The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-15
READY CASE
UP TO JURY
TOMORROW
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forged, sign the document in dispute.
She herself was one of the witnesses.
She identified the signature.
did you see the person who put it
there?" she IA asked.
Eyes, sir"
Then she went on to say that Novem-
Der 10, 1905, h was in her son's office
in the Globe Building and he told her
that she was "just in time to witness
a will. MY son read the will,' she
added, "and told an elderly gentleman,
Who was Mr.. Russell, to listen to 1t.
Then he asked the old gentleman
whether it was all right, and he said
yes and then the old gentleman signed
the will, He wrote very slow and
shaky."
Miss Jennie A. Taggart and Christie
pher A. Schumacher, former clerks in
Ready's office, swore that they saw the
viii in the office in November, 1905, and
the latter said it was used as a book
mark in "Corbin's Forms" because at
that time no payment had been made
on the document.
AS on preceding days in the case
there was a lively interchange of words
between counsel in the case late yes
terday afternoon, and at one time the
wrangle became so hot that the court
was compelled to resort to a rigorous
use of the gavel. 1t was when Mr..
Kalisch tried to introduce an old por-
trait of Russell as an exhibit in the
case in order to have one of the wit
nesses identify him as having called on
Ready in November, 1905.
Does the State purpose to oppose
that Identification of this MANI" asked
Mr.. Kalisch warmly.
stump speech again! Stump speechl'
exclaimed Prosecutor Henry Young and
his assistant, Wilbur A. Mott in uni
son.
Then the courts gayel came down
with a series of bangs as Mr.. Kalisch
started to retort. II don't purpose to
have you make any speeches." came
from the court at intervals between
bangs, eff I can help 1t. Don't try to
anticipate what the other side purposes
to do"
Counsel on both sides subsidized, and
the trial proceeded in It's decorous way,
With experts in inks and in handwrit-
ing telling what they thought they
knew about the paper in dispute.
Ready himself, who was on the
SldIlu NGSlGTudy anu OILY lGSllllGu DIS
to the kind of ink he used in his home
and office, was called again today, and
after a few preliminary questions in the
course of which he said he was mar
ried and lived in East Orange, told
what sort of a law business he did. He
said it was general.
"In November, 1905, you drew a will
for q man of the name of Russell?'
asked Mr.. Kalisch.
81 did" replied his client.
Then the will was shown to him and
he identified 1t. Told to state the cir
cumstances, the accused lawyer said:
IAN old gentleman came to my office.
My clerk was not in and 1 had some
work left undone. The Did man asked
for me and / finished my work. lie
said he wanted his win drawn, asking
me particularly If I was a lawyer.
THEN he said his name vas JOIN w.
Russell, and 1 made a note of 1t. He
said he wanted to leave his property
to NJ. Clavin, and 1 made a note OF
that, too. ! asked him whether NJ.
Clavin was a relative. and he said, No,
but as good as a relative He added
that he wanted the will draw short,
so that the lawyers couldn't pull it
apart He said, The shorter the
better
IT read the will to him. added the
defendant, land he said that it would
do, and showed him where to sign his
name. He wanted me to be a wit
mess to it, and / handed the same pen
to my mother. When I asked him for
the fee of $40 he said, What? Ten dol
lars for ten minutes work. He added,
Young man, you can keep hat paper
That was the last l saw Of Mr..
Russell"
Ready detailed his endeavors to after
wards And the parties interested IN
the will, his visit to Mary Clayin and
the subsequent events leading to his
arrest.
On cross-examination by Mr.. Young
Ready swore tina he never saw Rus
sell before he came into his office.
He tried to find out about him on the
day afterward, he added, and he did
not consider it wrong to publish the
will. The Will was left on witnesses
desk, according to his further testimony,
and he admitted that 1t vas nine months
after Russelrs death that he first
called upon Mary Clavin. Ready testi-
fed that he did not ask Russell where
he lived, only asked him where his
property was, and this Russell said it
was not necessary to describe. Ready
insisted that the Clavin woman had
instructed him to make the contract by
which he was to get 20 per cent OF the
estate.
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