The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-29
MAN GETS S25O, 900
 IN ONE REQUEST
William P. Emo Left Fortune by Brother Giving Mill
 lions to Charity.

New York, Oct. 2s-Anos F. Emo. one of the city's great real estate op- orators, who died a bachelor at the age of S1 on Oct. IS last, at his home, 32 Fifth avenue, oldest of the sons of the late Amos R. Emo, himself best remembered as real estate operator and owner of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, left $2,2e2,ooo to public institutions by his will filed for probate in the Surrogate's Court yesterday
 Mr Emo. called ''the man of honor" ever since he paid back 85 years later $500,OO0 of debts contracted when his silk business failed in civil war times, makes Columbia, University the resi- duary 1egatee and adds the unusual provision that legacies tota11ing $2,- 50o,o00 left to grandnfeces' and nephews shall go to their issue or to Columbia if the benef1c1aries shall at any time before they are 30 years old become foreigners and forfeit their legal residence in the United States
 Emo inherited several millions from his father and added to his fortune by real estate deals during which many of the most notable plots in the city changed hands
 Public Gifts.
 The public institutions which ben eft are:
 Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Museum of Natural His tory, New York Association for I'm proving the Condition of the Poor and New York University, $25o,o00 each; New York Public Library, $5o,0oo and all books and prints owned by the testator relating to the city of New York.
 The will provides that after all other legactes have been paid and the various trusts set up, $1,So0,ooo out of the residuary estate shall go to the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesrnen of the City of New York This society, organized in 17S5 as the General Committee of Mechanics,' '' is one of the oldest in New Y York, the outgrowth of the old guilds of London, furnished free technical training to thousands of young men. maintains one of the best technical libaries in the city and was an object of MT. Eno's great interest and beneftted by one gift of $2OO,OO0 from him dur ing his lifetime.
 In providing the large legacy for the society, the will reads:
 Tt is my desire that a portion of said fund be used for elementary tn- struction. and that such instruction be made available, not only for those that are able to take extended courses but also for relatively short courses of for those whose circum- stances so require.'
 OGh0rW1SS the DeQueStS were 6lnSu- | larly free from strings even the great gift to Columbia being made without directions as to how it shall be used.
 Requests to Relatives.
 To Amos R. Emo of Princeton, N. l J., son of Henry Lane Emo, is left l $1, ,50o. 600 in trust. addition to this bequest this granddaughter receives all 1 realty at Sfrnsbury, Conn He is given 1 <1F 17fG Ia <,,aI,a 41,,- age of thirty years. when he shall 1 take the property absolutely, A trust I fund of $80,000 is to be established, the income from which Is to be used for l the upkeep of this property till the l grand nephew attains the age of thir- | ty. when the principal of the trust is to go to Columbia University.
 The following beQuests are then made: To William P. Eno brother, | Conn.,, $25O.o0o; Antoinette | D. Wood, sister, Simsbury, Conn, $50, 900; Clifford Pinchot, Milford, Pa, Amos R. E. Pinchot, No. g West |