The sun., 1919-10-26
COL. ROOSEVELT
LEFT AN ESTATE
WORTH S81O,6O7
All Goes to Widow i'm Trust.
to Be Given to Children
as She Wills.
BONDS PUT AT S393,789
Art and Other Objects From
All Parts of World Among
Holdings.
BONDS PUT AT s393,789

Inc late Col. IneOuOre ROOSEVELT,
who died at Oyster Bay on January 6,
left gross estate valued at the time
Of his death at ss10,so7.ss. according
to affidavits filed at Mineola this week
with James N. Gehrig, Transfer Tax
Appraiser, by George Emlen Roose-
welt one Of the executors of the will.
From the gross amount will be de-
Quoted $50, ,s9s.72 for funeral expenses,
counsel fees and debts, together with
the executors fees, which have not
yet been computed.
BY the terms of the will Col. Roose-
velt's entire estate goes to his widow.
Edith Kermit Roosevelt, in trust, to be
disposed Of among the children in any
portions she may decide upon. A trust
fund of $4,000 given to Col. Roosevelt
by his father Is to be used by the
widow during her lifetime and after
her death is to go to the children. All
silverware is left to the children. ex-
cept Mrs. Longworth, to whom was
given her share at the time of her
marriage.
The Roosevelt estate at Oyster Bay,
known as Sycamore Hill. is appraised
at slS0.500. There are also corporate
bonds, including interest at the date of
his death, which had a total valuation
Of s3s3, 3,7SsSs.
Among the long list of bonds the
hrgest item Is that of $4,000 worth
Of United States Liberty bonds of the
first issue; bonds of the third and
fourth loan having a total market
valuation Of $4,000 and $19.1ss.s4, re-
spectively. with total accrued interest
OF s5o1.Ss: a $1,000 Canadian Victory
Loan bond, with a market value with
interest Of s1.Oo4.ss.
Mexican Bond Is worthless.
The balance in bonds is made up
principally in various railroad corpora
uons $4,000 Republic OF Mexico bond
listed as worthless. An explanatory
mote In the appraisal records that the
executor can find no value for them, and
mat none Of the bonds has been called
or paid since 1919.
etock and stock dividends declared,
om unpaid. are valued at SIs3,261.70.
one OF the largest items In the list of
s'ocks Is that of 600 shares of Broadway
improvement Company stock having an
estimated value Of $4,000 eighty shares
ot Bankers Trust. s2s.so0; seventy-three
snares Of Central Union Trust. s29,-
essi $40 shares OF Pennsylvania Rail-
road stock. 10000, and 2e2 shares of
Elkhon stock Of no value. Another
S0ck having no value is that of the
federal Club. of which the decedent
neid three shares
Royalties to be derived from the pub
hcauon Of books of which Col. Roose-
'ei' was the author have an estimated
market value of $1,000. Books owned
w The Colonel have a total valuation
sl'5a7lo. The value OF the furnI-
'ure In the Oyster Bay home, including
tHH'nss, water colors and miscel-
nheous objects, is sss.77s.1o. Gold and
suver articles in the Oyster Bay Bank
Duiiuins are valued at $2,s50, and
''"eiry owned by the Colonel at s2s5.
elephant Tusks Worth $4,000.
Two large elephants tusks. 1O7 inches
n ,s, presented to the Colonel by EN-
80 Mehellk, are valued at $4,000 a
- OF tusks, sixty-three inches in
CoIona, from an elephant shot by the
nd
VI Japanese miniature armor. pre-
sehted TO the Colonel by the late Ad-
,n Iogo, 5000; hunting knife bear
n s tne shield Of the United States and
re- Senteu =. by former Amba assador to Ger
hS Gerard. 800; sword, presented
of e . emperor Of Japan at the close
tssn portsmouth peace conference,
srd pair or elephant tusks, mounted
rn",,. useo as gong supports, $500: the
uhed rno head Of an eland $3.50: the
Ou',ted sn head Of an ory, 800; mahog-
~ "ox into which the electoral votes
tIns cropped for President in 1905.
.pnSs; silver plate pen rack, presented by
metz fltzsimmons, s25; bronze stat
A, ~. esehung a cougar. presented
ne tennis cabinet lunch by former
Mood, .a Jusserand and by Justice
",oody, $3.50 oil painting, unknown ar
80 , Gardens OF the Vatican" nre-
cru Dy late Pope Leo XIII, $3.50;
I'm portrait cf Mrs Roosevelt. $50.
q, pL'cco ooscco jar, made by the residents
Strrtish nrItish East Africa and made from a
s'pI1ipotamus ~ o1i foot, Ia valued at 500;
sS5 VI painting Of ex-Speaker Cannon at
Hi s sn1 the original deed of Sycamore
Vsr,oHu anu signed by Robert Cooper, 500.
40 , s small articles from many narts
nv Eiooe were also listed,
Ihe appraisal OF the art, literary ana
n.r vs personal property was made bv az
~. under the direct management of
' american Art Association.