The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-06-02
TIE CONTESTANTS WIN.
The Will Of Sarah e. Brand is
Broken.
The Jury Brings in Its Verdict
Late this Afternoon After
Being Out Several Hours
"A Short History of
the Case.


the Case.
The jury in the Brand contested
will case brought in q verdict for the
plaintiffs at $3.50 O'Clock this after
noon.
The case has been on trial for over
. week and has excited . great deal
Of interest. The suit was brought by
Sarah A. Brand and Others to Sc.
aside the will of Sarah E. Brand,
better known as kitty Brown" who
kept bawdy house in Kansas CITY
for several years and who died with.
out Issue, willing the bulk of
her property to her house.
keeper, Mary Cannon better
known as Georgia Thomas" in
trust for q niece and for the Child.
ren's Orphans home of Kansas City
and leaving only . small portion of
her estate to her immediate family,
which consists of father and mother,
two sisters and two brothers. The
estate is valued at from $4,000 to
$4,000 and it was Get up by the con.
testants that at the time of the max
ing of the will, and previously, that
deceased was insane, caused
BY injuries sustained and
the excessive use of morphine.
The exact finding ofthe jury was
in the following language; ave,
the jury find the Issue for the plain.
tifs and that the writing produced is
not the will of said Sarah E. Brand.
1t was signed by W. Sharp foreman
and the other eleven members of the
jury. |,
The testimony for the defense in
rebuttal in the Brand contested will {
case was concluded late yesterday af- q
ternoon and the arguments begun. i
The judge said that he would limit tie
time OF the arguments for each side to
two hours and would hold night ses.i
sion 30 that the business of the court r
would not be further interrupted. The q
arguments were opened by Mr.. Brown
for the defense. He was followed by S
Mr.. Farr for the contestants. Judge
Cravens and Mr.. Chase then argued p
for the defense and Judge Jackson
closed for the plaintiffs and Mr.. Lamm y
or the defense. The arguments,
wing to the limited time granted BY J.
he court, did not contain much flow
'ry language. They were strictly
to the facts rs brought out B
q the evidence.
The instructions Of the court to the n
ury were rather in favor of the de- =
endanfs. The jury went out a little
fter 9 o'clock and returned about lOI q,
nd stated to the judge that they were tr
nable to agree upon verdict. They
'ere dismissed until this morning at -
o'clock and were again sent out.
'efore going, however, a juryman -
sked to have the relation of Oracle
'uba Brand, one of the contestants -
/ the suit, stated. The court said
lat the child was a niece of the de- l.
,ased, being daughter of her broth
:, a contestant of the will. Another en-
ne of the jurymen wanted the depo-
ton of the witness Evans, who had .:s
gned the will. As it was with q
lumber of others, the court stated
at it had not been the practice to
low those things TO be taken to the sio
ry room and must refuse as he ity
ought the jury could arrive at the be-
rdict without them. ma:
The court ordered that a decree of len
vorce be granted to Laura E. Mich. yes
) against her husband Chester E. cas-
lchols. They were married in Clark tax
unity, Illinois on the 18th day of SIN
ovember, 1858, and that the defend.
t deserted the plaintiff in October,
50, at Independence, Kansas, and
at he has since failed to contribute Da
her support. Mrs. Nichols is now liza.
lployed at Elders millinery store, Sat
d bears the reputation Of an indus. fail
Gus lady of excellent character. his
The court ordered a decree of di. dow
rec granted to Annie Bell, colored,
yether with the custody of the two.
ar-old child, Gilmore. The evil. A
nee showed that the plaintiff was W.
Irried to Joseph B. Bell. colored tvs
,acher at Smithton on the "a day drol
September, 1888, and on the 25th shai