Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-01-30
COMING TO A CLOSE.
las. Of the Weaver win caee 500. to be
Heard In Cosrt.


Yesterday afternoon when court
Frank .kuhl, Of Moline,
was called to the stand in the Wea-
yer will case. aud testified to having
worked for Mr.. Treason about three
months in 1889. The old gentleman
was living there at that time. and
was suffering very much with can
Ger. One evening at supper he
picked up chair and threw it on
The floor. and broke it all to pieces.
He had no prOvocation for such con-
duct. Mrs. Treason tried to quiet
him, but could not, and sent witness
for George Weaver. Jr. He stated
that the old gentleman was very
cross. and subject to fits Of unrea-
sonable anger. especially when beat
en- at cards. lie saw him several
times just before he died, and he had
frequent bleeding spells aud a cough
which he had for long time. Wit
ness didn't think he was competent
to transact business Of any kind.
Henrietta Hartwell. of Rock ISL
and. said she called on the old gen.
tleman ut the request of his son.
George. to examine and treat his
cancer. her brother-in-law being a
cancer specialist, and she being as
sociated with him in his practice.
In her opinion Weaver was incura-
BILE. He was very low, and suffered
horribly, and appeared Eighty. and
she thought him incompetent TO
transact business.
Charles King. neighbor of George
Weaver, saw him frequently during
his last sickness, and upon the day
Mrs. Weaver died he appeared to be
very low and sick. indeed.
An Important Witness.
The most important witness for
the contestants was Jacob Weaver.
ST.. half brother of the old man. lie
made it practice to visit his BROTH
er during the last six months of his
life, every three or four weeks. For
IL or IL wears he had been suffering
with kidney trouble. and had a bad
cough. and suffered terribly from Il
cancer. and every time he saw him,
the tcstaior wished he was dead. and
stated on several occasions that lac
would make way with himself. He
also asked witness TO give him some
thing to kill him. He detailed a con-
versaiion with the old man. in which
the latter said he was under the con
troll of certain members of his fami
": that his mind was all muddled
and he desired witness to see tina,
the daughters were properly pro
yided for after he was gone, espc
cially Annie. Witness thought h'
was entirely unfit to transact bust
ness.
This morning George Kell. brother
in-law of the testator, testified to :
visit to the old. man at the time o
the funeral of Mrs. Weaver. and de
seribcd his condition ut that time ~
being quite low. and his mind wa
apparently unsound.
Thomas Reno and wife were ex
amined at great length rs TO mum
Der of visits they paid the old maj
the last Two years of his life. Stain:
particular circumstances in detail Il
to his physical condition, as well a
to his mental condition, from which
they came to the conclusion that h
, was unfit to transact business.
: Witnesses of the same Kind ar
testifying as we go to press.
Branch Court.
Judge J. j. Glenn is holding
a branch court in the supervisor:
a room. and is disposing of unfinishe
I chancery cases.
Jurors Discharged.
The second panel of January terri
jurors reported this morning, blu
were discharged until Monday at
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