, 1870-07-24

surrounded BY 1,urse: looking constantly for
Ee1 death and their t.su e1pec:el lcsa:ias.
She tells 1T her aunt iuligustion It the way
in which h r father hi taken her mothers
notey. Md Low. in consequence. ths alleged
agreement wan detcr.unel ou. The two *om-
tn then nui there rat down, sna With the nelp
Ut slate snd an old orn Of will drawn hv :
lawyer, cs,ncoeted. Aner seycrl1 days lAulr
4 will giving Mies lsobinson iba whole oE NIi.s
Ho~land' y property This will, however. was
not linen executed.
In January. 1861 a1rs. Green goes Oh to
FAY. the tns:tcr aGlln csrue ai', tho slate wAs
again called into r .4uiaitou. and the dec:ara-
tioh OF Te:sons made out IN duplicate. The
will drafted III 1sGu xas then executed. with
change OF date to lsd- and the two DUPLICATE
declarations signed, one of them stitched TO
the will, and tue other retainel By tue NIECE
The will and the dyciaratiun were enclosed in
white envelop, um put away. 1u 1865. af-
ter Miss uowiands death, 3fiea ftobinson Of
3IrB. Green searched for the ergciop anil
found it among Miss How1ands papers At the
same time with tie later will ~hlcll she sought
to set aside.
= The executors. Gu the other hand, contended
that Hiss Rowland never eiguei the duplicate
declarations IL alleged by Mrs. Green. but
that ,lrs. tireen hsi forged her signatures By
tracing them from the signature to tile will 10
which the declaration refers. and WHICH they
altat: to l4e gtn,1in, the will itself being stl-
AE4+
Their grouLd for making this appalhug charge
il that the three signatures are e1act facsiuli-
le- Of each other. which conlJ not possibly ba
il they 1,Ee wTit,tl, T. they pur,ort to h.ve
hern, by Misc Horiss.d herself. one after an
u;ae1.
Gsl hi roint there were iunuuerable with
;teeca examined, and elaborate arsl:ueu..
t..at:c. The executors introduced tne ce!e-
t-:rd mathematician, Professor rri1ue, ~
&. :s-!,sidce. t. sl,nw that tue odds arc
= rCt .t'a',,tV, ,6o0, ,01,l.eN0 to ! tina. ! human
,.i,, r could lot ws1te lis name three time, ~
ta-ctis alike se tAe thzae alleged signature.
Of sylvia Alan 1{u~ land. Experts Ia wri;i,s
AID elgrasil; 'etslie'a '.r tl,e dokes. that the
two ei.uatute~ IL the lurlicate declaration
we're actually copied frous tla genuine slsna-
ta1e by rsacsnt, ;Ae latter sSa.n-t = ~issIuw
+ ale, and writing the fnryeries over it il pea-
sii. A1'3 then tracing the p@ar,l marks ink.
,ir. John F. Williams, President of the Metro
oitau lssnk oi this city. said that he bad 10
tont't of the sE'It7oasne=s Of the -ig,,aturas,
au.l otlIer vitilessef were equally positive.
In rebi.ttal of this Formidable evidence,
NEs. Green's COUNSEL Brought forward a
t.utnber u INSTANCES III which coutes-e iiy
Ee.stlile rl.natute- we're as nearlv Identical
III aiptara,re as tiic three IL. liepate-anaons
them some of sile late john rllincy Adams.
l-yen EcGHs1e signatures Of SILVA Ann How
land herself we're =ln'~r, which, whesl ptl:ea
over one aLo,ler, we're Al nearly sIiku ~ the
alleged foEEerite. Professor Agassix tlecla1e,i
that he had examined the latter with the
microscope. and conll lind no signs Of tracing
Gr painting Of ink over lead pencil marks.
GtLefE. writing tearhers aud eugrarers, as-
serted tlcit Belief that the signatures were
eenuine.
The Judges escaped the decision OF tl,i- per-
picking question b deciding :Ast even If the
mich they were affixed MES void. Mn.
t.reen had right To prosecute at appeal, but
abe had hsd enough Of the litigation :suc
withdrew her sppeal OF being l,.il her cs-
lcnse~ in bringing ard c'n,,uctisig the suit,
and We nlall probably hear no more Of Sylvia
How lands will.