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this on the table
y. Laid what on the table? A. Laid this
paper on the table. this will, and Mr.
Gardner said in II have left the relatives
$4,000 each and 5000 for Stapleton and
5000 for DR.. Minton and 5000 for the
\. NJ G. A., five for the Rose Hill Home
he said you have been taken care OF, but
didn't mention any amount.
Y. Gardner said thisy A. Yes: l said all
right and laid II on the table and he said
VIII you ask him to sign IL. I asked Mr.,
Haslctt and he said he would. lie got on I
OF bed and signed IL. for he would do any :
'hinH you asked him TO do. lie was no
really competent-that l.. that night. Now
the next day he did not come to the house
the 18th he was not at the house at all.
| " You are referring now TO Mr.. Gardner? ?
A. Yes, sir The 10Th Mr. Gardner called
me In the morning and he asked NE how
ot me see how that was-he asked me how
, iH was. told him that Mr.. Haslett had said
to me that he had attended a funeral Of his
relative. Mr.. Thorne. and Mr.. Gardner said
put MIN In the will" He said 1T Is wrong
ana II viii have to be drawn over" ] wish
10 fetract the statement. In the first will
ne gave MIR. Stapleton o.. 800 and in the
second VIII he raised that to Is. 900
/ " Did Mr. Gardner tell you the extent
OF your share? 4. No. sir he did not lie
!
residue OF the estate he could dispose Of that
as he saw At. Ne named himself az exec,,-
tor OF the will. and think he was to get the
residue and give me part Of IL, whatever he
! thought was entitled to-
THEN THEY ARRANGE The NEW WILL.
1 q by him YOU mean Mr.. Gardner? A
les. sir: he said that would he taken care of
| Dut ne diuh tell me what he would give me
mat DAY lie called ME up lin the Afternoon
again and said he would draw I'D another
will went home and went to bed That
afternoon he called me up.
v senator Gardner called you up2 A Yes
and said could telephone TO DR.. Deyo and
ASK him II he could he present thi. evening. A.
ior MIN to bring another physician, and
could he arrange to have another one with
him said ! would telephone DR. Deyo
TO that effect. which did. and he said he
would Try ana get one. said meet me and
senator Gardner at the same place, only "A
little earlier. That was all I done about
that until the evening when admitted them
TO the house and went upstairs that is went
in the dining room
.. That was the evening of the 18th?
A. ~ the 18th. There is a general room
i!sht IN the hail. this side Of the dining room
there, and they went upstairs and the doc
tors stood out at the same place as described
| D0'S'V' "hu went TTrI WIN the paperS
70 get Mr.. Haslett out OF bed. asked him
to get up and laid the papers on the table
and laid tho notary on the table lie signed
the notary and they were not present AZ the
notary paper: read II over to him, although
he didn't understand il. and the will. l
Just told him what Mr. Gardner told me be-
fore. and he signed that also, but he did IL
IN This very scrawiy signature and in a
! careless and unintelligible way
hAr
\. They were standing as described, at the
back of the room
y How far from the bed? A. couIdn' Z
say that. fourteen, possibly to twenty
10 thirty feet. Is II not. MIR. Lord? Al least
! thirty Feet. should say. They were stand
ing there and when he had signed this thing
he asked. Anything elsey"
O. Who asked? A. Mr.. Haslett ask ed,
Anything else TO attend to?- and I told
him no. and helped him back into bed and
the other gentlemen had gone downstairs.
andfhey signed their own signature.laf fter.
ward. Then. think. the 18th, Mr.. Gardner
asked me IL would come down to see him.
SAYS RELATIVE Is MUCH PLEASED.
O Who asked you? A. Mr. GardueY
on the phone. talked TO him on tho phone
He said TO como down to tho York Vile
Grill TO sec him. That is. think. on Thirty
fourth street; said he had been in touch
with the relatives. didn't say how long
and that MIR. Samuel was very much plea sed
at what had been done.
! y. Mr.. Samuel was a relative? A Va.
a relative.
| .. OfMr. Hasleu? sYes. sir. and he was
going TO take Mr. and Mrs. Samuel over
there that evening to take possession OF the
house.
O. BY him You mean Mr.. Gardner? A.
Yes. sir. was going TO take Mr.. and Mrs
samuel over to the house that evening
TO take possession.
O. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel were to take
possession! A. Yes. sir, they were to take
possession. He talk ed to them about COM
ing over. and his wife went to hsy. dinner
then. and left him then and went over
to the case. When got on tho case they
came. should say between about II to
half past II. couldn't say
q. On the night Of tho isth? A Yes
that was the last night, and Mrs. Samuel
she came into the centre room and she
looked about and she recognized one or
two pictures on the wall. and said II was
some Of her relatives. l didn't catch the
name. but some picture she recognized and
she broke down and cried Also Mr. Samuel
Then Mr.. Gardner said to her that he wanted
her to say before me A. a witness that he
was her attorney. representing her In this
matter; that she placed the case in his
hands and that l was not to admit any-
body to tho house under any circumsta nee
except by the order of Mr. Samuel or him
self. He asked me II l would carry It out
| and told him ! would, and he said then
that he would be over then the next morn
ing, They went to the house in each room.
He said that he took possession, that IL to
the top floor; just walked through the halls
ana SAID she took possession and came