The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-01
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MRS. MOORE'S WILL
LAID TO NEPHEW
ChanCery Bill Says Document
Leaving Estate to School
Was Signed and Delivered
to W. h. Miller in Memphis.

Did w. ~. Miller, administrator Of
the estate of the late Charlotte Blood
Moore. widow Of william X, Moore, de-
stroy or suppress the will OF Mrs.
Moore?
This is question for Chancellor
Peres, of the Second chancery court,
to decide after all proof in the case has
been submitted
In an amended bill filed Friday by
Col. j. W. Canada, Leo Goodman and
Auvergne Williams, attorneys for the
William r, Moore School Of Technology
II IL alleged that William c. Gaggsl OF
Chicago, friend Of Mrs Moore, on NOV,
z, 1918, delivered will to Miller in
the Hotel Gayoso at Memphis, and that
Miller failed to produce the will, but
instead joined with other heirs In seek
ing administration of the estate and
was appointed administrator himself.
Mr. Miller Is son-ln-law Of Mrs Hem
rietta T. Urquhart OF Little Rock, Ark,
sister of Mrs. Moore. Mrs, Urquhart
and her sister, Mrs. c. w shuttle, who
resides with her, are the principal benz
efiCiaries Of the estate under the ad-
ministration Judge Thomas NJ Scruggs
is representing the heirs under the adj
ministration,
Many Saw viii.
Mr. Gaggs, who Is alleged to have
rendered the will to MIR. Miller in the
Hotel Gayoso, came to Memphis with
the body OF Mrs, Moore, who died In
Chicago II is further declared that
this VIII was signed In the presence OF
Miss u, NJ Scott and NJ r. Kook, wit
nesses to the will, and that ether friends
OF Mrs, Moore knew Of the existence OF
the viii and read 1t after Mrs Moore's
death.
When William R, Moore died he left
y part OF his estate 70 found the Will
lAa..a IL -. - M. a. 49,
When his wife died, II iS alleged. she
left a will which cut Off hor two sisters
with only $40 each, both being wealthy.
and leaving the bulk on her estate to
the school OF technology Nn compliance
with her husbands wishes. Complain
ants say that the win not being pro-
duSed the estate was pa,ssed on BY the
administrator and by order Miller, as
administrator, was allowed S5,096. rs;
Thomas NJ, Scruggs, his attorney, Was
given $4,000 and Mrs. Henrietta Urqu-
hart and Mrs. Emma Schultz, sisters
Of the. decoased. got a good portion Of
the estate
500, 900 Is at Stake.
The school, through It's attorneys,
went into court with plea that a valid
Will had been left behind and had the
administration OF the court set aside,
Mlller was uiScnarged as administrator,
the Bank OF Commerce and Trust dom-
pany was named administrator or re-
eeiver pending the hearing OF the case
and the assets, aggregating more than
100000. were taken from the custody
OF the administrator and placed in the
banks hands In n safety deposit vault
awaiting final determination OF the suit.
Miller was also eniolned from interfer-
ing with the assets or removing them
from administrator bnul
Mrs C.. w, Schultz, one OF the bene-
ficiaries of the estate and sister OF
Mrs, Moore, Is the widow OF the late c,
w. Schultz. who was president OF the
First National bank In Memphis for
years
Other defendants In the bill, persons
and institutions who benefited under
the administration Of the estate are
George Heakes. a nonresident: Eliza
beth Heakes, minor. and a resident OF
Alabama; the Church Home, Home for
lncurables, Leath orphanage Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ami
mails; the community OF st. Mary, the
Founding home, a New York corpora
tlon, and H. l.. Guion company, rental
agents, under the administration.