The San Francisco call., 1896-08-13

not?"
Eyes, SIR"
did you understand that the facts
stated in the petition were true?"
II believed them to be true"
The witness then testified concerning
the contest filed to the trust will which
was filed May 7, 1895 Mr.. Fair did not
recollect the date. He recollected that as
a ground for that contest it was alleged
that the trust will was revoked by later
Will, which was the Craven will. This
was the will which in the contest was al
legged to have been written wholly by the
hand of James G. Fair. The same aver
ment was made when the petition for the
filing of the Craven will was signed. Be
tween the filing of the petition alluded to
and the contest to the trust will nothing
had occurred to shake his entire conf
dence that the Craven will was the last
will and testament of his father. There
were some things that he did not like
about it.
did you make the averments in max
ing the contest to the trust will believing
them all to be true?"
YES"
"To whom did you refer in your petition
and contest as unduly influencing the
mind of James q. Fair?"
The witness declined to answer and also
declined to answer whether he referred to
either Mr.. Goodfellow, James Angus,
Louis G. Bresse or Thomas g. Crothers as
conspiring, com bining and confederating
to influence the mind of James G.. Fair to
cause him to make a will by which they
would be benefited.
Mr.. Delmas called attention to the fact
that Herman Oelrichs Jr. based his right
upon the will of September 81, 1894 !;
that if that will was procured by fraud it
has no standing in court, and that as
affecting the validity of that will this in
quiry is proper at this time.
Mr.. Fair declined to answer who were
the persons meant in his contest who
were alleged to have told his father that
his children had no affection and were
anxiously waiting for him to die. Mr..
Fair testified that the contest was signed
by himself personally and by his attor-
news. He also testified that ne had filed
an affidavit in which he had denied the
genuineness of the trust will. He did not
recall this, but was willing to take the
word of his attorney, Mr.. Heggerty, that
this was so.
Ibid your father tell you before his
death that he intended to dismiss from
his employment Messrs. Angus and
Dresser"
81 don't know that, but 1 know that
they intimated that they feared that he
would dismiss them."
as it true that your father told you
month before his death that be intended
to dismiss them 2''
mo, not just that, but he told me that
he was tired of the way things were going
on; that he was tired of the way they were
administering his business. He did not
say this exactly. but gave me that i'm
preston. He intimated that"
During his fathers last days, the wit
ness continued, Mr.. Crothers was much
with his father and would never leave
him alone, but was always present when
the witness was there, and was anxious
to hear all that was said. The witness be-
heved that it was true that the breath had
hardly left his fathers body when Messrs.
Angus and Bresse removed from his
fathers room all the valises, etc., con-
tanning papers.
Mr.. Delmas read from interviews in
THE CALL to refresh the memory of Mr..
Fair concerning many statements at
tributed to him.
The deposition of Charles L. Fair will
be continued Saturday at 10 A. M. This
afternoon the deposition of Notary Craig
will be taken at Delmas 81 5hortr id ge' s
office.