The Monroe journal., 1921-04-19

10 rtIl N0Er Mlit tuo4t A.4t~f NeN
r,nces and then tel her that Nas .e
had good sense.
Called Tom IIcr Soa-in-i-aw.
30 guu tell nie that ! southern
whine Woman would haze permitted
ur1.o 20 stay al her hene after she
haa -teH blrth 10 an iiiesiiimate
eaiid. hy 0idnt she senu her 10
btr mother. who lived on tnr sa-ie
7lae.. Waen size learned ot her con
uluuu. Nas Ma-siv koss inleili-
..ut People ci intelligence dch
suomi. 10 tAat kind o, conduct unless
tle, al, under Guress OF other people.
Sic called Miltie Bells haby her .ij-
tlt dal.ng. htr grand en- fic. .-
duet as shocking 20 if. Mc,
would Is aucAlnS 70 ans oeG.
eiali, when She called Tom Houston,
Autus HeL husband. her 'son-in-
law
.Aa. .ea,.emcn. the truth Is tadt
Mut.c Bon dominated ti@t Poor old
WOMAN a threats. Ao1 And Your
tyr She nNst has told Mae-le
more ihSA onct. murdered nay otoy
.lH.M ID ktlH ANA NNa aaet t..-.f
his. ia report YOU.
i,,aatG.ug lre te t,aous ot i,s
N. s. NelM3ue ou which - Ah,it
inheritance was stressed ~ the pio-
pel,nd,rs. Nr. stack declared tS@t
tb,y had borrowed money from Tie
Ros. Women, and taat their cAurca
WAS one of tAe lc-at ses under ihe Wit
@N. seed TREND. EeN. L j. Melt
#ra hs SAID. "sFeut las, summe
ri tht house be0r athed tne Marvin
rrtspg leuan church. ANA suppose
n, Will do likewise this summer.
unsnt to Have Helped Mrs. Coan.
peclaina charity begins al home,
he ,guented the FAILURE Of Miss Mas
Lie io guMgmber in her viii Mrs. In
zd. Ccau. her cousin, Who loved her
like sister. who nursed her IN sick
ness. Who closed the eyes OF her
brother when death came. ana VINO
was their companion, i would new
ar think OF leaving money 10 a church
II had poor. decroplt cousin IN
need, he said.
"All of the Presbyterian brethren,
continued the attorney for the carea-
tors. think Miss Mag had a good
mind because she left money TO their
church. 4 fool wouldn't do that,
they think.
~She gave nothing TO Dr.. Potts he
recited. who attended them IN their
sickness. often driving through the
rain and sleet in the dark hours OF
the night. But that Charlotte doctor
got $1,000.
Recapitulating. Mr.. Stack quoted
from the testimony OF Mrs. Taylor,
Mrs. Maggie Moore, who were inmates
of the Ross home for many years, DR..
Ezzell. who was once the Ross book
keeper. and DR.. Crowell, who board
ed in their home for II months, who
said he never saw Maggie read book,
not even the Bible, and who consid-
cred her feeble minded back IN lSt
and 81.
He closed with plea to the jury
TO set aside this unnatural Will OBJ
tanned through the influence OF 9th
ers." and with the admonition that
/, their names would 90 down in histo-
nv for generations TO come as mem
, bers of the jury that decided the Ross
case
Cansler Closes.
Comparing the Ross will case tC
, the famous case of Bardell VS. Pick
/ wick. as reported by Charles Dickens
5 in "Pickwiek Papers" Mr.. +. 7. Can
: sler OF Charlotte. considered by many
/ to be the leading trial lawer in Nortf
| Carolina. made one OF the best ad
5 dresses TO jury ever heard in th'
r Union county court house. He con
/ cluded the argument for the pro
. FOUNDERS. court adjourning at th'
. end of his address about o'clocl
= Friday evening.
The Charlotte attorney first dis
e cussed the issue, was the will exc
e cuted according to the formalities re
4 quired by law?" He argued that i
q was The late Mr. H. B. Adams
who drew the will, was one Of tn
r leading lawyers of the state, he said
p and a man OF the highest characte
. who would not stoop to draw vii
D for a person of weak mind at the so
r icitation Of another. But assumin'
| for arguments sake that II. b. Ad
( ans was a corrupt man, as attorne,
= for the cayeators infer, tool OF Il
o A. Hudson. he would have been doub
+ " sure that the will was properly eX
[ ecuted so that 1t would stand in tn
a courts.
n sutton and Ezzell, who declares
n they didn't see Miss Mag sign tn
g will. made oath that she did befor
( the clerk of court when the will wa
I probated. Mcllwaine. the third wit
i ness to the will. said on the stan'
1 that she signed the will in their pres
!. ence. Why this change OF mind Il
n Sutton and Ezzell? | don't know
I'm merely stating facts TO you
\ With this Mr.. Cansler dismisse
the first issue involved in the case
announcing that he would discues
: the other two issues as one.
= Case Result of Jealousy.
# II am going to undertake TO sho'
d you" he continued, that this cas-
l. is the result of the jealousy of thre
women. Mrs. Taylor. Mrs. Moore an
Y, Harriet Grier, who were piqued b'
r. cause they were not remembered !
e the will after they had spent so man
years in courting the good graces G
Ie the deceased Ross women. Take thei
le evidence out OF the case and 20
IS have nothing but n shell left" Her
i Mr.. Cansler referred TO the celebra