The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-01-05
REV. MURTAUCH
LEFT HIS ESTATE
TO AID RELIGION
st. Mary's Seminary Is Given
Bulk of Noted Priests
Wealth.
ESTIMATED
AT ABOUT 100000
Executors Word Is Sufficient in
Disposing of Estate,
He Said.

St. Mary's Seminary at st. Mary
No., is bequeathed the bulk of In
estate left by Rev. Father James A
Murtaugh, who died early last Novem
Der, according to the will which wa
filed by attorney NJ. A. Dempsey in thu
Common Pleas Court. His sisters ant
brothers are cut off in the will, be
cause "they are in good circum,
stances" Three nieces and nephew
were given $1,000 each. Stephen Pau
Hueber of Chicago is made executor
Of the will, and should he die or refuse
to accept, then Rev. Father Thomas
J. Levan, president Of st. Vincent's
College will become executor of the
testament. While the amount of the
estate is not estimated, it is said that
it will aggregate 100000.
The will was made on March s,
1911, in Kansas City, 40, where Rev.
Murtaugh was a priest of the Con-
gregation of the Mission. 1t was
signed by three witnesses-Frank Sen
ringer, John Coleman and Francis w.
Rathbone. The executor is not re-
quired to make report to any person
or any court as to the disposition of
the property left by the priest as the
maker of the will expresses explicit
faith in the truthfulness of the exc
cutor.
Father Murtaugh, who had wide
reputation as an orator, had two sis
ters-Mrs. Bridget Harmon and Mrs.
Catherine Brown, both of Ottawa, ILL.,,
and one brother-Edward Murtaugh.
who lives near Dominick, III. Because
of their wealth, the will sets forth,
they shall receive nothing of the es-
tate left by him.
Rev. Henry Murtaugh, nephew of
the late priest, is to receive the sum
of $500. He is also a priest of the
Mission Congregation. Miss Martena
Brown, eldest daughter of Mrs. Cath
crime Brown, and Mrs. Marcella Brown
Lyons, another daughter of Mrs.
Brown, are to receivethe sum Of $1,000.
each. The same amount goes to Mar
tina Harmon, the daughter of Mrs.
Bridget Harmon, who lives near Otta-
wa. These sums are to be paid I'M
mediately after the filing and execu-
ton of the will.
The will leaves it entirely to the in
dividuals to dispose of their share Of
the estate in whatever manner they
wish. In case they should die, how
ever, their share reverts back to the
estate, and shall become part of the
residue of the estate.
Besides the personal belongings, the
late priest leaves several pieces of
real estate in Denver, Colo. This prop
erty is to be sold at public auction
to the highest bidder. The money
realized from this sale will be turned
over to St. Mary's Seminary in st.
Marys.
These lots are situated in Denver
Colo, in what is known as Gallupa
South Broadway Subdivision. Each
has frontage of Sc feet. Hueber will
not be required to make a report tc
anybody on the disposition of Thu:
property, because the deceased ex'
presses explicit faith in the truthful
ness and honesty of the trustee.
at is my will that the purchaser OF
all real estate shall not look after the
application of the purchase money
the will reads, "and the payment
thereof to my trustee shall discharge
the premises so purchased"
The sum of $1,000 is donated to st
Mary's for the repose Of the souls Of
the father and mother of the lat
priest. The same sum is set aside fol
the rest and peace of the soul of The
deceased. No report as to the dispo
sition of this money or the carrying
out of this provision is required.
Father Murtaugh died at the Null
Ilanphy Hospital in st. Louis, Nov. 9
last. At the time of his demise h,
was assistant pastor of st. Vincent
Church in the Cape and treasurer o