East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-28
ALLEGING FRAUD MRS. Warner
ASKS COURT TO REOPEN CASE
whom DR.. Watts had left instruments
of transfer of their refusal.
Says Watts Made Recent Effort.

of transfer of their refusal.
says Watts Made Recent Effort.
MIs Warner also Is exhibiting
other letters received from the Michl-
gan heirs One of these states that
DR.. Watts had been back there dur
ing the early summer making a re-
newed attempt to secure the release
of their interest in the estate. 1t will
be remembered that shortly after
County Judge Maloney refused Mrs,
Warmers latest will to probate, her
attorneys filed a motion to require
the attorneys of the Watts to file
the authority by which they had been
acting At that time Judge Fee re-
quested a postponement Of two hours
in which to hunt up the authority but
at the end of that recess failed to
produce the authority upon which he
requested further time That was dur
ing May and nothing has as yet been
filed with the court. 1t Is since this,
according to Mrs. Warner. that DR.
Watts made his recent trip to Michi-
gan from which he has just returned.
Mrs Warner this morning stated
that she will also prove that no au-
thority has been had for the use Of
the names of Norman Young. Lewis
Young. Caroline Smith. Elizabeth
Chester, Michael Young her father,
and a brother of j. w. Young, Mich
ael Young, a nephew, Ed Peters, Sol
ONION Peters and Orin Peters, all of
whom have been named as contest
pf oI, nI Iai fhaf nn
of the total number of contestants
the power of attorney was given only
by Cynthia Brophy Caroline Phil
! lips Nora Watts and Charles Peters.
A Significant Letter.
Mrs. Warner has in her possession
| two letters sent to her through her
| father by John Peters. who claims to
have received them from DR.. F. d.
! Watts. One of them is especially
/ significant, the writer admitting in
| IL that he had spent much time and
money to get some of the witnesses in
! the criminal eases against Mrs. War
ner "in shape to testify" insinuating
! that the jury which acquitted her was
| bribed and condemnng District At
! torney Van Vactor for failing to Sc
! cure "a conviction. The letter follows
in full;
! Weston, Or, March "a, 1912.
Mr. John Peters, Alger, Mich.
Dear Sir:-Yours Of March II in
hand. Yes, l sent you the papers as
| being the best way to keep you post
! ed and telling you a lot of trash You
I probably have some idea now of the
nature of the propos ton We are
fighting. You must remember that
these prosecutions are by the state
and the prosecuting attorney has
| charge. our attorney was not in 1t
| of record. If he had there would have
been an entirely different outcome.
This p. attorney thought he had a
cinch He tried to know the case in
! weeks when he should have been at
| work at 1t for months. The result was
that he was failure. He was Who'll
! ly at sea. The evidence was there. l
seen to that The writer got it and
put it before the grand jury. l have
! worked on some of the witnesses for
over two years to get them in shape
to testify. You probably have formed
| an idea of what ii has cost us to get
some of them, in time and money.
You noticed her elaborate story given
by herself on the stand. Almost ev-
cry word is false, absolutely false.
The evidence of Lowry is truth,
positive truth. Chas. Walters the
same. Lowry is prominent here in
church and society circles. Chas.
Walters is a prominent business man
in Spokane.
She has not probated the last will
yet. She has said her brother would
probate this one. She also claims
now to have received a letter from
her father but states she is suspicious
of 1t because she has received so many
strange things through the mail. We
don't know what her next move will
be but she is working on something
Yours most truly with best wishes
: +. ID. WAT rs
p. S.-I wrote you to ask il | vii
fight it If she proves this last will II
reply will say 1 certainly will f.gh
as long ms "A dollar nf this asta 70 ra