The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1890-02-15

| UDdU JACK lteuuICk Hdu UOlu Hill uc
didn't care how much he got from
anyone else. not even il he got the
whole estate; but he wanted the mat
| ter settled"
Messrs. Benz. Hess and A. f. Schoch
were then called and testified that the
matter OF the $1,000 payment by Funk
was discussed in Judge Evans pres
ence at board meetings, and that
finally Judge Evans admitted that he
received the money on account of at
tOrney's fees. ..
A. j. Williamson, who in 1889 acted
next put on the stand. He said he
mitted that he had received the
money, and that Evans, when asked
how he would like to have that fact
difference. Evans said that he could
not be expected to settle case of that
magnitude for the paltry $3.50 re-
ccived from Reddick.
ThOS. r. Mac kinlay said he was a
member of the library board and heard
the 81, 600 matter discussed in Evans
presence; that the members were scor-
| ing NJ. n. Armstrong because they
| thought he had taken the money-had
taken money from both sides. Evans
| kept silent during all these discus
SiOnS.
In the afternoon the library board
records were introduced, showing
Judge Evans present at large num-
Der of meetings in 1887, 'SS and 'S9.
Mrs. Reddick was then called. She
is the widow of A. j. Reddck, who
died March 81, 1899. She said Judge
Evans called at their house short
time before Jacks death; that he and
her husband had an animated CONVEX
sation in an adjoining room; and
| that she had gone in and told her huS-
band not to get excited, as he was too
weak to stand it. She was then shown
an envelope addressed to her husband
| in Judge Evans handwriting, and
Identified it and the enclosures as hav-
ing been received by her husband. The
one called attention to the other,
which was apparently draft of a let
ter to the effect that he who should
sign it told the receiver ''tO get his
pay out of the other parties even if he
got the whole of the estate, and that
| often wished had pushed the con-
trOvery to the bitter end" The dates
were March 20, 1899.
ID. A. Cook said the $500 matter
was discussed often on the board when
Evans was present. We believed the
81, 800 were paid to M. n. Armstrong.
and censured him for taking money
from Funk when he was acting as at
tOrney on the other side When this
was discussed Evans never said any
thing on that subject.
Tho O19intitf then rested
The defendant first attempted to
introduce in evidence a deposition
of G.. w. Armstrong, taken before II.
G. Fullerton, Esq, as notary, July Is,
1889: and one of Mrs. Shaw, taken
at the same time. The second was
ruled out as incompetent, and the OBJ
lection to the first sustained as
the deponent, G. w. Armstrong, was
then in court in person. He was there
upon put on the stand by the defend
ant, Mr.. Mayo conducting the eXami-
nation. 1t was quite impossible for
the reporter to catch all he said as his
replies were at times inaudible save to
jury and counsel at his elbow. Mr..
Armstrong was born in 1913, and came
to this county in 1881, becoming &C
lis C: ~ !:aaaJGss ia .A6o,y..s
| JIlc llldIl WIN ullNcl UOoh W DilHS uDOup
that settlement and did accomplish
the settlement. The estate on being
settled netted about 100000 to the
| isis" Reddick: the county got 100
in lands, funds and SecuritieS-abOut
sl5S, 900. The expenses of the will case
were over $4,000. The first real effort
of a of Inn,npt ,.n ma III ~, n Fl nr SISiS'
Reddck's death, Feb. -, 1887. The
Quoted through Judge Evans. | said
the will declared valid or else set aside
| the part of Evans, | consented to pay
81, 900 for a settlement, and sent Evans
| to see Reddick at La Sale. Reddick
came up and agreed to take $1,000; but
afterwards Reddick said Duncan
would not settle for less than $4,000.
1t was finally agreed to settle for
| s., 900. The date of this agreement
| the reporter understood to have been
on Tuesday, March s. This was made
with Reddick and Duncan. Witness
further said that but for the persiS-
| tent efforts of Judge Evans he never
would have settled the case. The will
was approved, after the agreement to
settle, in the circuit court.
Witness said he had a talk with
Funk in July, 1887, when, at the Red
dick mansion, he was making out a
statement of expenses to be presented
to the Board of Supervisors. He said
to me, you haven't put in all the eX-
pense. | said, have. He said, you
have not put in the $1,000 | paid
Evans. l said, it is impossible you
should have paid So, 800 to Evans; and
he went and got the receipt. The
statement was to indicate the pro
rata expense of each party defendant;
but il never got to the Board.
Funk never told me their were other
heirs. Funk never claimed the 50, 500
was paid for anything else than for
services by Evans in settling the will
suit.
On cross-eXamination he said that
he had been intimate with Evans for
20 years: that objections had been
made to his reports as executor by the
library board, by Swift and Evans,
and what errors appeared he corrected