New-York tribune., 1921-12-04
Mrs. Could's
Estate Goes
To Children
Husband Gets Houses in
Fifth Avenue and East
Oath Street for Life or
y nti'l He Remarries
Jewels for Daughters
Each Is TO Make Selection
as X ke; Many
Requests for Servants

The will OF Mrs. George j. Gould,
who died unexpectedly two weeks ago
while playing golf with her husband
on their country estate at Lakewood,
N. J., was made public yesterday at
Toms River, where it had been ad-
nitted to probate on Thursday by
Ulysses S. Grant, Surrogate of Ocean
County. After providing for certain
specific bequests. the will directs that
the estate be held in trust for the
seven children of the Goulds, each of
whom is to share equally in the resi-
due.
Mr.. Gould, his son, Jay Gould, and
.Charles Prentice Noyes, banker and
broker Of New York, are named execu-
tors without bond To Mr.. Gould is
left the Gould family home at Sixty
seventh Street and Fifth Avenue and
the house at 1T East Sixty-fourth
Street for life or until he remarries.
The Equitable Trust Company is named
trustee without bond, and the will au-
thorizes Mr.. Gould at any time he may
desire to sell these properties through
the trust company and turn over the
proceeds to the residuary estate.
Mrs. Gould directed in the will, which
Taylor, of 165 Broadway, that each of
her daughters, Marjorie Gwynne Gould
Drexel, Vivien Gould Decies, Edith
Gould Wainwright and Gloria, and her
granddaughter, Edith Kingdom Drexel,
he permitted to select from her famous
collection of jewelry one piece as
Keepsake. 1t is stipulated, however,
that if the value of the piece SO chosen
exceeds $4,000 the recipient must pay
over the amount named
Mrs. Gould made this provision, it
was explained last night by one in
close touch with the affairs of the fam
lily, so that the estate would be en-
riched equally for each Of the children
or their heirs if one of the daughters
should elect to take an especially val
conservatively estimated to be worth
more than half million dollars, includ-
Ing several strings of pearls valued at
many times $4,000 each.
The daughters are to be permitted
TO make the selection in the order
named in the will-Marjorie, Vivien,
Edith and Gloria, followed by the
Kingdom Drexel. The sons-Jay, King
don and George jr.--share equally with
their sisters in the residue of the es-
tate. Upon the death of the direct
beneficiaries their children are to have
the share of each in full and without
incumbrance.
The will creates a trust fund of $5O,-
600 for the benefit of Mrs Caroline
Cortis, distant cousin of Mrs. Gould,
with the request that she continue
TO live with my family and that she
will give the same care and earnest
interest and attention to my daughter
Gloria. that she has given in the past"
It is stipulated that at the death Of
Mrs. Cortis the benefits of the trust
Tor life are to go to Charles Ernest
Cortis.
Another trust fund for life is estab-
lished in the sum of $4,000 for Mrs.
William A. Hamilton, also a cousin
Two Meissonier paintings, said to be
among his lesser known subjects, are
left to julius w. Noyes, son Of Charles
+. Noyes and for years friend of the
boys in the Gould family.
BeqIests to Employees
Two thousand dollars is bequeathed
to Mrs. Gould's maid, Margaret Mel
cher, whose continued employment in
the family is requested; $4,000 to
George Philip Langford, an employee in
her New York home: $4,000 to William
Bishop, an employee at Lakewood, and
$4,000 to James Sewer, Mrs. Gould's
cient to pay an uncle. Maugham Carter,
500 month for life, also is created.
Those who might be expected to
know hesitated last night to hazard
guess concerning the total value of Mrs.
Gould's estate. The Fifth Avenue
property, of course, is worth very
large sum. There can be no means of
determining the value of her securities
until various safe deposit boxes are