The Washington times., 1915-04-06
you, you would believe It?

you, YOU would believe It?
A;-Well / would rather be inclined
to believe 1t. yes, being, susceptible to
Q.-Do you think she would love any
gentleman of seventy-ive years-as you
don't know this one in point-who had
no property whatever?
Ayes, ] surely do.
GA man old and ignorant both in
the ways of the world?
A.-fes, | have known several cases
or that kind that are leading enviable
'Q.--And you are sure that Mrs. Nc
Nabb was designed for that sort Of
happy life?
Here Miss Freebey abruptly abandon
ed the cross-examination of the banker
any further, but Attorney Dixon pro-
pounded hypothetical question to the
witness on redirect examination, ask
ing:
"An Ideal Wife,"
Assuming that-basing the assump-
tioh on Miss Freebey's question in the
record there-Mrs. McNabb did not love
a certain man, but had the utmost re-
spect for him and understood and be-
! lieved that he loved her, and that in
plain business talk had agreed to be-
come married, and that she promised
to be a true and kind, indulgent and
faithful wife to him until his last days,
during sickness and health, from your
knowledge of Mrs. McNabb do you
think she would, under those circum-
stances, make the wife that she had
promised to be?'
She would make an ideal wife to
Just such a person in my opinion" re-
piled Mr.. Fisher. Il will tell you her
training with the children of Good Will
farm and the kind of work that she
did, broadened her heart and her ar
fections, and I think that she had a
wider conception OF life than most
ladies' do
That is all very beautiful" was the
comment Miss Freebey made to the
answer, dismissing the witness.
Mining experts testified as to the
value of Mr.. kinney's mines. one hold
Ing alone being estimated to be worth
10000. The depositions will be read at
the trial next week.
The millionaires defense. as indicated
by his plea to the declaration and an
affidavit sworn to by him. has not
pleadings suggest that the validity OF
the alleged contract will be attacked
vigorously. 1t is stated in his affidavit
that he first met Mrs McNab on May
IS: following. ''she piled him continually
with enticements, provocations and i'm
portunities to marry her
Mr. Kinney states that Mrs. McNab
came to his home in Michigan "a
stranger and introduced herself for the
professed purpose of soliciting aims
for a private so-called charitable con-
Germ by which she was employed. and
this was the first time affiant every
saw or heard of her"
The Good VIII Farm" was the name
of the concern"
Was Born In 1888.
The answer of Mr.. Kinney says that
he was born June g. 1888, ''in the pri-
meval forests in Carleton county. New
Brunswick" and that he was married
| In 1868, his wife dying May s. 1908. Near
ly all his life. he says. was spent as
"a working woodsman and farmer on
the frontier of both New Brunswick
and northern Michigan" He was the
father of eight children. FIVE of whom
are living. while he had twenty-three
grandchildren and seven great-grand-
children.
In his affidavit Mr. Kinney admits
that he wrote Mrs. McNab a letter on
August 10. 1872. and notified her that
he did not wish to marry and would
not" He adds that he requested her
to return a ring. which. he AYERS. she
"borfowed' from him.
Several dispositions bearing on the
relations of Mr.. Kinney and Mrs. Nc
Nab in Michigan have already been
taken and filed. They will be presented
during the trial, which is before JUS
tice Stafford and jury in Circuit
Court No. 2.