Evening star., 1923-10-31
WORD ISSUE PIVOT
Of GOULD MILLIONS
Children of First Wife Fight
Claims of Three Born Out
of WedI0Ck.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| Special Dispatch TO The Star.
NEW YORK, October 31.-Upon the
single word tissue" hinges the out
come of the biggest will contest
America has ever known. II IN
wolves the Gould family, famed IN
the financial and railroad history or
America since Jay Gould left his tam
merry in northern New York and
plunged into Wall Street. When ne
died, in 1892. he left an estate OF
s72,0 100000. 1t is about this estate
| that the fight centers.
Eminent counsel, including John w.
Davis. former American iaant ambassaooff OF
the American Bar Association; Judge
Alton B. Parker, former democratic
candidate for President, ana IoIty-
eight other attorneys, are engasea "a ~
an attempt to construe 'nT nbilSpen of
the late George ]. Gould, son Oh lne
famous Jay, come under the legai
status Of tissue"
Named George Trustee.
When Jay Gould died ne gaoe ot
George Gould, eldest son and head OF
the house, s5,0OO,O00 outright ou anu fnr
each of his six children, includlng
George. George Gould was nameu
trustee of these funds. The VIII pro-
yided that upon the death OF Jan
Goulds children, the tTust .rnnnp
should be divided equaiis
their issue" 20 caoree
Under the management or deorse
Gould the famous financiers estate
shrank S2O,000,000, and ms pro.,e ,nr
and sisters were suing MN ~
he died to force restoIasioiif i father's
sum. Administering his la'h1i az
estate, George Gould allowed tne
western Union Telegraph Company,
the Manhattan elevated raliroaos' .le
Missouri Pacific, the wabash, tne
Texas and Pacific and hal1 uoe as
other railroads to slip from coi'.,oi
the Goulds. His dream of trans
continental line and the panic or l9V1
were blamed. After that the Gouiu
name came to be more or less neglloie
in Wall street financial circles.
Set Up Second Home.
George Gould retired to his home
at Lakewood. Y. j.. and transacted
his business through his secretaries.
His first wife, who bore him SIX chil-
dren. died in 1921. A year iater ne
married Guinivere Sinclair, stately
hionde who lived on Manursing
island. at Rye, n. Y. She was mys-
tery woman. She had three children
and was reported to be a WIDOW.
Her home on Manursing island was
one of the most luxurious III Nt"
York. She remained aloof from the
fashionable people along the Long
island shore. After their marriage
| she and Gould went to Europe 70 i've.
Early this year he died in france.
| In his will he admitted parentage Oh
Guinivere Sinclair's three children;
| the oldest of whom was seven ana
was born six years before Gould S
first wife died. 1t developed that
Guiniyere Sinclair had come to
America in 1918 with muslcal
comedy from England, had met Gould
and he set her up in the mansion at
Manursing island.
Gould left an estate of S3o,0oo.0ou,
of which s10,000,0G0 was the trust
fund left him by his father George
Gould had created. in turn, trust
fund of S4,000,000 for his second Wite
and her three children, and had pro-
yided that the remainder or MS estate
be divided equally among his SIX chll-
dren by his first wife and MS three
children by his second.
The children by his hrst wlle,
among them Jay Gould, I'd, national
snuash champion. have instituted pro-
ceedings to prevent the three children
of the second wife from sharing IN
anv mart of the S10.000.000 trust fund
left their brother by Jay Gould. Inelr
contention is that the grandfather
said the s10,O00O00 should be divided
among the tissue" of his chlidren ana
that Iiuinivere Sinclair Gouids chll,
dren do not come within the legal
meaning of lawful issue. Ihe second
wife is fighting for herself and her
three children. Through her attor-
ney she is contending that her mar
riage to Gould legalized their chill
/ dren and made them issue.