New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Enemy Alien Property Gus
indian Demands Legacies
From Executors
500, 900 Is Involved
s.n.;n.Law of Adolphus Busch
Provided Literally for
Native Land in Will

Mitchell Palmer. Custodian of
s..r,v Alien Property. has taken steps
hnld up all bequests made to Ger
;rst;tutions by the late Hugo Re's-
.r "~ son-in-law of Adolphus Busch,
m .ss g. Louis brewer. it was disclosed
u. ...rdsv Germany will therefore be
.n,s,led to so without, at least dur
' W. ,bs war. 100000 worth OF works
.rt and decorative fountains and
,osn;tal or two. all of which were
.r;aed for in the Reisinger will.
rho. Mr. Palmer had held up these
,.amssts was made public in com
nn;cation from Professor kuno
rsn,ke and Frederick Bessin, the
s.,utors. to Egerton L. Winthrop as
s.rse in which they stated de-
a mad been made on them by the
gsasral s"a custodian for the legaeles'
sea.a .;sn REQUESTS of ste5.ooo Affected
'ps soscj6c bequests of $4,000, and the
ope.,A - the estate, which will go
fes,l@. .ss c,tv Of Wiesbaden, where ME-
~ n.;s;ncer s% was born, are included IN
se'ssnsi Ne ssansion of Mr.. Palmer. Among the
'ns s.;sc leqacies the most important
spse'ssss sso 400 to the Royal National
sis..rro s[s rr,'N Of Berlin. for the purchase
aa,sod a.modern paintings; S50,00O to the
.. Gu mp p;nakothek. of Munich, for a
MuI :I.r nurpose; $4,000 for the erec-
s.an SIM - a fountain in Wieshaden; $lO,-
..a Nv" ~ ~ +be Deutsches Museum, Munich,
Wv - sso 400 to the Kaiser Wilhelm
SSaa.,,iscbsft. anu Of Berlin. which is also
w. hanafciarv of $40, 900 trust fund,
.ss .ss rr;ncinal of which it receives on
We NC bath Of Mr.. Reisinger's son Edgar.
'AT TSs residue of the estate. the value
:. wh;ch was not disclosed. was left
y. y. tha c;tv OF Wiesbaden to found a
so.n;tal for the care of poor children.
Tbs report of the executors on the
ssnosal of the Reisinger art treas
~. u,as r0 revealed the fact that one Of the
rs;nt;ngs. Yin picture of Mr.. Relsinger
|, cari Melchers. was beQueathed to
.bs Metropolitan Muesum of Art and
.ss, the latter refused to accept. 1t.
M Reisinger had ordered others of
his notable collection of paintings to
Sa cold in Berlin, but because OF the
var the sale was held in this city at
the Plaza Hotel, and according to
The executors report, yielded s2l7,925.
| although previous inventory had
nlsced value of only s174,7o5 on
|. them.
At the time of Reisinger's death he
beN contracts with German houses for
,he delivery of $4,000 bags of brewers
rice. which he had contracted to sell
here. These contracts were cance ed
bY the German firms because of the
wsr and precipitated numerous con,
trovets.ss between the executors and
brevers in this country before the
estate was released from liability.
Settled Suit for Necklace
Among claims filed against the
estate was one for 100000 marks (s52,-
S00). representing the purchase of a
pearl necklace which Reisinger bought
for his wife from jeweller of Frank
iOrt-on- Main. in Germany. Mrs. Refs
niger rejected the necklace. and the
eweller started civil suit, which was
finally settled by the executors by pay
nent of $500.
In sharp contrast to his bequests tc
public institutions. Mr.. Reisinger left
articles to the value Of only S46,07s
10 his wife, books worth S2,052 to hi:
son Curt. and paintings valued a
$3.50 to his other son, Walter. He
explained that Mrs. Reisinger and hel
children had already inherited fortune:
from the Busch estate and would OBJ
tain more upon the death of Mrs
blsch