Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-04

III yea get your moaey when Ina
gone Lhen ne gave soase money %
aer, and said, Take Il. d. you. It's
AL yo0'l u ever get. Bgowa told viii
aess Hayden didn't amount 10 much.
.2rtsrnsoa sr.sien.
Charles Ward was the frat wstaess
called, Mr.. Dnnham conducting the
sx4nlaatios-. Witness had known
James tt. Brown since about 80 and
bad Coae considerable bnslaezs wltA
hlfa from that TINS until the middle OF
IS. me nrm u NaFd q Ward had
conducted SUMS for Nj. Brown n tAe
circuit coust. supreme court and n Jas
t.cs courts During the period Ar.
Brown MAS N Iha habss or dsoposng into
the once frequently. Had seen As.
Brown on the witness stanc aud beleyod
tnat he Was competent TO do business.
On eross-examinatlon by Mr.. smiley
il appeared that l.. A. Ward. ME
brother, had conducted more Of the
business with Brown than witness hlm-
self. Had personally conducted one
suit Tor Brown, a sQit with the Longs
concerning some logs. Witness couldn't
be sure that Mr.. Brown had testified IN
the case; Couldn't remember whether
Mr.. Brown Was blind at the time or Tot.
Usually someone had To 60
around with him. Sometimes
that person was Will Brown. sometimes
Mr.. Haines. sometimes Mrs. Halnes.
Thought Brown had employed other
law firms TO carry on ms suits Witness
often advised Brown out OF law suits,
but Brown seemed ready anu wanted
to go 90 law On every slight occasion;
on such occasions Brown would swear
at the law. About 'SS Brown began to
take more OF MS business to other
firms. Brown was always peculiar and
vlndlctve. Even when witness told
Brown that to 20 10 law on certain &C.
caslons would be foolish, Brown woul 1
insist on bringing the suit, but the firm
usually brought him around to their
way OF looking at 1t. Witness couldn't
remember that he ever heard Brown
talk ABOUT his family, but had heard
hun remark 10 others that his daughter
Mrs. Haines was Well of and would he
better OH when he died. Never heard
him say anything about how he would
leave his wife, and never knew Mrs.
Hayden. Wouldn't say that he was
just as competent TO do business in 'Ss
as when the firm first began To do BUSH
ness with MIN. although he was pretty
well preserved man for one SO old.
Ne Dotted on Mrs. Haines.
L. A. Ward, the other member Of the
firm Ward q Ward, was the next wit
ness, but his testimony did not differ
materially from that of his brother.
William Vrooman visited at Browns
after Mrs. Haines moved up to the city.
Heard Brown talk of his family after
Ire 4,
thought more of Mrs. HaInes than of
any person living.
Wright c. Allen, on being sworn, said
he had lived In Paris tifty-four years.
First became acquainted with Mr..
Brown forty-six years ago yesterday.
before Brown brought his family TO the
place. (Here witness produced \ postal
card, on the back OF which was evil
IDENTIFY a memorandum of the dates on
which be had seen Mr.. Brown). Wit
ness could remember the occasion of
Margarets marriage, and the flrst
coming of Mrs. Brown to Paris, which
was two or three months after Mar
garet's marriage. Shortly after her
mother came Margaret wen. to Grand
vile. Gould remember the water cure
established on Browns place. Brown
was assoc ated IN this water cure with
Hiram L. Seeley. Thought it only a
few months after Mrs. Brown came
from New York that Seeley came.
Seeley renamed about year. Witness
was living in his fathers family at that
time. Couid remember Brown coming
10 iiis fathers house and talking about
bis wife and DR.. Seeley. Heard Brown
ask his father to go over TO his (Brown's)
house and nelp settle the difficulty.
Allen senior said he didn't want to mix
IN any family quarrels, and asked il -
had ever had any trouble with her be-
fore. Brown said no, tina. be and his
wife mad lived as happily as most mar
ried people did.
An old Neishbor's story.
Witness never heard Brown say any
thing about his trouble with his wife
and DR.. Seeley at the water cure, hut
had heard him remark tina. his wife
thought too much OF the doctor, bat
never made any more serious charges.
Witness did not know where Mrs. Brown
| staId during the time of the Seeley
| trouble. Couldn't say when be got ac-
9usinted with Seeley, but helped move
him when ne left. Mrs. Brown was
| present on the occasion. A few days
| after saw Brown coming from Grand
vile with load OF household goods in
company with Margaret and Alice.
Witness father was justice o. the peace
at the time of the Seeley trouble. At
one time witness heard 3 person sympa-
thize with Brown about the unpleasant
ness, aud she said it was nothing more
/ than she expected.
| nr. Uhl conducted the cross-examin-
alton. Witness said Mrs. Brown was
| not with her husband the first tall and
winter he lived in Paris-was in New
| York state, ne believed. Though. Mar
garet knew her first husband Rogers
about four or five months before they
were married. He was widower with
two children, the oldest about nine
| years. Didn't know where the mar
/ rage ceremony took mace. Margaret
was married before her mother arrived.
Loud laughter broke forth in the
court room 1T Mr.. Aliens assistance
that be didn't say that Margaret didn't
! wait for ner mother To get home before
she was nsrried. Mr.. Russell objected
| 20 tRe daughter, aud remarked that
the court had ordered laughter and ap-
| pause stopped, but that IL didn't ap-
| pear TO BE-. The court sgsin ordered
the sheriff TO clear the room Of any
| whom oe saw making such demonstra-
tinns. A recess OF ten minutes was
| taken.
kssumings Witness became &C
4 quslnted with Mrs Brown upon her ar.
| rival, and continued 20 know her Until
| her death. Pfom June 10 until 80
witness lived within ssssnty Fods at the
| family. the Efo~ns coming To fhls 4 AZ