Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-10-14
USED NO INFLUENCE
So Heyl Says with Reference to
the Disposal of the Schan.
dein Fortune.
WANTED LESS THAN WAS GIVEN
Widow Insisted, However, and Ee
Accepted What Was offered
That Bed Room Episode
Again.

Milwaukee, Oct. 10. = Jacob Heyl,
charged with using undue influence
upon his mOther-in-law, Mrs. Schan-
dein, has concluded his testimony on
his own behalf. James G. Flanders
conducted the crosS-eXaminatiOn. He
denied that he had Influenced Mrs.
Schandein in the making of the 1908
will, or Of any other testament. The
1896 agreement, by which Heyl re-
ceived one-half Of the increment of the
Schandein estate after the death Of
Schandein, was gone over in detail.
Heyl declared that he objected to the
terms proposed by Mrs. Schandein.
Insisted on Giving Him Half.
He thought she wanted to give him
too much. But she insisted that one
half would have been the share of the
Heyl family at the death of Schandein
had not all of the property been left
to her, so Heyl said he consented to
work for her on the terms she pro-
posed.
w 1IClL SOl1N yOu ud Z
concerning the contents of the 1903
will before it was eXecuted?" Quarles
asked. "She said in a general way
she was going to make another will.
She asked for certain figures from the
books that led me to infer some things.
There was no specific conversation
about the WILL"
did you ever make any requests
concerning any provisions in any
will?" Il asked her not to remember
myself or Eric before he was of suit
able age. l didn't want the boy to be
spoiled by knowledge of a large estate
| coming to him. read the 1896 will,
but don't remember the exact con-
tents"
How He Got Into That Room.
Heyl was sharply crosse examined by
Attorney Flanders relative to the cir
cumStanoes Of his entering the bed
room of Miss Ella Schandein, now Mrs.
Ella Frank. After being asked how
he got in, and after parrying the ques-
tons, he said that he got out on the
| water-table, a ledge running around
| the second floor of the Schandein resi-
| dence one foot wide, walked on this
| to the opposite side of the house, on
which was the bed room in question,
and gained hcntrance to it through a
| window opening into the bath room.
The distance walked on this ledge was
! about thirty feet.
Very Affectionate Brother-in- Law.
Further questioning brought out the
| fact that the witness entered Mrs.
Franks room on another occasion.
Asked what his acts were which he
thought Mrs. Frank might have
thought indecent, he said: II put my
arm around her, what you might call
hugging her, and sitting her on my
lap" He admitted that he did this
every time he had an opportunity
when they were alone, but said he had
no opportunities to be alone with her
after the water-table feat.
Question Causes a Sensation.
A sensation was caused in the court
room by this question to Heyl: "Did
you on the night before last between
the hours of 1 and 2 o'clock in the
morning, visit fortune teller on Cen
ter street?" mo, sir"
did you go to any house on that
street that night?" An objection was en-
tered and sustained, but again the
witness answered NO." before he
know the court had sustained the OBJ
lection. The case was then adjourned
for the day.