East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-01
PROSECUTION OFFERS
DAMAGING EVIDENCE
Witnesses Tell Of Fabulous
Cash Offers For Tes-
timony

With one sensation following an
other I'm rapid succession, the past
day of ihe Mabel Warner trial has
seen tho prosecution play its trump
cards In its efforts TO send the ac-
cused woman to the penitcntiary and
these trump cards constitute a hand
that Is hard to beat. Unless the tes-
timony which has been introduced Is
disbelieved or Is refuted, It will go
far toward proving that Mrs. War
ner not only uttered forged instru-
mcnt, but committed forgery herself
and attempted TO hire others to draw
up spurious documents and to testi-
fy falsely in her behalf.
The list of sensational features in
the trial since 2:30 yesterday after
noon can be supped up as follows:
John Lowry, well known local law
yer. declares Mrs. Warner offered
him $4,000 to draw up fraudulent will.
H. c. Blair and W. w. Williams,
handwriting experts. declare twill No.
4" to be forgery and former names
Mrs. Warner as forger.
Mary Eastman testified defendant
offered her $500 for certain testi-
mony
DIR. r. d Cashatt asserts Mrs. War
ner told him she would make 1t worth
his while to assist her In getting the
property
c. II. Walters declares he was ap-
preached by Mrs. Warner with offer
of money for his testimony.
Sister-in-law of defendant appears
against her and tells OF signature
copying
w c. e. Pruitt tells of examining
will No. g.
Hotel keeper repeats story she de-
clares Mrs. Warner told her of as
slstance fortune teller had given in
finding will.
Alleged witnesses deny signatures
Lowry Springs Sensation.
BY far the biggest sensation of the
trial so Tar was the testimony of At
torney John Lowry on the stand last
evening. He declared that about the
middle OF last August, Mrs. Warner
IN company with George Ivens,
drayman called upon him to ask II
he had ever drawn a will for j, w.
Young. stating that she had found
one that appeared to have been drawn
up by him or Judge Bean. second
visit was made, he said, the defend
ant being accompanied by Lou Hart
man. her detective. The will was
shown him, ne declared, and he an
nounced that he believed it to have
been drawn up by ]. b. Perry, where
upon both of his callers laughed. This
was twill No. s" to which the names
of Perry and c. c. Hendricks were
signed as witnesses and, according to
Lowry, Mrs. Warner made the state
ment that "all hell couldn't beat 1t
il the witnesses were men that the
public or a jury would believe"
Many visits follow ed, Lowry said,
Mrs warner asking his assistance and
finally offering him $4,000 il he would
forge will and help her swear it
through. part of the sum to be paid
down, part upon the probation of the
will" and the remainder when she
secured the property.
Had Told Judge Fee.
In the cross-eXamination, the de-
fense tried to bring out that Lowry
had come to Mrs. Warner with a
proposition to give her assistance.
This led to an admission by the wit
ness that, after a few visits from the
defendant, he had gone to Judge Fee,
counsel for the accredited heirs, with
the information and had continued
tn receive visits from Mrs. Warner
upon the suggestion of that attorney.
other New Evidence.
District Attorney Van Vactor in