The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-11
WH|TELAW REID
LEFT ALL TO
HIS WIDOW
Management OF Entire tsta''
Placed in Her Hands
FROM 10 TO 20 MILLIONS
Wish Expressed That Son. osue"
Mills Reid, Should Eventua''y
Control New York Tribune

New York, Jan. 1.-THE entire es'
tate of the late Whitelaw heid' en-
sassador to Great Britain, is lel'
Internationally TO his widow WIS
EIizabeth Mills Reid, with The eScep
zion of specific requests tolaiins
s11O 600. under the terms OF the VIII
nade public here yesterday al'er-
Con To ogden Mills Reid and Jean
Templeton Reid, his son ana ua"e'
ter. there is left outright not
.enny although the late empassauot
indicated Enthusiastically his wisn lnaI
+hey should be well PROVIDED ior W
their mother. The value Oh the 60
Aate has been variously estimate" a.
from $4,000, 900 to $20,DDa,tcJ. NO
hint Of what the appraisal VIII snow
3s given in the will, however 2he
xxidow is made sole eXecutriX, anu
snacial request is made that she may
serve without giving bond The VIII
was executed November 3, 1874
Mrs Reid thus becomes the owner
.s almost the entire issue OF stoCh
ef the Tribune association, pupilsh-
ere of the New York Tribune, waose
affairs her son, Ogden Mills, has oeeh
sirecting for year. statement IS
gned by Henry w. Sackett, counsei
sor the estate. asserts that Ogdeh
Reid will continue In once as ne
aead of the association. In Mrs'
Reid's hands is placed the manage
oent of the entire estate without rih
srance or suggestion further than the
late ambassadors expressed Wish
that his son Ogden should he DIS
NAV capacity and aptitude for the
work" should ultimately succeed
IN the control of the Tribune; ana
that certain parcels of real estate
ultimately" pass to his son and MS
daughter. ,.,.,+,
ogden Mills Reid, whose ultimate
control of the Tribune is thus deserlb
ed as being dependent upon the apl,-
tnde he should show for the WORN
and his mothers wishes, was Ooy
in knickerbockers when the VIII was
written 10 years after his iather
marriage. He is now somewhat uh
ded 30. and has been president OF the
Tribune association for year
The late ambassador employed nc
LAWYER TO draft his will, but sat down
in the library of his New YORK homt
and penned it himself on three sheetS
of note-paper The witnesses wert
ogden Mills, his brother-in-law' ahC
Mary Bertha Scott. The documen
reads in part as follows: 1t Is my
desire that the homestead and m!
adjoining land in Ohio shall ultimate
Nv pass to my son, Ogden Mills Reid
and that my daughter, Jean Temple
ton Reid. shall ultimately have m.
nroperty on the Upper st. Regis lax
in the Adirondacks. Should my son
ogden Mills Reid, display capaclt.
and ATTITUDE for the work, ii is IN.
desire that he should ultimately sue
coed to my control of the tribune
hut this and the disposition oil IN
property must be left to his mother
desire that my eXecutrix snail S
arrange the division of my estat
that. in the end, Ogden and Jean ma
have shared exactly alike. All m
rroperty of whatever sort or descrll
lion. | leave (subject to the paymen
of specific bequest) to my believe
wife. Elizabeth Mills Reid"
. Among specific bequests are S0V
600 each to a niece, Mrs. Ella Spel
Ger Reid Harrison, now living
Ohio, and the Tribune fresh-air run
association: $4,000 to Robert Eve
EFT Smith, nephew. and individui
requests of from 500 to $1,000 to en-
ployes The will was filed toda
Nth the surrogate at White Plain
n. Y. Since the will was draw
MIR. Reds daughter. Jean Templeto
married John Hubert Ward of En-
land.