The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-06-28

Muchmore, his daughter, for her benefit.
as she is now an inmate Of the. institu-
l tion.
Ex-City Treasurer Robert Moore has
! filed petition in the Clerks Office,
against the City OF Cincinnati TO recover
S29,36, which he claims is,the amount
still due him for services during his
three years. term of Office from 1869 to
11875. The plaintiff claims thai the sal
AIRY OF his Office the first year was 50, ,0UU
per annum, that subsequently the
| Municipal Code provided on the sub
ject Of Treasurer's compensation that
the should be allowed as compensation
for the disbursements or ali moneys,
other than school funds, such sums as
| the Council may allow, not exceeding a
certain prescribed percentage. He
claims that, the Council neglected to
pass any ordinance making provision
Tor his compensation under. the law.
| The total amount of money disbursed,
he AYERS, was $33, ,230, ,S83, and the per.
centage at this sum would amount to
S46,684.72. Now, as $l7,359 is all the
compensation he received, he claims
the amount $29, 305 still due him, for
which he asks judgment.
The testimony in the Bates contested
will case is still in progress. On Satur-
Grand Opera.house, was examined. He
testified that he had become connected
! with John Bates 1T the National Thea.
ter, and that at the time the will was
made MIR. Bates was mentally and physi-
| caiiy weak. He also stated that he Gad
Witnessed the signature OF the will, that
at the time Mrs. Smith and Judge Fox
we're present, that Bates was told to
sign, when he wrote "Bates" twice and
''John" underneath. Tue witness then
went down and made the following
memorandum: ~ this day witnessed
John Bates will, and 1 make this memo-
randum believing there Will be trouble
about it.n
Frederick Adler stated that she had
| lived in the family of John Bates about
fifteen years; that on the evening before
the will was signed she mad heard Bates
say, II will not sign it, when Mr.. Smith
said aside TO his wife, "By g. he shall
sign it," She SAID to him, "He will never
sign it; he is too smart" Mr.. Bates
positively refused to sfgn that night.
Mr.. Smith said the will was not satisfac-
tory to him, and he wanted 1t altered.
When MIR. Bates signed the will he was
childish and under the influence of
liquor. He was easily influenced BY any
one he liked or feared. He feared Ad0i-
pnus Ii. Smith aud liked Sarah Il. Smith.
Harry Bates had influence VITA him, and
so had L. could influence him to give
Harry money. l heard Mrs. Smith say
that she wanted his household effects d.
yidedsbetween his three daughters, the
oldest to have her choice. Mr.. smith
said that the house he gave to his aaugh-
ter, Mrs. Gaussen, would have to be paid
for. he was not willing that she should
have it Tor nothing.
Alter Mr.. Bates signed the will he told
me he wished he was dead, as his own
children were c0nspirlng to worry him
TO death; that SmiLh had worked to get
all his money and that his signing OF
that paper had been a case of blackmail-
ing. | asked him what paper, and he
said the one he nad signed that night.
Ii seemed to me he could not call it a
Will. After the death of Mr.. Bates, Mrs.
Sarah Il. Smith told me that she had
written the viii over and altered it; that
Judge Fox had put il in legal form for
$500 and appointed Mr.. Smith as execu-
tor. Mr.. Bates was sick four years prior
to his death, and on The evening when he
attended Julia Woods wedding he slate
that he was AFRAID he had been pc soned
III Smiths house. His memory and Tin.
derstanding were very poor six months
bstors- -hia death.s In conversation with
Mrs. Smith as TO the execution OF the
will, she told me thai she made Amelia
Melius an heiress because she was poor
before, and Harry Bates and Julia Wood
were well on. This was less than a
week after Mr.. Bates death. Size also
told me then that she made Mr.. Smith
executor. The evidence to sustain the
will was proceeded with this morning.