East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-06

Rodgers, IN the Farmers Bank OF
Weston. Right then is when 1 believe
they made away with the last will
which have just found"
Acts AS Own Slcuth.
after the supreme court had re-
versed Judge Beans decision and had
given my property to the Watts, / be-
gan in my attempt to locate the miss
ing will. Night after night L drove
out of this city and up to Weston
and when Watts and his gang were
least aware of the fact, was on the
job. Many is the conversation which
1 have overheard between them and
it was in one of these that I received
cew that the will had not been
burned. / overheard Mrs. Watts ask
the doctor If he was sure the will had
been burned. He replied that he
didn't know as he had left that to
Hall"
Uncovers the Box.
"Then, acting upon the SUPPOSE
tion that Hall would not have de-
stroyed the will because he could use
il either to save himself or as a club
for extortion against DR.. Watts, 1 be-
gan a search of Halls premises. AL
most every night 1 drove up to- Wes-
ton until my team was almost worn
opt and against the remonstrances OF
! my husband. | searched every part
of Halls premises and met with nc
/ success. Then l put myself in Halls
! place in the bank that night. Where
! would have been the logical place to
/ hide the box, l asked myself. There
! is a back door to the bank building
from the room in which Gerberdine
had said he had seen Watts and the
two other men, and l came to the
conclusion that Hall would have
walked through the back door ano
buried it some place in the rear o.
the bank. Then l transferred my
search there and I was finally re-
warded by the discovery of the box
It appeared to have been buried hur
riedly- for the hole was not as deep a.
the box. However. leaves, dirt an'
trash had been piled over 1t, making
a little mound.
81 then began investigations through
the Hartman Detective agency L
clear the whole maater away AM
through inquiries l made, Dr. watt
learned of my possession of the tru
will. 1t was not long after this tina
I was assaulted in my home and m
| house ransacked and while 1 was ly
ing in bed here, my brother TOOK IN
will up to Weston and told Dave Law
ender Of the discovery. He aske
Dave to get two or three witnesse
and he would show him the will. Dav
got Dad Degraw, one of the dfrec
tors of the bank, and Fred Lucas an
with my brother and Wilbur Mars
of Walla Waila went into a room an
took out the will Does that look lk
| the will Uncle Jim showed you,' n
| asked Dave. 1t looks like it. INA
J will had two covers Dave answered
Nv brother opened the will and aske
him if it read like the will he ha
seen and again Dave answered ths
a il did. Dave now denies he made sue
t statements. but the witnesses will te'
tify that he did"
r Watts Caused Prosecution, She Sta''
e "Then it was that DR.. watts Sc
cured NV Indictment for uttering tn
9 Knox will for he hoped TO get me
the penitentiary before 1 had
chance to prove the will had foun(
But twelve honest men failed to cal
i rv out his plans. He tried to get m
i to produce the will at the trial but
didn't care to let it get out of IN
I hands Just then. Those signatures o
e il are genuine and l don't intend ths
they shall be made to appear fals
T There is no secret about the will an
n I will offer it for probate in te
days"
n Declares Watts a Forger.
o When asked about the other Nv
recent Wills, the one shown to w.
e Pruitt and bearing the signature
. of ]. B Perry and c. c. HendrlcK
and the one produced in court durln
the trial dated four years after tn
death of ]. w. Young, she did not ne
II itate to declare them forgeries ana
: name DR.. f. d. Watts as the forge
u The former she said, she found IN
: box which she had dug up in Watt
woodshed at Weston. but knew 1t
/ be a forgery as soon as the witness
Y, had denied the signatures The SET
n ond, she said, came through the ma
d to her brother in Walla Wala an
is was such a palpabIe forgery that
g was ridiculous. THE writing was
the hand of DR.. Watts and 1 hay
evidence to have DR.. Watts indicte
before any grand jury in the Unite
States. 1 will furnish it to the sta
.;,,o q, apd thin