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ington." The list totaled about
$4,000. She said he sold his dry
goods store in Washington Court
House, Ohio, for $4,000.
What other property did he have
Jesse had $4,000 worth of
Liberty bonds in the Riggs Bank
and 80 shares Of Pure Oil stock
valued at 1854. and 21O shares of
Central Leather valued at $4,000"
she replied. 1.-The total value of
his estate when he died was about
$214,1S2.5 Sc"
"How much was he worth when
he came to Washington"
about $150,000."
"Were the seventy.five 81 900 bills
you saw Jesse have listed in the
inventory of his estate?" asked
Ashurst.
mo"
do you know what became Of
the bills?"
mo"
Money Belt Not Found.
twas his money belt found in the
1state?" asked Senator Moses RepD
mo"
"And you never found any trace
Of the $75,OOO?"
"No."
Ibid he have any property at
the time of his death not included
in this inventory"
'I can't say"
do you suspect he had other
property"
replied.
with the impression" she added,
that I would be his sole heir. He
told me he was going to see to it
that was comfortably fixed"
Ashurst led the questioning back
to Smiths death.
WHO was in the apartment when
Smith died"
"Mr. Martin. the special assistant
Attorney General.
Ibid he spend the night there?"
Yes"
Calls Will Invalid
Was the gun that killed Jesse
Smith the same one you saw him
have?"
SOOlAAl kS1I'
Were you led to believe a note
was found In Jesse's pockets
well, I saw a copy Of a will he
left on the bureau
'Was it in his own hand-writ.
ing?"
''Then It was valid will" said
Ashurst. where Is it,"
at don't know"
1.-THE will was invalid because the
Ohio law compels every will to
be witnessed by two witnesses"
Paul Rowland, counsel for the At.
torney General interposed.
Advised to Sell Stock.
Brookhart then introduced a letter
written by Smith to Mrs. Stinson
in which he mentioned the i'm
parchment proceedings launched
against Daugherty a year ago.
1.-The Attorney General filed his
answer to the charges in thirty.six
hours" Smith wrote. 1T was
beautifully prepared
Smith also advised Mrs. Stinson
to sell ''your White Motor stock at
so, but hold your Pure Oil and
other stocks"
These are hard days, just like
the war, but everybody Is full Of
fight and that's what wins" Smith
added.
''These charges he referred to
were the impeachments charges"
yes"
Calls Her ellis Love"
Brookhart introduced mo ther
batch Of letters to show the close
friendship between Jesse Smith and
Mrs. Stinson.
In several instances. the letters
indicated Smith sent sums Of money
to her and in all he called her
dear" and sent her This love-"
Mrs. Stinson said that while
Smith was in Washington he sent
her several thousand dollars" in
drafts, checks and cash, $500 bills
being not uncommon. :.
Brookhart questioned Mrs. Stin-
son closely about the source Of
Smiths money in Washington. She
referred to several deals, but said
Jesse was "sore" about one deal
which he was not Gin On"
what deal was that?"
Not in Sinclair Oil.
Jesse told me that five men in
the past few days had made $685.
100000. asked him, Were Harry
and you In on that?' and he said,
KmG0cer.