Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-06-09

that Young then wrote something
and handed it to Ragle who made
his mark; that Young then folded It,
put 1t in black pocketbook and
placed the book in his inside coat
pocket. She carefully described the
size and color of the pocketbook
which corresponds very closely with
the one which propOnent claims to
have received with the alleged will
when 1t came to her through the
mail. Witness testifies that she was
standing about IL feet from Young
when all this took place, and yet she
distinctly everything that was said
and all that was done, after a lapse
of 16 years. That girl OF II years,
with no particular reason for notic-
ing or being interested in the tran
saction, should attend to and remem-
Der all these details is not probable.
1t is absolutely certain that she was
not in Weston on the 21st day Of No
vember, 1898, the date Of the will.
She was witness In a criminal case
in La Grande, 40 miles away, on the
20th After this cause arose and It
was known that she would be wit
ness 1t came to her knowledge that
detective was in La Grande look
ing up her record, and 1t would
have been dangerous for her to swear
that she was in Weston on the 21st,
so she Axes a later date. Though
she went by another route, she
reached home as soon as possible, by
claiming that she rode across the
country on horseback. But she was
not there on the 21st, so that to sus-
tain her story it must be assumed
that the date of the will Is incorrect
The very last thing that man Is
likely to date incorrectly Is his will
She was an old time friend Of propo-
nent, and Just the sort of a person
she would naturally select to aid her
in scheme to manufacture evidence
to fit her contention. The evidence
does not show proponents course Of
life to have been such as to entitle
her to much credit as a witness. An
associate and intimate friend of Del
la Stacey in girlhood, and after her
marriage living apart from her hus-
band and children, wandering around
over the country with itinerant vau-
deville shows, where she was en-
gagged in Singing and dancing, rag
dancing, Spanish dancing, Scottish
dancing and Buck and Wing dane
ing, she does not present an attrac-
tive picture Of American motherhood
and womanhood. There is some evi-
dence tending to show that, during
her early girlhood, deceased enter
tanned a strong affection for her, but
that later, probably from her own
misconduct and disregard of his
wishes and possibly from a mere
whim this regard changed to indif-
ference or positive dislike. Grace
Rogers testifies that young was
sulky with her and l have every rea-
son to believe his dissatisfaction was
about her association with Della Ra
gle" The same witness also testi.
fed that in the fall of 1893 Young re
ferred to Mabel and her mother al
that damned outfit" and said that af'
ter she left she had stolen his ring
and that when he met her afterwards
in Pendleton he refused to shake
hands with her. She went away will
her mother in the fall Of 1893 ant
the mother subsequently sued Younl
for $62 as wages for Mabel while sh
I was with him. Referring to this ac
ton in a conversation with Mrs
i Meiners he said, "The devil woul
! get mad. l thought I was done wit
! them people but they have sued m
/ again for wages" To Mrs. Phillip
. he said that this was the last h