Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-10-13
SCORES OF REQUESTS IN
LAST WILL OF LATE
LOUIS HESS
CUT IN FRACTIONS
TESTAToR DIVIDES SHARES ON
BASIS OF 2745o THoUSANDTHS
TO DISTRIBUTE PROPERTY Ac.
coRDING TO HIS DESIRES FOR
APPORTlONMENT

The estate of the late Louis Hess,
wealthy Ottawa retired farmer, who
died in the Streator Hospital on Octo-
ber T. was filed for probate today.
The Ryburn Memorial Hospital, the
Zion Evangelical Lutheran church, the
Ottawa Avenue Cemetery and the St
Mary's Hospital in Streator are all
named as benelciaries under the will
While no petition was filed, making
public the value of the estate, it is
believed that the holdings of Mr.. Hess
at the time Of his death viii amount
to approximately 100000
The testment was drawn August 3,
1921 and was witnessed by Dennis o.
Connor Charles Douvia and Dr. Roy
Sexton of Streator
By its terms $500 is given Ottawa
Avenue Cemetery which is to be in.
vested and the interest used in the
perpetual upkeep of the Hess lot.
Ryburn Memorial Hospital is be-
queathed $1,000 legacy, which is to
be invested and the interest expended
for the upxeep OF the hospital.
Nieces Get Farm.
Three neees, Misses Mayme, Jessie
and Katherine Kopf of ottawa are
left the testator's bed room furniture,
his parlor furniture an auto and 20f
acres of land in South Ottawa town.
ship.
Four other nieces, Minnie Scott,
Irene Gebhardt OConnor Amelia
Gebhardt and Elsie Fuller are left the
remainder of his furniture, his horses
and buggies.
The First Trust Co of ottawa is lef
lands in Green County, la, to be held
in trust for Emil Walter and Virginia
Walter of Ottawa, and Albert Walter
of Lusk Wyoming, his niece and nep
hews. At their death it is to go to
their heirs,
The will provides that William Geb.
hardt of Wallace Township shall be
given five year lease on Wallace
Township farm, for five years after
his death at a rental of two-ffths of
the total production.
The remainder of the property is tC
be turned over to the First Trust Co
of Ottawa, who are to convert it in
to cash and pay the following be.
quests: $1,000 each to Fannie Cha
lus, Ottawa; Victor Walter Grand
Ridge; Tina Schroeder, Ottawa; May
me Kopf, Ottawa; Jessie Kopf, Otta
wa Katherine Kopf, Ottawa; and
Carrie Midnight, ottawa. $500 each
to Louis Glenn of ottawa, Gertrude
Alband of Rochester, N. " st Marys
Hospital Of Streator; Minnie Scott OF
Ottawa, Elsie Fuller of Ottawa, Irene
O'Connor of Ottawa, Amelia Gebhardt
of Ottawa, and Rev H. H. Hartman
of Ottawa. John Glenn of Grand
Ridge is to receive $4,000, Lille
Scharfenberg Of Galesburg, is to re
ceive $1,000, and Mary Alband Of
Streator receives similar legacy
The Zion Evangelical church in Otta
wa and children of a deceased niece
Catherine Duder of Streator, are to
receive $500 Legacies of $50 each
are left to the following: George
Long. Herman; Emma Long, Otta-
wa; Fred Long, ottawa Fred Glenn,
Streator, and Frank McEwing, Otta-
wa William Glenn of ottawa is left
5000.
The residue of the estate is to be
apportioned out in the following man
ner
1000-27450 to each of the following;
Fannie Chalus, Victor Walter, Tina
Schroeder, Mayme. Jessie and Rather
inc Kopf, and Carrie Midnight
500-27450 to each of the following:
Louis Glenn, Gertrude Alband, St
Mary's Hospital of Streator. Minnie
Scott, Elsie Fuller, Irene O'Connor
and Amelia Gebhardt.
3000-27450 to John Gleim.
5000-27450 to Lille Scharfenberg
and Mary Alband.
1500-27450 to the children of Rather
inc Duder.
200-27450 to William Glenn.
50-27450 to George Long, Emma
Long, Fred Long, Fred Glenn, ant
Henry Glenn.
To Guard Small Jury.
Waukegan, H., Oct 13.-The jury
trying Governor Small on embezzle
ment charges will be held under locl
and key during the trial, Judge Ed
wards announced today Judge Ed
wards, who will preside at the trial
declared 1t would be impossible fol