The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-10-17
MRSMSTER TO FIGHT
Daughter -in-IaW Of Dead Million
aire Will Continue Contest For
Part of His Estate.
STRANGE PAPER NOT READ.
Contents of Document Which Halted
Legal Proceedings Not Yet Made
Pubilc-Believed to Contain Denun-.
citation Of Contestant BY Testator.
Lattes's Mental capaessg Attacked.


Philadelphia, Oct. TIT have not
seen the paper shown to the witness,
Davis. In court, but 1t cannot. reflect
upon me or compromise me in any way
1t certainly did not injnre my case.
but, on the contrary, benefited me. /
would not be embarrassed If the paper
were produced and read III scourt.Ss MY
contest for what T baliiesSss beliieesvSses to be my
rights viii go on, = s. s'ss Pier
Even her own counsel apparently
were astonished by this statement by
Mrs. Jones Wister, who starred to con-
test the will Of her father-Al-iaw, the
late William Weightman, but who, 1t
was thought, would withdraw She
plucked up her courage AND determin-
ed to go after the SCI, 0,0O0, 900 alone and
single handed If necessary.
She communicated with her lawyers
by telephone and they held confer
ence. What the counsel determined is
a mystery, almost as deep a puzzle as
that of 1.-The scrap of paper" which
brought about the indefinite continu-
ance Of the trial.
Mrs. WIster to Continue Fight.
There is no secret about the attitude
Of Mrs. Wister. Her order is to fight
So the prospect is that the next term
of court will see the Weightman case
down for trial
AT the time of the continuance Mrs
Wister was Respondent She appeared
extremely detected after her confer
ence with her leading counsel, Alex
ander Simpson, Jr.
But there was a transformation in
her manner when she learned that
Mrs. ightman Walker, her opponent
in the case, was hailing the postpone
ment as a victory. Mrs. Wister re-
sented, too, the conclusion of Mrs.
Walker and her attorneys that the con-
testant was frightened out of court by
the sensational contents of ''the scrap
of paper"
Knows Contents of Paper.
1t may be explained that while Mrs.
Wister may not have read ''the scrap
of paper" which remains In the posses
sion of Mrs. Walker, she is fully aware
of it's strength and purpose.
Mrs. Wister's conclusion that the pa
per, scathing denunciation though 1t is
believed to be, helps rather than hurts
her case is easily understood. Her
claim to a share of the Welahtman mill
lions for her daughter, Miss Martha
Weightman, and for the other grand
children Of the rich old man is based
upon the allegation that Weightman
was weak mentally and was therefore
easily moved to cut of his other heirs
and leave his whole estate to Mrs.
Walker.
That Weightman went so far as to
write letter denouncing Mrs. Wister
and to subsequently have it witnessed
and acknowledged is looked upon by
her, as further proof Of his iacompe
tencF.
"Not SO Important" Says Lawyer.
Alexander Simpson, Jr., leading coun-
sci for Mrs. Wister, broke his usual
reserve sufficiently to say, NO myste-
rious paper was produced at the trial,
and the paper that was shown there
was not nearly as important as, the
newspapers seem to think
While the lawyers on both, sides de-
clined to make public the contents of
"the scrap of paper" more is now
known of what the letter really Is. It
is believed that in it Mr.. Weightman
wrote down his accusations against
Mrs. Wister, including the statement
given in court that she had tried to get
him to marry her, and he concluded the
document with sentence to this eff
feet:
'The whole intent and purpose of my
will is that Mrs. Jones Wister shall in
no respect share in the distribution OF
my estate"