Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-09-27
was foxy"
Herman used to mail the letters.

was IOXy.
Herman used to mail the letters.
He would give me a bunch of let
ters and l would work while before
went to town." said Herman. Once
in a while he would come out and call,
o, Herman, have you still got those
letters?' Then would give them back
and he would burn them up. He would
say that he had written some foolish
things.
TROUBLE OVER MEAT.
"The doctor didn't eat meat. Before
she came he said she couldn't have
any meat But, gracious, she couldn't
get meat enough. My, that made him
madi When she was gone he was so
! glad he walked up and down the house
/ chuckling to himself.
! They left because Mrs. Mappils
| girl was sick. He didn't want her
| around because he thought he would
Fget consumption, too. o, no, he never
told them to 60"
Did he give any instruction as to
who would be boss when Mrs. Mappin
came?"
"You bet he was always his own
boss, yes stree"
DR. PeaTsons' correspondence with
Mrs. Mappin indicates that he became
! lonely in 1910 after his wife died, and
he wrote to her regarding her coming
to Hinsdale and residing with him.
TO BUILD NEW HOUSE.
l. -, I, l.;
idence, build a new one to cost $4,000,
and Immediately deed it to her. He
said that he only wanted to live with
her; that she would be boss" She
wanted s125 a month from him for
board He agreed.
In a letter to Mrs. Mappin dated
April &c, 1910, the doctor said he would
deed the house to her at once and pay
his board. He wrote that all he want
ed was one room, and added that he
would live frugally. He then aDnounc
ed that he did not eat meat and ex
pected to live five years longer
H. P. Pearsons, grand-nephew OF
the doctor. said that Mrs. Mappin
wrote to him of the doctors PROPOSE
tion and asked him to see what kind
Of settlement he could make. He
said he obtained $4,000, all DIR. Pear
sons had at the time He subsequent
ly obtained $1,000, he said, and testI
fed that the doctor assured him the
balance would be taken care of at his
death
LEAVES NO WILL
DR.. Pearsons left no will
Mrs. Mappin and her daughter lived
with him between May 13 and June
10. When she gave him a receipt fol-
b the $4,000 he asked for receipt il
. full" In reply Attorney Pearson:
wrote, on June 10, 1911:
when | saw you last you made L,
demand for receipt in full. On tht
, contrary, you said you would pay tbs
, $1,000 now and would pay the remain
der at a time to suit your pleasure
cannot see, therefore, why you have
! changed your attitude If you mean t,
have me infer that you will pay only
: $1,000 after stating differently, then
: shall be put 10 the extreme OF sayinj
that unless you send me by Saturdal
next the $1,000. with a letter Stain;
: your intentions Of doing somethin,
more for Aunt Belle, or in lien Of this
$4,000. I shall commence such pro
7 ceedings as will bring the matter to
/ Just termination
LIVING ~ sANIZARIUM.
!. DR.. Pesrsons was 81 years old. AM
living in the Hinsdale sanitarium a
the time. The day he received this nc
tice he sent another $1,000.
: Mrs. Msppin's claim for $4,000 is tht
: difference between what she airead-
has received and the value o: the res
+ idence she asserts the doctor prom
: ised her 1t is the contention of d. K
Pearsons that Mrs. Mappin did not liv
! with him. and that she is not entiue,
? 10 the money.
It is asserted that Mrs. Mappin va
e the doctors fayo-ite D. K. Paarsonl