Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1947 — Page 3

To Be Hips oy No One J For Next 20 Years

Will of Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLedn Places ~ Jinxed Stone in Custody of Grandchildren

. By DOROTHY WILLIAMS d- «United. Press Staff Correspondent 2 y- ! > " WASHING TON, May 1.—Some day—on or after Oct. 15, 1967—the #éven grandchildren of the -iragedy-haunted Evalyn Walsh: McLean will decide what is to become. of the “jinxed” Hope diamond she willed

Until then the, gleaming sapphire blue stone, “said to pring tnisfor< tune to its wearers, will be in the custody first of ‘the executors and then the trustees of her estate, a _ Some predict; that the gem, for seriously- in an autom whigh' the late Mrs. McLean re-{which took the life of h " portedly refused $2 million will. he} Vinson Walsh. displayed in a museum during the. next 20 years for the public to see. Injured in Crash ~ Then, a few years after her “mar-

Others. say it will be locked away| in a vault. {riage to Edward Beale Mi cLans, =n % SE el lof the multimillionaire pu er o Estate Left to Grandchildren |, 00 0ati Enquirer, their firstBut for the next two decades #t'porn—called Vinson for her brother

least no one -will wear the 44':| |—was killed beneath the wheels of carat jewel which once graced the |g car,

throat of the guillotined French | this time Mrs. McLean was Queen Marie Antoinette. By this e

‘the owner of (he, Hope diamond. Mrs, McLean's. will was made; | Friends, mindful of the legends of public yesterday. It disclosed she ‘the stone's curse, pleaded with her 7 Teft the bulk of her estate, inclid- get rid of the gem. But she re"tng the Hope diamond and other fuséd. She told them~she already

costly gems, in trust for her grand- nq oy ¢fered «the greatest, possible ehildren. Her two sons, meanwhile, [tragedy in the death of her —

become the beneficiaries of 1 share in the a. OL late al She still felt the same fascination ther. Thomas. Walsh. Who - struck | for the Stone that she experienced fabulous gold wealth in Colorado. (when Plerre Cartier, world famed Mrs. McLean died last Saturday leveler first showed it to her in of pneumonia. She was 60... Paris and told her its story. ? The value of her estate is not | That was during her honeymoon. known. There must be extensive | Mr. Cartier displayed the jewel and Appraisals before the worth can be | recounted how a French traveler, Judged. : | Tavernier, had wrenched it from .. the forehead of a Hindu idol. TaverJewelry Worth. a Fortune” 'nier took the stone to Paris and sold Her jewelry collection alone 18 it 10 Louis XIV. But the curse of probably worth a fortune. In addis the idol was upon Tavernier and

tion to the Hope diamond it in- he was torn to death by dogs. eludes the smaller but possibly more |

valuable Star of the East diamond | The ki # uve IL 10 Nis Javorie, Sl vouy biggie. bloey suy said | straightway went out of his heart. And th ges { b ‘Louis XV left the gem in a jewein ere 1s a sel of rubles. & ,,. ang experienced no unusual bad set. of enreralds and several dia- luck . mond bracelets and rings. : i red Some of these gems may rival | Gem Disappen: or even eclipse the Hope diamond | Louis XVI gave it to his queen, as fine stones, but none is as rich! Marie Antoinette. Both were guilJn ill-omened fame.and none so lotined. During the French revolu- | pieased Mrs. McLean. She wore: tion the stone disappeared. But in the Hope diamond almost constant- 1830 ‘the present. gem appeared in ly and always belittled the legends France and jewelers concluded it that it was jinxed. ‘had been cut down from the original : : 166 carats to ¢onceal its identity. Tts| Placed In. Custody present weight is 447: cprats—less ' het will Supuaies thst Ml of ha than oné:third of an ounce. ewelry ‘sha » kept in safe : —Eustody” until her granddaugnter, Thomas Hope: a Jonah. Bass: 4-year-old Mamie Spears Reynolds, "CCame the next awner. gave becomes 25. ‘Then the seven to his daughter and She left it to grandchildren will share equally in hes son, Lord Francis Pelham Clinthe estate. : - Mamie is the child of Mrs. Mc-, He presented it to his bride, a Lean's only daughter, Mrs. Robert | Imusic hall entertainer. But in.a} R. Reynolds, who died last tall | Short time she left the diamond from an accidental ‘overdose 2 i i 2 eiope. She died 2 sleeping powders. Oma The death of Mrs. Reynolds, wite| Mrs. McLean heard this story and

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* beset Mrs’ McLean. It ended for nd. « with her young husband ll time the lavish entertaining for Jen a noe to pay the $140,000 notables and virtual: ugknowns! mg i me Fours So ey which made her famous on two he fret or a time about the continents legend of the curse. Then she took Tragedy struck early at Mrs. Mc- the gem ro a frien xu pay it Lean. Years before she acquired | Spe RS at - OB gee the Hope diamond she was injured | McLean appeared impervious e claims of the stone's fateful power,

despite the misfortunes which subsequently beset her,

Marriage Brokea Up

Her own marriage broke wp hn tragedy worthy of Hope diamond lore. Mrs. McLean charged her husband with adulterv, Eventually he died in a mental institution, his fortune depleted. Saturday she died of pneumonia at her home here. And to her seven grandchildren she left the} final decision of what they should do with the stone. Besides Mamie, the grandchildren ‘are: Emily McLean, 7; Edward B. McLean, III, 6; Ronald Walsh McLean, 3, and Michael Hartrick MeLean, 1, children of Edward B. McLean, Jr. Colorado Springs, Colo. and John R. McLean, IIT, 7, and Evalyn Walsh McLean, 4, children Eye pre = / of John R. McLean; II, Dallas, Tex.

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