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Widow Chisolm Involved As Heir Battle Plays Out
A New York widow testified that stockbroker Robert A. Lancaster disparaged Mrs. Mabel Moon ley Dorsey Chisolm and promised money and marriage to accountant Rita Michaelson while his will favoured relatives. Doctors testified Lancaster lacked testamentary capacity before his death in May 1957. autopsy found traces of potassium cyanide.
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New York
Superior Court
Ridgefield
Robert A. Lancaster
Mabel Moonley Dorsey Chisolm
Park Avenue
New York City
Rita Michaelson
East 8Th Street
Mr. Lancaster
Michaelson
Grafton E. Burke
Pelham Manor
N.Y
Lancaster
John E. Lancaster
New Canaan
Barclay Warburton
Ipswich
Mass
Rosemary W. Gaynor
Southampton
L.I
Mr. Warburton
Margaret
Chissolm
B. Ogden Chisolm
Phoebe Warren Andrews
East 62Nd Street
Gratton E. Burke
N. Y
William F. Brodhead
Jacqueline Dorsey Provost
Chisolm
L Ife
Burke
Gaynor
Warburton
Brodhead
Morgan P. Ames
F. Richards Ford
Gaynor C. Driscoll Grimes
William T. Cahill
Alfred Rice
Grimes
Ames