Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-26
A REALISTIC DREAM.
HOW 1T AFFECTED THE CONTEST
OF MOONALD'S WILL.
A Young Woman's Vision Of Forgery Re.
celyos a Remarkable Notification
When Put 10 Proof

Indianapolis Fob. 2J.-The contest of
The VIII Of The late Senator Joseph ~.
Mcdonald has been the sensation of the
day IN Indiana. The litigation has re-
spected the memories of many of the
friends of the dead senator as 10 the cir
cumstances surrounding his lnst-his
third marriage. When Senator MELON
nlt went To Washington hC was np-
proachlug his 10th year. Accident led
him to board IN house kept 10y an ex-
ceedingly attractive. brilliant and shrewd
woman. IL soon became known at the
to this lady.
His conquest was regarded very much
az passing notion, and IL was doubted
whether even he himself had any
thought of making his landlady his wife
lie disputed with Thomas A Hendricks
tnr leadership Of the Democracy in his
stalei ne stood in the front rank of the
INDIANA bar taking place only second to
Benjamin Harrison.
IL was not seriously believed in any
quarter that the infatuntion of such n
man was OF a permanent character. and
nc; WAS said' was probably enjoying
onlN Irritation.
Washington society was. therefore.
SURPRISED when the marriage 10y private
ceremony was announced The uuion
was violently opposed by the senator's
RrnWh-up children, but their protegts
NiAt MllnoIL avail.
>, After marriage Mrs. Mcdonald took A
hNGlN, interest in her husbands affairs
und being u shrcwd business womun
WIN her assistance the senator WINS
'hhDled 10 retrieve his fortune. His
estate 40 his death was valued M some
NZn,OOO, and it is this property over
M4ch there has been such a Keen con
\ remarkable incident In connection
WIN the LITIGATION Inns just como To-
| hgll IL was claimed by the gnunto,,'s
ShlIren that the will I'm favor of Mrs
hcl iounld Il a forgery. A former
teacher OF Miss JCasic Mcdonald wrote
80 ner iaie pgml telling her that She had
| hnd a remarkable dream.
The writcr said she seemed TO be In -
! lawyers office, which was not familiar
70 her, and there she saw Mrs NIcDon.
nlu Nnd an unknown young man com.
Wrlng some typewrittcn paper about
Winch they seemed TO be In the most
earnest conversation.
The scene was so photogrnnbcJ ,,,,,,
hpf mlnd that she declared she vo,,l,i
recognize the surroundings and tho ,,,,,,
TtsuGed ~ conversation with Mrs Mo.
ronald; although she Ind ncvor soon
'llher before. The lady was asked tn
i SIint 20 Ili5 city for the purpose OF
uehuNing the typc-wiitten win ms no
paper she had seen, the office onJ th'
strange young man '" tne
In dpe time the dreamer arrived Sbo
Mas taken 10 the Office of Mcdonald a
( butler She snid she recognized ti,e srr-
I ronnuings The partner Of NIcDonoI1
ana ihe CLERKS n the office were pointed
11uL nNt she failed to recognize any OF
them as the strange young man who boli
/ the typc-written paper. " ''' n'lu
i, several Ea months before Arthur Hutch
ms hNd becn employed IN Tho olioc
,o boI we ulne OF McDonald's death
ne nag acted strangely and finally de-
1 ye'opeI insanity. He was Sent IN +,
lhe teacher was driven To tho bosnitoI
ahu 2 number OF tho pa,ients yerr
( p'NH3geu IN 9 room. Hutchins among then
( hep she entered, she unhesItatinriv
picked him out as the man. '''''''s'S
Nh ll9 q cooylced the heirs that Hutchins
/ N.Y. pSrn me instrument ia the hands of
Mrs. Mcdonald, aud that the act Ind
80 preyA upon bis mind az 10 unsetil,
ms reason. The heirs changed thc
I theory. oi substitution Of the pares ~
! tue viii 20 adopt that OF foreerv nups
/ and simple. eN''' pure