The diamond drill., 1918-06-29
WILL CASE INTERESTING.
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NAi-4 Of sec. 25, the said iive acres
~ be in a compact body in suggest
ed 2Ox4O rod strip along the county |
road.
To his grand niece. Mamie Jacobs,
formerly Mamie Haley. he left the
residue of his estate including lands
be owned in the state OF Washington.
The will stipulates that II not suf-
acient cash is on hand to pay his
cash beonests that sufficient land be
sold 10 meet the expense.
He nominated Fred Olson as ex-
.ecutor of the will and provides that it's
terms revoked all previous Wills.
The will is signed in Houston. Tex,
1on the 9Th day of March, A. D.. 1912.
and is Witnessed by w. J. Munson and
Celia Bailey. Attached to the will is
an affidavit prepared in the Office OF
Campbell & Scott, lawyers OF Hous-
ton. Texas, and signed by Celia Bailey
stating that she witnessed the will
.as indicated In the document.
How WIN Was Found.
The first witness placed upon the
stand was Mrs. Ed Lott, Jr. She de-
tailed how the will was found, and in
her quiet way made favorable i'm
pAssion.
She stated that about five or six
weeks after Mr.. Lott. Sr. died she
was cleaning UP about the house and
came upon an old vest that belonged
to Mr.. McDermott. She noticed an
envelope in one OF the pockets. and
on removing 1t found that 1t was seal
ed, but unaddressed. She broke open
the envelope and found the will in
side.
Mrs. Lott was upon the stand quite
a while. Her testimony was not
shaken in the least.
Swears It's His Signature.
Next followed several Of the prom
inent business men OF Iron River all
Of whom swore that the signature at
tached TO the will was that OF Nc
Dermott. Attorney Lyon came first
He had done business with McDer-
mott, had seen him sign his name. f
A. Morrison was next. He knew Nc
Dermott for thirty-two years and seer
him sign his name to many docu
ments.
Paul Minckler knew McDermott FOL
thirty-four years; had many business
transactions with him and saw hin
sign the Identification card at thu
Miners State Bank. e. j. Pohland
dashier of the First National Bank o
Iron River. was next He, too, knew
McDermott's signature. All OF thes
men were positive that the signatur
on the will was the same as that Nc
Dermott signed his lifetime.
A Tartar From Texas.
The next witness, Mrs. Celia Bailey
proved by far the most interestin
and the most important. Mrs. Bale
is a woman of positive mind wit
swapping black eyes and shar
tongue which she can handle dexter
ously
She told OF her position in Texas
that of telephone operator. Her HON
at present is Freeport, but in 1912 sh
was in Houston and roomed at tn
same house where McDermott roome
when he went to Texas that year fc
his health.
She and the landlord were return
ing from a moving picture show @
the evening OF March 8, 1912, when
the door of the house they were M
by the housekeeper who told the Lane
lord to hurry upstairs, that "old Nj
was dying" She followed the LAM
lord to the reception room and s.
down. The rooms opened off the T
ception room and the door of McDe
motifs room was opened. She sa
several people therein, among the
the physician. She saws the landlo
Rresent paper to MeDermott al
saw him write his name. The pap
was then taken to a table at the 70
OF the bed, and she saw tall mi
step up to the table and write upon
Just then the housekeeper ask
her to step into the room, and as s
entered the landlord asked her If
would witness the last will OF McDe
mott. At that he picked up the
per from the table-the tall man la
the pen down--and asked McDerm'
n that was his last will and test