The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-09-03
l ls1 WOMANS HOME
 WINS ITS CASE Jury Says Second Will
 Was Forged. CONTEST OVER ESTATE Mrs. Griffin Will Appeal from the Decision.
CONTEST OVER ESTATE
Lawyers Consumed Nearly All of Day in Arguing Points Involved in Be-
 quest of l.. K. BOultier.

The jury in the Probate Court which heard the contest over the will Of the late L. k. Boultier between the Work ing Woman's Home Association and Mrs. R. May Griffin a stepdaughter Of Mr. Boultier, declared that the will leaving the s3,5O0 worth of property to Mrs. Griffin is invalid and that the signature to the will was a forgery.
 It took the jury just one hour to agree on this verdict. The members had been clearly charged by Judge J. B. Gaston, presiding over the probate court of Montgomery County. and 1t is understood that but three ballots were required for an agreement
 Mrs. Griffin, who has been con stant attendant on the court. received the verdict with an equanimity that has characterized her action throughout the intelsely interesting trial. When the verdict was read declaring that the name of MT. Boultier on the will in which she was beneficiary, was forg- ed, she smiled sardonically and left the court room with her counsel. The case will be carried to the City Court of Montgomery on appeal, and it is said that the State Supreme Court will finally have to rule on the contest.
 All of yesterday was consumed Tn arguing the case. The court convened at o'clock Both sides had rested the night previous. Counsel for Mrs. Griffin opened and thoroughly reviewed her side of the case. The case of the Woman's Home was then presented. Associate counsel on each side then closed.
 The speeches were all lengthy. virile, and well presented.
 Judge Gaston charged the jury and they retired at { o'clock. At o'clock the verdict was read.
 The case has attracted wide atten- ton in Montgomery. L. K. Boultier, the maker of the will, was killed in railroad accident. the latter part of July. He was a retired photographer and led a rather secluded life on lit tie place on the Carter Hill road. His closest friend, John A Poll. was with him and died soon after MT. Boultier.
 wm. Blakey, attorney for Mr .Boul- tier presented his will for probation in the probate court. His entire estate was left to the Working Woman 8 Home Association, a charitable organi- zation. instituted for indigeht women of Montgomery. A few days later, another will appeared It was in favor of the step daughter of Mir. Boultier, Mrs. R May Griffin of Lakeland, Fla, and formerly of Montgomery. Mrs. Griffin has had a checkered career. She as born in New York and has lived, according to her statement, in practi- caily every city of prominence in the South and East She has had four hus- bands. One of these husbands, J. R. Spivey of Montgomery died under sus- picious circumstances and Mrs. Griffin was accused of poisoning her spouse. She was tried and acquitted.
 The Grimm will was siigned by Ebert Reese, a negro and Mrs. Hattie E. Moore, a neighbor of Boultier, who tes- tified that she wrote the will at his dictation.
 On the other hand, numbers of promi- ne mt business men and bankers of Montgomery testified that in their opin- ion. the will was forged, It was also proved that on his death bed MT. Boul- tier advised against telegraphing Mrs. Griffin. The Griffin will sets out the great love of the father for the step daughter.
 The property in question is situated on the Carter Hill Road about a half mile from the city.