The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-05
... Finance, Real Estate and Insurance =
FREEDMAN LEFT FOUR MILLIONS,
 COURT REPORTS
Estate of Wealthy New Yorker Shows Variety of In-
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OIlONS SdfIcIy Ol IH- vestments.
 New York, Sept. 5.-Andrew Freed man, who died in his apartments at | herry's on Dec. 4, 1915, left a net es- tate of $4,201, ,s0S. The report of the estates appraisal by Appraiser Albert J. Berwin was made public recently. The total assets were given as S4,- 646, ,6S9.
 The gifts of MT. Freedman to his friends were appraised as follows: A pair of large white pearl shirt buttons, to Richard Croker, $500; oil painting, Going to Market" by Troy on, to Walter G. Orkman, $2,000; pair of large black pearl studs to Samuel Untermyer, $1,50O; pair of large white pearl cuff buttons to De Lancey Mi coll, $500; seven-passenger automobile j to Henry A. Gildersleeve, $2,5O0; Steia- way piano to George W. Young, $l.- 500; small Marie Dicterle picture to Edward L. Buscho $1.000; a Deniere bronze and marble three-piece clock set to August Belmont, $3,500; a man. tel garniture clock and pair of urn candelabra to Perry Belmont, 5000; bronze ornament to Cornelius J. Sulli- van, $50; silver flower vase to John H. Campbell, $25; a silver ornament to Edward E. Mccall, $75; silver punch | bowl to Dr. William Carr, $75; silver silver flower vase to Chauncey s. s. Miller, $500. Each of Mr. Freedman's s household employees received $500. The gifts to institutions were: Eman- uel Congregation, Mount Sinai Hospi- | tai, Monte"ore Home for Chronic In- valids, St. Vincent's Hospital, the Presbyterian Hospital, Hebrew Benev- olent and Orphan Asylum, St. Luke's Hospital, and Roosevelt Hospital, S5,- GOO each.
 Daniel B. Freedman, brother of de- cedent, received $5O,O in cash and a silver and copper cup punch set ap- praised at $500. The contents of a sealed package of securities for the benefit of "a person of the per cent class of taxation" indicating that the recipient was not related to the dece- ldent, name not disclosed in the report, s65,Sa5; contents of a sealed package flor the beneft of a person of the 5 per cent. class of taxation" name not disclosed. containing securities ap- praised at $43,943.
 Relatives and Home Share Estate. The residuary estate, $3,925,53S, net value' after the deduction of $11s,3 ,336 trustees commissions, s3,807,2 was divided into wo equal shares. One of those shares was set aside for the foundation of the Andrew Fredman Home and the other is to be held in trust. the incame to be paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Freedman, mother, and Is- ! abella Freedman, sister of the dece- dent, during their lives and at their death to go to the Andrew Freedman Home. Mrs. Elizabeth Freedman also receives household ornaments, furni- ture, silver and jewelry outright, ap- praised at $57.4s5. At the time of the decedent's death his mother was 79 years old and his sister 53
 The assets, as appraised by Trans fer Tax Appraiser Berwin, were: An equal undivided interest with the Union Realty Co. in land at 149th | street and Southern boulevard. the Bronx, appraised at $138,300, dece- dents share being $7S,975. Cash on hand and deposits in banks were put at $41,00o. Personal chattels at 524 ] Fifth avenue, (Sherry's) II Pine street, the Autopobile Club of America. McCreery & Co.,, the Lotos Club, and Guaranty Trust Co. were fixed at $149.361. Notes and mort gages were estimated to be worth $72,210; personally, furniture and an- tiques bought but not delivered before the decedent's death, were appraised at $5.660; stocks and bonds $3,593,- 963; accrued dividends, $11,749, and commissions and extra allowance in the Flagler estate, $13,775.
 The appraisal did not include flower Hill and Freedmanor Farm al Red Bank, N. J., which the decedent owned, and were valued at $125.OOO and land at Bethlehem, N. H., valued at $4,000.
 l His Canvases and Art Obects. l In addition to the items of person. alty shown in the list of legacies tc his friends, the decedent owned many valuable paintings and obects of art Among them were: Painting, Mil Stream" by Fritz Thaulow, appraised at $2,s00; "Bedouins en Route" by Adolphe Schreyer, $6,0OO; "The Street Quarrel" by Eugine Isabey, $2,OOO; Morning After the Sore" by Jose1 Shelmonski, $2,5o0; Cows" by Marie Dieterle, $s.ooo; "Ny1nphs Bathing by J. B. c. Corot, $1O.00o; "Nor- mandie Pastures" by Constant Troyon, $10.000; Flag of Truce,n b, L. Alma Eugene Fromontin, $2,000; Grand Canal in Venice," by Feli, Ziom, $3,000; Sheep in Pasture" b, Charles Jasque. $2.OoO; a landscap
 by H. Diaz, $2,000; landscape, by Julian Rix. $1,500; Hut Near a Pool by Jules Dupre, $3,00O, and "Fishins From the Bridge" by H. Harpignies 5000.
 An antique Surak rug was apprais. ed at $2,50o, an Italian Renaissance dining room suite at $1.50O. two Ital. ian silk embroidered panels, both ot l"Senor Ricci and Family" appraised at $1,000; an ivory bedroom set. up. holstered in Rose Du Barry silk s1,500, and an Aubusson tapestry rue $1,OOO.
 The items at the Lotos Club con. sisted of wines and liquors valued al
 $500. The wearing apparel of the decedent consisted of four dress suits two dinner suits, 61 suits of clothing 24 overcoats, 29 pairs of shoes, and canes and trunks, the whole being appraised at $50.
 Long List of Stocks and Bonds,
 Among the items of stocks and bonds were:
 Bonds of Armour & Co.,, $22,71O bonds of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
 $33,633; bonds of oBston, Cape Cod