The Detroit times., 1911-04-28

Mr.. Pound objected TO the intima
ton and IL was excluded.
The witness also told that Miss
Finney was very "Touchy' about the
doctor, always Directing 10 anyone
saying anything disrespectful about
him. Mr. Webb, in answer To ques
ton from Mr.. Hunt. said van come
+ up 10 the, Finney home I'm the sprine
OF 1907 and removed furniture DIT
Irvine was there but Miss Finney was
absent lie recalled that Miss Fin
ney was taken 10 the Mt Clemens
sanitarlum, year or SO after the will
was drawn up.
Mr. Hunt asked about the condition
OF Miss Finneys mind at the time OF
her removal. Mr.. Pound objected 10
the answer, and the court upheld the
objection
AT this juncture. Mr. Hunt essayed
TO quote authorities regarding the ma
ture OF the will
Hunt Makes Hot Charge.
/ that DR. Imrie not only got the VIII
drawn by fraudulent means, but that
he really accelerated her demise. and
, | say tnlS ueuDSTalely.
Nj. Pound offered a strenuous OBJ
lection To the quoting Of the author
ties, and the court agreed with him
Mr.. Hunt then returned 10 the
questionine OF the witness. Asked II
he thought that Miss Finney was com.
petent 10 make will at the time he
witnessed her testament, Mr., Webb
answered in the negative. lie said
he had seen beer delivered TO Miss
F'inney's home twice week during
several years previous TO the drawing
UP OF the will. he said that he met
DR.. lmrie at Miss Finney's funeral
and that he latter told him that he
had read the will TO Miss Finney, as
she couldn't read 1t herself.
Asked II he had seen DR. Imrie take
women to Miss Finney's home In the
DAY time witness said ht, had and
that they would stay sometimes unth
iate AT night. There were loud noises
In the Finney home on these occa-
sions,, SO loud that they woke him
up, Mr.. Webb declared
Had Written Miss Finney.
In redirect examination Mr., webb
stated that he had gone to Mr.. Hurts
Office since the present court proceed
ings were started. going al the invi.
tation OF Jared w. Finney In re-
Spouse TO a question. he said he had
once correspondent with Miss Finney,
having sent her a post card.
Have YOU ever been IN Miss Fin
ney's home when she was not beastly
drunk" Mr.. Pound asked Mr.
Webb
Yes" the witness replied.
There was scarcely day however,
that she wasn't drunk while she
boarded la the Hester home. he added.
He believed she had been drinking for
at least seven years. When. he first
knew her, 10 l-2 years ago, he didn
think she was addicted TO the use OF
liquor He never knew of her using
drugs, he said. He thought she might
have been using drugs, because he
didn't think liquor would cause her
TO act as she did He thought she
was a physical wreck when she went
to the Mt. Clemens sanatorium.
He couldn't say that she was mentally
all right.
Asked why he had signed the will
as witness. in view OF his belief that
Miss Finney was not competent, Webb
said he didn't think she was signing
away her fortune, as she had often
told him and the girls in the Hester
home that she had no authority to
will anything but her personal effects I;
that the real estate would go to the
other neirs at her death He signed
the will because DR.. Imrie had told
him 1t was her will he said.
IL NNaEh co hn 90 hnrn from
Streetsville, Ont, where he was a
merchant.
Mr.. Webb, now broker in De
troit, denied that he had ever tried TO
induce Miss Finney to invest in
bonds He said he had never seen
her drinking Regarding his own
habits. he caid he neyCr used liquor
except for medicinal purposes, which
might De cGce IA month
Henry w. Coleman. Jr.. was the
next witness He said he lived at
No. ia High-st, west. He was one
of the witnesses of Miss 'Einney' s
will He was asked to witness the
document From her conduct and
talk, on the night OF his witnessing
the will. he Judged she was able TO
make her testament Miss Finney
met him at the door and apologized
for disturbing him at the time or
night when he was asked TO wit
ness the will. Among those present
when the will was witnessed were
Mr. Pound and DR.. Orchard, the pc
titioner.
AT 1915 court adjourned until p.
M
Mr. Hunt, In commenting to The
Times on the mornings proceedings,
said that he felt the contestants
made much progress. particularly be
cause of the testimony OF William
Webb, witness for the petitioners, TO
the effect that he didn't regard Miss
Finney as competent to make will.
There were but few spectators in
court. Among them were Miss Ma.
bel and Walter Imrie, daughter and
son OF DR.. Imrie. They sat immedi-
ately back of their father The doc
tors wife was not in court.
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