The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-02-14
HEIRS OF MRS. CHARLES FAIR
TO CARRY SETTLEMENT sA
or s.sa INTO COURTS. ntu ~ e;s3

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Discovery of Evidence in Their
Favor-Judgeo Decides Pick
citing by Strikersis Legal ifa.
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~ Women - Other .,.,,.v1,
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New York, Feb. IA most I'm
portant point has, according to the
Americans Paris correspondent,
been scored for Mrs: Hannah Nell
son, of New Jersey, and the other
claimants to the estate Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles L.zFair by the filing
by the United States con sul here of
the affidavit of DR.. Perriquet, the
physician who examined the bod
iessof the Fairs after the fatal, au-
tomobile accident, that Charles Fair
died before his wife. ilgzl iitsf aE5s
This affidavit is at variancei with
the; doctors original statement that
both, the Fairs We're killed instan-
taneoaslys and simultaneously, but
the doctor now claims that hissafh-
dayit is backed up byfImedieal evil
dence beyond. dispute, and tits de-
clared that his first statement was
made upon the impulse of the mo-
ment, and without regard to the
greatness Of the interes at stake.
In all there are eleven witnesses
whose evidence will be of material
use to the contestants for the Fair
millions, and the lawyers here say
that the proof is incontestable. Sew
eral of these witnesses will be sent
to New York and the depositions of
the others will be sent, properly at
tested, to the lawyers in that city.
Boulder, Colo, Feb. 11.-Charles
Smith, half brother of Mrs Chas.
Fair, who with her husband, was
killed in an automobile accident in
Paris, says that the compromise ar
ranged between his mother, Mrs.
Nelson and Mrs Herman Oelrichs
and Mrs. Vanderbilt, sisters of
Charles Fair, and in possession of
the estate of Mr.. Fair, will be reop-
ened on the ground that Mrs. Nell
son was Influenced through fraud
and false representation into ac
cepting the settlement. Mr.. Smith
asserts that his mother was very
illaand in no condition. to transact
business when she, went to San
Francisco after her daughters death
and that it, Was falsely represented
to her that5cablsgra ms had been re-.
ceiVed to6the effecs that Mrs. Fair
aud her husba nd died at the same
time. whereas i55a is. p kn6wh55l Mr.
Smith declares; ;ithat Mrs p Fair liv4
ed.30 minutes after M n. Fair had
passed aWay!1 ..icIs1fz15flt EfaS11e
Mr.. Smith declared that:t the case
would beafought to theanend.F His
| family PROPOSES toahave it's share
of the Fair estate, ali that Charles
Fair was entitled to or nothing. He
announced his intention Of apply
nglfor, "a new appraisemens of the
estate. Il Mr. Smith also said that
thessa1e ofinertain property at Riv-
ersides N: Y.,woufd be contested
because Mrs. Fair did notTjoin in
the transfer. .sa:
Mr.. Smith promises great sur
prises to the other side when affida-
Wits taken from Mrs. Fairs maid,
the chauffeur, the gatekeeper and
the, people living at the house where
Mrs Fair was taken after the acci-
dent was made public. ,...s.s sa.
New York, Feb. 11.-sulppdredm1le, lpd m
Justice Gamer, sitting in Brook klyn, /,
has ruled that police officer has
|no right to arrest a strike picket
who is not ebstructing the streets
or interfering, with public traffic.
The opiniop was rendered in suit
for damages brought by James M.
Flanagan, labor unionsss member,
against two policemen who had ar
rested him at different times while
he was on picket duty in front Of .
Brooklyn factory in which there
was a strike. The justice said to the
Jury: l..4 .-s
"This man says he was a picket
for a labor union. He has a right
to be. under the law. Capital has
a right to organize, and SO has la
bor. It is not an obstruction of the
highway to go about in the streets
or to stop in it.
Lynn, Mass, Feb. 11.-Eggs 4 few
thick andifasta last night when a.
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