The herald., 1894-10-04
ibid she bring an order from Mrs.
Dr.kt

Did ene bring an ofSer from MIS-
Pratt?"
mo sir, no written order"
did she say what papere?"
"Yes, all the papers belonging to Mrs.
Pratt. 1t was in the last part OF Octo-
Der or in November. 1858. She gave me
no receipt. After Mrs. Cross took the
papers Mrs. Pratt never came around
any more. She did not discharge me
but some one else did. 1t was Mrs. Cross
stopped me going on with land case III
which | was attorney for Mrs. Pratt.
She said it would be too expeneive to go
OF with an appeal which was contem-
plated and preferred letting the others
go on without her.
Judge Clark excused the jury while
the counsel discussed motion by MIR.
Campbell to exclude deposition by
Eugene Delmar of London, England.
formerly in Mr.. Hanlon's Office in San
Francisco in 1884. Counsel objected
on the ground that it Was not taken
nor certified to properly, and that
answers were evasive OF some OF the
cross interrogatories. The objection was
overruled and Senator White read the
deposition.
Mr.. Delmar testified in the deposition
that he knew Mrs. Pratt while in Mr..
Hanlon's employ, and that in 1884 she
executed a will in his Office: that he
and Mrs. Haulon witnessed it. He be-
lieved Mrs. Pratt took the will with her
when she LETT the office. He knew
enough OF the contents to know that
after making few bequests she left the
residue OF her property to Mrs. Lucy
Goodspeed and Charles Pratt. her chill
drsn, share aud share alike.
Mr.. Wm. J. Cornell. formerly in
Mr.. Hanlon's law Office, testified that
he remembered the execution of the
will in the spring of 1884, and that he
was q witness to it together with Mr..
Delmar and Mr.. Hanlon, at Mrs.
Pratt's request. He heard it read. Mr..
Hanlon drew the original draft and the
witness copied it several times. There
was clause in it revoking all other
wills, the same as in all that were
drawn up in the Office. He remembered
that Mr. Hanlon read the will to Mrs.
Pratt and aeked her if it was her last
will and testament, and that she replied
tina, il was.
Miss Catherine Gaffney, who was Mrs.
Pratt's nurse at Mrs. Mansield's in
this city, was finally allowed to get in
her testimony and was very emphatic
in stating that in 1892 during the three
months she WAS the nurse, that Mrs.
Pratt was of unsound mind. She went
into details about it and said that while
talking to her (the witness) Mrs. Pratt
very frequently wanted to go and see
her daughter and spoke very fondly OF
her, but when asked why she did not
60 would reply that Mrs. Mansfield
would not let her. She testified that
Mrs. Pratt, in her opinion, was neglect-
ed while at Mrs. Mansfeld's. She said
that Mrs. Mansfield would give Mrs.
Pratt chewing gum to keep her busy
while the nurse was doing the house
work. The witness wanted it distinctly
understood that she had to do the
housework, although hired as Mrs.
Pratt's nurse, and that she finally left
on that account, because they would not
pay her more.
She asked Mr.. Mansfield one day why
they did not have physician, and he
said the physicians had said it was only
a question of time with Mrs. Pratt; that
she was going to die anyhow.
Counsel was reading another dsposi-
ton when court adjourned until this
morning.