The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-02-19

nights prev ious to that. Mr. Haslett re-
auested me TO have Mr.. Gardner come here
to him.
O. When did he request you thatf A.
That waA on the 18th.
O. Did Mr.. Haslett Of his own mind OF
| volitlon ask you TO bring Mfr. Gardner herei
A. Yes. sir. .. ...
O. Well. whom he came. were you presen,
when Mr.. Gardner frst came? A. Yes. sir
q. State what conversation was had al
that time? A. He came up to him and sal
down and talked over matters with him In
regard to signing a power Of attorney tt
Mr.. Lord and other papers and said he
would like to have him look into IL and in.
T, vestigate IL. l was not hero all the time
I went downstairs and hIed the furnace
and came back and he was Just finishing
up to leave. He said he would come bach
the next evening. which he did
Q. Did you hear Mr.. Haslett say suythins
TO Mr.. Gardner about a willp A. Why. no,
that night: the next night he spoke TO him
about II.
O. What did he say2 A. lie brought bach
a transcript Of a will the next night.
.. And you say the ne At night he brousht
what? A. He brought back a will. which
he signed the next night. He skipped q
night and then came back the night before
last and had another will. which he hat
SiBhOu Nlth tTlb DOWCT vi dVtOTn6V.
INSISTS ILL MAN SIGNED WILLS.
Q. Then he signed two wills, A. Yes
there was one at don't remember the
| exact dates.
.. What papers did you soc him sign
A. saw him sign the FIRST will. tho second
will and the power OF attorney.
y. DO you know Mr.. Gardner's address,
A. Yes; rs East Eishty-first street.
O Aa matter of fart didn't MIR Samta a
tell you TO send for Mr.. Gardner? A. lie
did not
Y. And didn't you first have converse.
ton with Mr. Samuel or Mrs Samuel? A
| never saw them in my life bet2re until
last night
Q. That was the frst timer A. That was
the FIRST time.
Q. That you heard their names men
toned? A. heard MIR. Gardner mention
their names and MIR. stapleton.
Y. What was said to MIR. Haslett after
the papers had been read? 4. Why. !
asked him IL it was satisfactory. and he
said yes. and then he signed II. He made
the remark that IL was q little different
than his other will he had drawn.
y. DO you refer TO the will that was made
here the day before? A. No.
Q. You say there was will made two
nights in succession? 4. The hrst will he
made remember now that WAS not in
succession; there was one day intervening
between those Wills. think the first on
the 18th and the last on the 18TH
2. That remark referred 10 some other
will? 4. Yes. sir.
q. 1t was little different? A. Yes. sir.
lord oRoss-E1AMINEs NURSE.
Mr.. Lord then questioned Decker as
follows:
.. At the time that these two wills were
being drawn. who was employing you at
that time' A. Why. Mr. Haslett's estate.
y. You were not under my employ?
4. Why. considered that my patient was
employing me. and il my patient requested
anything that thought was 80 his interest
did 40.
Y. We're you present when the wills we're
signed; 4. That You sent to him? Yes.
Y. We're you present at the time when
these two wills were signed? 4 Yes: was
also present when you held his hand and
when you presented will to him that you
did not read it looked like u will.
Y. DO you stat. so on oath? A. couldn [
state that 1t WAS will. ON oath. because IL
was folded up. but state on oath that you
did not read the power OF attorney which he
signed for you; state so on oath. but YOU
did say the checks that he signed were two
checks that would have TO be signed
Y. DO you also state that no one held his
hand when he signed these papers Last night =:
A. What papers do you refer to- ! also state
that no one held his hand. no one was near
him except myself. ! Was a. far away as
am away from his Honor. II was read to
him clearly and explained TO him and he
signed II.
s.vs ,opn nan p.,y, s,o.
Magistrate kempner then resumed the
examination of Decker:
n Ia Nr s.n,.i co,ir. ,.n, ,
today, A. com,dn., saw VIZ. h.. ~,
tho honsa ,bis mnrni,y Ala nn, h.ar his
conversation I dop'i Know w,.,h.r y. Is
IN com. hscr or mn, ' .
n Who war. tho doc,ors, n, n.o
7 don't know the other doc,or,s nsms ".
il downstairs an yon will csi, lin ~, ~
Turnsr md a.L ,hs ,,,ss,,ons T.aa T.,
hs ws. sans snon.h-ths ,sssor ,h;. sa,. 49,
tslr csm. -, ,,;iI hs 80 ,s.nL n';,h '.'',
TbIs newer n, a,tornsv ,ss dra,vr nv, ,,;,,,
Mr Lord and ths.s ~. n.rs and : ,ho,ah, ",tn
they put little cross on ii. lie asked what
lection Of H. told him the night preyious
he had drawn UP power OF attorney and
gave II to Mr. Lord, and no said he thought
there was other papers. said didn't know
what other papers. | thought there was
another paper which had all the ssmbancs
OF a will. for II was folded up. 1t was tOra
across the bottom and could identify the
tear. Well. he said he didn't know what
il could be about, Then told him didn Z
know either what IL was about II was In