Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1908 — FIGHT OVER LARGE ESTATE. [ARTICLE]

FIGHT OVER LARGE ESTATE.

l*roperty of Jane Hawkins, Worth Nearly $600,000, in Controversy. Fowler, Ind., May 20—Suit has been filed in the Benton Circuit Court by the five heirs of Jane Hawkins, of Earlpark, to contest her last will. She left 5,632 acres of some of the best Benton county real estate, valued at $563,200; a mansion in Earl park valued at sll,600, and personal property valued at 812,000. By the terms of her last will the most of this estate goes in fee to the grandchildren, and the children are to receive only the rents and profits during life. The Lafayette Loan and Trust Company is named as executor, and it has already begun to manage the great trust. Jane Hawkins was a daughter of the late Ed Sumner, one of the rich pioneers of this county. She was eccentric in disposition, and at the time of her death was seventythree years old. The complaint to contest the will alleges that it was not executed properly, and that undue influence was exercised over the testator. This case promises to be about as interesting as the famous Moses Fowler Chase case, tried here some years ago. Some of the same attorneys will figure in the trial.