$270,716 Estate Left by Baruch Kinsman

The estate of Benjamin Griffen, father of Mrs. Bernard M. Baruch, was appraised for transfer taxes yesterday at $270,716 gross and $253,534 net, with assets in stocks and bonds of $256,928. Under his will, a trust fund of $30,000 was bequeathed to Ella Telfund, of 39 West 55th Street, during her life. On her death, the principal will be divided among Mr. Gricen’s grandchildren, Renee Baruch, 1055 Fifth Avenue, and Bernard M. Baruch, Jr., of Deer Park, Long Island, to receive $2,500 cash, and Belle Baruch, of Paris, who will receive $5,000. Four other relatives are bequeathed $15,000 in varying sums. The residuary estate will be divided equally between Mrs. Bernard M. Baruch, and Cecil Griffen, a son, of Flushing, L. I.

Six charitable organizations in New York and New Orleans will eventually receive a good part of the estate of the late Esther B. Mayer, who died on May 28, 1933, leaving a net estate of $103,137.

The institutions, which are also bequeathed $250 outright, are the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and the Touro Infirmary of New Orleans, and the Hebrew Home for the Aged and Infirm, the Montefiore Home, the Mount Sinai Hospital and the Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, all of New York.

Under the terms of the will, each is to receive one-twelfth of the residuary estate on the death of Mr. Mayer’s two brothers, Julius and Henry Mayer, both of New Orleans, who are each bequeathed $10,000 jointly, and the surviving brother to receive a life estate of one-half the residue.

Mrs. Eleanor B. Mayer, the widow, of 666 West End Avenue, will receive $2,000, all personal and household effects, and a life estate of onehalf the residue. On her death, the principal of the trust fund will be divided between the two brothers, or if one dies, the entire fund will go to the survivor. If both should die before Mrs. Mayer, the principal is to be divided among the six institutions. $250 will be given to the Charity Hospital at New Orleans.