The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-11-09

der the providence of God, is forever
vOiceless to the world as the world isl
forever VOiceless to hIm-has through
the treachery OF this designing man
been defeated. Itthere is a fact proved
in this case that fact is proved, that his
purpose was defeated. Why gentle
men half dozen witnesses have sworn
and no man challenged them, and
no fact proved that raised suspicion
of anything about it-whD have testified
to the repeated declarations of that old
man, before and amer this will was
made, that he intended the Mills farm
for his son George. You will remen-
Der before ever this paper was drawn
up he gave as one reason for il that
George might lose his life by reason Of
his unfortunate condition If he were
down on the road. he insisted upon It
then, the Mills farm should be for
George. This man THOMPSON, when
he draws up this paper In 1862, doubt
less discovered that was one fact no in
genuity could get out of that old mans
mind. He chung to his unfortunate son,
be might forget all the rest of his house
but he would not forget that son, who
could not speak for himself. So for the
moment he writes down in the notes
that Daniel Steenrod gives George the
Mills farm, on condition he surrenders
everything else. But what takes place.
Without any intervention of George
Thompson IL SO happens the Bishop de.
sires TO purchase portion of the Mills
farm. Mr.. Steenrod does not desire TO
sell it because 1t is for George. he
wants to buy a little addition TO it in
order to secure a right Of way out to the
road SO as TO throw little bridge over
the creek, and says tenderly to the
neighbors, the creek is so high often he is
afraid George may be drowned in cross
ing it-showing this is the purpose OF
his heart. His sOn-in-lRW puts it in
the Will first but does not leave IL there.
The old gentleman knows nothing
further abOutit. He supposes that he
has devised the proceeds of the sale and
TO his son George. Mostly when
he spoke at all, he said he
had made an equal distribution
of his prOperty-as he said to that
young man he met on the road he had
"made IL as nearly equal as he could. {"
He knew nothing about 1t. There was
no equality in 1t. There could be no
equality in n Will which gave Mrs.
full two-thirds of all he had
-One hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars at least, upon all the testimony in
the case. But these men, Mr.. Moore
and the Bishop, called on him, and
when he says IL is for George, they tell
the old gentleman it would be better Tor
his son George TO have IT Invested in
funds and put atinterest. Well the old
man will think of that. And what
does he say finally one dayY-that he
will not consent unless it is put mt long
interest. His affections are gathered
about that poor man and he will secure
him If e can. II must be eight years.
He must have that interest; and it is all
for George. More than one witness
comes before You swearing that Daniel
SteenrOd said lit is all for George" A
man thnt intends anything OF that sort,
unless he is overcome by the intirmities
ofHge, unless his intellect is darkened by
The approaching shadows of the grave,
cannot be induced to 80 straight away
and take from this unfortunate SON
the object of his Affection and care
twenty thousand dollars of money.
They must explain this thing. They
meddled with his will, got it up in the
first place, gave all the Instructions
about il in writing, took him to the
door of the scrivener, aud literally led
him like "a lamb to the slaughter. And
now the moment he has made this dis
position for the benefit of his son George
they are on his track again.
We find George Thompson in this
work, himself bringing the old man to
town TO begin it,--and we have found
George Thompson concluding it with
his own hand. That Is enough. George
Thompson has meddled In this business
in the beginning and meddled with 1t
in the end. lie has written in another
State a provision in this will without
apparently consulting his father-in-law
on the subject. IT requires explana-
ton. 1t will never do to explain this
by saying George Steenrod is recon-
pensed for it. The object of his father
III defeated. He is not recompensed for
il all. Why not give George Steenrod
the benefit of the thirty thousand dol
lars received for the hundred acres OFF
the Mills farm? Why, simply because
George Thompson would have ten thou
Band dollars less and Emma Carter
would have ten thousand dollars less.
Therefore 1t was necessary when these
parties determined to absorb nearly the
entirety of this estate, to get up codicil.
The gentlemen say Daniel Steenrod
said to Mr.. Jacob he wanted IA codiciI to
his will-that he had sold portion OF
the Mills farm ana wanted to make n
distribution of the proceeds. Well, in
the meantime the old gentleman had
distributing everything equally. That
is the explanation of this matter. You
cannot find out NIL the words of 1t, and
1t is not necessary. From what has
been proved yon can infer the rest, Ho
had been told they We're distributing
equally, and to mako It equal in his
cOdicll he had only to distribute between
the three-George, Elizabeth and EN-
ma. That don't indicate testamenta-
mentnry capacity. That is the sub
HlhnCB OIL NlIs JuSpDS lSSLlulOuYs. ana
yet amer the thing was done
you have the testimony that
Daniel Steenrod declared over and over
again that money was Georges; and
he considered he Ind done, in the LAM
Bunge OF tho witness, "the very best
thing for George that could be DONE
and maniIestly did not know what lie
had done. tor George was only to have
the benefit OF ten thousand dollars.
Then couple with these cirCumstan-
ees the other facts, and where can there
be any doubt in the minds of this Jury
that somebody else than Daniel Steen-
rod nnde this will? First, that George
ThompsOn's wife comes down here
from st. ClAirsville, where her hus-
band was, with codiCil to this will,
which the gentleman snys is of no
great importance. 1t is OF very great
Importance. II is in the band writing
of George Thompson. What of that
said the learned gentleman who opened
the argument, it don't give George
Thompson anything. II gives the one
thousand dollars, which by the recital
to this widowed woman, Mrs. Edward
Steenrod. That is the why the gentle
man dIsposes of II. Well, If that were
all there was in it it would not be so
surprising. But that is not all. How
does it read? Why this second codiCil
is dated 25th of January, 1854, and
reads thus:
Whereas, /, Daniel StecnrOd, of the county
OF Ohio, and near the city OF Wheeling, have
heretofore made my VIII and "A coJlicil there
TO, relating 60 my NEGROES, and especially my
servant LeOnue, IA which have DequeAthedl
10 her ten shares OF the hank stock OF the
Northwestern Bank ami, whereas, the, said