The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-18
STORY OF HIS nurse
GIVEN TO THE court
Grace Mccarthy Relates Talk
Had With Fred Kron
DIDN'T WANT WILL MADE
Conversation Reported to Have
Taken Place Night Before
Merchant Died
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily
Taking of testimony in the hearing
on the question of establishing will
as that of the late Fred Kron was
concluded in the probate court yes
terday afternoon. After about ten
days, a complete transcript of this
! testimony will be ready. Then the OPP
posing attorneys will make their
arguments. After that Judge Evan
Hughes will make his decision as to
! whether there was or was not will,
such as The proponents seek to es-
| tablish.
What E, V. Waters said on this
and that occasion and whether he told
the truth was the general theme of
inquiry in most of the closing testi-
mony Attorneys H. l.. and J. W..
Schmitt sought to impeach many
statements that he made on the
stand, and also brought forward wit
nesses to testify that he said things
that he himself denied that he had
said. Many bad words were attribut-
ed by witnesses to Mr.. Waters, and
were denied by himself and other
members of his household. 6sa
! Sister Gonzaga testified that she
asked Fred Kron the day before Me
died whether he had will and Kron
answered no. She then asked him if
he wanted to make one and he said
yes.
Testimony of Special Nurse.
! Grace Mccarthy, a special nurse,
who took care of him at the hospital
(, from the time that he arrived until
his death, said she knew he was to
J have an operation and she asked him
if he desired to straighten out his
affairs. He said he did not care to
make WILL that if he died all his
property would go to his mother; that
his mother was bright and intelligent
for an ,old lady and that no one could
get the best of her, and on saying this
he would smile He said his wife had
i persuaded him to make will during
her life time and she wanted him to
give part of his property to her peo-
pie, but that it was against his pet
ter judgment. He said that after ms
wife's death he destroyed the will. lie
said he felt there was no tie to has
wife's relatives inasmuch as there
were no children and that he was not
really related to his wife's people. He
said he wanted his mother to have all
of his property and that he had no
will and did not want to make any.
l number of witnesses testified that
! Fred Kron had stated quite often be-
fore his death that if he died before
his mother, she would get all OF this
property.
story Told BY BIatzheim.
: Herman Blatzheim testified that he
worked in the store and that one
i day last fall, shortly after Fred Kron
got back from dinner, Mr.. Kron told
him that he had just read story in
: a newspaper about man with con-
siderable property dying and willing
. all of it to his oldest son with the re-
quest that the son take care OF MS
lmother: and that the son squandered
the estate and drank it all up and thal
the mother had to go to the poor
house. Mr. Kron said that was poor
way to do things, and that he wanted
his mother to have all of his property
except some for charity.
1 Mrs. Mary Finnegan testified that
she knew Kron intimately and thai
she had talked with him between last
Thankseiying and Christmas; thai
he said he had no will and that IN
case he died his mother would gel
all of hiss property. The witness said
that on the morning that Fred Kror
died. e. v. Waters called her up on
the telephone and said: Il don
know whether there is a will. | have
: two LAWYERS now. Mrs. Finnegan said:
az eft him get cold, before you talk
! about this" Waters said: Come
: down, / want to see you.' The VIII
!, ness said that two weeks after thai
she went down and met Mrs. wat
ters and Mrs. GRADER, that they Went
t into the house together and thal
Waters was getting supper and salc
! IN her: what do you know about this
, will business? What are you goins !.
S doq" Mrs. Finnegan said: IL | an
called, will say that Mr. kron toie
!, me he did not make a will {" me VIII
! ness went on to state that Waters
replied: Gle did and you know ne
did" :.
After he said this, she went on tf
g testify, she told him about the tall
r with Mr.. Kron in the store, and nov
he said his mother would get all y
a his property, if he died before MS
mother. He said: eff die before M!
!, mother, everything goes to her, ane
] if she dies and Idle, there are my
i sisters and my brother and they VII
: get it ALL Mrs. Finnegan then said tC
g Mr.. Kron: "Why don't you take some
!. trips and get some good out of YOU
o money!" and Mr.. Kren said he never
i cared for travel.
4 Waters Was Emphatic.
On being told this, Waters SAID
S according to this witness: "The d
/ food did not know enough to have 8
good time out of his money" Ate
she told him the story, Waters said
according to Testimony: "You d.
fool. you might as well get swip'
out of it. You would not have to wori
the rest of your days, if we get that
She told him she would not tell any
: thing except the truth and that tn
S matter was nothing to her.
) Then the witness testified that SD.
and Waters spoke about Frank Stahl
s She said Frank Stahl ought to hav,
been remembered. Then. she testihed
: Waters said: "What, that red
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