The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-05-12

present Ill the execution IL a will BY
Pearcc Amcrson2 II so. then please
shy at about what time. In what capac-
ity you acted, and mention any others
who were there"
sYes, sir. was present, IL was In
the summer, July, think, In 1880. |
had been acting as clerk for some time
In Mr.. Wiley Amerson's Office. Mr..
Pearcc ANDERSON came there with Mr..
Lishy Flint and Mr.. William Lilly, and
told his SON that he was ready 10 sign
that will. Mr.. Wiley ANDERSON got II
from his desk I'm the back room and
handed IL 10 his father. lie, after
looking IL over, called on MS 10 witness
Il. We did SO after no signed IL him
self. AS soon as II was done, he and
the other two witnesses went away"
"Did he, the old man, ever again
make any nllusion 10 the matter In
your hearing?"
Eyes, sir. About the same time the
next year. when ! was again doing
some work for his son, he came 10 the
office and said 10 him that nc wanted
back his viii, and that he intended 20
burn IL up, because, he said"
"May IL please the court" said Wat
son. rising quickly.
"Stop, Mr.. Carruthcrs," said Tor
rance IF my brother Watson will al
low me 20 anticipate his objection 10
answering the question, will say that
my intention in Offering proof OF
Pcarce Amerson's words was 20 show
his purpose 20 destroy the will, with
which reflection had made him dissat-
is1ed, even 10 disgust. am frank TO
admit that mere intention TO destroy,
however positive the words in which
such intention is declared, cannot
amount In law TO an annulment or n
revocation. How far such evidence
might be admissible as a foundation
on which 10 lay charge OF fraud in
preventing the execution OF such pur-
pose do not consider necessary In the
circumstances 90 discuss. Really, your
honors. my principal object in the
question was that the answer might go
as far as such thing could go In rescu-
ing the name of Pearce ANDERSON from
the shame that has been put upon 1t.
withdraw the question"
IL IL had been OF any Importance TO
him, he would have been pleased at the
displeasure apparent on all faces at
Watson's interruption. AS IL was he
asked:
"Mr. Carruthers, I'll thank you toin-
form the court OF what followed Pearcc
Amerson's demand"
"Mr. Wiley ANDERSON answered that
the will was at his house, and that he
would give 1t TO him when he came
over there that night"
do you know whether or not this
was done?"
IL do not, sir"
"Mr. Carruthers, ut the execution of
the will, or AT the time OF demand for
its surrender, did pcarcc ANDERSON
make any allusion TO Mrs. Cullen
Amerson?"
"At the making Ct the will he did
not. When he called for IL he said
that he had come TO believe that Mrs
Anderson was not the kind of person
Mr.. Wiley ANDERSON had made him be-
licye but that she was as virtuous n
worIaO as ever had lived or died"
'Silence In courtr' cried the sheriff
at the demonstration OF applause.
"rhat question Is not in issue, Broth
or Torrance" said Watson, and then
rauttered: "You artful scamp"
"No. my brother Watson, not now.
u had been, and was. The honor OF
the caveatrix In this case has been
fully vindicatcd by the life she has led
and by the words OF her father-in-law,
before whom il had been aspersed."
Returning To the witness, he askcd:
"Mr. Carruthcrs, recurring To the
time OF the execution of that will,
what was done with IL after the de-
parture of the old man and tho other
witnesses?"
"Mr. Anderson handed II TO me to
make copy Of IT,"
"Did he give any instructions as TO
how that copy should be madc?"
Gle only said that he wanted me TO
be very particular and copy MS nigh as
/ could, according TO his rule in such
things"
"And what was that rule?"
ITO make the copy as nigh like the
other as possibly could"
FOLLOWING that rule, being facilc in
the uso OF tho pen, you had become
somewhat dexterous, had you not, In
the imitation of others handwriting2'
81 had, SIR"
"What did Mr.. Anderson say when
you carried tho copy 10 him?"
"IIe said had done livery we'll, very
well indeed, even perfect"
Back, gentlemen" called the sher-
III; "them behind arc pushing uncom-
Portable them next the railing. Please
be keerful, gentlemen.
The courtroom, which had capacity
for two hundred, was more than full,
and many, pressed by the OVERLOOKING,
climbed unhindered within the bar.
"lIavc you ever seen that will since?'
asked Torrance.
~ have not, SIR"
81 believe II Il generally known that
on occasion OF the probate you were
not able TO be I'm court"
II wasn't, sir; was at home, bad of