The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-07-19

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AsiEEsoN ROSE suUDDERINa AND TOOK
STEPS TOWARD CARRUTHEEs-
; watched the witness with anxiety
! painful to be seen.
Mr.. C2rru TIERS" began Torrance,
will you be good enough to state TO
! this court whether or not you were
! present al the execution of u will by
! Pearce Anderson? If so, then please
! say at about what time, in what capac-
| ity you acted, and mention any others
who were there"
| Yes, sir, l was present, It was il,
f; the summer. July, 1 think, il 1880 I
/ had been acting as clerk for some time
in Mr.. Wiley Amerson's Office. Mr..
| Pearce Anderson came there with Mr.
! Lishy Flint and Mr.. William Lilly, and
! told his son that he was ready to sign
that will. Mr.. Wiley Anderson got it
| from his desk IN the back room and
| handed It to his father. He, after
/ looking it over. called on US to witness
| 1t. We did so after he signed it him
! self. AS soon as it was done, he and
, the other two witnesses went away
did he, the old man, ever again
make any allusion to the matter in
| your hcarirg?"
Yes, sir. About the same time the
| next year, when l was again doing
some work for his son, he came to tho
| Office and said to him that he wanted
back his will, and that he intended 10
| burn it up, because, he said"
MAY it please the court" said Wat
! son, rising quickly.
Stop, HIr. Carruthers," said Tor
| rance. IF my brother Watson will al
| low me to anticipate his objection to
| answering the question, will say that
| my intention IN Offering proof Of
| Pearco Alnerson's words was TO show
| his purpose to destroy the will, with
which reflection had made him dissat-
| isfed. even to disgust. l am frank 10
| admit that q mere intention to DESTROY
| however positive the words in which
such intention is declared, cannot
| amount in law to al annulment or q
revocation. How far such evidence
might be admissible as q foundation
on which to lay charge OF fraud IN
| preventing the execution of such pur-
| pose l do not consider necessary IN Eha
! circumstances to discuss. Really, your
honors. my principal object in the
question was that the ans ger might go
4
ing the name of Pcarcc ANDERSON from
The shame that has been put upon it.
| Withdraw the question
If it had been of any importance to
him, he would have been pleased at the
displcasure apparent on all faces at
| Watson's interruption. AS it was he
asked:
afr. Carruthers. III thank you to in
| form tho Of what 70
! Anerson's demand"
Mr.. Wiley Anderson answered that
the Will was at his house, and that he
| would give it to him when he came
| over there that night
| DO you know whether or not this
was done?'
Il do not, sir"
| "Mr. Carruthers, at tIie execution of
the will, or at the tirac of demand for
| it's surrender, did Pearce Anderson
mako any allusion to Mrs. Cullen
| Amerson?"
| AT the making CT the will he did
not. When he called for it he said
| that he had come to believe that Mrs.
| ANDERSON was not the kind of person
| Mr.. Wiley ANDERSON had made him be-
| lieve, but that she was as virtuous a
| woman as ever had lived or died"
| silence in court" cried the sheriff
at the demonstration of applause.
THAT question is not in issue, Broth
| err Torrance" said Watson, and then
E,uttered: Won artful scamp
mo. my brother Watson, not now.
Ii had been. and was. The honor of
| the caveatrix in this case has been
| fully vindieated by the life she has led
and by the words of her father-in-law,
before whom it had been aspersed.'
| Returning to the witness, he asked;
| MIR. Carruthers, recurring to the
time of the execution of that will,
| what was done with it after the de-
| parture of the old man and the other
witnesses?"
| Mr.. ANDERSON handed it to me to
make copy of it,"
Did he give any instructions as to
how that copy should be nader"
HE only said that he wanted me to
be very particular and copy as nigh as
/ could, according to his rule in such
| things
| And what was that ruler"
''To make the copy as nigh like the
[ other as possibly could"
| Following that rule, being facile in
the use of the pen, you had become
somewhat dexterous, had you not, in
| the imitation of others handwriting? ''
| II had, SIR"
What did Mr.. ANDERSON say when
| you carried the copy to him?"
''He said had done it very well, very
! well indeed. even perfect"
| Back, gentlemen" called the, sher-
| IF; them behind are 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 overfowing,
| climbed unhindered within the bar.
Have you ever seen that will since?'
| asked Torrance.
II have not, SIR"
81 believe it is generally known that
on occasion of the probate You were
| not able to be in court
| II wasn't, sir; was at home, bad off
| with rheumatism
$50 learned. Had it not been SO,
| perhaps all litigation In this unhappy
issue might have been prevented
He paused, and almost mournfullv
looked over the dense assembly, as if
he would delay the outpour of their
indignation. In that brief while Wat
son, looking fercely at his client, said:
The hell, ANDERSON! what is this
coming top
God knows, Mr.. Watson; tdon't, !"
was the answer.
II tone Of apparent carsleasness.