The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-19
MRS. MORSE MAKES
FIRST HUSBAND HEIR
Leaves Harry s. Black $780,
OOO-Bulk Of Fortune to
Husband.

MiNEoLA. l.. l., Oct. 1s.-Mrs. Alton
Fuller Morse. wife Of Tyler Morse. left
$1,000 to her first husband. Harry B.
Black. Her will was filed for probate
In the S~urrogate's office here this morn
ing.
Mrs. Morse left the bulk of her estate
TO her husband. The will stipulated that
he should never marry again, tnen
practically revoked the condition. In =
way 1t allows him to sell the properly
and do ms he likes with II, even II he de-
cides TO take another wife.
Mrs. Morse died ut Morse Lodge. Wes'-
bury. on October 10 from pneumonia.
There were only three requests to rel
atives in the will. After remembering
her husband and her nephew she gives
her grandmother. Almina J. Fuller OF
Baldwinsville Mas. $4,000.
The will speaks OF an agreement Js-
tween Harry =. Black. her former hus-
band. and herself on December 6. 1909,
concerning properties held by the New
YORK Trust Company as trustee for GER
taih purposes mentioned at that time
but not specified in Mrs. Morse's will.
These properties are held for ner
nephewn Fuller Chenery. He will receive
them when he is II years old.
The will also states that an agree
ment made W the deceased and
her Former husband. Harry =. Black.
dated December o. 1904. provided thai
IN ease she died before him she wal
TO give him s250.O00. This Mrs. Morss
does. explaining that the amount Is In
ilcu OF all claims against her estate by
Black.
The will then says The rest Of the
trust fund Of which the New York Trus:
Company H. trustee and all money there
may be on deposit In my name at the
Time OF my death , give to my husband.
Tyler Morse. also all jewelry, diamonds
ana personal property which he has
given to me In his lifetime She left
me estate at westbury known as Morse
Lodge and all personal property 10 Nj.
Morse on condition that should he re-
marry he would forfeit all right thereto
ana inc estate would go to Harry 4.
BLACK. her former husband, as trusts>
Tor her nephew, Fuller Chenery.
she gives her husband i'm the next
paragraph full power and authority TO
sell Or otherwise dispose of the property
AFTER her death and before his remarriaxs.
and Mods him accountable to no one for
MS actions. Should he sell breore h,a
lemarriase. the proceeds OF the sale are
10 go 10 him unconditionally.
y number of lawyers in Nassau
county said today that in this clause
there We're possibilities of future tangles.
az utle 10 the property would not be
clear in case Mr., Morse sold and then 70.
married, As 1t would violate the previous
provisions of the will.
Part OF Mrs. Morse's jewelry and an
undivided half OF the %residuary estate
Is to 20 TO Harry $. Black as trustee for
her nephew. Fuller Chenery. The other
half Is left to Tyler Morse. who Is made
executor. In case Harry Black does not
Qualify as trustee Mr.. Morse is to act.
The will was dated January II, 1911.
Harry :. Blacks address Is given as 677
Madison avenue.
Mrs. Morse was well known at dog
SHOWS as n fancier OF Old English sheep
dogs. Her entries were always winner
In one or more classes. Several times
at the Mineola show she won the prize
for the best dog of the show. Her father
was the late George \. Fuller. Mr.. and
Mrs. Morse had "A town house at as
Iark avenue. Manhattan. Mrs. Morse
is said to have been worth between
s4.0V0.U"0 and 81. 900. 900.