The New York herald., 1921-11-16
Miss EVANS PUSHES
HANNA Will CLAIMS
She Apparently Was to
Get $4,000 a Year,
Says Lawyer.
CLAUSES DECIPHERED
BlOtS on Document Make
Financier's Wishes Hard
to Define.
ENGAGEMENT VERIFIED
Nephew Sure His Aunt Was to
Have Been Married in
October.
ENGAGEMENT VERIFIED

Several certified copies and photo
graphs of the will of Dan r. Hanna
We're made yesterday In the Office of
Surrogate Slater in White Plains at
The request of Barton, Ferguson &
Moore, attorneys for Miss June Avis
Evans Of Chicago, whose name, as
TOld in THE NEW YORK HERALD yes
terday. is mentioned in the will. At
cempts apparently were made to blot
out the name.
According to statements made in
Chicago by Miss Evans's relatives, she
became engaged to Mr.. Hanna last
April, and was to have become his
18th wife in October.
Leslie c. Ferguson. who is in charge
Ok the matter for the law firm, said
The will apparently gave to Miss
Evans, who was living at the Hanna
state in Westchester when the finan-
oier and publisher died. an income Of
$4,000 year for life, in addition to
he estate and other property. Mr..
Ferguson said the will also provided
that If Mr.. Hanna died before he was
able to marry Miss Evans trust fund
should be set aside to provide the an
nual income of $4,000. Under the
blots. however, Mr.. Ferguson said he
had been able to decipher this nota-
tion:
SHOULD she marry, however, this
instrument is to become null and void.
Witness, II. ". Foster and d. r.
Hanne.''
Blotted Part Deciphered.
That part Of the Hanna will in which
the name OF Miss Evans Is mentioned,
snnd over all OF which are blots. heavier
IN some places than in others, has been
ieciphered as follows:
"And ] give. bequeath and devise in
sdual shares to my wife, should have
one. and to my three sons. as recited In
paragraph 6. 1t being my intention to
marry June Avis Evans" The words
hat Immediately follow are blotted. and
tf,tn can be read: "Should die before
such marriage takes place. instruct my
executors to provide trust''--and then
here arc heavy blots.
The blots apparently are an attempt TO
cancel some of the provisions Of the VIII.
To make sure he had done SO Mr.. Hanna
noted on the margin OF one paragraph: ::
Oct IA, 1921. This provision can
celled." This paragraph, however, is not
the one in which Miss Evans is men,
toned but the one which gives the estate
and other property to Dan r. Hanna Jr.
There is no way Of telling just what par
agraphs Mr.. Hanna intended to cancel.
bn- 10 rtvvif In, "A
margin. The paragraph mentioning
Miss Evans also is on the margin of the
win.
House Reported Sold.
There was q report yesterday that the
Hanna home at Yorktown. where the
financier died on November 3. had been
transferred by him Sust before his death,
There is, however, no record of q change
of title. The estate was purchased by
Mr.. Hanna from Marion X. verpey in
October. 1919. and the price was said to
have been $4,000.
The fact that Miss Evans was to have
been married to Mr.. Hanna was verified
In Chicago by William Evans, her
nephew. who is manufacturer and
7tves in Evanston. Her parents are In
England. where they have been living
Tor several years. William Evans said
his aunt met MFR. Hanna in New York
city. He said he was sure that the en-
gagement bad not been broken and tnat
the wedding was to have taken place In
October.
In 1911 Miss Evans, who has been. on
The stage, was engaged to William Car
renter Camp, former husband OF Elfta
Proctor Otis, actress. The engagement
vas announced then by Camp. who had
r,een married twice before. at the Lambs
in New York.