The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-11-15

"HiIe MS associates look at him. Sud
denly Mi. Robinson sits down. His
eyes opcn wide and the color fees
from his face. AS IN a trance he
reads and rereads the fateful words.
Mr.. Robinson received it without a
word. He hands 1t over to MIR. Simp-
son without a word and he turns pale.
too. Mr. Dickson reads 1t. but that
grim old warrior of the bar makes no
sign. Only he does not smile any
more.
That was all There we're few
halfhearted questions further. and
then the attorneys for the contestant
arise and ask continuance. They
do not say an indefinite continuance
But they do not ask for further date.
They would not say If they will ever
open the case again.
Neither Side Will Talk.
What did that yellow slip contain?
For all questions there has been but
one official answer: Nothing to
say" Mrs. Walkers lawyers have
only said grimly :-'Let them tell"
We will say nothing" declare Mrs.
Wister's attorneys.
My lawyers tell me to say moth.
ing" is the sole reply of the woman
in the case.
Jones Wister, gentleman of the old
school, proud of his family, a million
aire himself, hesitates, for he is sorely
tried but he answers: - am re.
quested not to say a word"
This is the supposed contents of the
yellow slip: 1t refers to the personal
relations existing at one time between
Mrs. Wister and Mr.. Weightman. She
has said before that he wanted her
to marry him at the time she was en-.
gagged to be married to Jones Wister.
There is the testimony of Edward T.
Davis that Mr.. Weightman once said
that she wanted him to marry her.
Those who recall the history of the
Weightman millions smiled when they
heard of the contest. Although the
amount involved was large they as.
serted that it was not altogether
! money that inspired the action. Two
w'juen Numerically opposite in dis
position, character and ambitions were
only continuing fight that meant
more to them than mere money.
William Weightman, whose strange
humor or hope for revenge inspired
the contest at the same time he killed
the hope of success, an Englishman by
birth, was chemist. He was one of
the founders of the great firm of Pow.
ers Weightman. That firm had a
monopoly on the preparation of qui.
nine for the market and during the
civil war made a great fortune.
Weshtman Family History.
William Weightman had two sons
and daughter John Farr Weight.
man, the eldest son, was educated as
a physician at home and abroad, but
his fathers business called him and
he went into it. remaining until hia
death, in 1886.
William Weightman, Jr.. married
Sabbatine d'Invilliers, daughter OF
French family that left France in
time to escape the guillotine of the
Reign of Terror. The family settled
in Philadelphia and speedily took q
commanding position in society.
Then came Ann, the daughter. More
like the shrewd father than the sons
she was a business woman from the
day she knew anything about the
world She became the wife OF r. j
| n XUaikar of Vyilliamcpnrt and lived
in that little Pennsylvania city fol
years, but she always took an inter
est in the business of her father, and
she was regarded as having mans
shrewdness.
Mrs. William Weightman, Jr., cared
nothing for business or the acquisi
ton of money. Her tastes ran to en-
tertainments and society. In the alb
sence of the daughter she soon be
came the favorite in the big marble
mansion fronting in Rittenhoust
Square and Raven Hill, magnificent
country estate. AS her six daughters
were born they became the pets o
the aged man and when William
Weightman died in 1889, Mrs. Weight
man, his widow, and her daughter'
went to live in the old mansion en-
tirely.
Mrs. Walker did not like this ar
rangement and the real trouble
started then. After her husband hat
served term at Washington, the!
moved to Philadelphia and he wen
into the office of Powers & Weight
man. Mrs. Walker was made part
ner and they attended to the business
end. Mrs. Weightman remained a
the home of her father-in-law unit
about 1895, and one day Philadelphia
was surprised to hear that she ha'
become the wife of Jones Wister
The marriage of Mrs. William
Weightman was the severing of tn
relations between the daughter-in-laN
and her children and the aged man
Mrs. Walker and her husband at one
came into the ascendant.
William Weightman, Sr, died Il
August 1904, and the following wee
his will written by himself, shove