The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-26
tiff's action that the effect was not to
debar aer from. marriage, but simply
to induce her MOTTO marry the certain
namSd

debar .ler from, marriage, but simply
to induce her MOTTO marry the certain
individual named. -,
BY the time Bpnnell came to Santa
Monica he had rallied on some of his
holdings. and began his career of ac-
cumulation which. makes his estate to-
day worth almost 100000.
Mortgage loans engaged his atten-
toin for many years at the beach town.
There he was q heavy contributor to
the First Methodist Episcopal church.
Though rot q member he attended
often with his Wife and was we'll
known to officers End leading members
of the church. BY the general public,
however, he was looked upon as re-
cluse and after. His wife died about
two years ago, che year before he
passed away, BuAnell kept more to
himself than, everss Much of his time
was passed in t6A cottage home in
Santa Monica ,,olif Qnrth street, near
Utah avenue, where q housekeeper, q
distant relative, who had been adopted
into the family was. his sole COM
panion.
!, Death overlook him at Colorado
Springss Col, while he was on his
way to Indiana. Another note dated
at that place five days before his death
adds most pathetic chapter to the
complaint. 1t, reads thus:i
$4,000. August Is, 1907. promise
to pay my dear friend, Melissa q. Funk
or her daughter or either of them or
order, ten thousand dollars. This note
lis to be paid by the person who set
ties my estate after my death. With
out cost to the bearer, this note is
given f.r love and gratitude and to
reward the one l did. injure so will
fully. (Slgned)
Theodore p. Bunnell"
A letter which has been exhibited
to the executor of the estate in Cali
fornia was sent, 1t is claimed, about
the same time to Melissa 2. Funk. It
begs her to come to Colorado Springs
and grant forgiveness before he dies.
But the same day It is said to have
reached her, telegram also came an
nouncing the death of Mr.. -Bunnell.
Messages were received in Santa
Monica that his body would be brought
back there for burial. 1t did not ar
rive the day 1t was due. By somebody's
order It was held at Colorado Springs.
There was much mystery about it at
the time. After several days delay the
body came and burial took place in
woodlawn cemetery, after funeral
services in the First M. e. church.
Mr.. Dunnell was about .75 years old
No children or immediate relatives
survived him.
In addition to the three alleged
promissOry notes pleaded in the COM
plant, other documentary evidence in
the form. of several letters from Bun
nell to MIS- Funk will be introduced, it
is said, to substantiate her claim when
the case comes on for trial.
The init oduction of these letters as
well as the. original notes will involve
the question OF proc. of Bunnells
handwriting.
All the documents, it is claimed,
show exactly the same kind of writ
ting, unmistakably that of Bunnell,
event question as to the genuineness
Of the documents is raised.
In one of these letters, sent from
Santa Monica about March 1, 1907,
Bunnen wrote to Mrs. Funk, It is said,
that he was sick and nervous and
realized that he had only brief time
to live.
He offered, it is said. to send her
money to come to California to him, If
she would consent to leave her home
in Indiana.
Evidently she refused to come to
California, for another letter is said
to show. under date of July %. that
he told Ter he was about to start east
to her, and told: her of his plan to stop
OF in Colorado Springs on account of
his weak and enfeebled condition.
He expressed his love for her, 1t is
asserted. and told her he wanted her
to be happy for the rest Of her life.
In his letter also, 1t 10 said, he made
her the promise to send her new
lnots, double the others, and instructed
her to collect them all in case Of his
death.
The note referred to In this Hletter
Of July n. 1907. It 10 asserted. q the
ono which he gave on his death bed
int Colorado Springs. promising to pay
her $1,000 from his estate. ss, ss