New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-11
Woman Leaves About $780,
600 to Organizations with
Which She Was Identified.
ODD CODICIL IN WILL
Mrs Harriet Duer Jones Potter
Stimulates Whom Her Grand
daughters May Not
Marry.

practically the entire estate OF Miss
c.,oiine G Even. Of No. 40 West 92d
80, which might reach a value of 5000
10 Is left in her will filed yesterday TO
o,t-vivisection and other humane So
cieues The only part of the estate which
4. not given TO these institutions was
sqo 5eouest 10 a friend. Mrs. Harriet
Williams. and FIVE monthly allowances,
,.,oirr from sl6 to $50 to Ave friends. At
the death OF those benefciaries the prin-
c,nal Of the fund is TO SO to the African
Society.
The residue Of the estate is equally
divided as follows The Humane Society,
n New York: the New York Anti-Nivi-
section Society Boston: the Animal Res
cue League. Boston. the New England
Auti-Vivisection Society. Boston. the
cats House. London; the Animal Rescue
Society Naples: the Italy Animal Res
cue Society. Rome. the Animal Rescue
League. New York. the Anu-Cruelty So
cietv. Island Of Madeira, and the African
Society. Philadelphia
Miss Even said in her will she was
idantiAed with these societies and was
rpoDIN interested III AAANAA WIN D'A~ -
rlained that she bore the utmost feeling
OF friendship and affection toward her
sisters Marie Louise Even and Elisa
Even. and toward her two nieces and
nephew, but that each had been provided
for from other sources"
Mrs Marie Louise Even, one OF the
sisters OF the testatrix, was married to
the bogus Baron" Boto Won koenitz.
She obtained an annulment Of her mar
rage when she discovered her husband
had A criminal record. The testatriX and
her other sister. Miss Eliza Even. took
over the property Of Baroness" Won
Koenitz under deed Of trust to prevent
the impecunious baron" from getting
any part of it from his wife
When the baroness" wanted her prop
ertv back Miss Eliza refused TO relinquish
{, under the trust deed, and the married
sister brought suit 10 recover her prop
ertv. Miss Caroline q. Even, the tesla
trix. confessed judgment and expressed
ber willingness TO have the property,
valued al s25Oc00, returned to her sister.
The will OF Mrs. Harriet Duer Jones
Potter was filed yesterday. with codicil.
In tho codicil the testatrix leaves an an
NIFTY Of 81 800 10 each of her granddaugh-
tiers. with this stipulation: Il do hereby
direc, that II any one of my said grand
daughters. Viva Margot Bagnell' Hope
Dorothy Bagnell or Irene Helen BaSneH'
sborld marry a son Of Mrs. Alice Graves,
now residing with them the one so doins
shall forfeit any share in my estate. and
If principal sum held IN trust by the
executors and trustees for said grand
daughter. together with any interest &C
crued at the time of the marriage, shall
fan into and become a part Of my re-
siduary estate"
Mr.. Potter died OF May 3 at Aix-les-
Bains. France. Her home was in Eau
where she occupied the Villa Accue4.
Mrs Potter was seventy years old at her
death. and was the widow OF Colonel
James Nelson Potter.
Mrs Elizabeth s. Bagnell, a daughter
Of Mr. Potter. who lives in Norfolk
England. receives an outright bequest OF
s5eo and an annual income Of 500.
Three other Notwithstanding Nelson
Potter. Margaret Renshaw Potter and
Katherine Alexander Duer Potter. receive
various personal effects and the residue
Of the estate. which is TO be held in trust
for them. free from the control Of any
husband"
The will Of Mrs Elizabeth A. Fitch'
widow Of Ashbel p. Fitch, former CON-
troller OF New York City. was filed yes
terday The testatrix died on May and
left more than $1,000 in real estate and
more than $1,000 in personal property.
Mrs Fitch left her entire estate, with the
exception Of 81 CO. 10 her three daughters
and three sons