Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25
WINCHESTER TO GET
HANDlEY REQUEST SOON
Will Receive Si.646.G65.;s3 Fairly in
the Summer From ENecu-
tors OF Estate.
FoH BUILDING OF SCHOOLS
Ample Room VIII he Allowed for
Fairgrounds and Outdoor Sports.
and II i Planned To Make Struc-
lures among HnndsUmest in South.

Especial 10 The Times p.sn.;ch.l
WiNCIESTEE. VA. f'chruar: "a
The city Of Winchester carly this sum
MGR viii receive a Request OF N.s46.-
665.33 from the executors OF the late
Judge Johu ITandlc!. OF Scranton. Pa .
which. according TO his will. is 20
be uSod for the building and main;en-
ance OF schools FOR the education o.:
tho poor .. Winchester. II is expected.
however that the will of Judge Hand
10y can he 50 construed a. to include
general system of schools Tho ten
tatiNc plan il to have the schools built
and conducted along the lines OF the
famous Gary tlndD schools
Judge Handley. who was a native Of
ireland. died in Scranton in February
1925. lie directed in his will that his
estate be held in trust for twenty
wears. after which il was 10 be turned
over 10 the city OF Winchester for the
purposes indicated IN his will. The city
ALREADY has received portions OF the
cstat from the Executors. including
tho iandloy Memorial Library. erected
At cost OF about $4,000. and which
inGs Of The kind III the South,
NIL FORMAL LITIGATION
HAS BEEN ENDED
Il Graz Williams, prcsidcn, Of the
board Of trustees OF tho llandicy fund
Of Winchester. stated to-Ga. that
settlement had be"u made with the
executors that concluded All hostile
litigation. The estate viii be turned
over to tho trustees carly IN juno
There Viii bo ahou; s65o.ooo in cash
and thu remainder in the form Of first
lien mortgages OH Scranton real estate
aid also lands owned BY Judge Hand
II! q; the time % his death The
hn4l account %: the EXECUTOR has
been fled in tho court at Scranton
During tho litigation in ;he various
courts OF Pennsylvania. the trustees
were represented by George Wharton
l'eprcr. Of PhiladclphjS. and Villa IN
j. Hand OF Scranton. The Handley
schools are to he built on land owned
hy the estate IN tho southwestern
suburbs There viii be ample room for
Fairgrounds aud All outdoor athletic
games. and II is planned TO make the
schools second To mono III tho South
The liand'ey cstaic, il is SAID. is in
rressinE constantly in valuc, and in
dicsticas arC ttat tho city OF VIII
chester viii not authorize the sale Of
ali the property.
WAS .tDMIUEN OF LEE
AND "STONEW All" JACKSON
Judge Handicy was An ardent adj
mircr II Robert T. Lee and ''Stonewalr
Jackson. and had his house and Of
i'rc interiors decorated with CoufcG-
crate ""lorS. .tH"Vc tho door OF his
private one" 70" htd portraits of ,.or
ana Jackson. 80 tl:,s every on, who
came int" his oGic. lad /" pass under
nc picture Because at the autaEoI-
iSNr a,litnd, Of the Scranton Gourmet
"a permitting II" opening OF stoc!,
Yards "pposii" hts u"t"l urup.rjy Judge
liamdlcy declared they voVld I've 10
regret 1t lie - said TO have destroyed
will in which he ~ made Scranton
the restduray !c=atre Of his Grca, rs
TAO. aud drew IN q NOV onc ~ fA,o,
"I Winchester. He also directed tnut
n" DC hurled "s ne~r rs pos>ii'c 10 tho
Virginia soldiers lot in Sivuowall Com:
eiorH here. and several wears before
Mn dcauh u" bought :, 10, facing the
driveway which di, idcs Stcnewall from,
Mount Hebron Cemetery. Ills body,
! oS's there in +" large tomb
iudS Handi"y had no i.Iowu rcla
tifes - 'hc Tine "t is death although
shortly thereafter uauy alleged her.
H"ranS ~ ia various sections of tho
United state and als" in ireland. ali
claiming relationship and bcinc cucer
!" set Slice Of Ia. estate. Tho ciiy
~ Nlr"h"atcr defended rlany suits
"nd Won al oi chem N the Pcnasyl
N:rE courts