New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
odd Features Mark Ger
ia tain Bequests Left by
william T. Rock,
,rGaCY OF $4,000
FOR HOUSEKEEPER
49,, rlorence Wood to Forfeit
NJ" Gift if She Makes Any
Claim on Estate.

-. Gestures Of the will Of Will
- Rock. formerly president OF the
v W., Motion Picture Company OF
&c fled in the Surrogate's Court
. Rrooklyn. yesterday, are likely to
y contest TO determine posses
80. Of the Ss.OOO.Oo to 100000
.,,.,s Mr.. Rock, who was pioneer
:. The moving picture industry died
Ne, Thursday st his country estate IN
Oyster Bay
To Mrs Florence Wood, to whom the
..,,.tor refers as his housekeeper. ne
,.ft $4,000. with a provision cutting
If this legacy 4 Mrs. Wood in any way
,rouebt a contest Of the will. Such a
...v;sion usually is inserted in wills
,o,rply to persons who are heirs at law
~ next Of kin Of a person leaving an
..,,,e In the case Of Mrs. Wood there
!, nothing in the will to indicate that
.bs had legal interest in the estate
,,f, by Mr.. Rock, but the petition for
,,obate accompanying the will men
lions Mrs. Wood as the widow Of the
....stor. The clause written by Mr..
Wood reads;
asbould she. however, in any manner
contest any provision in this my will
=, make any other claim or claims
AGAINST my estate Of any kind, nature
: character. then this bequest to her
e Sorebv revoked and shall become
mart Of nv residlary estate.
Son Residuary Legatee.
The residuary legatee is John b.
Rock. son, whose home is IN chicago
Who also is named as sole executor.
since 1907. when Mr.. Rock obtained
g divorce from Mrs. Annie A. Rock, his
second wife. who was a burlesque &C
tress named Annie Patterson, the tes-
tator has been free 10 marry, but
William c. Wolf. the attorney VINO
drew his will and was a witness TO us
execution. said yesterday that he had
never heard Of Mr.. Rock marrying Tor
8 third time. A. s..
marriage Of the testator, Mrs. Louise
Wilatowski. Of Boston, a daughter by
the frs. marriage. receives S5O'OOV IN
The viii Of her father. and her hus-
bsr5 Carl A. Willatowski, is the bene-
fei,rv Of $4,000 bequest. Three
"trusted employees" receive $1,000 each.
TIE will was executed on June 10,
1912 About year and a half later or
ely wears after Mr.. Rock obtained his
divorce MS second wife, who had mar
NED Michael W. Gallivan, brought a
proceeding in the Supreme Court, IN
Manhattan, 70 set aside the decree OF
divorce. on the ground that 1t was OBJ
tanned through COLLISION. Gallivan was
the correspondent. Mrs. Gsllivan sued
the latter for divorce in 1910, but never
obtained a final decree.
Mr. Rock and Miss Patterson, as she
was known when she was an actress,
met at Coney Island. She sued him Tor
500 for breach of promise before
he married her.
Told of Plot to Kill.
IN his answer TO the proceedings 10
yseste the decree Of divorce, Mr.. ROCK
asserted that there was a plot to have
him killed in a supposed automobile
ACCIDENT 50 ludb VI =
&c. a large part Of his estate by claim
ing that a boy she had adopted was
his son. Mr.. Rock declared furtheri
in denying the claim that the divorce
seton had been collusive, that wheh
he discovered his wife with GaliivSn,
10 tried 10 shoot the latter, but was
rreyented by witnesses from carrying
Justice Cohalan denied the petition
OF the former Mrs. Rock to set ASIDE
the divorce, saying that he was con
WINGED there was no merit in it and that
her claim was not genuine. 49,.
M. Rocks city home was at l29o
Oeean Avenue, Flatbush. His country
estate was formerly the property OF
Frank Farrell, sporting man and once
part owner of the New York American
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