The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-17
BIG TIM SULLIVAN
LEAVES $4,000
TO HIS RELATIVES
BeQueStS To Charity-PrO-
perry; Scattered All Over
The Country

New York, Sept. 1.-THE estate of
Zhnothy D. Sullivan, believed to be
birth more than 81. 600, 600, is to be di-
lied into four equal parts, under the
I'll, which was filed for probate IN
the Surrogate's Court just before the
r<pEng hour yesterday. The document,
Which was drawn up in 1900, iS as sim
Re and direct as such a document
can we'll be and makes the admins
cation of the estate an easy matter,
A&though the appraisal of the properly
Selected during the lifetime of Big
SIN may present great difficulties.
Before the will was filed it was open
cd and read in the offices of William
D Ellison, Mr. Sullivan's attorney, in
the present of the legatees. The prop
erty is left in four equal shares to
Patrick H Sullivan. a brother; Law
renee MilHgan, a half brother; Mrs
Marzaret Hickey, a half sister, and
Mrs. Mary Ann Somers, who is now
dead. The will provides that in case
any of the beneficiaries precedes Mr.
Sullivan in death the share shall be d.
vided among the children, and in this
case it will go to Irene, Olive, Charles
s. and Timothy Somers-
The four shares probably will amount
to more than 100000 each, and the
three SOmers children will each re-
eeive in the neigh borhOod of $3.50, 100.
GreatIyE to the surprise OF many
win makes no mention of any of his
political or business associates, and no
provision is made for any public or re-
hgious institution Mrs. Sullivan, who
died after the will was drawn, was
proyided for only by her dover rights
in the Sullivan estate, which, the will
saws. will be amply sufficient to pro-
vide for her for the remainder of her
life-''
The will was drawn In New York on
October 8, 1907. and was witnessed by
Henry J. Goldsmith and Timothy r.
sullivan Cs-LittIe Tim''), who died two
years later MI Ellison said yester-
day that it was impossible to make
more than a rough estimate OF the
value Of the estate It was scattered
in real estate holdings and interests
all over the country in the form OF
stocks. bonds. partnership interests
and almost every conceivable form OF
property, but it would come well above
50. O0o, 600.
A large part of the fortune was the
result of theatrical enterprises, which
were uniformly successful. Mr.. Sui
Ivan owned the largest interest in the
Sullivan & Considine Circuit, which
covers the country between Chicago
and the Pacific coast. The firms OF
Sullivan & Kraus and Sullivan & Far
reII, which own the Savoy Theatre, in
New York. and theatrical property in
other cities, were organized by MI
Sullivan and were source Of great
profit Mr. SuI1fvan's income from
these sources alone was estimated to
have been more than $4,000 a year.
In addition. Mr.. sullivan owned the
controlling interest in the G. J. Sui
Iivan Co, of New York. and was a
stockhoIder in the City Theatre Co..
the d Graus Amusement Co, the I'm
ion Jockey Race Association, the Ma
ton News Association, Mount Carmel
Cemetery, the Metropolitan Jockey
Club, the Ellison Construction Co.,
Dreamland, the Florida Live Stock
Agricultural State Fair Association,
the Fiananciers' Realty Co., the Soil
citors' Realty Co, the Maryland State
Fair the Eastern Motor Sales Co., and
the Min and Factory Sales Co
His real estate holdings included No.
POI Bowery; the Dewey Theatre, at
No 126 East Fourteenth street; half
of the Gotham Theatre, at No. 165 East
155th street: lots at Dyckman and 2o7th
streets: lots in the Bronx at Sherman
avenue and Hawthorne street; Fox and
Home STREETS in 14eth street: in Tin
ton and fremont avenues, and property
at Fletcher avenue and Chester street,
Mount Vernon Besides this, Mr.. Sui
Iivan owned a farm at East Milestone,
Somerset county, N J., and had an
interest in the Throg's Neck Realty
Co The estate, however, is consider
ably involved and there is a vast
amount of work to be done before an
appraisal can be filed.