Bequests of $10,000 to the Jewish Charities of Chicago, $2,500 to the Chicago Home for Jewish Orphans and $500 to the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Association, were contained in the will of the late Samuel Deutsch, former president of the Jewish Charities of Chicago, who died here at the age of 63. The will, filed for probate yesterday, estimated the estate of the late Mr. Deutsch at $2,500,000.
Mrs. Leila Deutsch, the widow, is to receive one-half the residuary estate. The remainder goes to children, three brothers and a sister.
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