The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-02
7uE- YoUNo PLAINTIFF
WHO Will 6E WEALTHY V
THE CASE GOES AIS WAY


and laid IL before him and asked where
1 should sign IL. He pointed with his
finger right by where his name was.
/ Then / took the paper ana went 70 my
! kitchen table aud signed my name to 1t.
! This was In my brothers. presence. Then
he said &c me:
! THAT viii pay John for part Of all
J he has done for me- and l think l viii
be able TO give him q great deal more
work. for think am good for ten years
| yet
Jack went upstairs 70 put the con-
tract and note away. and my brother said
10 me while he was out of the room:
Mary. remember. don't let my wife
hear about this note. for II she knew what
] have done / couldn't live In the house
with her,"
what did your brother say about this
note being given n place of another one?'
was asked.
story of the Old Note.
Mrs. Wright replied that her brother
told her that the old note was destroyed,
and then she related the circumstances I'M
der which the alleged first note was signed
In 1884 Her brother and son were In con-
Nersasion one evening she said when tho
captain suddenly asked John whether he
had drawn that note John replied that he
had. but he had not drawn 1t Just like his
uncle had directed ana had made ii paya-
Die 'nve years after date" instead Of
after DEATH" explaining that he thought
after death would not be good
Tae witness then testified row her broth
or examined the note. remarked that II was
all right and signed il in her presence
Mrs. Wright positively identified the note
and mortgage shown her by Mr.. Plies as
the paper she had seen the evening she had
With
Il have known my brothers signature
since he was able to write" testified Mrs.
Wright with great positiveness. THAT IL
his writing that is my sons and that II
nv own. right where l signed IT with my
own hand and with a trembling finger
she pointed dramatically at the paper hand
ed her
The lawyer then began course OF ques-
t!onug designed TO show the relations
which had existed between the plaintiff
and Capt. Blair. hat WAS constantly inter-
rapted by objections from the opposing
lawyers. which were as a general thing
sustained by the coart. In response to one
Of these questions Mrs Wright said:
MY brother often told me that he want
ed To make Jack wei off and once he said
TO me. Mary. I am sorry you didn't name
him after me. he Is so much more like me
than the other boy. He is a good. careful
boy and knows how TO handle money. Ia
deed he thought more OF Jack than OF his
own son.
Then counsel for the plaintiff abandoned
this course and began questioning the Wit
ness with view Of bringing out the al
legged unfrlendiness of Capt Blasr's wife
20 the Wright family The court sustained
an objection 10 this lire OF sxsniina ton
/ also.
After this the witness was asked about
| conversations in which her brother had
told her how his estate In San Francisco
was worth 81 least a million dollars. and
! how the cid man had always been grea.
| deal with John when IN Seattle.
Turned Over To Mr.. Hughes.
+. G. Hughes. for the defendant. Their,
| took the witness IN hand for cross-examin-
alton. ard asked great many questions
intended 70 bring eat that the Wright fam
| !iv had for many years been given a grea,
| deal Of aid hy Capt. Rlalr. Mrs wrirh,
| admitted that he had pald tire taxes on her
| Seattle home for her. bat Sse made the
| statement that although fs.r brother had
| naia a large portion Of me purchase price
| OF the home. and the title 10 IL sfoaa In his
| name, Ii was really her property, ard she
| bad asked her brother 10 let tie title re-
FaasA In himself IN order 10 preserve II
| from her husband who was q asssspatsa
| nasn STE had les; her home In Michigan.
/ eala said
| A. snts point. the witness, who had beer
| Wisely agsta;ed for scsne sxne. broke down
entirely and wept sn:eFrne.ing the cruss-
examination for several rslnutvs
Naea she xrsw calm again. M. Hughes
| went "a ~ia the examination He had
| saeeSssttd in bringing cut the fact that
! AEH " fiSaf ard Per husband had been
/ @ifsFf01 asany yHsgs. a63 shat Ms
| NFiEas asd issen aas;xesf 10 1--we very eco
nssasessa> 95i'i aer children had grown old
| sneslsa 60 AID nsr ia earning a ss4sux. The
| onis slsTey Der brother had ever given .hs
s~ssa'S Rad Aoea ssssa To Josu. He rad
Fever given q escs 20 her son sam
IL s4s RON a.A . clock and - Nrx