Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-17

it was IN tho grocery business, likely not
over Si-o,olO. The sons Ouly assisted in
the MANAGEMENT OF IL, and Mr. Reilly nt-
tended 10 ail the rest he was q mem Der
Of ten or fifteen boards: be- looked after all
the rcai estHts after Thomas death: DE
! purchased whisky, meat aud -four. He at
| tended - the interests OF tie great bulk
| or ne estate personally. aud did II with
guinness shrewdness up 20 tnc,day he was
! co.. nued w'th mis- last sickness.
TIE speaker repeated nc had thought
somewhere along the iiue the line IN this
case something or tue real life and caarac-
! ter Of Micnael Reilly would be- suCwn.
| The proponents mad put on the stand one
| witness VINO had been summoned by cue
! Contestants, and whose personal foeliu-s
I were Win the contestants. Yet they hal
taken that witness ana had taken the risk
/ Of having him go through Mr.. Re.lly's let
\ TEXTBOOK. That witness was Mr.. ScnulE.
and what ne had shown from those bust
! ness letters all VINO hld heard the trial
knew. "Oh, but they say he got his in-
| formation from OtherB' suppose he did.
! The real test IS his ability 10 get
( 10 and assiinilate 10 and understand
J it aud convey r. 70 others. That S tho test
! OF tue business man, aud the law saws tho
| evidence OF mans business acts is tine
! best evidence, aside from tue evidence Of
! the attcstug witnesses Mr.. ReliV's
! business letters would compare layCraDly
| with the business letters Of any busiacsi
J man on Main street, 10 say nothing OF their
I being a test OF a man 5 ability u make
| Will. The transactions 70 Chicago realty.
| after Thomas death, We're reviewed 3. amt
! tine speaker thought they showed business
schse. On one or two occasions, like The
I letter OF June Stl. the bows undertook 90 be-
oniciouI but ia tue main Mr. Reilly Kept
command on tue situation, although con-
! sult.ng an times with others. as aay man ~
| good business sens would havo done Mr.
Riley devoted a goon deal OF time 20 the
! Chicago real estate trans otous, and sub
/ mittei 10 the jury that iu OnN case az least,
q letter written by MIR. Reilly
'roH CLEANLINESS, coon MANNERS AS, GOOD
sENsE'
was superior TO the ono written by James
/ Kelly without the knowledge or his father,
aud who was now here cOntestiug his
/ fathers viii. Aud he thought 10 passing,
| that ~ writing 10 a stranger and aiuding
| - his father as tho Old <, or 'tLc u)s,'
/ the son had not exhibited that profound
respect for his father 30 which ne was
| entued. 10 did not require, under the
| laws, a5 much intelligence TO make q VIII
as ~ did 10 make decd, yet here was Mr..
| lteilt mdG'ne deeds as late as June 10,
| l-9l, with Jaule5 EeIlly's KNOWLEDGE and
yot James Reilly diu not say 90 T.. \. Cum
| miug5 N Co, that tho "old <" had sent OIL
! oCci, auu warning tho Chicago firm hc
! was not capable. lot only did he not do
So but james was purity 10 ths MAILING or
as December 2j,h, when he was taken
| with his last Illness. he not only answered
letter Understandings, but be had gone
outside of tho letter ana mad referred 10
! matters occurring three years before.
lr referring 10 this letter and its dicta-
t'On, Mr.. Hubbard called in question Mr..
| Riley, statement a. TO the composition OF
the letter, aud claimed he had misrep-
resented tue evidence. Mr.. Riley denied
TINS, aud after "a SHARP passage
/ In
Oh, referring next 10 tue Grafton real es-
| tate sale, through John Doouan, and con-
cluded that in this transaction as I'M others,
Air. Riley showed his business sense aud
wanted 10 know II Mr. James l.. Rogers
would take an acknowledgements 10 a deed
by uu ImoeciIe. ON the contrary, MIR
kelly FULLY understood, as late as NOvom-
Der, what me was doing ia ackuuWicdgiUg
" deed, and Mr. Rogers knew he under
stood IL perfectly. cone such business
Transaction would outwc. sh a hundred of
The trliiug incidents the contestants have
brought lu here 10 aid them in overthrow
ing this WILL The law said, TO be capa-
tl1 oI making Will, q man may be unable
% transact many OF the ordinary business
affairs OF life, yet the letter book shows
Luat not only was Mr. Reilly able 10 tran
sa't the ordinary affairs of life, but mat
ters OF the greatest Importance as well.
NIT N.iey went over many other letters in
a cureorN manner, drawing conclusions
from them similar 20 those given above,
and said this was no Indication they
had emauated from man
WHOSE MIND WAS CL0UpsD
and whose intellect was weakened. ON
the contrary, they showed that MIR Reilly
Kept track OF his business, in all its depart
meats, up 20 within about a week of his
h.dIA. -lt. Ecuy e business skill did not.
fortunately, rest upon the testimony OF his
employees, some OF whom hc had DISCHARGED,
odt D. rested rather upon the evidence or
some OF tine pest business men of this city,
and men who had no interest in the result
oil the case-meu like y. d. Clarke, who
lad humorous business transactions with
MI. Kelly iu 1890 and 1891, on matters re-
latlns TO the bridges over the river Mr.
Clarke uli not say Mr.. Reilly was unfit 10
DO business, or that he was Of unsOuuC
mind. On the contrary me said he took an
active part iu the deliberations Of the
Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company
Board, ami that his mind was all right and
sound, although 10 acted more sluggish"
than In wears gone by. And Mr.. Clarke
d.u not stand alone, as witness the evidence
Ol ID. g. List, Sr. He observed nothing
wrong with MIR Itei.ly's mind, and bee had
opportunity 20 know. THAT class Of tes-
timouF should have great deal OF weight
WIN tine jury IN determining a qucstiou Of
this character"
Air. Eeiuy's connection with the Farm
crs, Consumers and Irddcsmen's Address
Company was next reviewed, aud he said
business men like w. j. Simpson did not
select %. imOet.Ic 10 preside over business
meetings Later MIR. Reilly said me did
not tu.uK well or the venture, and MIR
SlWp7l. had said his Judgment had proved
iD rc sound. And like testimony with the
ABOVE was given by Charles ~. Franz
helm. auI A-r Riley auail Impressed upon
tac jury ,nat these were the things from
which Judgment hy tine jury was 10 be
uataup.
Tnoprchases OF horses from Mr. Erb