The sun., 1916-11-15
WIDOW FIGHTS FOR
Big PRINGLE ESTATE
Will Charge Husband Was Tn.
dnl! Influenced by Per-
sons Around Him.
ALL WILLED TO WOMEN
Fortune in New York Realty
Put at From $500, 900 to
Nearly $1,000 900.

The widow OF Alexander Young prin.
ale. who died at Eatontown, n. J.. on
October 20. leaving a fortune various,v
e~'ima'ed at from $500. 900 to nearly
81 o"" ooo. mostly New York rea, estate
b. started to contest he will which he
signed five days before his death. She
viii charge that he was mentally in
competent and was unduly Influenced by
persons surrounding him.
The Prinsles were married in 1900
and lived together less than two years.
hu, there was no legal separation. Tn.
der the will Mrs. Pringle receives $50
nm. To Miss Ethel Crane. Pringle's
housekceper AT Eatontown, $4,000 is
eff TO Mrs. Bella Shute, 10000 to
Mr. Ethel Marshall, Mrs. Shute's daugh-
Ter s25. ooo. The rest of the estate is
helueathed TO Mrs. Shute's sister. Mrs
Heser 4. Booth. who lives with Mrs.
ShH'e At the Versailles. Broadway and
Ninety -tirSt street. Mrs. Booths share
= the viii stands will be about $685.. 900.
according 20 the lowest valuation OF the
estate. aud about $4,000 II the high
VIII Not FILED
Mrs Priugle's attorney, T.. r. Clar,,
~ lsS Broadway. acting through Roger
Minds Of East range has already filed
A cdVcIt in the S~ur-ogate's Office "A,
Freehold. the county seat OF Monmouth
county. ". j. This mounts to a notice
Of contest and prevents probating the
will IN New Jersey until the orphans
Court has passed on II.
The will itself has not been filed. but
probably will Ice to-day. Lewis T. Knox
Of 3i7 Fifth avenue. attorney for the
exc utors. one of whom is judge Edward
4. La Fetra of The city court. had no,
decided yesterday whether to file the
document In New Jersey or New York.
II u is filed here there may he an OBJ
lection from Mrs. I'ringleS side on the
ground that her husband was a resident
Of New Jersey. In any case. MIR, Clark
sad Yesterday. there will he a contest,
and the testimony promises to be inter
est,ng.
James W. pringle. Alexander Pringle's
father. was II we'll known New York rea
estate operator many years ago.
AL the i'ringle real estate holdings II
New York are in the name of the VII
ulurt Realty Company, a corporation
which the elder lringle organized. will
himself the owner OF virtually all thu
stock. When James PrinCle died he lef'
$iuO. uuu to his son and the residue u
his widow. The widow has since died
and Alexander Pringle fell heir to thu
entire estate.
The Realty Holdings.
I, includes the properties nj le0S ant
1900 Third avenue, lSos-ls Park avenue
I2bth street corner). l29-3l 127tt
street. lol-03 and S2l East Fifty.
ninth street. Elisa Cedar street. 1884,,
Liberty street. 23l West Twentieth
street. 80 Thompson street. 80 Eas
Twenty-ninth street. 2ia East Thirty
second street. "a Bond street and 40
sixth avenue.
Mrs. Booth and her sister, Mrs. Shute
were described Yesterday as old friend
OF the Pringle family. They knew Jane
Pringle and his wife. and were on term
Of friendship with Alexander Prinsle
In his later years many Of Pringle'
friends dropped away from him. and Il
the will contest the lawyer for the ex
ecutors will undoubtedly contend tina
gratitude to the friends who stuck an
who helped him through periods OF II
health. together with resentment towar'
his wife. was largely responsible for tn
-or, of will he made. on the other hand
here will lie testimony setting forth tn
,easons why Mrs. Pringle left her nus
and and incidents in his life whicl
aused Mrs, Pringle to believe he wa
rot wholcsomely Influenced.
Mrs. pringle lives at ia West Sew
pH;y-ninth street.