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kind and did not do anything of the

kind
Anna Fnnegan, daughter of the Wit
ness, testified that Waters called
her up one morning shortly after Mr..
kron's death and started swearing
and said: 1--WE ought to get some of
this money" She replied that she was
not looking for any of it, and that if
Mr.. Kron wanted to give her any of
/ it, he could have done it when she
| was living in his house. Waters said
he thought she was entitled to some
of it. She said she did not want any
OF it at all and that if anyone got
anything, Frank Stahl ought to get
it. Waters then said, according TO
her testimony: IF we get the Doodle,
I'll buy you new hat and take you
to the city and go fifty fifty with you
on the money. "The witness went on
to say that Waters told her that if
she would just keep still, she could
take life easy and would not have to
work any more; also that he said
Frank Stahl burned the will and that
he (Watters) had the pieces of pa
per, the parts that did not burn. She
said: "Oh, Rastus, come off. She
testified that he was swearing most
of the time; also that he said eve
know that red headed -- burned the
will' and that Waters said that when
he picked it up it fell to pieces. She
told him she wanted nothing to do
with the matter and did not care to
have him talk to her about it in that
way.
Denied Hearing Waters Say Things.
Mrs. Mary GRADER said she did not
hear Walters say things at the house
that Mrs. Finnegan said he said. Mrs.
Waters denied it and said her hus-
band did not use such language at
home. Similar denials were made by
Waters himself, and his son Fred
Waters was called to substantiate
them. E. V. Waters denied he made
those statements about Frank Stahl.
Mrs. Bertha Fricke, Joe Kron, Mil
lie Kron, Joseph Stahl and Lena.
Seidel all testified that Fred Kron
said several days before he died and
over period of time before that and
after his wife's death that if he died
first, his mother would get all of the
property. Joseph Stahl testified that
Fred Kron told him he had John F.
GRADER on the black list and that he
would not give him any of his money
to be spent "by that bunch SO that
they could go through with it."
Denied Conversing With Waters.
Mrs Johanna Kron, mother of Fred
Kron, testified that she had known E.
V. Waters for many years and that
Waters did not have any converse
ton with her after Mr. Kron's death;
that Waters never had any converse
ton with her regarding any will; that
he was not in the house to see her;
that she did not see him in the houseI
that she did not say that he did not
have a scratch of the pen to show for
it; and that she did not tell him that
if he wanted anything to go to it; that
she could not have said these things,
because she had had no conversation
with him. She also said that she had
loaned money to her, son Fred to
start him out in business. She was
asked if Fred ever said anything to
her about a will or where her prop
erty was to go. The attorneys for
Waters and others objected on the
ground that the statute forbids In
terested persons to testify to a con-
versation with deceased persons and
she was not permitted to answer.
Advised to Save Papers.
Testimony was introduced to bring
out that Frank Stahl, Joe Seidel and
Joseph Kron after the funeral went
to John c. Noes office and asked him
what to do; that. they were advised
+ by Mr.. Noe to save Mr.. IRONS pa
pers, that the three then, searched
and found his valuable papers, deeds,
mortgages, abstracts, stocks, bonds,
notes and the like, but there was no
will or copy of will and no trace or
record of any will.
DR.. A. E. Sohmer testified that after
the operation he asked Mr.. kron IL
he wanted to straighten out his al
fairs or make a will and that Mr.
Kron said yes; that Mr.. Noe was
called by some one: that IN the
| presence of Mr.. Noe the doctor asked
Mr.. Kron if he wanted to straighten
out his affairs and that they under
stood him to say that he wanted to
! make a will. They then asked MN
what he wanted to do with MS prop
erty. He said he wanted Frank Stahl
to have the store property ana the
business, including the stock OF GOODS
that he then seemed.to grow weaker
| raised his hands and said he could go
no farther. John G. Noe corroborated
this story.
| Mrs. Lizzie Meurer testified that
Fred Kron talked with her, in October
| 1916; that her husband had died and
| she was probating his estate; that
she had his fill right where Mr;
Kron could see it and it was marked
will" that Mr. Kron asked her II IL
was her husbands will; that sne
| said it was his will that he SAID,
"That is something that | have not
got"
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