The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-27
SPOOKS IN A WILL CONTEST
THOHPSON'S WILLOWS arr ~
VOWED ~ THF C4SE.
Letters Prom the beyond From "NuIS,"
Received IN Court second wife says
spirits kept Her out Of H~r nIEhis
The SURROGATE Is z sed to SpOoks.

Scarcely an appreCiabls reduction had
b~en made m the multitud" ~ letters
which ~srs being read from a big black
book m the Surru gates Court in BROOKLYN
YESTERDAY when Mrs Marion \ Funk.
spirituaLstiC postmistrerz. - 10 speak,
Tor group 81 communicative spirits,
declared that she was tlresl 90 the matter.
but Surrogate kricham r"pruyed her Tor
the interrupt ION and instructed the LAWYER
To pTOC'sd
About that time an accommodating
spirit Familiarity known AZ -Nluzzv- was
transmitting Hn IMPRESSION - the mIEd
II the material assistant. II Was merely
a letter Suggesting IN" familiar relations
sand t. east b"twrcu certain spirits and
Mrs Funk u read
n there ~ anything Vol want to consult
vs. about as usual We ara ready - answer
as We haNsa good poser over you.
This IL one Of many letter hich Mrs
Mabelle Thompson insists deprived her
% = large share IN a g.. co. 900 estate left
BY her husband. Robert " Thompson.
formerly president of the Robert II
Thompson Corrugated Paper Company.
who died in MAY. three months after
taking his second wife Mrs. Funk. his
granddaughter and daughter by Adop-
ton. is charged by Mrs Thompson with
exerting undue influence upon the testa-
tor chiefly by posing az a medium and
bombarding him with letters SUPPOSED
10 como from a deceased wife. Mrs
Thompson IL trying Ia show that the
arCior Of her husbands courtship was
dAmpened by mysterious warnings and
that her husbands affections dried up
completely In the presence ~ fear that
the first wife might be near by and dis
approving. She says that IN. spiritual |
istic communications cost her many |
thousand dollars. tO the benefit OF j Linton |
Thompson. q son of the Deceased; Mrs |
Funk and her brother. Robert n. Ihomp- !
son. Jr
IL Is intimated by counsel for Mrs |
Thompson in the attempt 10 prevent the |
probate Of the will that communications |
we're being received several years before
the marriage. and before the widow re-
signed ~ stanographer 20 become his wife.
IN an sfort to break on the analr.
Mrs Marion 4. Funk WAS on the stand
during the greater part Of the session
Yesterday listening Ia the letters and
answering questions about them. Sh" Is
the wife Of Dr. Morton l.. Funk ut $500 :
Newkirk avenue. flathush She neither
denissi nor affirmed that she " a medium.
bur said that she did receive -impres-
sions- from her grandmother and others
~ lille in a serni-tranC" and that she had
" ritten the Impressions IN Nh" black
book
This u one Of the communications
transmitted through -Muz7v' II seems
10 indicate that the first Mrs Thompson
didn't al all relish the fondnesS - MIR
Thompson for his stenographsr
want Won To write = little note for me
10 your father Itis - hard 10 get you under
complete influence now. though YOU are
stronger In your psychic form than ever
DEAREST ROR Will you think ~ queer
'or Marion 20 come Ia YOU nov about life
n the spirit world where am still watching
'oT your happiness l Wish you 10 be happy
Apply In our children aud IN their lives
You Ia We had a hard experience You can't
80 wrong and be happy and Won hAV" done
Erone You knO~ YOU have lieS de,'ei'
md Aeidshuea- they are not your nature
The children have al~ays Io,ks-i up 80
you With honor and pride ia your tea hing
You know Won have fallen from THE ideal
Oh. Bob All I can say IL shame Thank
God Who gives me another chance 20 appeal
10 your higher nature Pray for strength
hot TO let this devil In torment take tho
strength from you.
! do not write more nov Marion will
some snd write my feelings for me when u
10 veil Probably we are nearer together
han ever let Nc be living eIsmpie thst
he love ~ man and wife always works for
rood aud happiness | want TO help | vii.
The examination will 60 on Tomorrow
With Surrogate Ketcham presiding The .
surrogate IL familiar with some ~ the {
spirits In the communicating business
lAvinR been chairman OF the commission Z
that tried Little Bright Ewes in the i
VAnderbilf-P-pper lnacy Investigation !
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