The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-25

affirmative and she said she ought 10 know
deponent. a. she knew his father 10 well.
Her mind appeared to be In good condi-
ton. She did not appear to be out Of her
mind.
0. T. Holt was next sworn. Witness
examined the original will. He testified:
i first saw this about the last of May, 1896.
IL was drawn by Mrs. Holt under my d.
rection and supervision. was Mrs. kice's
counsel In tho matter. l did not dictate
the tweniy-seventh clause. 1t was in
serted after prepared the will.
tThe twenty seventh clause referred to
is that referring to the signing Of certain
papers which is by the will revoked).
MIR. Holt resumed; do not remember
when l conferred with Mrs. Rice. ! con-
ferred with her between January and tho
| time she was taken sick. ! did not SEQ her
after she was taken sick. She spoke TO mo
OF all tho provisions OF the will and ad-
vised her to leave out that clause regard
| ing the previous signing of the papers.
However. when the will was returned to
me l found that clause In 1t. She asked
II she could make her will without letting
| Mr.. Rice know OF 1t. and l told her she
| could. ] considered her very bright aud
intelligent woman. She seemed TO be we'll
informed as to the law regarding the max
ing Of wills. l explained to her that Mr..
| Rice was in control OF her property. but
pose of her property as she desired; that
she was entitled to one half OF the accumu
lations since the marriage. She could
make a will but II would not be effective
until her death.
Cross examined--We discussed the will
for hours told her the principal thing
for her 10 do was TO make up her mind
how she desired the property disposed Of
and | could fix the will. The Will was
prepared from a memorandum which Mrs
Holt had. The will was prepared the day
before 1t was executed When the matter
OF an executor was mentioned advised hei
to select as an executor some relative Of
disnterostcd party. She asked IL l woult
act and told her would. but advised hei
TO select n relative. She said II MIR. Rice
knew OF the will she could not live Will
him. The memorandum was shown MT
by Mrs. Holt May 81, 1896. | had ncve
seen the memorandum before that. die
tated the will from this memorandum. ant
when IL came back to me II had the twenty
seventh clause In II. When the matter o
the signature of papers was spoken OF b,
Mrs Rice she said that MIR. Rice came I,
her one night and called her: that he de
sired her to sign some papers. She wen
in the room and found MIR. Raphael an,
Captain Baker. She was requested to sig
a deed or deeds. ! do not remember which
She said that after she had signed III
deed to Louisiana land that Captain Bake
said Mrs. Rice. sign this that sh
signed IT. and aftorward asked Mr.. Ric
what 1t was, but he would give her no sat
isfaction. She next day called on Mrs
Sydnor and had her send for Mr.. Garnott
She related the circumstances to MIR. Gar
nett and he said Mr.. Rice would do moth
ing that was wrong. The deed to the Lou
isana land, she said. was all right. Sh
did not know what or never seemed I
know. what she conveyed In the paper sh
signed at the direction Of Captain Bakel
, Tho noon hour had here arrived an
! court took recess until o'clock.