Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-30
ADJOURNMENT TAKEN FOR TWO
WEEKS IN TRIAL At MA.
SON CITY.
SIGNIFICANCE NOT
FULLY UNDERSTOOD
Msy Mean settlement Of Cases by
Forty Bankers Interested, or That
Attorneys Are Preparing New Exi-
dsnes-Mrs. Mari Walsh substanti-
atss Sons Testimony.
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prise of spectators It was announced
today that there would be an adjourn
ment of two weeks In the Colby Walsh
hearing now on. Just what this Will
mean can not be told. Some interpret
4 that the attorneys are DESTROYS OF
getting better ammunition. while others
interpret the move as q coming to-
sether Of the litigants. As there are
some forty bankers Of Iowa and Min
nasota to consult in this matter an adj
5ournment Of two weeks would not be
too long. Walsh attorneys have been
throwing some mighty hot shot into
the methods adopted by William Colby
In financing the now defunct Colby
Motor Company plant.
Standing room was at a premium
yesterday at the hearing. Will Walsh
was dismissed as q witness at noon.
having been on the stand continuously
for two and d half days. In cross ex-
animation he found Il quite difficult to
account for all the notes signed by
him, aggTegattng nearly q half million
dollars. From the cross questioning.
It - quite evident that the Colby at
q good many thousand dollars on GER
tificates OF deposit made by Sebastian
Walsh. were collected by William
That was not accounted for In the in
and as trustee. What did you do
with the money you collected on GER
tificates of deposit that your father
heldT' "Are they accounted for in
the inventory" Didn't you try to
keep this from your brothers and SIS
ters?" were questions propounded to
Witness Walsh. to all Of which he an
swered: II can't remember" But he
was considered good witness because
Of the fact that there was deficiency
in his answers and later on in the trial
the Walsh interests will endeavor to
establish that both William and his
mother, Mari Walsh, are incompetent
to transact the vast amount of busi-
ness undertaken by them.
Widow on Stand.
Mrs. Mari Walsh, widow Of Sebas-
tian Walsh. was the second witness
and her Introductory evidence was all
along the line Of early family history.
She is an Austrian by birth. What.
little education she has Is in German.
She can sign her name in English but
can not otherwise read or write. She;
has tho ability 20 identify her sigma
turo to notes and that is as far as her
ability along that line goes. How
ever. she seems to have very clear.
OF what has been told her
on all subjects where money was in
volved. She has worked all the days
Of her life, assisting in the fields and
doing work In the home. even II her
husband did at his death leave half
a million dollars. Later on IN her tes-
timony she took up the notes and
and corroborated the evil
dence of her, son in his testimony of
yesterday where the crtcifix, gun and
threats. played an important part, in
ducing, according to the witness, his
mother and he signing the accommo-
dalton notes amounting to $26s,0O0.
She stated. however, when she signed
these notes Mr.. Colby represented to
her that she signed but 100 $4,000
notes or 100000 In all She told also
of receiving an automobile Of the Colby
make. for signing these notes.
Four aljeGists are here to testify in
the case. Among the number are pr.
Gresham Hill, head Of sanatorium in
Des Moines. DR.. Kline Of Fort Dodge,
another specialist has been in the city
all the week observing the witnesses
William and Mari Walsh. as they testi-
fed.