The New York herald., 1921-09-18
GLORIA CARUSO GETS
HALF FTENOR'S ESTATE;
NOT NAMED in Will
Compromise Is Reached by
Family of Singer to Pro-
vide for Daughter.
COPY is RECEIVED HERE
Document Written Four
Months After Marriage
and Heir Is Ignored.
FOUR SHARE REMAINDER
Widow, Brother and Sons Will
Divide Residue Of Property
Of Unknown Value.
FOUR SHARE REMAINDER

OF Unknown Value.
From an authentic source THE NEW
YORK HERALD obtained yesterday q
copy Of the last will of Enrico Caruso
The copy OF the document, which has
been the basis Of the family compro-
mise and under which will be dis.
tributed the estate Of the noted singer
the value Of which it is impossible al
the present accurately to estimate
was received recently in this city by
brother Of one of the two Italian
attorneys retained by Mrs. Caruso and
other heirs. The will written by
Caruso in New York four months after
he married Miss Dorothy Benjamin, is
as follows:
To-day, January 4, in the year
1919, here In New York. United
States OF America Of the North, 1,
undersigned Enrico Caruso, son OF
the late Marcellino and the late
Anna Baldini sane Of body and
mind. annul with this my act what
ever testament previously made and
name with this act starting from
to-day my universal heirs, my sons.
Rodoifo and Enrico. and my brother,
Giovanni. To my wife. Dorothy,
born Benjamin, the part which the
Italian law grants to her. My uni
versal heirs will maintain with Dig
nifty until her death my stepmother,
Maria Castaldi.
ENRIco CARUso.
birth of Gloria Caruso.
: From the wording Of the will it is
evident that Mr.. and Mrs. Caruso. who
were married In New York on August
Q. 1918, were not aware that q child
was to be born TO them. Gloria Caruso
their daughter. was born in their
apartment In the Knickerbocker Hote'
on December Is. 1919.
AS no codicil amplifylng the will SO as
to guard the interests Of Gloria waa
found among the tenor's papers follow
ing his death In Naples on August ..
family compromise followed, by which
Gloria will receive SO per cent. Of the
estate. while the other half will be d.
vided equally among the widow. Gio-
vanni Caruso. the brother. and Rodolfo
and Enrico. the sons Of the singer.
The italian lawyers are Dr. Giovanni
Porzio and his law partner. Gabrielle
Consolidate Of Naples. DR.. A. Consola-
ton OF this city. a brother OF Gabriele
Consolaxio, who has Americanized his
name, furnished THE NEW YORK HERALD
with q copy Of the Caruso will. DR.. Con-
ISOLATION, who was a long time friend Of
caruso. 10 connected with tho st. Vim
cent Chemical Company at l45 Spring
street
DR.. Giovanni Pcrxio. who 10 40 years
old, IL q member of the italian Parlia-
ment from Naples and was connected
with the Ministry OF Finance In the Cabi-
net Of Premier Giolitti. Gabrielle Con-
solasio, his law partner, Is q member OF
a we'll known family OF Naples and 70
Is years old. In spite Of his age he has
won a name for himself In the Italian
courts as specialist IN International
financial law and In Italian civil law.
Or. Porxio also is well known criminal
lawyer.
Reason for Publicity.
Because OF errors that have been
made In certain publications regarding
the disposition OF the Carvso estate. !
A.
HERALD some authoritative facts con-
cerning the will Of the great singer.
said rr. Consolation yesterday 70 HER-
AID reporter. A few days ago I received
a letter dated August 20 from my broth
er. Gabrielle Consolazio, who. you will
observe, adhercs to the Italian use
OF the family nare. In II ne sent rne a
copy of the last will OF Caruso and the
testament that has been accepted by the
courts OF Naples.
MY brother and DR.. Porzio now are
occupied with Mrs. Caruso and the
other heirs. in making an inventory OF
the Italian estate. He states here In
the letter that he and DR.. Porzio were
about to start for Florence upon estate
business. Their business will bring
thom 10 New York some time during
the winter. probably In November.
linen tney Will t1kt 0P lHC WOth Va
an appraisal Of the American
estate, with the aid OF New York
attorney yet TO bo selected.
MY brother states here that II Is
impossible to estimate the value OF
the combined estate at the present
time. but Il will undoubtedly be large,
as I know II to he fact that ten days
before Caruso died he received a check
for sos. .0c0 representing royalties from
Victor records. Still. my brother writes.
Il would be futile 20 attempt an csti-
mate until the inventory has been COM
plcted.
Even after the inventory shah have
been completed there will still be largo
Incomes from the records. as, under the
contract Caruso had with the Victor
Talking Machine Company, the heirs
will enjoy the royalties for a term OF
twenty years from the date OF Caruso's
DEATH
Curuso's Art Purchases.
DR.. Consolation said that G. Canessa,
art expert and dealer In antiques at
West F'iftieth street, another long time
friend Of Coruso. went abroad with the
Ceruso family and has remained with
them. "AIr. Caacssa was with Caruso
when he died. and my brother writes
that he has been of great help to tho
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