The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-23

that in the letter which was left for Mrs Bennett A1 her husband, directing her to give MT. Bryan s5o,0Oo for himself and family, 1t was not staed that a certain part of the fund was to be given to Mrs. Bryan and part to the children.
 Mir. Bryan replied that he did not know. but that 1t was understood between him. self and Mir. Bennett and that after Mr.
 Bennett's death he told Mrs. Bennett about the arrangements. Judge Stoddard then asked MT. Bryan if any one was present besides himself and MT. Bennett when they discussed that letter in which the bequest had been made to rMs. Ben- nett. Witness answered that he did not remember but thought that Mrs. Bryan was not present, although he afterward
 wrote the two letters on a typewriter, one to Mrs. Bennett and the other to him self, relating to these points. Judge Stoddard also inquired why 1t was not stated in the letter to Mrs. Bennett that Mrs. Bryan knew the contents of this sealed letter since that letter said that the writer preferred to have no one know 1t but Mrs. Bennett and himself
 Mir. Bryan repled that he had told Mrs
 Bennett the details of the agreement when he came here after Mir. Bennett $ death. He added that he presumed that 1t had not occurred to either Mir. Ben- nett or himself to mention Mrs. Bryan in the letter.
 The witness was asked to explain why he had received $500 from Mir. Bennett at the time the will was drawn up, and stated that while there was nothing said about 1t, he supposed it to be for drawing up the document.
 MT. stoddard then questioned the wit ness regarding some offers he had made to Mrs. Bennett with regard to the s5O,o0( bequest to himself and family. Mir. Bryan said he had told Mrs. Ben- nett that he was willing to pay the In. heritance tax on the entire $500 900 bequest out of his $25,000 portion and that he
 would give her $2,50O in trust for three persons who were her relatives, the bal.
 ance to be invested by him in government | bonds and the interest to be paid to Mrs Bennett unless he should need 1t because of broken health or in case of her death When Judge Stoddard asked the wit | ness if MT. Bennett had ever made any investments for him, Mir. Bryan replied that he had made investments of The Com | moner fund, buying Government bonds with the proceeds of the subscriptions which came in advance. He also said that MT. Bryan had never made an in- vestment for Mrs. Bryan.
 Lawyer Newton then asked his client, MT. bTydH.
 was it ever suggested by yourself or Mrs. Bryan that he give you the $5O,0O0?" ''No. sir; we never suggested it. It came as a surprise to us when MT. Ben nett made the suggestion himself" The witness then said that he had used
 portion of a previous will which had
 been secured by MT. Bennett in drafting
 the last one.
 MT. Bryan then made @ statement
 which somewhat modified his answer that
 no money had been invested for Mrs.
 Bryan by MT. Bennett. He said that
 when he received the royalties on his
 book, 'sThe First Battle" he gave Mrs.
 Bryan, who wrote the biographical sketch,
 sum amounting to about 5000.
 This was invested for her. he said, but he could not recal whether 1t was by MT. Bennett or by a Chicago firm. The case was adjourned until Monday evening"