Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-06-21 | Page 9 | Exact Time of Death Involves a Million

Exact Time of Death Involves a Million Success or Failure of Contest Depondo on Whether Husband cr Wife Died First, NEW YORK. June 2o. I'pon tho determination deter-mination of the exact time of tho death of Wallace Andrews and his wlfn, vho woro burned lo death In thHr home In thla city on April 7. 1 doponds the suc-i suc-i Mb r falhiro of a contest for $2,600,000, whl. h wns begun In the New York Stato Bupremo court hero today. Left Wealth to Girls' Institute Mr Andrews's will dlroots that his c-poutors c-poutors organize an institution to be known an the Androws Institute for Girls, and it left to tho Institution 2,600 -"00 of his tt.ooo.iMt r-Btnte cutting off bin relatives with $000,000. Invoke Old Law. Vnder the laws of 1S00, Ktlll In force 0 tff-tator leaving O wlfo nnd.ohlld cannot glvt more ihnti one-half of his rstatr- to I'irliv imd tl.. Imlrs oi.nipnd t!iwt Mih Andrews survived hor husband ami therefore there-fore nndr tho law th Andrews Institute for Girls can only receive $1,500,000. Presume Wife Died TirEt. r"ounncl for tbo Institute ro7itond that there I no prodf that tho wlfo surVlved her husband and tho presumption is thai ibo woman, naturally beliig the wonkor, died D'Ht. The will already has been admitted ad-mitted to probate.