Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-02

hrr fat1sE never c-fefed der = coil Il sias
uo1ld come From 1861 10 1874 Brew
IL various 1mss said &c Azd g.sen Hay
den money 20 SCI hi1a up - osi>n -
bat that is id net do any good, t1zi
tbey sqazndeTed t9e money, AID Heft
spendthTifts. Margaget's husband. Mr..
Rogers. died "a le.U. During the thifts-
tso years they had been married Mar
garrett and her husband often exchanges
vista vita Bef parents as time 4nd
sdorcsd The roads wefs
often bad and communication aiEhcult.
Nst8ess did her own house wUrk- Court
Ad1oained aL this point
Aft<Enass session
Mrs Halnes resumed the stand IN the
afternoon. she said that while TEST
dent at tsfandyiIle her mother Hcmc-
times visited her. After the death OF
her husband. Mr.. Rodgers. the Witness
resided alone. Her parents visited her
frequently. In 1886 she married Dir.
HaInss. She retained her home IN
GFzndvllie until Ter removal TO thss
city. The furniture IN the house there
remains Just Is she left IL She CAME
to the city IN 1887 10 take care IF her
father, Der mother having in the mean
time died. Her father needed her care.
She was wishing AT the house aud her
father WAS sitting IN one or the rooms
ali alone. ii said he was neglected
and asked her to come aud take care
OF him. Her sister, Alice. WAS living In
the house a. the time. anu her cousin,
VIII BrowIfs also several servants. Dur
ing her widowhood her father Attended
10 her business, her property CONSIST
ing OF houses and lots, and some
money which Was out at interest She
mad no money from her fathers estate.
Aside from her husbands life insur-
ance she had two or three thousand
dollars. She re-lnvested the interest,
her father always attending to her
business. Often he visited her on busl-
ness matter
The Devil Couidn't Break IL.
She had never seen a draft OF her
fathers will, or never knew anything
of the contents of the will. She had
nothing to do with making the will aud
was not familiar with its contents. By
a paper left at her house by her father
for her TO sign she understood that she
was made co-executor OF the will with
Mr.. Ransom. Her father never talked
with her privately about the will, but
spoke of it frequently to visitors.
When visitors remarked 20 HIM about
his age be would say: "Well, I've made
my will, and expect to leave my al
fairs Strengthened up." AS regarded
Alice, be would cay he had left her
enough so she would never want, but
had tixed the money SO she would rot
squander II. He frequently said that
Ahce's influence over his wife was 50
great that If he left the property to her
Alice would get it all, and IN five years
she would be beggar. To give Alice or
Charles Hayden money Was like pour
ing it into rat hole. He had given
Alice and her husband money and they
mad squandered it, and they would
never get any more to squander. In
1885, IN speaking OF his will and the pro-
vision he had made for Alice, he SAID
William Brown had told him that his
Will could and would be broken. but
that he had answered that ''ail the
devils In hell couldn't break it." In
1887, witness heard q lady tell her
father that Mrs. Hayden would make
trouble about the Will, and he answered
that he would rather have the lawyers
get it than Alice. Great laughter IN
the court room.) All of these state.
ments were made openly in the fam
lily, never privately to witness. During
the reriod that Alice iiyed in the house
her father frequently complained that
he missed things from the house. Wit
ness never made any such charges tc
her father. for she had no personal
knowledge of 1t.
The Old Man Was ObAtinats.
Witness said her father was q very
obstinate man, impatient of opposition
and would swear under contradiction
She had never examined but one book
OF her fathers, and that was book IN
which Mrs. Hayden had crossed out
something. Mrs. Hayden was i'll dur
ing February, 1888, and when witness
called at the house, she offered Alice
her services, but Alice answered thai
Will Brown knew her and her ways
and could do better for her than any
one else. As for the meat mentioned
in her fathers dairy, her father hnc
bought 1t with her own money. Wit
ness had heard her father say = grea
many times that the Haydens hAC
never paid cent of the money he lla6
advanced them. Her father had tolt
her that Alice had had dollars where
she had not had cents. In 1886. hcl
father and mother visited her in Grand
vile, and her mother stated at tina
time that when she died she wished hel
clothing to be divided between her tive
daughters and not go to Mrs. Skinner
for Nrs. Skinner would take things tina
didn't belong TO her. During the las
years of her mothers life she dressed
better than she had ever done. As he
fathers means increased ne gave hel
mother all that she seemed to need
Witness never heard her father cay b,
was glad her mother was dead.
He Didn't Like Mrs. skinner.
At this point wItness Was shown 81
account book containing an entry o.
money sent to Colorado total amount
$ll4.50). which witness said WAS in be-
fathers handwriting. Witness ha(
heard her father say frequently tina
he would be glad to get rid OF Mrs
Skinner and her family. From Tues
day TO Saturday before her neither
death she took entire charge Of her
staying with her night and day. Oh
Saturday she returned home, leavinf
her mother IN charge of Mrs. Skinner
and Mrs. Gross. Her mother died Mon
day night. On Wednesday, while wit
ness was in charge of her mother, shs
led her blind father up to her mother
room, and on the way down he stun,
bled. After that he wouldn't 90 up q
the room, because he said he couldn'
soc her and might stumble again. Shs
never wrote the note of complaint e
her father that Mrs. SINNERS test
mony said she had written. Further
when her mother visited her she gave
her an upholstered chair TO sit on in
stead of stool. When her father