Arizona republican., 1914-02-05
Attorneys for the Misses Holyoke Shout the Charge in Court When an Aunt Presents Documents i'll the Case
NOVEL-LIKE TALE
 IS THEN REVEALED
Abduction, Character Black ening and Other Fearful Details Brought to Light in the Row Over Half a Million
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 LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4.-Charges of forgery were shouted in court 5y attorneys repG eserting the Misses Marjorie and Madeline Holyoke- heirs to the $500,000 estate left by their uncle Frank H. Holyoke, and furn- ished sensational climax today when their aunt, Cora M. Holyoke. widow of the eccentric Maine lum- herman, took the stand, and pre- sented the documents involved in the contest of her husbands will.
 The documents were an order on the executors of the Holyoke estate to pay Mrs. Cora H. Holyoke 5000, d letter to her expressing contrition for having conspired to make her appear wanton, and a note of in struction to Edward F. Hahn, Of Pasadena, one of the executors, to withdraw from the records of the courts of Maine and California, all papers detrimental to the character of Mrs Holyoke.
 All of these documents were dated August 19, 1911, after Holyoke had made the will now under contest by a son, Sidney Archibald Holyoke, of Milwaukee. In the will Holyoke cut the widow off with s1G00 and de- clared she had received s5000 ad ditiCnal in d property settlement fol- lowing the confession she is alleged to have made that she was unfaith fu to her marriage VOWS.
 As soon as Mrs. Holyoke identi- fled he-si sign2t tilres. s,ion each doen-- ment as that of her late husband, the attorneys for the executors, the principal heirs, the twin daughters of Caleb Holyoke, rose and loudly exclaimed:
 We unequivocally declare that each and every one of these docu ments are forgeries.7
 This climax and the introduction ot the disputed documents were pre- ceded by the deposition of H. C. Young, a chauffeur of Bangor. who said that he had received the papers from MT Holyoke in August, 1911, with instructions to deliver the let ter addressed to Mrs. HolyoKe six months after his death. and an or der instructing the executors to pay Ter 5000 a year after his death Young testified he observed the in junction in regard to the letter, but delivered the order for $5,000 pay ment before the expiration of nine months.
 The purported letter of confession to Mrs. Holyoke read in part: My Dear Cora: Six months after my decease you will receive this let ter l realize that 1 am very sick man and may drop off any day. But, Cora. l could not rest in my grave if l did not write and confess to you, and beg of you to forgive me for all the false things l have charged you with. l never realized until the past few months what hard hearted scoundrel I have been. q knew from the first you were innocent You were simply the vic tim of an internal conspiracy. ! took Powers Cthe Holyoke family chauffeur) to California for the pur- pose of sending you off with him. l put drugs in the whiskey I gave you the day l sent you to Los An , geles with Powers. I also put drugs in the whiskey I gave you the day | l sent you from the hotel so you would sign that agreement (to con- fess infidelity and take a property settlemen) and leave without mak- | ing much trouble.
 | Cora, since I sent you off, my life has been hell. There have been times when I felt I must have you back or go crazy. 1 would have l tried to have you back had it not been for Hahn and Annie Marston but l got so far 1 couldn't turn back | without the people thinking I was
 a damned fool. After I am dead ]
 don't care what they think.
 ''I want you and my two boys tc have everything I have, but I cannot
 leave it to you without people think ing I am a damned fool Of course l know l am both, but others doni and you are smart enough to get your rights. So I shall not worry
 about you. You will have no trouble | proving I am in no condition tC
 make a will. I have left nearly $500 900 in stocks and bonds in Califor.
 mia and my Maine property should
 sell for $100,D00.