The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-06-24
THE HOPPE WILL CASE.
Conclusion of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
of COunsel-vertliet for CaVeatees-NEO-
ton for New Trial.
Reported Especially Jor ne Democratic Adreoaie.l

ing at DOtl SlueS Ssllu Nneilf that
letter was brought from the postoftiee by some
of her family, some of the children or boys
about the place, she couldn't say exactly who
brought it, delivered to her at her house in
| Adams county, Pa; kingsdale was their near
est postofice; her residence was 2 miles from
Iittlestown, on the road to Emmittsburg;
Kingsdale was about three-quarters of mile
| from her residence, on the road TO klinefel-
ter's Mill; the envelope was closed as it should
be; she opened it, took that letter out and
read it; at that time the paper was not broke
as it is now; the writing was as it was now;
the same writing as now on both sides; no
word had been written on that paper from
that day to this; Byers wasn't at home; it
stated she was to keep ii a secret; wrapped it
| in piece of newspaper and put it in the
( bottom of the desk; it was an ordinary desk;
/ put it under some books and papers IN the
I desk, a day book, law book and some other
papers; in the evening when Byers came home
1 told him she had got a letter from father
/ Hoppe that day to meet him in Taneytown ON
| some business, she was to receive some money
| from her fathers estate; he was preparing the
/ papers and would bring them to Taneytown,
/ and they were to sign she thought a release;
/ they did meet him in Taneytown, and he said
Well Ann, | see You got your letter; she
I replied-Yes. sir, and then he fixed the pa
( pHfS. overs inctl went out anu Hoppe 1SkSNi.
/ did Byers see the letter? told him no. he was
not at home; did he know what was in il no,
/ only that they were to come there; then he
said, keep that to yourself, want yOn to come
I down home sometime, | want TO talk to You /;
I she went down about months afterwards; he
called her into his Office and said-Ann. now
I | am going to tell yoH why sent YOU that
( letter; the law will provide for Rachael with
I ont will, but not for you: / want you to take
I good care of this letter until my death. and il
/ | should die without viii YOU will be all
right anyhow; she had another conversation
with him ia September, 1880, when he was up
/ to see her for the last time; he said he didn
I then think he would come 10 see her any
! more; he was going TO make his will, going 20
\ leave her well off; had she got that letter yet?
she replied, yes. sir; he said, bold on to that;
7 he might die before be had his will finished.
and she would be all right anyhow; she read
I the letter several times between the time she
I received Il aud his death; went 20 lock for 1t
T again and couldn't find ii; looked for the
newspaper she had wrapped it ia and put it
I back. where she thought nobody would ever
/ find it: the last time she went TO look for the
I letter after Hopes death she couldn't find
( the newspaper: she looked very often for il
I after Hoppe death; didn't find il; in 1885,,
on a Friday, sometime in the FIRST of Sepsem-
r 4
Their Hoppe had written her a letter aud she
/ had wrapped It ia piece Of newspaper and
/ put il IN the desk, but coaldn find il, wanted
her to help her 10 look for it; she the daugh-
teri looked in the desk and picked up piece
of brown paper, and the letter was IN that; she
Z fthe witness supp0ses she had looked at the
/ letter and put il back in the brown paper; her
( daughter opened the paper and said, why
here the letter; she opened il aud said that :
the very letter. they didn't do ANYTHING par
/ tieniar with the letter, when Ryers came home
4 in the evening Thelia reaa II % her father;
1 Byers took the paper TO Westminster, to her
: best knowledge the next Monday; she remeru.
bered the visit of Mrs. S;oner and Ms. /.
Hoppe 70 The house; thought i was the last Of
the Nay after HopPe's death; Mrs steiner was
talking about her uncle estate, father Hop
pc: she couldn't tell exactly Mrs SioHer $
( words she said sac thought uncle Henry
ought to have made a viii and left witness
something, she conldn' see how witness could
speak SO web Of him aud haze no ill.teeIings
against him: witness replied he wrote me
letter ana she had misiaid the letter. she was
at Mrs. Stoner' after father Hoppe sale aud
also there At Whiisuntidei the sale wes on
Thursday aud on Sunday she was al Mrs. Sio-
ner's, she and Mrs. fsadorc Hoppe were
talking about father Hopes estate; gitnass
told her then she hadn't any ill-feelings, she
had letter; told her both iimes he had mis-
laid the letter; Mrs, Steiner commenced the
conversation; they were talking about bis hay-
ing no will and il was pity he hadns made
d will. Mrs. Stoner said Ann. can't SEQ how
Won can be 50 good nafnred about II: al Whit
suutide Mrs. stoner had said she didn't know
how took il IS well as lid, and she eepiied
she had no ili-secling towards father Hoppz at
all: Mary, he wrote me = letter, pus il IN the
desk and can mud il; she vas n Mr.. Hoppe 5
funeral: tohjecfiou sas here made. and the
question as % n conversation there was with
dawni; she was At Mrs r. Hoppe after the
sale on Thursday aud staid until SATURDAY
evening" had cnnScsEatioH Mith nsather
Hoppe: she told witness she was going 10
make viii, 70 keep il to herself: she talked
about her viii aud said, Ann, there 10 will,
hat yea shall have it. m going 20 make will
and DO what right 70 You; witness saSd, grand,
mother. If Won make WIN you know taere, ;
some others Of the rplaiives, spa ought 10 do
something for them; witness named and said
she oughtn'f 81 forget Abraham StesesileF
Mrs. Nilsson and Jacob Myerly, her lrethers
Mrs. Wilson vas her sister; A. Ssoaesifer her
sisters son; told her what father Hoppe had
told witness. he vas gong To make viii aud
going 20 viii them something; Mrs. Hoppe
SAYS. Ann Il N watched on every side; Ia
like 70 see DR.. Hering- witness said. why, he
eones here often; Mrs Hoppe replied, be
comes here. hnf don't stay no time; | wish
yoa' 4 lei him know ! want 10 see him about
making vii: witness came 20 Westminster
tro weeks il appeared 60 her after Byers came
first: thoughi il was the l9th 0f September.
they came 10 present that letter 10 the Or
phans Court; on their return home stopped
al Mrs. Isaslors llappes she came aut. cant
,.sI.ss NJ "a.
very cross: witness said she had no right 70 be
cr0ss al her. father Hoppe had wrote this
letter. and they had no right 70 be cross az
her; she didn't say anything about eompro-
mise; she went 20 live with Hoppe she thought
when about 3 years old; was there she thought
about Ii wears; never lelt hims they sent TOR
her 10 come home because her mother was
sick: when she got home her mother was not
sick and her parents would not let her 90
hack; she was away about weeks; there about
Ia: received ie.fer FROM father Hoppe; he
wrote Ia this way. she should DO as the prod
isal sen. arise and come home 10 her father,
he rauld treat her as his daughter and she
should have q child share Of his estate; she
put The letter away III bureau drawer; Mrs
Wilson used To come over "a her house and
rot some IL her letters and she thought this
was among them; she went back to Hoppe 5
about two weeks after she got tbs letter; her
parents didn't know Of il n al, aud she lived
with him until she wac married; she never
7 went 10 Mrs. Wilson's 20 find thar letter; had
rome there and talked about il, asked her
about il and Mrs. Wilson had said she hadn I
3 Il; went there last fall after they had taken to
the Orphans Court the other letter; didn't 20
TO Mrs. Wilson by anybody's direction; yes,
1sir. she had forgot; objection was here made
Z and the question was Withdrawn; she was AT
Nrs. |. Hopes on 10th OF February, had
conversation about the letter; Mrs. Hoppe
/ said, jfgrandfather had made will, the grand
children would have gotten more. as grand
mother wouldn' have got as much and conlds' I
/ have done what she pleased with it, the other
relatives would only have got 500 a piece;
& she replied, Isadore, you nor nobody else can
make me believe that story. after what he had
/ told me since I've been little girl aud he
wrote me a letter 70 that effect; she did not at
that time speak Of the letter the old man wrote
10 her when she left him and went to Dur
bin !: don't think she said anything about the
old ,naa having died without viii and left
her nothing and ihat she thought they ought
10 give her the note, the aslaie held against
her; she didn't say that
oss-examined-Sh couldn't tell shat
relation she was to Mrs. Rachael Hoppe, very
little. but some; in the conversation with her
lust after the sale, the old lady first spoke of
making her will; witness never manifested
any desire she should do so; Mrs. Hoppesaid
she would ike TO see DIR. Herring that he al.
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