Evening star., 1949-02-09
100000 Given
Mrs. Giizycka in
Will Settlement
Daughter Drops Right
To Patterson Legacy
Of $4,000 Yearly
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Mrs. Felicia Gizycka. only
daughter of Mrs. Eleanor Patter.
son, will receive 100000 as her
share of the late Times Herald
publishers $16,500,000 estate, it
was disclosed today when the
Patterson will contest was settled
formally.
Under terms of the agreement
which halted a contest over the
will Mrs. Gizycka will receive
100000 within 10 days. and the
remaining 100000 is payable
within 80 days.
The seven Times Herald execu-
tives who were bequeathed the
newspaper by Mrs. Patterson
have agreed to bear the lions
share of the lump-sum payment.
100000 Due in 10 Days.
They must pay the executors.
for delivery to Mrs. Gizycka. $377.-
500, of which 100000 is due with
in 10 days,
The rest of the money is payable
from the following benef1ciaries
under Mrs. Patterson's will:
Mrs. Ann Bowie Smith of Upper
Marlboro, Md, has agreed to pay
$500.
Mrs. Evelyn Robert. wife Of
Lawrence Wood Robert. has agreed
to pay $4,000.
No other beneficiaries under
Mrs. Patterson's will were affected
by the agreement.
In agreeing to the 100000 pay
ment, which will be free OF In
heritance and incomeo taxes, Mrs.
Gizycka gave up her right to .
S25, 900 annual income which Mrs.
Patterson bequea thed her in the
will. Mrs. Gizycka assigned this
income to the seven Times Herald
executives.
It was explained that the seven
would get this income as long as
Mrs. Gizycka lives.
Authorizes Insurance.
In that connection, Mrs.
Gizycka. under the agreement,
authorized the Times Herald ex-
eeutives to take out life insurance
on her life up to the amount OF
their interest in the $25 900.
The agreement provided that II
the Times Herald executives, Mrs.
Smith and Mrs. Robert cannot
; make their payments to Mrs.
l Gizycka on the dates when they
: fall due, they shall deliver inter-
est bearing promissory notes to
, the executors. In that case their
; bequests shall be held as security
for the amounts remaining un-
paid.
It was specified that the liabil-
ity under these notes is limited
to their bequests and not to other
assets they may have.
The details of the settlement
were disclosed Immediately after
jury in District Court, presided
over by Judge Alexander Holtzoff.
handed down a directed verdict
upholding the will.
William E. Leahy, representing
the executors. proved" the will
with six witnesses and William A.
Roberts, representing Mrs. City,
cka, announced that he would not
contest.
Executives Listed.
The seven Times Herald execu-
tives who were bequeathed the
newspaper were William c. Shell
ton, Frank C. Waldrop, Edmund
F. Jewell, Michael w. Flynn, H. A.
Robinson, j. Irving Belt and Ma
son S. Peters.
/ Mrs. Gizycka was a back-row
spectator at the court session. Ac-
companied by Mrs. Roberts, her
attorneys wife, she left shortly be-
fore the jury returned its verdict.
Mrs. Patterson. Washington
social figure as we'll as publisher
of Nationwide prominence, died
last July "a at the age OF 64.
, Sued Last September.
I Mrs. Gizycka sued to break her
mothers will last September Is,
charging she was of unsound mind
and that the will was obtained
through fraud, deceit and undue
influence.
After five months of legal
maneuvering attorneys for the
! lSee PATTERSON, Page A-5o