MASURY WILL TO BE CONTESTED.

New York, 1895

He Ignored All but His Second Wife and Her Children.

The will of John W. Masury, late of Centre Moriches, was offered for probate on Monday in the Surrogate's Court at Riverhead. Objections were offered and the will is to be contested.

The estate is estimated to amount to at least $5,000,000.

By the will which is dated May 21, 1892, the property is given entirely to his wife, Grace Masury, and his two children, John W. Masury, Jr., and Edith Masury, neither being of age. The will ignores two grandsons, John M. Masury and Frederick L. M. Masury, who were also his legally adopted sons.

The contestant says that the paper was procured by fraud and circumvention and undue influence practised against John M. Masury by Grace Masury, the wife, and her sister Margaret Gallagher, and other persons.

Two of the witnesses to the will are Annie Dunn and Patrick Dunn, who were for many years servants of Mr. Masury.

Mr. Masury died in the city of New York on May 14. He made his fortune in the manufacture of paints. He created a sensation by his second marriage. He met Miss Grace Gallagher in Ireland, brought her to this country, educated her, and married her.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 21, 1895, p. 8.