The Washington times., 1920-05-16

all of my right title and interest in and to all personal
property p the possession of either both OF the par
ties hereto situated and located at the date of this insru-
ment in the apartment building known Number Nine
Hundred Thirty Park avenue in New York City, and also
the household furniture at and farm in North
ampton Township. Bucks County, in the State Of Penn
syvan said property in New York City being more par
tcuary described and forth in inventory of such
personal property made for the parties hereto by Equ
table Appraisal Company which inventory is hereto
nexed and hereby made hereof and said household
furniture the said farm being particularly de-
serbed and set forth in an inventory of such household
furniture made by Earl Starbard secretary of the party
OF the rst part and also annexed hereto ana made part
This executed and delivered for the
said properly notwithstanding tina. prior hereto the
whole I with sn
to the said AMANDA c. THOMAS or had been pur.
ea ar | or S Gs on
hiaa eSo ss1 s R sHTs gay
That same Summer of last year, when the pretended
last wl' was fixed up Amanda had the furniture sale
fixed up, too. 1t was busy and profitable time for
the Thomas woman-a "will giving her the Shopts for
tune and bill of sale cleaning up any loose ODDS and
ends that the will didn't all in few weeks time
But the inquiring Justices of the Appellate Court
noticed of these queer things and made this sug
geStive comment:
As Mr. Shontss widow the law gives to her certain of
his effects and estate M which se nc wa
to her."
q
haps worth the paper written ont Is she here
more blocked from 'getting away with it,
And is. Mrs. Thomas worse off with this bill OF sale
than she would be without ti Have her lawyers done
her poor service by providing document which will
be evidence to the jury of Amandas dominating power
over the dying Shontsi
Like the will" and like the "release the bill Of sale
is very suspicious document. 1t gives Amanda too
much. 1t makes clean sweep of "a personal property"
in Shontss city and country homes-and in this whole
sale transfer to Mrs Thomas many Things Shonts
fha rnbf hio
had in them.
And Amanda's lawyer, in handing over to the execu-
tors the storage receipts writes with unconscious humor
to Nico that the bill Of sale reces you will observe
that it executed and delivered for the purpose of
suring title and quiet and peaceable possession of the
property"
And again what the lawyers intended and Mrs
Thomas hoped they wodld accomplish turned out so dh
ferently from what they expected. The 'wil' they
open The curious reease" from damages is before the
courts. where will be weighed for whatever its value
daruage-to Mrs. Thomas may be- And the ''bi Of
sae which to slip over to Amanda all that valuable
furniture, quet and peaceabe," has had the bright
light Of investigation turned It, and the Appellate
Justices have pointed the finger Of warning to these
things which Shonts was powerless to divert from"
the widow.
In spite Of all these documents and efforts to enrench
herself against being stripped Of the Shons fortune il
begins quite clear what the courts will
Rev. DR.. Straton's question:
eff the wronged wife is finally robbed and the other
woman gets money will tendency be for every
weak girl In the city ask herself the question: IF she
did things and got away with It and Aourishes,
why may not IF"