The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-11

SsAaces Of the execution Of the will. Juare
! aaner drsu il in "A adjoining room: il
ssAd 70 Kenyon, who ssId right" TO
ssen paragraph. While he vas sitting on
'hs ped table was placed in front Of hin
aua ne signed the viii. He vas . very
sex man and his handwriting vas poor a.
oess While the witnesses were sIgninr
sne viii Kenyon said:
pons talk 10 loud, the walls are shin
.nd somebody will hear, )" showing thereby
his usual caution and Intx.I.xsnoe. The
VIZ was valid. and a. such should stand.
inese opening addresses occupied the
court until 3 O'Clock IN the afternoon.
"nea the nrst witness, Watson W. Moore,
was pat on the stand. His testimony Was
ofiei and vas narrowly confiaed to rela-
uon OF the family relations existing be-
tween Kenyon and Moore's father and
Moore.
Jay H. Knnzie. one OF the witnesses to
the viii. wss the next witness. He stated
that, Kenyon being brother Mason and
hearing he vas III, ne called Oh him and
found him very feeble, with but little 70
say. as he was . man who never talked
much While ne xss there Judge Palmer
came into the room with the irst para
graph Of viii freshly written, which he
submitted to Mr.. Kenyon. There was
some question about the fret name Of Van
salksnourg. Judge Palmer wanted to
know whether IL was Mary or Ruth. Al FIRST
Kenyon did not appear TO remember. bus
subsequently, he said IL vas Mary. Judge
Palmer then went out and. after more
Writing, returned to the bedside, whore
every paragraph was submitted 10 the
sick man the same way. Kenyon APP
peared drowsy. acting somewhat az o man
would while under strong opiste, and
answered in an Indifferent manner TIE
last time Judge Palmer went out he re-
NAMED perhaps some three-quarters of
an hour 20 flush the will and secure an
other witness, as he. kanz.e, had been
asked BY Judge Palmer 20 remain and act
as one Of the witnesses. When the will
Was finished 10 was brought in and read to
Kenyon Judge Palmer asked him II Is
was all right and hc answered yes. Ken
yon was propped mp in bed the witness.
kunzie, got small table and placed il be-
for the bed. where Kenyon attempted 10
sign the viii. Some one pat a pen in
kenyon's hand, he thought il was Judge
Palmer. Kenyon started to sign the will
In the wrong place and Palmer directed
him whore to sign. The second witness 10
the will was Fred Gasch. In signing,
Kenyon gasped several times and had TO
rouse himself, making several strong
efforts before ne succeeded in signing his
full name.
A strong fight was made by the lawyers
10 exclude the witness opinion as 10 the
mental condition of Kenyon at the time
he signed the will. The witness finally
was allowed 10 say that at first he thought
Kenyon sensible. He said: IF l had
known then what / know nov should
say that be was not conscious Of what be
was doing"
After Kenyon signed the will he lay
back carefully on his pillow and fell off In
a drowsy condition. and. while he was in
this condition. the witnesses signed the
will. which act the witness does not think
that Kenyon saw. He had not been asked
to serve as witness by Kenyon. but by
Judge Palmer.
The court adjourned without concluding
Mr.. Kunxie's testimony, which will be re-
sumsd at $50 this morning.