The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-01
WITNESSES SWEAR NAME
 WAS FORCED TO A WILL
Contest Between Woman's Home and Mrs. Griffin for Estate of L. K. Boultier
 Begins in Probate Court

| MT. Boultier with great effort, the let
 ters being made slowly.
 "A Spurious Signature Mir. B1akey then testified as to the | signatures oh the two wills. He de- | clared that he was familiar with the | signature of Mir. Boultier and he pro-
 nounced the signature to the Grimm will
 The testimony of Mir. Blakey as to the handwriting was frequently rS3ect- ed to by the defendants counsel, but all of the testimony was acmittef The witness underwent a severe cross examination. Hot and heavy were the questions poured on him and finally he apepaled to the court. when he was after the death of MT. Boultier and what he had advised the Woman's Home officers to do.
 He denied saying in the presence of Judge, that the signatures were identi- cal He said that he told Mir McDade that the signature to the Griffin will to the jury the differences he saw in the two signatures. He admitted that he had interested himself in the case and
 said that he had advised the woman's
 Gerald to eject Mrs Grimm from the Boultier property.
 Robert stringfeliow was called. He
 if .nd sas Sat the t wsm5n tSs ss 1t was drawn Mir. Boultier was of sound mind and knew the contents of the
 Judah T. Moses was examined as a handwriting expert He said that he had gained his knowledge from long experience as paying teller of different banks. He declared that the signature to the Griffin will was a forgery. He said that q mans signature is practi- cally Identical at all times, although there may be minor difference. On cross examination, he swore that ha NxStI1 VII m Aro ygn with Charles B. Teasiey, deputy tax col lector of Montgomery County, testified that he went to see the Reese negro in reference to the case and the negro had told him that the will was drawn Merchants ag Witnesses.
 W. B. Jackson, hardware merchant was the next witness called. NIT. Jack son said he saw Mir. Boultter the morn- ing before he was killed and he was of sound mind. He was familiar with the handwriting of the deceased and had handled many of his checks. He de- clared that the signature to the Griffin will was not Mir. Boultiers signature.
 On cross examination MT. Jackson said that he could not point out the de- fects in the signature to the Griffin will but he knew that it was spurious from its general appearance He was hand Griffin who asked him to write MT. Rouitier's name as Mir. Boultier wrote 1t. He said he could not perform this feat
 Jacques Loeb, wholesale grocery merchant was called. He testified that for thirty-flve years he had been mer. chant and was familiar with different styles of handwriting. He declared that the two signatures were not writ ten by the same man.
 On cross examination he testified that he had taken an interest in the case and had warned the negro. Reese, that he would be sent to the penitentiary if he swore to 0 lie In court. Reese had been renting from him for many years, he said,
 C. J. Landers, principal of Draughon's Business College testified that he taught handwriting, but was not an ex- pert in comparing signatures.
 The court then took an adjournment until o'clock this morning
 G. W. Niles, R. D. Quisenberry. c. c. Coleman, G. W. Freeney, O. P. Waters. IL. C, Parker, w. V. Burke. T. A. Oliver Shep Gardner. c. w. Hubbard, J. W. Powell, John Cantelou.