New-York tribune., 1919-08-23

interest in s250,ooo trust and personal
effects valued at $1,174; two nephews,
Sterling H. Bunnell and Frank S. Bun
nell. similar bequests; Catherine T.
Mitchell, niece. life interest in $780,
900 trust; John A. Carver. law part
ner law library, $2,397; Office furni-
ture, $500, and $4,000 in cash; Helen
Z. Adams, income for life from $4,000
trust; Bella Butts, colored servant, in
come from $500 trust; Andrew Jack
son, income from $500 and years
wages, S643; Helen NJ. Wilsey, income
from $4,000 trust and years wages,
$3.50; George H. Church. law associate,
Jewelry valued at $3.50 and $4,000
niece Of Mrs. Charles J. Osborn, jewel
~ valued at $500; to each employee
in the Office of Shearman & Sterling,
six months wages, total SPLITS.
Bond Holdings Large
Among Mr.. Sterling's bond holdings
were issues of the first, second and
600, s251 900 and $125 900 respectively.
Other bond holdings were: United
States Steel 900; St. Paul, Mime
apolis and Manitoba Railway, 100000;
Southern Pacific Company, S115,000;
Pennsylvania, 100000; Northern Pa
cifc Railway, S135 900; New York Cen
tral Railroad. 100000; Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern, 100000; Midvale
Steel and Ordnance Company, $4,000;
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, S110,000 Erie, 100000; Con-
solidated Gas, 100000; Duluth, South
Short and Atlantic, 100000; Colorado
and Southern, $4,000: Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul, S275,0O0; Chicago
and Western Indiana, 10000; Canadian
Pacific, $4,000; Baltimore and Ohio,
$4,000; American Meter, $4,000.
Some of His Stocks
The value of Mr.. Sterling's stock
holdings was not appraised. The larger
groups of shares left by the testator
we're: American international Corpor-
alton, 6,212; Baltimore and Ohio, com
mon, 2,374; preferred, 1866; California
Nevada Copper, 10000; Central Union
Trust, 1866; Chesapeake and Ohio.
common, 1856; Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul, common, 1000; preferred
1,550 Colorado and Southern, common,
1000; preferred. 900; Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western, 1,oO1; Farmers
Loan and Trust Company. 1859; Great
Northern, preferred, 1o,524; Great
Northern Iron Ore Properties. 1886;
Illinois Central, 1900; Montana Con-
solidated Copper, 30.624; Midvale Steel
and Ordnance. 5000; National City
Bank, 3,S13; Northern Pacific, 1850;
New York Central, 100; New Haven
and Hartford, 1000; Peerless Truck and
Motor Corporation, 1000; Pennsylvania
Railroad. 1000; Pittsburgh Coal. COM
mon, LOO; Red Mountain Gem Mining,
5000; Southern Railway, preferred, =,
5000; common, 500; Texas Company,
1861 Union Pacific, common, 10,600;
preferred. $500.
His Personal Effects
A valuation of $7O9 was placed on
Mr.. Sterling's wine cellar. Other per-
sonal belongings were appraised:
Books, S6.749; jewelry, S9,672; silver
ware, S1,013. Mr.. Sterling owned
rare rock crystal ball, five and a half
inches in diameter, which stood on
bronze tripod. 1t was appraised at
$4,000. Most of the lawyers jewelry
consisted of stickpins, which included
an emerald pin, $500; brilliant pin,
$780, oval ruby, $500. He had three
pearl studs. valued at S700.
Mr. Sterling did not have a large
collection of paintings, but the pictures
included one by Schreyer. appraised at
$4,000, and another by Ziem, $3.50
His pictures and household effects we're
appraised at $4,000. Two Flemish
rugs were valued at $4,000 and $500,
respectively. and a gilt wood recep-
tion suite at 81, 200.
The real estate owned by Mr.. Ster-
lag in Manhattan consisted of 912
Fifth Avenue, 70 East Seventy seventh
Street, and some vacant property.