The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-13
FAKE WILL FOR Mr. WATERS.
THAT rs NOW THE TALK or W.T.
NESSES IN THE CASE.
Sarah lie Bramz and Mcconnell Say DR..
Campbell suggested It when the OLD
Noman's Mind Was Found CnsOunu
Doctor Denies, It-COnklin F1les VIII


Womans Mind Was Found Uns0und
Doctor Denies, It-COnklin Files Will
The official invest gation Of the death OF
Mrs Sarah Ann Waters revealed some I'M
wholesome things yesterday. but II old not
tend TO show anything unlawful In connec-
ton with her demise. The Investigation
will be continued both by the Coroner once
and bv the District Attorney s Office
Sarah and Dorsis lie Brantz, DR.. Camp
bell Mary Belwicks. the nurse VINO attehoeu
Mrs Waters; Miriam Conklin, the nurse who
spent one night with the old woman hs'
autumn, and William Mcconnell, the jan
itor OF a neighboring fat house and awitness
to an alleged will giving $4,000 to Dr.
Campbell were examined by Assistant DIS
trict Attorney Garvan at his Office, the e1-
animation taking several hours OF the after
noon.
Sarah lie Brant2 and Mcconnell acknowl-
edged in this examination that after the
execution Of the will giving &lc.OOO to Dr.
Campbell, the four physicians brought TO
the house by Dr. Campbell To examine into
the condition of Mrs Waters's mind deter
mined that she was mentally incompetent
The suggestion WIS then made. these Wit
LEASES said, that will must be found or
made bearing a date prior bv more than
sixteen months to that examination. as II
was declared by Or. Campbell that Mrs,
Waters had been mentally unsound for that
period.
These witnesses then declared that Or.
Campbell had said that he would get a GER
tain LAWYER Of New York 10 draw such
will. and that the doctor offered $500 to Nc
Connell 70 witness il. Mcconnell said that
he thought on the matter over night and
then declined to act as witness. 90
Sarah lie Brantz acknowledged that
che knew such proceeding was wrong,
but said she felt that that was the only
way Of getting the property back into the
family.
DR.. Campbell denied these allegations.
He said, as 70 an offer Of money 10 Neon
nell. that lie had felt that Mcconnell and
his wife should have some money, $500
or $500 perhaps, from Mrs. Waters, be-
cause Of the aid they had given at different
times to the Waters household.
DR.. Campbell brought to the District
Attorneys office a bottle which he said
he had found on the mantelpiece at
the Waters house on Thursday morning,
when he went there after being notified
or Mrs Waters's death. He was told at
the house that the bottle contained chloro-
form, and he had taken 1t away with him
for two reasons-that he might find out
what IL did contain ut was chloroformD
and because its label would show that his
assistant DR.. Mckee, was attending Mrs
Waters at the time the bottle and It's con-
tents were bought, on Aug last.
Miriam Conkln told the District Attorney
that she was not at the Waters house on
Aug. ~ last, but the single night she spent
At the house was that Of Sept 8. She was
in the mountains III August. The reason
she left the house early III the morning was
that the condition of filth there was such
I al she could not remain.
w. G. COnklin will I've examined by the
District Attorney al later date. The re-
port Of Coroner's Physician Schult7e, who
made the autopsy on Mr. Waterss body
and took some Of the vital organs for further
analysis. does not so far contain anything
to encourage suspicion that there was foul
play in connection with her death.
MIR. Conkliu yesterday filed Tor probate
the will Of Mrs. Waters Tearing date OF
April last under which he il the chief bene-
tcary The will bequeaths To the Ameri-
can Female Guardian Society and Home
for the Friendless the properly al Az West
Fifty-frst street: to William {. Conkhn
the house al 45l West Twenty-hrNt street ;
TO Sarah and Dorsis IL Brantz. share ana
share alike the property at 1875 Ninth avenue
10 Tina May Mullins, the IL Brautz girls
mother. SO 90; To Sarah and Dorsis lie
Brantz, 81 600 each; to Sarah Spratt 5000
TO the Womens Auxiliary to the Guild for
Crippled Children OF the Poor, 81 600. and
all the rest residue and remainder Of the
estate to Mr.. Conklin, -over and above
any and all requests to him herein pro-
vided for" The AL" is UNDERSIGNED In
red ink
Mr.. Conkln il named "a executor f tho
will. and the witnesses are Wilson VI Powell
Of S24 West Fifty-eighth street, Joi n Hal
lock Waring Of Montclair and Walter b
Brown of h13 Naphatt q u,'apllp
The signature of Mrs Waters Is ilegible
written very family. Below her signat ur,
+ written firmly in another hand Sarah A
Waters, her mark" and the Gust omary
cross mark is there made
The petition for probate estimates IN,
real property al $3.50 and the persona
at $50, 800. and II recites that the dec"den
transferred portions of both the real anC
personal property TO Mr.. Conkliu with th'
underst anding that he hold the same il
trust and pay her living expenses durini
her life. and after her death make sucl
dispositions of her property a. the vii
provided for.
The house nj 45l West Twenty-trs
street, which was transferred 10 him, IN
petitioner values at el2 Sc, and the Othe
property transferred 10 him j. spoken n
a. personal property, cash, and mort
rag on the hull ling and lot a III" north
e'sl corner of rwenty-elghth s'"""t az
liphth avenue to secure a loan 4 $1,000
The petition values IN" b"uI".l to IA
Female Guardian SoCictv az slj,OO. Tn
petitioner AYERS that To his best knowledg
and belief the d's'edcn, left surviving her n
heirs or next f kin. The petition IL sign"
by, Mr. Conklin and Charles p Barker,
notary
Mr. Conklin through his lawyers made
statement yesterday in which among othe
things he said thai Miriam Conkln, II
nurse, was no relative Of his, that he ha
paid Mrs Waters expenses from II
money entrusted To him for some tim
that he had paid Or Campbell's bills fro
those funds Il concludes.
Il shall now remain silent unless il y,
comes necessary 10 protect myself in othe
WAYS from u @ cqndqlous aNurr-sions