO bc worthy and do
serving Of il. The priest is to be tie
sole iudge OF the worihlncss OF Mr.
McGoWan's son 10 have the paintings.
books and china. II Father T.. ~
should decide tha. the son is unworthy,
Mr.. McGoNan directs that the collec-
tion be sold AT public auction. The son
is now in the United States Marinc
Corps.
Mr.. McGoWan leaves the residue of
his large estate IN trust with the Lin
coin Trust Company. the executor.
From this residue the son is 10 re-
ccivc the income until he IS thirty-hye
wears old, in scni-annuai payments.
but only on tho condition that he leave
the United states Marine Corps ~
thirty-fye he will receive the principal
of the trust fund.
Francis Patrick \. MCGOWAN. who is
generally known as Frank MCGOWAN.
has had some experiences that were
distastcful TO his father. While Mr.
Mc-Gowan. as president Of the Board
Of Aldermen, was acting as Mayor IN
the absence Of Mayor Mcclellan, in
July. 1906, Frank was arrested in COM
pany with a friend, for intoXication and
| for biting the hand Of the policeman
who arrested him. He was arraigncd
before Magistrate Whitman, the present
District Attorney. who fined him and
his COMPANION each 81. None Of Nc
Gowans family appeared in court in
his behalf.
Gives Business to Sisters.
Mr. v iowaL refers in his VIII 10
| ;he Misses MauIne as persons who
! assisted" him In his business. lie
leaves 10 them practically everything
| owned by the firm Of y. +. MCGOWAN
& 60.
Although the tangible assets in this
bcouest arc in themselves Of value
! that cannot be accurately estimated at
this time. the bequest is made much
more valuable by the goodwill Of the
business which the sisters inherit. Mr..
McGowan was sole proprietor OF the
business.
| Mr.. McGowan says that he thinks the
| interest Of the sisters should be meas
ured by the length Of service Of each.
30 that Miss Katie A., who was en-
plovcd by the MCGOWAN firm for six
teen wears. receives six-tcnths. and
Miss Anna Maume, who was not as
long in the testator's business, receives
! four -tenths.
Mr.. McGowan's will cancels all debts
owed to him by his brother, William
MCGOWAN. and gives 10 his nephew,
Edward j. MCGOWAN. 5000. The tes-
! tator leaves $500 TO the Rev. John ID.
Roach and 81 900 20 the Rev. i. j. Sui
Ilivan He gives $500 10 the Society of
ST Vincent de Paul, and. as special
benefaction" $500 TO st. AIMS Roman
Catholic Church, Of which he was
communist and from which he was
hurled Mr.. MCGOWAN makes two
other 81 600 bequests for church pur-
poses
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