New-York tribune., 1886-02-21
MRS. WEAVER AND MRS. PIERCE.
A SUIT IN ATLANTA WON BY THE LATTER
THE BODY OF j. W. PIERCE TO BE GIVEN TO HER |
AN APPEAL TO DE TAKEN.

THE BODY OF ]. W. PIERCE TO BE GIVEN TO HER
AN APPEAL TO DE TAKEN
ATLANTA Feb 20 Special. The lawsuit for the
possesson of the body of the Texas millionaire W.
Pierce which is claimed ny two women, each OF whom
represents herself as his widow, came lup before
Judge Marshall j. Clarke, here to-day. The court
room was packed with speotatosr Mrs. Weaver OF
lndianapoc. claims the dead man as her. husband
who went to Texas several years ago and Changed MS
name TO j. NJ Pierce Mrs. j. w. Pierce, brings evi
dence to show that her husband is not the man
referred to in Mrs. Weavers allegations Ten DAYS ago
the authorities of Westview Cemetery ordered the
corr sc man to be given to Mrs j. w. Weaver, she and
her friends having identified it. The friends OF Mrs
Pierce then asked the court for injunction against
the cemetery authorities hence the suit In support
the allegations of Mrs. Pierce were hled some
twenty depOstOns large portion OF which are III sup
port of the proposition that j. Woods Pierce was
horse trader in Texas and that the parties had known
him for several years such that he was an iterate
man and c, ud uot smell or write his name. BY some
of the depostons they trace him as shipping STOCK ast
fall from Fort Worth. Texas to Shreveport and from
thence to Atlanta and that of the brands on the
stock sold by him in Atlanta recognized as that
of stock sold to HIM In Texas 1t was proved that on
the day he was killed, he sent Arabian horse which
be purchased here to San Angelo Texas and also sent
$50 in registered letter to his wife, the complainant
who was married TO him in 1879, and he had by
previous wife a grown and son-in-law. His wife
and family testify their recognition OF his body In
Westview Cemetery.
Judge Lochrane presented for Mrs. Weaver her
answ er 10 this BILL well the answer OF the west
view Cemetery government The answer OF the Gene
terry Company simply showed the information derived
from the examination of the body Dv persons from
INDIANAPOLIS who identified 1t as the body OF D. L.
Weaver The answer of Mrs Weaver was supported
by twelve dispositions mad the presentation OF letters
written by Weaver IN his lifetime, in his own hand-
writing While claiming the right to the bofy at the
proper Time 1t dscaimed all desire TO remove 1t until
all litigation was ended including the litigation WIN
the railroad corporation. The first information Mrs.
Weaver had of the death of her husband was letter
mailed at Atlanta nclosne an account of the railroad
accident and also the business card OF weaver whe
he was an undertaken In Indianapolis. lt appeared
polls in 1888 with Mrs. Eden and settled IN Fort
Worth Texas the point from which the STOCK
was shipped 10 Atlanta; that he took the name OF -
W. Pierce as shown by his own letters TO MS Wlie,
and on his return Indianapolis two years ago. was
shot in the neck by the hue band OF Mrs. Eden tiat
he returned to TeXa,, and under the name ol .. W.
Pierce kept hotel at Fort Worth. one OF tne ae-
positions that of Miss Long, of Atents, showed her
reco0nition of the body as being the that OF
Pierce. whom she knew in Fort Worth mrs. weaver yer
went to Texas In August 1881 and prosecutor MN ior
living with Mrs Edeu whom he was passing on as us
wife I'm that city and he was fined ,OOO and COSTS
An undertaken in Indianapolis, who examined Tue
body and found bullet the neck. US well as
p,cnliarities about the feet which they had descroeu
Mrs Weaver also testified that she recognized book
taken from the body of the dead man. the handwriting
OF Weaver to copy of medical prescription eohla-
ing sarsaparilla and iodide OF potassium Wcu ;nn %
said was the same medicine prescribed by hs physcan
in indianapolis b. +. Moore. president 81 moore
Busines. CO ge expert, testlhed tnat tue manu-
writing in the book was the same as that 10 MS le'9s @
JUDGE Clarke rendered his decision in favor OF Mrs
Pierce Jud ge Lochrane. in behalf OF Mrs. weaver
will appeal the to the Supreme Court at once