Connecticut western news., 1906-10-18

Cut Out Than Tell," Says Nephew
 of Mrs. Walker, Who Is Defending
 Fathers Testament-Empioyee Tells
 of $1oo,ooo Gift
 Philadelphia, Oct. 17.-Greatly to the surprise of everybody In the court room, the suit instituted by Mrs. Jones Mister to have declared invalid the will of William Weightman, million aire chemist who left an estate valued at $6O,OO0,O0O to his daughter, Mrs. Anne Weightman Walker, was sudden ly halted.
 The legal fight was abruptly halted by the production of a small white piece of notepaper that had turned yell low with age. What the piece of pa-. per contains was not made public, and less than dozen persons who have seen 1t have pledged themselves never to reveal its contents.
 Contents Not Disclosed.
 There are many surmises as to the nature of the contents of the paper, When MT. Johnson, counsel for Mrs. Walker, was asked what it contained he said:
 ''I will not tell It Is beyond human possibility for that paper to be made public"
 Richard W. Meirs, son-in-law of Mrs. Mister and nephew of Mrs. Walker, who is siding with his aunt, said he hoped 1t would never see the light of day. T would rather have my tongue cut out than reveal what was In that paper" he said.
 Mrs. Mister declared that despite the production of the mysterious paper, which is believed to contain denun- citation of her by the dead millionaire, she will continue the suit
 Neither Will Nor codiciI.
 The lawyers for Mrs. Mister posi- lively declined to discuss the case, and all that the attorneys for Mrs. Walkcr will say is that the paper was neither a will nor a codicil.
 William Weightman In 1884 made will leaving his vast estate equally be- tween Mrfs Anne Weightman Walker his daughter, anG two sons, William and John. Ten years later he made new will leaving his entire estate to the daughter, the two sons having died, leaving eight children. The widow of William Weightman, the mother of five of the children, married Jones Mister, and when MT. Weightman, her father in-law, died she contested the will on behalf of her minor daughter, Martha, on the ground that he left a codicil. In which he provided for the grandchil- dren. Mrs. Walker, the sole heir to the fortune, denied that her father had made codicil. The contest was begun nearly two years ago.
 If the will is broken five grand daughters and a grandson of MT. Weightman will be benefited. The case has attracted considerable atten- ton because of the social prominence of those concerned.
 Mrs. Walker on Stand.
 The case was called for trial before Judge Ashman In the orphans court. with a great array of counsel on each side. The morning session was taken up with the examination of three wit nesses, one of whom was Mrs. Walker who plainly showed her bitterness against Mrs. Mister. One of the other two witnesses was Edward T. Davis, for many years private secretary to- MT. Weightman and who was a wit , ness to the signing of the last will Counsel for Mrs. Mister asked him if he remembered MT. Weightman subse- quent to drawing up his will having written something on a piece of note paper and then place it in his desk. He said he had, but did not know what Mir. Weightman had written. Thereup- on Alexander Simpson, Jr., of counsel for Mrs. Mister demanded the produc- ton of the paper, and after Attorney General Carson of Pennsylvania and John c. Johnson of counsel for Mrs. Walker had fumbled through their documents they produced 1t. The paper was carefully read by Mrs. Wister's attorneys and then handed to the wit ness, who said 1t looked like the paper he had seen MT. Weightman write. It was then marked for Identification and returned to Mr. Carson. The examina- ton of Mrs. Walker, who is one of the richest women in America, then fol lowed. no further attention being paid to the piece of paper. Only few un- important questions were asked here before the morning session closed.
 Old Employee Got s1oo,ooo.
 The first witness called by the con- testant was A. W. Hoopes. seventy-slx years old, who was manager of ac- counts and credits for Powers & Weightlnan. of which concern MT. Weightman was sole member. He testified with reluctance that Alr' Walker presented more than $100,000 to him.
 Having established the fact that he had received gifts from Mrs. Walker, the lawyers examined the witness re- garding the circumstances of the sign ing of the last will of Mir. Weightman on Aug 1, 1895. He had witnessed the signing of two other papers prior to the signing or the last will. These he be. lieve,i were will and a codicil, but he was not sure.
 None of the attorneys would give a