The Detroit times., 1911-04-27
CLAIMS DIR. IMRIE ACCELER-
ATED DEATH OF MRS. FINNEY
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to her death. The doctor would gen
orally stay half hour or an hour.
Talked Of Or. lmrie.
Asked the subject OF Miss Finney's
talk at the boarding house. witness
said II was largely concerning DIR.
Imrie, his thoughts, wishes and pleas
ures
Did you notice the condition Of
Miss Finneys mind year before
you witnessed the will?" Mr.. Hunt
asked Mr.. Webb.
she was under the influence OF
LIQUOR much of the time and was
sort OF laughing stock In the board
ing house." Mr.. Webb replied.
The witness said he had advised
Miss Finney to drop DR.. Imrie, tell
| ing her that she would be better
without him. She replied that she
couldn't do without the DOCTOR;
that she must have him, the witness
stated. II was impossible to get her
mind off the doctor, he added In re-
ply to further questions. He intim-
ated that she was under the influence
OF Dr. Imrie.
Mr.. Pound objected to the intima-
tion and II was excluded.
! The witness also told that Miss
Finney was very "Touchy' about the
| doctor, always Directing TO anyone
saying anything disrespectful about
/ him. Mr.. Webb, In answer to ques-
ton from Mr.. Hunt, said a van come
up TO the Finney home In the spring
of 1907 and removed furniture. DR..
| Irvine was there but Miss Finney was
absent. He recalled that Miss Fin
ney was taken to the Mt. Clemens
sanitarium. year or so after the Will
was drawn up.
Mr.. Hunt asked about the condition
of Miss Finney's mind at the time OF
her removal Mr.. Pound objected to
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.
Il want to show" said Mr.. Hunt,
that DR.. Imrie not only got the will
drawn by fraudulent means. but that
he really accelerated her demise. and
| / say this deliberately"
Mr.. Pound offered q strenuous OBJ
lection to the quoting OF the author
tiles, and the court agreed with him.
Mr.. Hunt then returned to the
questioning of the witness. Asked IL
he thought that Miss Finney was COM
petent to make a will at the time he
witnessed her testament, Mr.. Webb
answered In the negative. He said
he had seen beer delivered to Miss
Finneys home twice q week during
several years previous to the drawing
up OF the will. He said that he met
DR.. Imrie at Miss Finney's funeral,
and that the latter told him that he
had read the will TO Miss Finney, as
she couldn't read II herself.
Asked II he had seen DR.. Imrie take
women to Miss Finney's home In the
day time. witness said he had and
that they would stay sometimes unth
late 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 at the invi-
tation OF Jared w. Ftnney. 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
neys 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 in the Hester home, he added.
He believed she had been drinking for
at least seven years. When he hrst
knew her, 10 1-2 years ago, he didn't
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 a 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;
that the real estate would go to the
other heirs at her death. He signed
the will because DR.. Imrie had told
him II was her will, he said.
Mr.. Webb said he came here from
Streetsville, Ont, where he was a
merchant
Mr.. Webb, now a broker in De
troit, deniedthat he had ever tried to
induce Miss Finney to invest in
bonds. He said he had never seen
her drinking. Re garding his own
habits, he Gaid he neNr used liquor
except for medicinal purposes, which
might be cnce a 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 Ffnney'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 ut the time or
night when he was asked to wit