The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
FREEDMAN CASH TO
AID THOSE ONCE RICH
Tome Will Bc Built with
$1,000. 600 Estate for Aged
Victims Of Rcvcrses.
40 CONTEST OF THE WILL

Andrew Freedman, capitalist ana Tor
NOR politician. left the bulk Of his
$1,000. 900 estate for the establishment
OF IA home for the aged INDECENT.
The home will care for those Of both
sexes. without regard to race or religious
freed. and will he unique In that Mr..
Freedman stipulates in his will. which
will be filed with the Surrogate this
morning, that the trustees shall llmi,
its 10 .'those who have been
In good circumstances. but by reason
of adverse fortune ave become poor
and dependent" Another provision Is
tina where husband and wife are re-
ceived into the home they shall be al
lowed to dwell together.
The specific requests OF cash in the
will provide for payments of less than
500, 900. and during the life OF Mr..
FreedmaH's mother and sister they will
receive half of the income OF the residu-
Rry estate. The other half will be for
founding and maintaining the home. and
upon the death Of Mr.. Freedman's
mother and sister the home will re-
Neive all the income. Upon the death
OF either of these l.gatees the sur
wing relative will get her share Of the
income.
lneome of Estate s35O.OOO a Year.
The income IL about $780, 900 a year.
80 that the institution, which will be
named the Andrew Freedman Home.
will receive $4,000 until the death
Of Mrs. and Miss Freedman.
Daniel Il. Freedman. the sole brother,
receives $500 900 In cash. He told n
reporter for THE SuN last night that
q contest is the most remote thlng from
his mind.
Il myself. and my mother and sister,
arc highly pleased with the will" said
2fr. Freedman. My brother had
SLAMMED this for years: he wanted TO
leave his estate to charity. and the ex-
listing charities did not exactly suit
him. Finally he thought of establish
ing "A home for those vino had been In
good circumstances. and decided TO do 1t.
The will was drawn or August =.
1907, and a codicil vas added on Feb
. %, 1910. and another IN August
Q, 1912. Mr.. Freedman obtained an
order from Surrogate Fowler yesterday
directing the Hanover Safe Deposit Com
pany to permit him TO search his
brothers vault for n new will. but none
wa found.
The executors and trustees of the es-
tate are Samuel untermyer. Walter G.
Cskman II the Guaranty Trust Com
rany. In the event OF the death Of
either Mr.. Cnter1nyer or Mr.. Oakman.
.Nvin tntermyer IL to a his place
md In the event OF his death Charles 9.
Guggenheimer Will act.
The specific requests are: $500 to each
servant who had been in Mr.. Freedman's
employ for three years.: $500 to Miss
q. ". Laird. Mr.. Freedman's stenog-
rapher: $1,000 each to these institutions:
Mount Sinai Hospital. Montelore Home.
Roosevelt Hospital. 81. Vincent's Hos
yital. Presbyterian Hospital. Hebrew
benevolent and Orphan Asylum and St
J.uk.'s Hospital; $4,000 to Daniel y.
Freedman
Mr.. Freedman left pieces of jcwelry,
paintings. clocks. silver pieces and sim
tlar articles to his intimate friends. All
the household effects not specifically de-
Vised go to Mrs. and Miss Freedman
md the remaining pictures are To be
sold for the benefit of the estate.
Trustees of the New Home.
The request is made that the follow
dng men act as trustees of the home for
ct least one year and as long thereafter
as they may be willing: Walter q. Oak
n Samuel Untermyer. Stephen Baker
Eugene l.. Bushe. John FoX (Iow dead),
herman Ridder tnow dead), Richard
Croker. Jr.. August Belmont. De Iancey
Nicoll. Valentine +. Snyder, walthur
Luttgcn. Jacob H.. Schiff. Nathan s.
Straus, Edward T.. Mccall, Marshall s.
briggs, Arson Beard. Henry A. Glider
sleeve, Charles L. Rushmore, Timothy =.
sullivan NOW dead, John II. Campbell.
Charles j Wittenberg. Daniel Il. Freed
man. Alvin untermyer and Charles $.
Guggenheimer.
Until the foundation of the home,
(which. ] trust, may be accomplished
without any ~appreciable delay after my
death" the will states the entire income
IN TO be paid TO Mr.. Freedman's mother
and sister.
The Will provides that IL for any
reason the home cannot or shall not he
established, the residuary estate is TO go
10 the seven Institutions which now re-
IAiNe IL nnn 9anh