The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-05-11

was at the house looking Tor the will.
She told him that there was no will.
He said he knew better, that there
was a will. He said he had seen that
will and he knew there was one. ut
is here some place." he said. He told
Mrs. Johanna Kron that Fred's Wife
had helped him to make his fortune,
and that the mother knew that there
was an agreement about the estate
between the husband and wife. The
witness went on to say: "She told me
that will was taken care of and that
l had not a scratch of pen to show
for it. She said: We have taken care
of that will and if you can do any
thing, go to it. Then | left"
Claims kron Referred to Will.
Mr.. Waters said he was with Mr..
Kron the last night the latter was in
his store. Mr.. Waters referred to the
will that Mr.. Kron had made six or
seven years before and asked wheth-
er he still had it. Mr.. Kron replied
that he did and that he had not
changed it, at was sacred promise
between Clara and L. Mr.. Kron said.
Mr.. Waters went on to say that Mr..
Kron had showed him that will in
1909. In that will, Mr.. Waters re-
membered, it stated that If Clara
died first, he was to get the. property,
but after his death it was to be divid-
ed share and share alike between
their brothers and sisters. The exc
cutors named in Mr.. Kron's will were
his wife and John c. Noe. The will
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will blank. 1t was provided in the will
that Mrs. Johanna Kron, Fred krons
mother, was to get anything she
might need The witnesses were W.
R. sGeddes and George Graeber. Mr.
Kron himself had signed the will. Mr.
Waters said he saw Mr.. Kron place
the will back in his safe. ..F
Said Everything Was Fixed.
Mr.. Walters testified to remark
made by Fred Kron after he was TAX
en- ill, that Everything was fixed
His brother, Joe Kron. said, Eyes,
Ras, everything is fixed"
Mr.. Matters told how he had OBJ
tanned entrance to Fred Kron's room
in the hospital, telling the nurse that
if he could not go in as citizen he
would go in as an officer. He saw Mr.
Kron and said, 81 am afraid you are
going to go, and you had better make
out will if you have not got that
other one, because you have not much
time to live, by the looks of things.
Mr.. Kron replied, "Ras, my will is
down among my papers. 1t is just the
same as when you read it" Mr.
Waters babe him goodbye and went
out Of the room. He was there the
next morning after that but Mir
Kron did not know anybody then.
The witness testified as to the
hard work that Mrs. Kron did in
helping her husband. He told how
she was once in the habit Of clerkine
in his store seven days in the week
He told of her father advancing
money to Fred Kron and saving him
from business failure, after a great
flood had occurred in Mankato.
Had Seen the Will.
Mr.. Waters stated that Mr.. Kror
had often referred to the agreement
between himself and his wife as tc
the division of the estate and said ne
would be sure to keep that agree
ment. The witness stated that ne
saw the will in January, 1917, which
Mr.. Kron had made out years age
embodying this agreement. Mr.. Kron
the witness stated, said nothing hat
been changed in the will. He put i
back. in the safe at that time.
Miss Alma Wolf of st. Paul tolt
how her home there had been visitet
from time to time by Mr.. and MRS
Fred Kron. She told that Mrs. Kro1
had urged her husband to take care
of her heirs as we'll as his own, ant
that he had said it was only right ina