St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-23

st. Paul, and was present with him when he
died, June %, 1855.
About one hour after the death of said
Braden, said Snow came to see me, telling me
that he had heard of the death. On the next
day Mr.. Snow. came again to see me and
brought with him Mr.. George w. Walsh, the
attorney whose name appears on my petition.
/ did not ask Mr.. Snow TO bring any lawyer to
see me. Mr.. Snow came to my room and told
me there was somebody wanted to see me in
the next room. / went in there and found
Mr.. Walsh. After a few minutes Mr.. Snow
came i'll. I had never seen or known Mr..
Walsh, except by name, until that time. Mr.
Walsh suggested to me that should take out
letters of administration. He told me to
meet him at o'clock at the safety vault in
the German-Amerlcan bank. did meet him
there, and we looked over said Braden's
papers in the vault in the presence of the
custodian. We went from there TO the
probate court, and Mr.. Walsh made out
petition and L signed 1t at
his suggestion. When the petition
was read over TO me told Mr.. Walsh that the
statement that there were $4,000 of debts
was not true, but he said that would make no
difference, and did not change it. / never
! told Mr.. Walsh that i had a certificate Of
marriage with said Braden, but on the con-
! trary told him that did not have such certifi-
/ cate. Before / signed the petition, Mr..
Walsh knew was not married TO said Bra
| den. had talked TO him fully about it, but
sation was. Since the petition was filed, Mr..
Walsh told friend of mine that he wanted
some money so that he could send TO Chicago
and get marriage certificate, and my friend
advanced him $50. / have his receipt for this
money, and gave my friend receipt for
the amount she advanced.
This proposition of Mr.. Walsh made me
! feel uneasy, and finally concluded TO con-
suit Mr.. c. ID. 0'Brien. i went TO see Mr..
O'Brien this morning and told him all of the
facts above recited, and he advised me TO
make this statement and affdavito OF them ana
give it TO the attorneys who represent the
heirs of said Braden. Mr.. O'Brien sug-
gested that he should send for Mr.. Squires of
the firm of Bigelow, Flandrau SQuires, and
] assented to this. Mr.. OBrien then tele-
! phoned for Mr.. Squires, and the latter came
to Mr.. OBrien's Office at once. Mr.. O'Brien
! then told Mr.. Squires i'm my presence what
had said to him, and also told him that / was
waiting to make a statement of the facts.
This affidavit is made in consequence of that
interview, and for the purpose of withdraw
ing the petition, which was filed by Mr.. Walsh
for me for letters of administration herein.
MIR. wALsH's STATEMENT.
Mr. George Walsh, the attorney for Mrs.
Richardson, denies the statements in the
affidavit. He said that he was duly en-
ployed to look after the case, and that from
the time of Fred Braden's death up
to the last time he saw the alleged Mrs.
Braden, she positively affirmed that she
was Braden's wife and that she made
affidavit to that effect before Judge
McGrorty. He said the first intimation
he had that Mrs. Braden had
abandoned the idea of trying to
obtain the estate was on receipt
of the following letter, dated two
days after the above affidavit:
Dir. George Walsh-Sir: / write to tell you
that circumstances have arisen that compel
me to give up all claims to the estate, at the
same time thanking you very much for your
trouble.
Signed BLANCHE.
AS to the matter of the $50, he had told
her that he could not carry on the case UNI
less he had a fee, as it would cost something
to look mp the witnesses. Accordingly the
money was given him.
Pursuant to Mr.. Walsh'S request. a
| GLOBE reporter called on the lady
referred to in the affidavit, a per-
son posted in the whole proceedings.
She declined TO make any statement until
she had read the affidavit, but said: eff
there is anything in the affidavit rejecting
on Mr.. Walsh, or his action in this matter,
it is lie."
WHAT MR.. SNOW SAYS.
Mr.. Snow, whose name is mentioned in
the affidavit, says that it is wrong in one or
two particulars wherein it relates to
him. He says that he did not
invite MI. Walsh to 90 to the house with
| him on tho uoo,7,ioo Of Iaotb b,,4