Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-29
THE COURTS.
DISTRICT COURT.

blclitLOl SOCisl.
John Ramsel vs. William Weiss ct al.
judgment against William Weiss for
S2S7.5O as principal, and judgment for
s2s75 against Stein and William Weiss.
IL. w. Arthur & Co. VS.. Emmert Fent-
eel; dismissed and cost paid.
d. Meekins VS. Mary E. Fraser ct al.
dismissed and costs paid.
STATE VS.. COLLINS.
This case was at given to the jury about
5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. after having
consumed in its trial almost three days.
The line of argument was ably introduced
by the defendants attorneys, was that,
first. no crime had been committed; and,
second, even if crime had been commit
ted the defendant was not guilty, they
setting forth that Mrs. Standby could not
have recognized Collins; that she had not
given correct description of his appear
ance, and that she said he wore clothing
he never had, and that he had not been
in the locality of her house. The prose
cutting attorney made very excellent ap-
peal for the conviction of the prisoner,
calling attention to the Nervousness of the
crime, the strange and suspicious behav-
ior of the prisoner and his Identification
as the ravisher by Mrs. Standley. The
jury were instructed to bring in sealed
verdict, and at late hour they had not
yet agreed.
TO BREAK THE WILL.
America T. Moore, as plaintiff, filed a
petition in the district court yesterday
against Thos. E. Surtees, Mary A. Young
Robert w. Surtees, the missionary society
of NJ E, church, the church extension So
ciety of the NJ. E. church and Anna Budd,
defendants, asking that the will of the
late Priscilla l. Shaw, of Colwich, be de-
clared invalid and void and that the pro-
bate thereof be annuIled and held tor
naught.
The plaintiff was married to Geo. Sur
tees, son of Priscilla Shaw. He died
March. 1884, intestate and without issue.
In her petition she sets forth that the pre-
tended will was not executed by Priscilla
Shaw, that it was not signed id the man
ner provided by the statutes, was not at
tested and subscribed by competent wit
nesses, and that at the time of the pre-
tended execution she was not of sound
mind and memory and ineapacitated from
making valid will That said will was
written and prepared by the missionary
society of the Methodist Episcopal church
OF the city of New York and the church
extension society Of the n. E church Of
Philadelphia. and that one Taylor, whose
gwen name is to plaintiff unknown, acted
FOR said church societies in getting the
testatrix TO make the requests to said so
cieties. and that undue influence was ex-
ercised by them in making and pretended
execution Of said viii on the mind Of said
testatrix.n The estate of the testatrix is
worth about Sc. 900 and consists mainly Of
land The case will lie holly contested,
Dale and Wall appearing for the plaintiff.
Sluss and Stanley for the defendants.
POLICE COURT.
B. NJ Lagard, the only arrest made the
preceding night, paid S for being drunk
Bob Jones. a whisky vagrant who Was
taken in about noon yesterday, paid his
fine of ST
A. l. Baldwin, F. Savage. o. L Smith,
". II. Arr.eat, B. Woods and J. II.
Worthing, were the names that appeared
upon q batch of warrants turned into
court yesterday by the officers IS persons
who had refused 10 do street labor. Bald