The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-03
.REC[USE STILL
ON THE STAND
Admits Some Things But Still
Says North Dakotan Is Not
His Brother

Boston, Mass, March 3-The cross
examination. of William c. Russell, the
Melrose recluse who holds the $780,
900 estate of his father. Daniel Rus
sell, by Senator Leslie A. Simpson
of North Dakota was continued in the
Russell will case yesterday. William
Russell is contrasting the claim of the
man from Dickinson. N. D., who says
he is Daniel Blake Russell. his brother.
His questioning was turned toward the
intimate details of the early life in
Melrose of himself and his brother
Dan.
soon after your fathers death.
when YOU learned of the will. did you
make any effort to locate DAM
No"
Had Reasons For Doubt
He had reasons before he saw the
claimant to doubt that he was Daniel
Blake Russell. the witness said. for
he did not think that his brother would
have brought lawyer with him. He
had believer, moreover. that has
brother had been dead for many years
since he did not think he was strong
enough to make his way in the world
unassisted and that if be were alive
he would have heard from him.
Were you offended at YOUR orother
because he had left home tie way he
did?'
No"
Didn't your Curiosity p,ar,e 70: 10
see tie Iae En.a >sllG L: VS. your
brother"
No
II ycc e,ls sss.,.ssss, :. v-Es yo:r
brother. vcr,s W:'r I'M hlrs ,.ss. glad
to velcsEs In n.ine ~
Yes
WY IL: nar M ouss.ian tie
csaiC2a. 1s H,l- n.a.vasv with hin =.
Il saw - WIS NJ. ny h-o-ns- and
I did ccs va. a. sI-1 WITH hin
The1 Wy ais y,,C vks,s TT hou. in
an Interview ELa h5n'''
Il wanted - make absolutely GER
tain il TT s-S o,to,ol'
Clai1aBt Cones Forward
AS soe witness went o. - tell OF
the result q his comparison of the
claimant With his ns1o-y 0: The ap-
pearance OF his aesso: brother. the
claimant came forward and stood near
the witness on .he stand.
II wish yon 70 !ook rich, into the
claimants eyes" said Attorney Sin1p-
son. The brothers" istood wiihin
three feet OF each other. Mr. Simpson
then asked the witness to compare the
claimants neck with the measurement
Of his fathers neck.
We'll l should say it was about the
same size" the witness said.
Asked to compare the chest meas
urements Of the two. Mr.. Russell said
tnat the claimants was much greater
than that of his father.
Spreads Out Hands
The claimant spread out his hands
upon the railing Of the witness box in
order that the witness might compare
them with his own. This Mr., Russell
did as the two stood with their hands
parallel and touching. Mr.. Russell de-
clded that the claimants fingers were
much thicker and larger than his own.
You told Mr.. Mason that the claim
ant had much largNr feet than Dan? '
Il don't think chat l did tell him
1-2." ~ wei"
$50. If the claimant wears an 8. Won
would not say that he had an unusu-
ally large foot for man of his build ~
"No." ~
Peculiar Carriage
Mr.. Russell said that there was a
popularity about the gait and carriage
OF his brother Daniel but that he had
no opportunity to notice the way in
which the claimant walked before he
nad formed his opinion on April 20
that the claimant was not his brother.
Attorney Simpson handed the wit
ness picture Of his father and the
witness gazed closely at the claimant
mentioning dissimilarities between the
latter and the photograph in forma-
ton of the forehead, the eyebrows and