The Monroe journal., 1921-04-19
Stack and Canister
In Forensic Battle
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for fifteen months. and practieed ia
the same building for ten years with
nothing but a thin PARTITION between
"a. He Vas = lawyer OF ability Ae
was a noble man. he was faithful 70
his clients. aud IN that Will he VAS
faithful To his client I. \. Hudson
l resent the impuialion that he con
eeiyed such q Nill. i was the WORK
81 another man.
Nr. Hudson was attacked " hs
should they. asked MIR stack. is-
more George Deese. whom Sallie s3ia
was the imace OF Dennis Ross, Yet
win $1,000 To Mr Hgdson, who ad-
mjts rs VAS bat 4 hteliuss : Why did
fhey leave nothing q Mrs. Coan. Who
served them in sickness and VAS theie
communion In their loneliness. Net be-
oueath 4 $1,000 90 f A. Hudson. Jr.
Why did thgy oycr'aok Mrs Jenolt
Helms. who did Jhs. calculations ioE
them. set remember Hurry Hood. g
.-gnfeoa 81 1r. llHds 70 the eN-
tent a s5p0f pid ttgy r,nder any
servicese Not ONE q ffe ilmlA ~
cent NJ Hudson. Sr4 ana Pr was p2ld
8 salary
Bah Hos a Dead neat."
Don't listen ta gae pFopaganda
about Bob Ross being ''a family ne
gro. The records slow that he vas
taken from his mother a-ainSt her
-,istts. Frank Crane told YOU Ee
heard her scream when they forced
her to give him up and -he appealed
10 the Supreme court FOR the posses
sion OF her own hc d and blood Bob
never did any work for MarSle Eoss
He was 'dCad-beat, sponstf.
Maggie once said thal the land ousht
10 90 10 those " Who made o. SHtelE
She didn't think Bob Ross maue tI
She nor Salhe made it, They lnAef-
ted il from the Builesons and lrom
Dennis Ross. and all the attorney s
for the caveatOrs are seeking 10 do Is
10 get that property for the descend
ants OF those who made IL. 20 see that
Maggie Ross own wish is carried
out.
II was the opinion OF Mt Stack
that the bequests 10 the schools
churches and libraries were put IN
the will BY a skillful person Tor the
purpose of hiding his raseallty.
Witnesses. he said, testified that Mag
had expressed herself as being o9pos-
ed 10 contributing towards the edu-
cation of other peoples children. she
refused 10 aid Rev. George Atkinson
in his most cOmmundable school en-
deayor. She had no charity IN her
heart for poor. struggling white girls,
who crayed an education, but she did
send that negro, Mittic Bell Houston,
10 college The only known contri-
button she ever made TO the cause OF
foreign missions In her life was a
half a dollar Why this change in
heart Why those thousand dollar
beouests to schools, churches and hos
pitalso The reason is too obvious to
bear mention
Lets Her Father sleep Alone.
The failure OF the Misses Ross TO
request the removal OF the remains
OF their father. along with those OF
their two brothers and mother, to the
cemetery plot in the Banks chure!
was almost a sacrilege. a desecration
argued Mr.. Stack. 'Eloquently, h
pictured the old father sleeping alone
This omission, he claimed, showed
senile decay.
She willed her dead brothers watei
10 Bob Ross because "he wanted hin
10 have it," he said but Dennis Rosi
had been dead all these years. WIZ
did she wait so long to carry out hel
dead brothers wish? For more thar
twenty years she paid no heed to hi!
diving request. Maggie gave he
watch to Mittie Bell, Sallie willet
hers to Mrs. Hudson instead of L
Mrs. Coan or Mrs Helms. who wer'
certainly more deserving OF her re
membrance.
To show her lack OF business abil
ity, Mr.. Stack said; There's no ev
idence that Maggie knew how muel
land she owned: she was even unabl'
TO return her property for taxation
and she considered herself poore
than a church mouse although sh'
had thousands of dollars in the bank
When the preachers would come Il
her seeking a loan she would orde
them to 20 to Mr.. Hudson and tel
him to let them have the money l
she had il i'm the bank One preach
er wanted $500. and she sent him 4
Mr.. Hudson with the same story al
though she had several times tha
amount in the house She wasn't
liar. The propounders haven't eyel
intimated that she was. She evel
let Hudson pay her preacher TIL
evidence on this point, gentlemen o
the jury. is conclusive. She didn'
have the sense to make the smalles
transactions: not even the sense tha
my little 12-year-old girl possesses
She calculates and pays her owi
church dues.
VIII was Product of Mr.. Hudson am
Negroes.
II have no desire to traduce tn
memory OF poor old Maggie Ross.
prefer to wear the mantle of Chart
and attribute that will to others Q
stronger minds; and in her feeble oil
age she was fit subject for the In
sidious efforts OF those parties"
The will, exclaimed the attorne!
was the product OF the minds of Nj
Hudson and the two negroes, Mitti
Bell Houston and Bob Ross.
Her inability to make change. h
continued, further strengthened I'll
argument as to her lack of bushes
ability and he mentioned the tesf