Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1913 — REFUSES $5,000 BEQUEST. [ARTICLE]

REFUSES $5,000 BEQUEST.

Woman Testifies that Neighbor was incompetent to Make Will. Syracuse, N. Y. —Declaring that she was not entitled to the money, Mrs. Mary J. Joyce, of Cicero, Onondaga County, refused a $5,000 bequest in the Surrogate’s Court She was a neighbor of the late Miss Mary F. Hervey, .of North Syracuse, whose estate was valued at SB,OOO, and it was she who made the bequest to Mrs. Joyce. Miss Hervey had no heirs, and she gave $2,500 to Moses Frlnstein, of Syracuse, and -the residue to Mrs. Joyce. William Mettlem, of De Kalb, HL, an uncle of the decedent, now gets the money on Mrs. Joyce’s testimony that Miss Hervey was incompetent Ths probate of the will was refused. <