, 1875-09-25
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'Ae Fonota! hen6e OF tho TORN. was subject
t"rsIcniat delnsons md boefs that nnosa.c
ni'on u, nm IN tn saen an extent Ms To gu!io hin,
Mt. !omern anatyksd Tho ptoytAlons Of tn
VII aud asked tho jury ii thoy ovor saw a
nehru o. tehtator who. 70 completely lie
nrasse1 n,ss ne. Ma cl,,elrep oi al power md ,o
done. Those children s.y that thoy do nni IN, M,
30 mitch FOR tho mclo toafa. And -otnts nt}n =
tue question. but they rebel against ts,e bou,}ao
imposed upon thcni by subjccting thon, to tt,
nero "himh of lrttsteca appointed from tllro
different States trnaters living outside Tho IN
ttslletton Of Tho Probate t,ourt, antl nt,dcr n,
se't!CtlonB except tho al4ntslIy trillinr Accnrit
9f eloooV' with Absolutely unchecked t,ovpr ~
| theBa fnotnofla INTERESTS
Within . month After this man yaa .r,r,o,, !,
hia grave, f',cee trn4secs. who eyidcut}y knny
HOW to taEe oAEp ut themselves, procured liz
| b'EnhlH nt an agreement by tho c!lt1,isru fsou,f
OF them iaiots aud l,t'etlcs> to pay them *Aouoi
6tRses received until a nllort time nuo And =,
mich - paid to twenty Oirc,it Ju,icra of t.,<
State Of Michigan. - ~''>
Tho second eodcll. said Mr.. nomsvn. VA,
Of the frat wife By tho tarrna Of tl,ai doc,n,on,
sfo 70 fccoiro what Tho raltry sum Of sod
per month. 70 fAst forever. and cyo, That IN h.
paid over only At tho pleasure Of oyecutnr.
| sauat sne he'ta approach them with bAted broath
clothes @' '"'| VI
That Capt. Ward was 4 man ot great ability
.,eto ;tI u % n9 donbt hus he was hsadstsong aolf-
Wll!oa. atlu orotchetY. Until ha cams 10 bniiryc
Ia spirisnnlsnl ho took peculiar pleasure i,
denying God and tho truthB Of revelation Iin
! d1a hafo QUO good tnl8 OF conduct; ho nevnr
aseti nsreossoa - Or stlmuanss. Thcrs was in-
Sa' ste e,an 's ,"s %Ieh sn n osps Tseas Spiritual
!atRoly hss conduct would bp found tho
cause Of hls extraordinary action In ,na)dn0
snle VII Ono Of The original Fox children
whom whom cant; IT,; Ward frequently ylsitcd and con.
% a'ro!Hht Into court ~ show this
Ms. ttomeyn dsseuesed various so.caated super
natural rhenononona, Including SpIrtualinm
anu mtseheratt. Theze were undoubtedly many
ho MOULD haro no qusrrpl NTH % any nsn's ss
belief He quoted ''.RedAold o. viii "
ss follows: "Tho courts vii; ''t Soo
compelled 70 pNree shs iaw Of al prpsensions .
,1o mnese sao sutlsb!e sprf!s hasusne 10 exerciao
IN ths performances Of tcstamen.ary ac.s.
testament Which ID the result Of spiritual tlictn-
son ~ not THO FREQ and unbiased aot OF thu I'm.
.or, And %tethet re call Il tho Offspring Of
laPa very Important. In either casc tho freo
will Of tho sostasor In equally ipyoiyod." @o
Gapt. Wnrd. after he embraced Bpitit1sl,stn
fss a. constantly In communication with spiritual
msana', ,, m anu enc bright p.rticust star 10 that
building her I home On hls own land. III oun-
suited the npl1ta In tegBtG to the most trivial
events OF life. On ono occasion tho family wanh
esIae e'st home WITH sons spota on. or he Roos to
uoso sposa, and aho goen into tranco ana telIa
MN thas one Of the clllidrrn did It, Again ho con-
Enttea th!s medium IN regard to The Legitimacy
9i ore Of hs sons h,'d actaaly received as true
Hore tho farco IL lifted Into tho realm Of trarn.
dy, and tho boy, driven to tosnajr. teeka +s}i.t
III death. 7~0"' ''le'
Capt. Ward hitsd couplo Of noterIs,t.tio |
q noalume e;i ,.a, snn Invited Number Of fnonds 10
5Gees!ed /, blow, which iso. declared waa H.
ticted by The spirit Of his first wito. To
sne' 1t was ahe. ho said, because thoy neypr
:oald agtee. Nov Ward xas not an insane man.
! valid contract. The aetuhl claim In tl,a rsso
!: 'sa osiist il the existence Of rommnn,.,
ions rrot, DEPARTED spiriu through spiritual
,ssn' a.oW!ng s,leh communications to lt-
'aslness' corst'tute an Insane de'uBipp,
H. II It 10 shown that the. .tesfAtos habItraltv
onsnltod tho Spirits Of deceased mortnls and
oisoWsa sheir suggestions IN other nasters Of
o dtd 80 tn regard to his liant will.
!; !het II 1t be proved that the tcstator sourht
nd took the adrfcn Of Spirits III regard ~
diapositiou of bis property shortly
VIZ 'uAuSu.son VI suA WILL tnen Tho pre- !
i'll. ~ -os@'a " sn'S
4. That II he is shown to have consu]tsa tha
pIasa anu received atrice from t1iem In togard
she present "lll. then tho presumption Is, in
az influenced by such edvico IN framing tuis
E. That II It 30 made legally 10 appo.r that he
~ tnf,acncrd by st'!rsualistc advice in framing
lla Will, thou 1t Ia vpid.
G, Thnt II tho mi in r,tnvin nnpe NJ tt, ,,, 49,. |
70 hun y mediums professing 10 apoas
u departed Spirits, and ho followed sich dicta-
on, then tho will ia void.
! Mr; II Aotneyn sa!d That It would bs shown that
Ata once haae Will IN accordance with siicta-
On ny the spirit OF Jacob IT. Howard. wt,ici,
III was witnessed by o. II. Bennett. Of PIvm. ,
ltn thht on snothor occasion ho reduced to
10 form o. VIZ tnstrnctionH received through
lB7a ho tonsnted = medium In New York AMI
at no Will giving tho bulk OF his property to
g. "ite was the result Of that consultation, I
II tho Jury ind these facta to oxisL--dnd u
~ s9ng on rom QUO point 70 another In h,s
~ wiu decide in favor Of the contestants. !
ny. ho even declared that hts onposjtton to the
erection of henstor Chandler was that hia d
tniiiar spirits lad informed him Chandlors 4
md wss giving way. aud that be wa no longer
t'abIe OF tssnsactsng tho busincas Of .evlaIa.
Born with tendency 10 insanity, Ward hid !.
'at All. aha books cal! An insane .tau,pcrsment a
iS'9 no had scseEo apopIectlo attack. but !.
anks to his temperate habits and vigorous b
Institution II did not completely pros- I
'se him. 1t anectod hts speech and /,
facial 5nubcler, for + consiastsb!e time. i
}" ~ eponlexy h rurcIy Disease Of ths k
Atn. Ward's brain Wss OF course s.Yoc,nd. =
"aa born Of ancestors nho wers ,ndonbt. O
y y 1e.ans, =, ns e.andf.thor Davld Ward
ON HIM hr: RonaoJn traced The history 81 tha a
mil, m through foor gene1attons showing ti,as = {,
"a proportion of Ito tnen,bsrs xcre yict1ns ar IL
'An!tY os tdiocy. Ha would SHOW bY andonbtsi o
'tlman3 that ?. ? Ward. diseased and broken. :
. !sa at Wy BY ths tnanenos Of his young and =
1aotlva wife-uo uncommon thing In hnman a
suse, 20 be slsrs. bnt under tho clrruustantey
lloBt diAastroua influence -
1ete MEe. Ward. who had durtuR Tho vhoto n
''n'ng rat kssuly interested listener 70 eyery It
rd' gsve ray aud nspt for tho frat t,ns s,ncs n
csye wse begun. u u
II. Ilomsyn nald In ths presentation Ut the q,
smony ho should 10 - respacttui ~ possible, u
nts. He would ahow that ths diyo1co va the e,
at sadaatous ?rsnd ever fonnd In tha records q,
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