The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-07-13
~ DO NOT BELIEVE REWARDS, AND NEVER HAVE WORKED
THEM"

whom T had sent, and Toasted and
dined him on several occasions when
he was in Kansas City, rehearsing the
part that he was to play III the con-
spiracy.
In the meantime the lawyer had al
so taken great fancy to Harbaugh,
and treated him SO we'll that Har-
baugh began to conceive an involun-
tary admiration for the mans gen.
crosby.
After the conspiracy was fully con-
cocted the day arrived for the taking
of the deposition of the man who was
supposed to- have written the will
signed by the late Mr.. Miles. Due no.
tice was served on the respective par
ties interested, and at the appointed
time our man appeared at the office OF
the St. Louis attorney and the taking
of his deposition began. After being
duly sworn, the witness was examined
by the st. Louis representative of the
conspirators in the usual way, until at
last the question was reached:
''Did you know Stephen B. Miles, de-
ceased, and did you not write this will
for him."
II have known a number of men by
the name of Miles," answered the wit
ness. ''Allow me to describe one OF
them, and, if his description suits,
will be able to answer your question:.
I had previously requested Mr..
Miles attorneys to let the st. Louis
lawyer do all the questioning and ex-
aiming, and not to object to any
question that he might put to the wit
ness, unless it was entirely out of rea-
son. Therefore they merely sat STILL
carefully noting everything and OBJ
jecting to nothing.
OF course, the conspirators were
anxious to get strong deposition
from the witness, and, therefore, he
was permitted to describe the man
Miles, for whom he was supposed to
have written the will. His description
of the dead man was perfect, and the
st. Louis lawyer kept nodding his
head jubilantly. When the witness
had finished his description of the late
Mr. Stephen B. Miles to the thorough
satisfaction of the conspirators, he
took the purported will and examined
it carefully.
"The handwriting on that document
looks like my handwriting" he said,
and then added, in loud, clear voice,
"but did not write this or any other
will for Mr.. Stephen B. Miles, or any
other person. 1 have never met the
man Stephen B. Miles, nor the men
that have just described. l was in
structed to give the description that
I have given here by these lawyers"
pointing to the st. Louis and Kan
sas City lawyers, both of whom were
present-"and I was expected by them
to testify that had written this will,
and l was promised five thousand dol
lars if would do so.'
The CONSERVATION that reigned
among the conspirators at the explo-
sion of this bomb in their midst can be
imagined better than it can be de-
scribed. Our man left the stand and
the further taking of testimony was
discontinued.
Mr.. Miles and his attorneys believ-
ed that this had effectively ended the
efforts of the conspirators, but later
they produced another man who, they
claimed, had written the second will
for Stephen B. Miles. He was a young
man, also a lawyer, and had at one
time lived in st. Louis. He had after
| ward gone to Mexico, where he was
| discovered by the lawyers from Kan
sas City, and he was induced to return
to Chicago, where his deposition was
taken. He claimed to have writer
the will for an Old man in ST. Louis
| hut either ha was afraid to describe