The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-10
MISS FLYNN SCORES A POINT.
Proceedings In the Famous Moran
Case at baltimore

BALTIMORE. Md. oct Io-The testi-
uony on both sides was concluded in the
Court of Common Pleas yesterday I'm the
sUir of Miss Della Flynn TO establish her
claim that she is the daughter of the late
self-styI,d Miss Mary Moran. The case
is being argued today before the jury.
who viii determine by their verdict
whether Miss Mary Moran was an UNI
married woman. as she held herself to
De-. or whether she was tho wife Of Pat
rick Flynn and mother Of Della Flynn
II the verdict is i'm Miss FIyuu-s favor
she viii euieav0r 90 break the will of the
so-caIIed Miss Moran. who died AuriI T.
1889. i'm Baltimore. As has been stated
On. viii distributed an estate valued at
$4,000 principally among religious and
charitable institutions. Miss Flynn testi-
fed that when "a young girl she visited
her mother in Richmond Va hut lost
sight of her for years and did not learn
OF her whereabouts and death until after
( the estate had been distributed
Miss Flynn caused a sensation y-ster-
day by producing two photographs "a her
self. which, she said. she had sent her
mother during the time they correspond
cd The photographs We're obtained by
Miss Flynn after the adjournment Of
court Tuesday from Bette Jones. col
ored. one Of her witnesses. The cCIored
woman had been in the employ of the
So-called Miss Moran for years as a
nurse. and had recognized as Iikeuesscs
Of Miss Moran two photographs which
Miss Flynn said her mother sent her
me photographs of Miss Flynn were OBJ
tanned from Miss Moran, the cOlOred
woman said.
Miss Flynn went to the coIored WON
an home Tuesday afternoon and was
hot # .NHaF 2
tie Jones was asked on crOss-examination
why she had never said anything about
the photographs of Miss Flynn she re-
phed that she did not know that she had
The concluding evidence for Miss Flynn
Included the SO-CallCd Miss NIOTan'S will
This VIII was executed January T. 1899
ana has two cOdiCilS annexed. The tcS-
tatTIN states in them that she is Unmar-
Tied.
John W. Marshall. Of the Safe Deposit
the defendant Mr. Marshall said he
drew the will and that Miss Moran told
him she was unmarried. Other witnesses
. testified TO the same effect.
The defence closed its case by iutr0duc-
ing number of letters written in Balti-
more by the SO-called Miss Mary Moran
in the years from 1857 to 1895 Most Of the
. letters were written TO Sister Mary JO-
seph. relative of the writer who is in
q convent in Ireland A number Of letters
written 10 Miss Mary Moran" by Sister
Mary Joseph were also read
The correspondence was introduced to
show that Miss Moran was not mar
ried. In one Of the letters she stated that
she sent money to pay the passage of
Della" 20 the United States but had not
seen her in this country.
Much amusement was caused by some
! of the expressions used by Miss Moran
! in the letters. The writing was poor and
the spelling bad, but as read by Mr..
Charles - BOuapaTte. attorney for the
safe deposit and trust company. none Of
/ the mistakes We're apparent. Here are
some Of the sentences in the letters.
/ NO hopes for Ireland and never will
They are not united in any part Of the
world whore they 20 TO. ] wish you could
{ See the Germans stick together, and all
nations but Paddy
IF YOU do not send to Protestant
1 schools YOU 90 with what you can get in
I your own schools and have 10 pay taxes
I to maintain them
Everything going in receivers hands.
They are reckless people in handling
! money. SO you ste by the papers what is
going on.
we have n Republican Government in
I place OF the Democrats that has shattered
the people"
/ This is under date Of January :. 1881:
Il am I'm the sixty-first year Of my age.
[ ] have the dearest lady 70 live with and
! Presbyterian at that We have the
Eraud,st churches. You know. the Cardi-
nal lives here. and an Irishmaus son at
that. Tie is liked SO well the PrOtestauts
ask him 20 dinner with them. He makes
himself agreeable 10 all classes
This Is under date Of March Il. 1897.
We have a new Government with no
love for the Church Of Rome Everything
they can do 90 put IL down they are try
% the bad Germans from the North Of
Europe. Tho schools give trouble"
Nearly every letter refers to presents
and money sent by Miss Moran to peo-