East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-02-03

Eastman, C. ]. Walters and John
Lawrey. Replying to the questions as
to whether or not she had offered the
former two money to testify in her
behalf she replied with emphasis
that she had not
In answer to the testimony of
Lawrey to the effect that she had
offered him $4,000 to draw up will
that would stand the test of the
courts, she told her story of her rela-
tions with thar attorney, a story re-
plete with sensations. Not only did
she deny having made the offer but
she declared Lawrey had persistently
sought her out in an endeavor to be
hired to draw UP document. and re-
peatedly told her of other fraudulent
instruments he had executed, had
shown her collection of signatures
of well known business men of the
city and in short had resorted to every
expedient he knew to thrust his SER
vices upon her.
Denounces John Lawrey.
She declared she and her detective,
Lou Hartman, had first called upon
Lawrey to ascertain If he had drawn
up will which had come into her
possession, the will in question being
mo. s." At that time, she said, he
asked them to come back the follow
| ing night. and upon their return as
hidden had suggested that he could
draw up will that all hell couldn't
| shake" She refused his offers, she
| declared. and on another visit by his
request was shown a collection or
! signatures of prominent business men
! he had. Then, she testified, he un-
folded his plan, declaring he would
! draw up a will, sign his own name as
one witness and that of man by
! the name of Naylor, now deceased, or
of C. C. Hendricks, as the second.
| IF we use MAYORS name" she
swore he told her, they can't prove
he didn't write it for he is dead and
1 can make a perfect signature. If
we put Hendricks name down, I'll
go to him and tell him so often that
he did sign it that he will believe it
| himself 1 believe in the power or
suggestion and 1 can make it work
| on him"
Says He Was Experienced.
Upon her refusal, she said, he re
cited to her fraudulent papers he had
| drawn UP and which had gone
through the courts, naming the
Watts wilr' as one of them and a
certain deed to piece of property
on the north side of the river as an
other. Also, she said, he revaled a
scheme by which he almost succeeded
in getting the estate of Samuel
George or St. George for an English
relative and had only failed when
the Englishman had played the fool'
and gone home At this time. Mrs.
Warner declared her detective Lou
Hartman, denounced him as the big
gest crook in the state and refused
emphatically to be party to his pro-
posed scheme.
A visit was paid to her by Lawrey
at the Bowman Hotel, she testified
when his offer was renewed with the
stipulation that only small payment
be made down and the remainder ol
the $4,000 when she secured the prop
erty. At this time, she declared, she
repeated her refusal and forbade
him ever to speak to her again
whereupon, she said, the lawyer call
ed her a fool.
Goes TO Him With Revolver.
One more visit was paid by her t
the attorney, she declared, and tina
not more than two weeks ago. Law
rey had met her on the street, ac
cording to her testimony, and hat
a sked her to come down to his hous
. in the evening as he had somethln
important to tell her. She had gone
, she said but upon the advice o
Chief of Police Kearney had taken
, revolver in her muff and had station
!. ed her husband and Officer Ir
=, Hughes outside the house.
When she entered the house, sh
}, testified she heard breathing in a
adjoining room which Lawrey tol
her was the cat, and she declared tn
= light which showed through tn
crack made by the door slightly ala
was cut off at about the height of
mans head At this statement sh
leaned forward in her chair and fiji
ed her piercing black eyes on the di
trict attorney and there was no doul
she meant to accuse that official
having been hidden in the adjoinir
- room ON that occasion, as she HI
:. done out of court several times. Law
; rev had at that time, she says, r
\ fused to give her any information
;, value. fntimating that he had a pri
for his evidence, and that she had a
vised him to sell out to the prosec
ton. He had become mean, she d
clared, and she had retreated fro
~ the house with the revolver in h
- muff pointed at the attorney.
-. This concluded her testimony an
" contrary to expectations, the eros
- examination did not require mo
80 than ten minutes and during tn
y, process no attempt was made to
- tangle the woman in her testimony
~ In the cross-examination, the sta
laid special emphasis on the fact I'll
~ she had been a vaudeville actress
-, that she had not seen her uncle
- years prior to his death.
IT, As to Truth and Veracity.
The other witnesses of yesterd
- afternoon, Dave Smith and Ge7r
,e' Robbins, testified that John Lawre
y raputati tiop for truth and yeracity