Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-11-21
SAYS MOTHER
WAS JEALOUS
Mrs. Chambers Denies She
Was Cut Off in Mothers VIII
on Marriage Account.
SUIT HEARING TODAY

Mrs. Adelaide Chambers, daughter
of Henry G.. Cook, deceased, denies
that her mother objected to her mar
riages, as has been purported as the
reason she was cut off in her par
ent's will with an income of only
$50. Mrs. Chambers declares that
her mother was Jealous of the love
which Mr.. Cook had for her. The
suit of Mrs. Chambers to invalidate
the will of her mother is being
heard today in the Essex county sur
rogate court at Newark.
Following the death of her father
in 1907, Mrs. Chambers tried to in
validate his will, which left the
Cook estate to her mother. Mrs.
Chambers claimed that her father
was not mentally responsible at the
time of drafting the instrument.
After stubborn fight between coun-
sci on both sides, the will was ad-
judged valid. Pursuant to the death
of Mrs. Cook last April and Mrs.
Chambers was almost cut off entire
ly in the will, she began action to
break the will of her mother, as she
had tried to invalidate the will of
her father.
Mother Was Jealous.
Mrs. Chambers, pending the out
come of the suit. has suite of
rooms at the Madison hotel, having
left her home in Wilcox, Arizona,
where she has store and ranch, to
be closer tt the scene of the litiga-
tion.
When seen by a NEWS man, Mrs.
ChambelS stated that the theory that
her mother objected to her marrying
was unfounded, and that such had
no reason for the provisions of the
will She said, however, that there
had been a long-standing jealousy OF
the love which her father had exhib-
tied for Mrs. Chambers, his only
daughter. But the reason for the
nature of the will she declared to be
because of undue influence exerted
on her mother by those that took
care of her during her Illness and
death, while Mrs. Chambers was in
the west Most of the property of the
estate was left to distant relatives,
and a sister of Mrs. Cook, Mrs. EN-
maline A. de Noyelies, of East Or
ange, in whose home Mrs. Cook died.
Counsel to Break viii.
Mrs. Chambers in effort to break
the will of her mother is represented
by former United States Attorney
Robert E. Morrison and Walter B.
Raymond, of New York. The main
beneficiaries of the estate are repre-
sented by Joseph e. Stricken, of this
city, who defended the will of Hen
ry G. Cook, when Mrs. Chambers
tried to break her fathers will in
the county court in 1908.
Mrs. Chambers was formerly Mrs.
Gilman by her first marriage. She
met Mr.. Gilman while in California
for her health. Following his death
in Kansas, where they lived, she
married Mr.. Chambers, of Arizona,
and her home is now at Wilcox. Mrs.
Chambers said that her mother did
not object to either of these mar
riages. Mrs. Chambers is an active
business woman. She is well known
by people of old prominent families
of the city, having been raised in this
city. The Cook estate in this city
consists of valuable property. The
estate comprises the buildings in
what is known as Cook Row." in
Smith street, beginning at the south
west corner of High and Smith
streets and extending up to James
Glenn's saloon. The building in
which is located the Conquest garage
in High street and the building at
312 State street are part of the es-
tate.