Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-09-01
LUCEY'S
ESTATE $4,000
Will of Lamented Man Of
Cod Is a Remarkable
Instrument.
AIDS CHURCH, SCHOOL
Greater Portion Of Estate Is Bequeath-
ed to COJOrpd Industrial Institute
Here-FOr Altar in New Church
There Is $1,000.

j he Congregation OF 81. ''ohepli
Catholic church and the Colored In
dustrial institute conducted by the
society of the Holy Family are the
chief benefactors under the VIII ct
the late Mosignor J. VI. Lucey, filed
for probate yesterday in the Jefferson
county court by the Rev. NJ. j. Nor
ton, J. f. Boyce and Attorney W. u.
Jones. For the construction a main
altar of marble in the Catholic church
now being erected, Father Lucey be-
uueathed $1,000, while to the Colored
Industrial institute he bequeathe1
$4,000 and whatever may be left OF
the estate after debts and other be-
quets are paid. To the Sisters OF
Charity of the Annunciation academy,
Father Lucey left $500 to be used in
providing medals to be given for
excellence in plain sewing Or do
mestic work
The value of the estate is not esti-
mated, but it is understood that il
includes nothing but what is men
toned in the will. which shows the
estate 10 be of value OF about ST.
600.
1uS SACtuloI wv tiiC OioHoP ~
the Little Rock diocese, W. 0. Tag
CART and John H. Dellmon, both OF
Pine Bluff.
The instrument filed for record is
in the hand writing Of the testator
throughout, and was made On April
49, 1906. when it was witnessed by
Louis T. Mclean and Lydia lschann
but there are erasures and interlinea-
lions, there's evidently being made
during Msgr. Lucey's last illness, as
he erased the original date and
wrote instead that the will was Of
date June 3. 1914. A codicil to the
instrument altered the plan of handl
in gthe amount bequeathed to the
! industrial school. 1t is probable tho
will be probated as it appears, the
meaning of testator being clear, de
spite the alterations and erasures.
1t is understood there was a type
written copy of the will drawn NJ
while Father Lucey was at San An
tonia, but as this was signed on {
typewriter onstead of by the tesla
tor in person, the original draft was
filed for probate.
''M. Soul to God"
Beginning his will in the usua
form, Monsignor Lucey wrote:
81 bequeath my soul to God anC
my body to be buried in the family
lot in the Catholic cemetery at ror
Smith near my father, mother ant
sisters. | wish to be buried in tn
alb given me at my ordination by the
, ladies of Fort Smith and in the set o
gold vestments given me my ordina
ticn by Bishop Fitzgerald" The re
quest appears here that if possibi
four members of the pastors council
of the church and four members @
Ed Murray camp Of Confederate vet
, Grams accompany the body from Pin
Bluff to Fort Smith, "their expense
to be paid by the executors of M
estate"
: Testator then listed as among hi
e possessions two life insurance poll
t cies for $4,000 each, explaining TIL
nature of the policies and where the
would be found, and also advise
that he was the owner of a cemeter
, lot in Fort Smith and of books AM
furniture here. The instrument eX
plains that testator sold, severa
], years ago, to the Society of the Hol,
Family of New Orleans for $500 TIN
property known as the Colored Indus
trial school, and explained that i
was his purpose that they should OBJ
tain this property free of cost. Al
though the will does not so state, i
is obvious that the naming of con
sideration and certain other details
of the transaction were made simpl.
to insure the religious organization
bona fide title to the place in Pin
| Bluff, for he later states that the
notes have been paid.
| Disposition Of Estate
After instructing that all his
debts be paid, Mgr. Lucey directed
| that his estate should be divided "a
follows:
To a niece, Mrs. A. H. Raymond
| formerly Miss Mary F. Brogan, tn
cemetery lot in Fort Smith, whatever
books she might select from the
library of testator and $500 in cash
This clause of the will is crossed, bu'
whether by accident Or design of ties
tator can only be conjectured.
To the diocese of Little Rock $500
/ lOI LuoooCS may nav SAAA~'SN
through mistake and for masses for
the souls of myself, my mother
father and sisters"
| To the Sisters of Charity of An
nunciation academy of Pine Bluff S30i
| for medal to be awarded for eX-
cellence for plain sewing or in do
mestice, work The suggestion is made
that the money be safely invested e
bring 50 or so a year to carry ou1
| the wish of the testatOr.
To the bishop OF the Little Rocl
diocese as trustee. the sum of $4,000
to be used in erecting a marble MAR
altar in the church now being con
structed by st. Josephs Catholic con
gregation "as a memorial" to thu
testator. Father Lucey instructed
that in the even the church had no
been constructed at his death, th'
money should be invested until sucl
tim as it. is needed for the purposes
for which it was bequeathed.
To the pastor Of the Catholic churcl