The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-05
|I|[s THE USE Of
NIDUE INFLUENCE
!, sackviIle Is Cross-ex-
.;;,.d in Suit Over the
Scott Millions.

|,,noN. July 4-The reappear-
.rrsdy sackville TO undergo fur
mas examination in the suit
:, the eight for the millions, "
4, ,ttrscted fashionable audience
4. probate court.
4. ,nit mil was instituted by the rela,
4 = the late Sir John Murray
4 u have pronounced invalid, on
a, Of alleged undue Influence,
|,-,,ueut by which be left the bulk
4, fortune of s5,Oo0,ooo to Lady
rins.
r.a,,ick E. Smith. one of the par
-',,sry Unionist leaders, who is
a for the Scott family, ques.
4 LADY Sackville.
4 riiness requested permission TO
a statement Of all the payments
4 lad given Knole park, the coun-
.sdsnce of the Sackvllles, through
sbe said it was impossible to go
"a the checks.
-smey Smith examined Lady Sack
y length in regard to the Incl
4 related by members Of the Scott
IA show the influence she eXer-
4 aver the testator. Lady Sack
/ Iovever. said the incidents were
( h exaggerated and denied she
red any influence with Scott to
4 her any money.
4 10 Sir Benjamin Franklin, ply
4 Of Sir John Scott, refusing her
Eltsrce TO Scott s sickroom, witness
Lids Franklin got $4,000 under
tt will.
|isdy franklin is not in the same
.i5u as | ann said Lady Sackville
itiy "She has not such a large
as Knole park TO keep up as a
4 10 the nation. -
~ is o respectable and kind
.n though" " remarked Attorney
q Ironically.
|0i YES, of course replied Lady
Mile, "but perhaps you do not
d that Knole park is larger than
.:ion Court palace.
Zl,ring TO letter in which the
\ [jIr Scott had mentioned the Sack
. family rs "locusts, - the witness
he was rather amused than an
y, but did not think it was a nice
y for a clergyman TO write.
w sackville denied that she had
Keen called "the earthquake by
kryants. That name. she said,
ksu invented by the SCOTS.
ID saekvllle then gave evidence that
~ used no undue influence on Sir
4 ecott and had seen no signs OF his
t ioing so. He also said that ne ap-
d Of his wlfe's friendship with
u sackyille gave similar evidence.
g Scott had told her that Lady
E1ls mattercd TO him more than
'Hy else. Lord Saclville said that
the sl25.Oo0 given 10 his wife. Sir
SCOT, gave him sS5, 900 10 purchase
"a residence. Then there was the
IL 100000 TO pay off the mortgage
rpls park and $4,000 for the uplIeep
-oiOI CdT as wen as n ie" smaller
snen he was hard up.
y other evidence had been given as
irlendship existing between Scott
Pc SacGrille family the hearing was
ntd. I'LL Monday when counsel will
n the court.
insy Smith then referred TO let
tvm Scott TO Lady Sackville in
Re said she should not be hard
n {l25 a week for her household
W. for her other expenses, and he
whether she had written TO Scott
Ile was hard up.
asss replied that she supposed she
ave done so, adding: AZ looked
ln IKE a father. lie was help
when she had formed the idea
eeoIt had 'dsngled before our
eyes for ten years" his fortune.
auon from a letter read in court
nv. witness said:
,i Two years before Scott's dea In
ys wanted 10 be with us. / got
q II. you know, You 90 get sick
Zen you are told every day that
nng 70 change his Will
eacEville. after five hours and a
Inc witness stand. was excused.