East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-01
WARNER TRIAL DEVELOPS into
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out in previous trials. c. III. Waters,
who ran saloon in one of j. w.
Young's buildings at Weston. and who
knew the combination 10 the Young
safe, this morning declared Mrs.
Warner had asked him 10 swear that
he had seen will, giving her the es-
tate, in the strong box of her uncle
He also testified that Mrs. Warner
said she had either $4,000 or $17,-
900 TO spend in getting the estate.
Walters was followed on the stand
by DR.. r. d. Cashatt, formerly of
Weston, now of Spokane. He had
been Young's physician and declared
that two or three months after the
death of his patient, Mrs. Warner
came to him and in the course of a
conversation, suggested that other
wills would make their appearance
and that she would make it worth
his while If he would help her get
the property.
Expert Testifies.
The last witness this morning was
w. w. Williams of Portland, the
handwriting expert who figured in
one of the previous trials After an
examination of will No. A" and COM
parison of it with writing of ]. w.
Young, he pronounced it at once
forgery and gave long explanation
to the jury in substantiation of his
statement The signatures had been
traced, he said, while the writing in
the will was unnatural and showed
attempt at disguise. He compared
almost every letter that appeared in
the document with similar letters in
the writing OF Young, and pointed
out the differences.
Mrs. Young Testifies.
Mrs Clara Young, sisterin-law of
the defendant. was called to the
stand yesterday afternoon. Although
her husband. Fred Young, is stand
ing by his sister, Mrs Young has
been on the side of the prosecution
all during the seven years of the
fight. Yesterday she told again how
Mrs. Warner came to her home soon
after the death of her uncle and ask
ed for letters which the deceased had
written. Some letters were found
and after looking at one of these, Mrs.
Warner remarked how easily the
Signature could be copied and did
copy it, according to the testimony
of the witness. Then, said Mrs.
Young, Mrs. Warner recalled how she
used to copy signatures when a child
by holding them up to the light.
Mrs Young also explained the APP
pearance of will No. G" which was
the one introduced Tuesday, dated
four years after the death of Young
and signed by DR. f. d. Watts and B.
b. Hall as witnesses. She declared
it came through the mail in Novem-
Der to her husband
Offered $500 TO Testify.
Mary Eastman next took the stand
and told how Mrs, Warner and her
detective, Joe Craddock, came to her
five years ago and offered her $500
to testify that j. w Young had al
ways intended to leave his estate to
the defendant. She declared that the
detective had been introduced to her
as a New York lawyer and that he
had told her that he and not Mrs.
Warner would pay her the money for
her testimony.
The witness appeared stupid on the
stand, and, despite all of the efforts
of the state, no further testimony
could be secured from her. When
the cross-examination began, Attor-
ney Johnson proceeded to shoot fu-
silade of sharp questions at her and
secured admissions damaging her or
iginal testimony
What were you told to say when
you were called?" demanded the law
yer. "That / was offered $500 to say
that Uncle Jim was to give his prop
erty to Mabel" was the meek an
swer.
what else?" sternly commanded
Johnson, and before she was excused
the witness admitted that the prose-
cution had shown her slip of paper
on which was written what they
wanted her to say, but that she had
forgotten what was in it.
County Clerk Sailing was called
again to testify as to the wills SUBJ
mitted and the court called the at
torneys down for playing for time.
Fortune Teller Directed Mabel.
Then Mrs. Gibson, who keeps ho-
tel at Connell, Wash. repeated the
story which she says Mrs Warner
told her at one time when the latter
and her husband were guests at her
hotel. According to the testimony,
Mrs Warner declared, she was in