The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-03-12
Thomas Austin, IA, Adopted
/ Son of Late William
HI. Yawkey
CAME WITH BODY
TO BRATTLEBORO
Much of Financier's Wealth in Timber
and Minerals-Was Interested in
Manufacturing and Paper Making
Former Baseball Magnate.

One of the party of about 80 per-
sons who accompanied the body Of Viii
liam H. Yawkey of New York to Brat
tleboro. Monday was Thomas Austin,
a boy of IA years, who was adopted by
Mr.. Yawkey and who, it is believed
viii inherit some of Mr.. Yawkey 5
millions. The New York World, follow
| ing Mr.. Yawkey's death in Augusta,
Ga, last week, published picture of
the boy and the following news story:
1t was believed probable yesterday
by those who knew William II. Yawkey
of New York, who died March at
augusta, Ga, that his adopted son,
Thomas Austin, fourteen years old, a
student at the Irving School at larry
town, will inherit large share of his
estate.
Estimates of the property Inherited
and amassed by Mr.. Yawkey have
gone as high as $40,000,000, but this
! figure may be too great, though there
is little doubt he was multi-million-
} aire 1t was said yesterday that money
meant nothing to him aside FROM the
good he could do with ID.
: Mr. Yawkey was horn in Bay City,
Mich, forty four years ago. His father,
William G. Yawkey, had gone West
: from Vermont and became wealthy. He
) owned timber and mineral lands. The
senior Yawkev left his property, esti-
mated in the millions, to his son Viii
liam II. and daughter, Mrs. Augusta
n I. 4.
! the mother of Thomas Austin. She died
in New York Sept. 5. 1918.
4 On the death of his father, William
: H. Yawkey took over the management
of the property In 1908 he bought tn,
Detroit American League Baseball
club, afterward selling an interest il
il to Frank c. Navin.
. In 1909 he came to New York an,
the following year married. Margare
A. Draper of this city. He established
;. his office here two years later. A yea
: ago, having no children of his own, IN
o adopted his sister 3 sen. Aside from hi
!. widow and the 10Y, Mr.. Yawkey left
niece, Miss Emma Austin of this city
A a cousin, Cyrus c. Yawkey of Wausau
!. Wis, who was associated with him i
+ business, and two aunts.
e MI. laWkeF was selzeu with lnllu
enza Feb. % on an automobile tri
through the south. Pneumonia devel
> oped and he died at the Hotel Plaz
! Augusta. With him were his wife
C. d. Joslyn business associate, Mis-
v Austin and Tom Austin. Ty Cobb, bas'
iall star, who lives in Augusta, wa
with his old employer for much of hi
illness.
The funeral was held Sunda
afternoon ut J o'clock at the Yawke
or hcme, No. 10 East Eighty-sevent
street, Manhattan. Burial took plaC
at Brattleboro, VT
n BESIDES being an authority on woot
i. craft, minerals and forestry. NJ
= Yawkey was an enthusiastic hunt,
=. and fisherman, having moose lods
~ in Cook county, Minnesota, and
20 hunting preserve at South Island, ne;
r.. Georgetown, S. c. He was a memb,
or of the New York Athletic, SleeI
Hollow Country. Aldine, Rocky Mou
, tain. Larchmont Yacht aud Dctro
clubs. He was a thirty second degr
nd Mason.
k. He had extensive holdings in Il
or Mesaba range and other ore. distrie
of Minnesota; large coal interests
Ga West Virginia; lumber interests in Il
South, West, North and mineral i
terests in Western states and Britt
Columbia, and was interested in man
featuring and paper making in t
Central West 3g..4--