The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-03-30
Charles Bean Leaves Stand
After "a Hours GriIling
In COUNTY COURT TO-DAY
He Was Beneficiary From Will of His
Mother, Mrs. 0rzilla Bean, Late
of Plainfield, Which Three
Heirs Try to Break.

After being on the stand for twenty
tour hours. during which he was given
a sharp grilling by the opposition law
yers, Charles T. Bean, who was lett
the bulk OF his mothers estate. was ex-
cused from the stand in Washington
county court to-day and several other
witnesses were put on in rapid succes-
sion, These We're Mrs Laura Coburn
benjamin Gates and Mr.. and Mrs Aiken,
the latter being friencs Of Mrs Orzilh
Bean, whose will is being contested by
three other children, Everett and Her
bert Bean and Mrs. Kate Bean Lane.
Mr. Gates, who was special administrs
tor, testified that the estate amounts
to between $4,000 and $4,000.
Charles t. Bean, who was bequeathed
all but S. to each of the other chill
dren. testified that his folks objected to
his sister, Kate, marrying Lee Lane. and
he said that he had not spoken to her
since she was II years old tshe is now
80 until few months ago. because
she had married Lane.
Asked why he spoke to her few
months ago, the witness said il was
because she was not living with her hus.
band
Not to my knowledge" replied the
witness when asked if he had ever talked
with his mother about disposing of her
property Not to my knowledge" he
again answered when asked ii he had
written his mother, telling her that BY
willing 81 TO each Of the children, she
could prevent their breaking the will
Not TO my knowledge" was favor
ite answer so commonly used that At
toney Laird for the contesting heirs,
objected; bat Judge MileS led it prop
er.
In one letter to his sister-in-law. Mrs.
f. A. Bean, be asked that his mother
he instructed to burn all letters he
wrote to her, saying II do not want
them d. fools on the hill to see
them as they might not digest good
When asked to explain to whom he
referred in the letter. Bean said he
meant Lee Lane. the husband OF his sis
ter Kate Some OF the letters were
not signed and parts of others were
missing, but Bean identified the writing
of all as his.
The witness denied that he had Great.
ed disturbance at his mothers funeral,
he may have objected TO his
brother -in.law. Lane, sitting with the
but he was ready to have his
sister there he said. Bean declared he
hadn't spoken to Lane for long time.
He said that at the funeral Of his moth
or there might have been some delay
due to the misunderstanding as to who
should sit with the mourners
In one letter to his father and mother
be expressed himself as indignant be.
cause they had called on his sister and
her husband. lie said he did this be-
cause he was afraid Lane would get
control Of the property.
When asked if he had told his broth
sr, Herbert, the place would be his be-
fore the win was opened, he denied he
had done so and said he did not know
.he contents OF the will before it was
opened He was asked if his parents
lsd not loaned him $40 on two differ
mt occasions in addition to loan Of
S40 when he was sick To this he an (
,wered "Not to my knowledge"
When Bean stepped from the stand,
he other witnesses were more briefly
but it is expected that the
ase viii continue some time more.