The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-01
WOULD KILL HER |
II HE ONLY OARH|
'lF u MEET A SUDDEN DEATH
SOMETHING WILL BE WRONG"
SAID WOMAN WHO DIED SO
MYsTERIousLY no FRlEN4
Was Compelled to Adopt her Huy
bands son---Mrs. Chase Dis n
liked the Man she Made (
Her Heir M

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Salem, Mass. Dec. 81 .--ln theEE
sex Probate Court Saturday IN cGime'
tion with the protected VIII of Vt
Jennie p. Chage, Mrs. Mary p. TlV@
il lressmaker Of Boston, testified wa
she was visited BY Mrs. Chase Vh
frequently and freely discussed 4e
family troubles, On more than ON
occasion .is. Chase expressed zeal
al violence al the hands OF DIR. Hon
ncS Chase. her husband and the father
OF her adopted son, the witness said
I.css titan a week before her death
Mrs. Chase visited The apartments ol
Mrs. aTrasB In Boston, and at that time
Mrs. Chase informed Mrs. Trask thai
if Mrs. Chase met with sudden death
something would be wrong She also
said that Dr. Chase had said he woulG
kill her il he dared.
Mrs. Trask eoffoborated the testt
mony OF previous witnesTes in regard
10 Mrs. Chasea professed dislike fo''
har husbands son, Mrs Chase, the
witness said. had told her many times
that she had adopted the boy only be
cause DR. Cherc compelled her to do
SO.
Mrs. Track raid 1she visited the
Chase home IN Swamp colt on the day
following tn death of Mrs. Chase
but at that time Df, Chase sad that
double pneumonia had caused the
death Of his wife. Nothing was said
Mt that time about Mrs Chase's death
being caused by gas poisoning or
about suicide
The witness told Of Mrs. Chase's at
tempt TO commit suicide II followed
mn ssirangement between her and her
HusppnF asssis han. tse.sts III. Ilr s,itrse's'
office in al effort to become reconcl-
ed, the witness said. but her efforts
being unsuccessful she returned home
and attempted to end her life.
Witness said that at the Chase
house IN Swampscott the next night
after the death CT Mrs. Chase. Dr.
Chase told her that Mrs. Chase had
a rush'3Nblood 10 ihe head. The re-
tarn Of thcssiaad to the hing c1rsed
pneumonia. which, resulted in death
he said. Nothing was safdeat that time
about gas poisoning or suicide
In reply 10 que ton the w.inass
said that on one of her lsst visits A1irs
Chase said: "If the i)cto~'s IS,oks
could kill | would be dead long hgo
He is plotting something. and if Gam
found dead something will be f3und
wrong"
Mrs. Trask also testified that / she
told there facts to the Chief or the
Swampscott police shortly after flrs
Chase was found dead in her lFome
there last September. although I'll had
been annuonced at that time that the
woman had committed suicide
When Dr. Horace Chase, husbaRd Of
the woman. arrived at the court 9louse
he was served with summons Order
ing him 10 appear AT an inqudst al
Lynn Monday for the purpdSe Of
iesiifying in regard TO the death df hi
wife.
DR.. Chase testified undeH ey
animation Of his own counsel. I'D pro.
1ucod several letters and bookf. the
property of Mn. Cha se which h.
had placed In a vault in Bootojl after
he death of his wife. Among lhe let
erh was one from DE Fc9est lWood
-nff Chase. who weE adopted Nv the
locior's wife. and who, II ls ALLEGED
by the contestants. was disli1bd by
her In this letter young Chase hank.
ID NJ. Chase for an Invitation y visit
ser home and 10 bring with hin any
f his fr ends. Mrs. Chase's win left
III her properly TO De- Forest ChaAc
Mr.. Morse. counsel for the witAess
Informed The court that DR.. Chase eas
'pointed executor of his sons esth hte
Yesterday.
y was agreed by counsel for bdtb
7'aes and by Judge Harmon thu
Nheh the hearing was adjourned todaS
' would net be resumed until january