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J Edgar Hoover — Part 19
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FBI Aide Named by Disiaherited Tolson
TOLSON, From Cl
Uions to his attarney, Holland Lamens-
dori. ‘
Lamensderé said he knew of no spe
"ellie event of Joneslandins crievance
that would have caused Clyde Tots
te disiaherit his brother, “4's sutpris-
fag fo me that what occurred! did oe:
ceur,” Lamensdorl said.
Only Mahe is named in the peliliten
ap havinz “exercised undue, duress
and ceerci en Clytte Telson, al-
.thouch there fs the succestion in the
_ petition that other unnamed individu-
“als participated. Lamenslorf would
*not list olher names.
«There are two Tolson wills thal Ta-
afmensdarf knows of, he said. one cated
vin dane, 1972, ane (he other the fallaw-
Ing August Clyde Tolson diced in April
of this year. Roth specificatly caclude
“Pitlory Talson.
* Famendsdort sail that the Tolsor
sbrothers had not been eles In recent
years, “Frankly.” he said, “I think
‘Clyde Tolson was an extremely dedi-
eated man to the FBT. He restri¢ted
“hineetl! during and afler hours te the
Fel... He was a very sick man over
athe last three sears of dis bite.”
Mohr would rereue StH) ny the
Tolson will, Jle had ne carmen on
the allezations in the peinion, but in
dicated that his allorncys would be
Srespondinz in court,
The olber beneficiaries include:
® Annie Fiehis, who was [anver’s
housekecper for vears at 406 2th Pl.
NW, would reerive $92,000 plus the
house furnishines, When Tolsen in
heriled Hoover's home, be moved in
and the housekeeper remained.
® James EB. Crawfard, both Uneevec's
and) Tolsnan’s chauffeur, $32.00. Te
slrove Tioover anil Tolson, who tived
ip a nearby apartincnl before loover's
tlealb, to work tosether almost every
day.
@ Dorothy Skillman, Tolson's tons:
time seerclary, who would reecive
$27,000. “She was very deyated lo Alr.
Tolson,” a souree tovailed, “She was in
the truest sense an execulive stere-
tary and should have been included
in any wil.” :
@Three Washington physicians,
Trs. Joseph ¥. Kenocdy, William
Wantrop anid Holwrt Choeisser, who
would recewe $15,000 cach. Dr, Wart:
yop said yesterday Mat ihe three of
them allended Clyde Tolson, bul re
fused! to discuss his ailments or his
mental capacity. Ie cal he had not
exporter te be incheded in the will,
Tolsows condition in iis bier yvars,
the petition said, was broucht en by
severe hypertension, cerebral vascular
discasc, afterioscleroasis and severe
hemorrhaging in Uhe right eve. He had
suffered two strokes, the petition said,
Hillary ‘Tolson's petition necks a
jury (cial, The petition asks that Tal-
son replace Mohr as executor of ihe
extale and lhe dishursement of the
estale could be changed in Further
litigation,
J. Edgar floover’s FRI was also
Clyde Tolson's FT, arrotdins ta many
who were familiar with ils aneratinus
The two men were the closest of
friends and worked very well together,
. 4
“Tolson was the man who got [hints
done.” a source said yesterday. “He
was the detail man, Me had a pholo
eraphic Memory and was a meticulous
administrator,”
Rul Talson’s health bevan to fait in
the late 1960s, and he reportodiy: tf.
fered a situke at that lime. However,
his specch and menial acuity were
onimpaired, although he was foreed
A) ovcasion fe remain bome, where he
insisted on being kept abreast of
maticrs.
“The only guy he would listen lo was
his doctor of Hoover himself,” a source
eid.
Tolson’s healih confinued to deter.
orate and, by the lime he retired in
1972 an the date of Hoover's funerat,
lhe was no foncer very active in cy-he
day operations of the bureau, acrerd-
ing te W. Mark Felt, farmer aelin;,
associate director of the bureau.
Cartha B. DeLoach, former assistant
to the diecetor aud whe left dhe horean
in 1970, said yesierday that he . bat
luach in New York with beth Hoover
ant Toison about a week befere
Hoover's death, and
that Tolson's
mint was clear, We lalked at great
lensth” .
Mohr, why had been largely Tespen-
sible for tbe administrative functions
of the bureau — fram supporters:
Hoover anit Tolson in conzressicral
budget hearings to mokinit sure a far
was available for the direclar—tepert.
edty look aver much of the day-to-day
concern and care for Tolson afler
lloover’s death,
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