New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-17
FOX ESTATE UNDER
POPULAR ESTIMATE
Iron Merchants Personal
Property Appraised at
Only S74,260.
HIS INTEREST IN
FIRM SHOWS DEFICIT
Value of Realty Not Yet Deter
mined-POlitician Was Rated
as Millionaire.

The inventory OF the personal estate OF
John Fox. for many years president OF
the National Democratic Club. was fled
yesterday by Ernest Harvier and s. de
Walltearss. who were appointed as APP
praisers by Surrogate Fowler. Their re-
port places the value Of the personal
property at $4,000.
Mr. Fox died on January IS. and at
that time the value OF his estate was I'M
officially placed NJ about $4,000 900 While
the real estate has not yet been appraised
estate of the iron merchant and politician
will amount 10 anywhere near the popular
value placed upon II.
The inventory shows that the interest OF
Mr. FOX IN the firm OF John Fox & Co.
Is represented boy a deficit. although the
amount has not yet been determined.
However. the Indebtedness TO the firm by
the senior member exceeds his equity in
the concern.
II was believed that ms interest In the
firm would constitute large part OF his
estate. Also his holdings OF stock limited
10 a few corporations were OF compare
lively small value. The large library OF
Mr. Fox was OF little value. as were his
paintings. and much OF his furniture was
antQuated. The paintings were sold at
auction on April for 81 $50. while the
furniture and paintings together brought
e,sO6.
Mr. Fox owned 10 East 10th ST. where
he lived which is an old-fashioned four
story house. The city assessed the land
at $1,000. and the land and house at $50
eco. showing the little value placed on
the house by the city assessors. Mr.. Fox
also owned country estate AT Baldwin.
Long Island. known as Foxhurst. The
value OF this property and the other real
estate will be the subject OF another ap-
pralsal Mr. Fox had in the library OF his
New York house 2o37 volumes, which
were valued al $500 % At the Baldwin
property were 1877 volumes valued AZ SIS TO-.
Among the effects OF Mr.. Fox were
mementos Of his intimate friend Richard
Croker. formerly leader OF Tammany
Hall. There were four photographs OF
Mr.. Croker valued at 20 cents each and
seven photographs OF Mr.. Cookers estate
in ireland. on which a gross value OF 81
was placed.
The appraisers set down as OF no IN
trinsic value the loving cup which the
National Democratic Club presented to
Mr. Fox I'm 1906. The personal Jewelry
was appraised at slO5S and included a
Tiffany silver watch, in bad order, and
valued at 81 81 There was also a gold
watch valued at s35 There was a more
valuable collection OF jewelry found IN
Mr. Fox's safe deposit box. which appar-
emily had belonged 10 his dead wife. The
total value Of this was si4s0. Mr.. Fox
had several carriages. all pronounced In
the inventory as old
The largest items OF the appraised es-
Mr. Fox. on which n value OF SCI, ~ was
placed. Some OF the holdings were with
out value, including sol shares or the
Ohio & Indiana Consolidated Natural and
Illuminating Gas Company. lie held
seven mortgage ponds Of the City Gas
Company OF Bridgeport. Conn, which
are without value, and bonds Of the Met
ropOlitan West Side Elevated Railroad.
81 .635. which have decreased IN value. his
bonds OF the American Tobacco Com
pany have increased since they came into
the possession Of Mr.. Fox.
The inventory places the value OF the
specific personal requests made by Mr.
Fox at only $4,000 and the value OF the
general estate at $50 go.