OCEAN CITY SENTINEL -

VOL. XXV

OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY l<i, l«o:

NO. 40

OceanCity Sentinel

Publi.bcd W CAM cm

ft m T. ABBOTT, M. D.,

R. CURTIS ROBINSON

Editor and Proprir

CITY DIRECTORY.

CITY OFFICIALS

,|_

LAW OFFICES

Schuyler C. Woodhull, •**>>•“•«•» •** d ""***««< OFFICE-Ctncr Cntnl ud ElgkU Str«i

orriei (

-p C. HUTCHINSON, M. D.

I lojn«!o|>nthinL.

No. HU4 Ocean Avenue.

OCEAN CITY. N. J.

JUSTICE MAGIE B ON WHEATON WILL Hr

norUcago. I n

ie'caparlt.v, >«> far i

ORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and

_ COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

JONATHAN HAND, *•

CJounMellor - at- I^aw, ^ ,, ,. 8o(lau>r.lUaurlaC«aBM7. KotaryPablU-. M HOWARD BURT, M, D.

(.'APE MAY COURT HOUSE, N. J.

Kin b* in erMint 117 .v«7 8oo Wesley Avenue. at ..me, Mo. 744 A.tor, n.MJUr J

UARRISON H. VOORHEF.S ; ’ ,or " \ i^ Si ’ r T

| Ball-I'bonr. i Coanaellor-nt- L.aw,

Able and Interesting Review of Cape May County’s Famous Case.

tiofiid bland. An Ktatcd It

ATTBWDED WEDDING

■Kr-t ineiutvr uf lire tmard tNiard of tltr ctiurrh paid Uli lbe nil rtipd In I* pRurut. i luring gage and Hough! to olitam ft-oin !. pnMWrdluga the allcndmg an addttloDal gilt, lia appealed I . i «a- preM-nt, and lie »a>, a> judgment, and, U|nn tt» tieiug del re, a im-mher ,.t the hoard, ered, he made no muouatram-e or i emeu I of the (acta reaped- jectkin, although the amount .hr -i .me»ol I he deceased Irom geMed » a. thought by the re|.re-eu bln llrat stroke of paralyal. ttvea of the chureb to lie more Hi cath In my judgment, reti- they ought to aak or reerlte. Sot •• l«j~.it>ie to rely U|».n the the prot laiou made by tlie dee*, at de lare- him to I*-, In the for hla »Ifa be Ignored apou tbl. ai rwjuenny u^jd lu thta caae, jeot If be had am4aver*km a bl. h « eaienl If a lertni nuance a ithoul eaure. Ifir peal net of a d ability, the reeoguiituu of. eMed mlud. founded upou a deiu-i

. f.aKue White, mb*, a boeptlal.

other, Rev. W.

y Re

H. T. i

mable I

«P«* I

SECRET SOCIETIES. h*^ v-ai^J??bSrTrj?s

J^AW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell,

jl.

GRISCOM, M. D. •ENTRAI. AVENUE,

oH^Tr^d v liv on''t be re'a rigid m hi. |. r -

id KlUHTH OTKKtrl

__ OCK*K <

LAW OFFICES Godfrey &. Godfrey,

£)K. CHARLES B. RIDER

Argued October lb and in, li*M. Mr. George ai Plerae, Mr. Eduln K leak ley and Mr. ile'nry F. .SUi

aacertalned that t.. , hi. permmal profierty by teatamr

! the buidnea. ra|*eliy of the 1 aould have Indiraled that aveml continued during Ibe period depriving her of all IntereM i >n. It cannol he dlaoovered t.y pn>|ierty except that intrrot i

real ertate ahlcb the laa prot

elllgeid gentlemen a bo ex- Hut thl. ounduct which, on the I be opinion, a btch, aa I have of thaw expert*, aould hr n-a» ■aracterlHd tlie claim of the lo be expected, a a. not'that ■ . mual obviotufy be cotiald- der-eaaed adopted He gave bb • ve la-eu atlected by the facta tlie life uae of the tmuar In a hud by Ibe bypotlu-ln-a! <juea- realded. a|th all Ha furnllurg; eema to me clear that If there reeled the eatabli.limrid of a fu no oilier fait* preeentrd than be luvealed a ith great pm-autioi leh I haic above alated re- 1» be Mifhclrnt tola- i-apablr o Ibe deceaard'a bualneaacapec- nlalilug hla aMoa tl.jnu a yea ,<lnlon could have been ex- he gave a. a reaaon fon..ii»Hlerin -reed by them declaring deceaaed lo | he aaa pruvidlug a ell for her, tl

11« newly married ■

-f Princeton and la aupertui factor for I'rake * Mtrat-

• of lifg bridge*. * ii ifc mot lief of Frank

n Kai

rre recently allh Howard Itldey. CHOSEN PRESIDENT

J H Me, loakey, rector c Hue. t hurch, returned I a!unlay from Allegany. N

I “i.

double that which be and a lie t>

hypothetical <|ueaUuu getlier expended,

i.-‘-‘X—I j n eou.ldenug ahelber Ihla

alon a aa liberal In vlaa of the ex hla property, »e mual not be i

v *- of ab

a decree of the 1

iy alaap atIJtt, ■ CHURCH SERVICES. a*d Uakth^UaM^Kav^ Paun ic^tou Oor-ou. haaday aclionl. tax Tbomaa u. Uuorle}. TCUS'SlfSiM—Pr-,d.o,. K.C ItoblD3S>rx»*o r *AcUB» J ; l>r. B. B “*i>i«M.«3hBrlja p. taka. Lauia Kuiey, John Marta. M. K ■thlaa. Ira A Champum. Qaa Maatloa*—nouiUr morn l nr. MO, -^^"^JWadatjMoBaayareBlag.T.M.^

PrUay avaaiai

COAL COAL COAL COAL COAL Huy your Coal from the SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. TWELFTH 8T. AND WEST AVE. Aa you are alwaya aure of getting

lag. lOjii a in. and > p. m.. p. m.; Monx torvkia. 7.4S p. m I’rayer tarn Wadaaaday. XJX) p. in. You an corn..... Church or tha Holy Trinity, hrolantai t Bwr'MarttB’AltSIrrmtnial.r hi TbTngU, lay‘reader. ifo“‘imlr' l-njrr Lid

Property CVimmIUea—Thca. C. Hennrtt. W if. OoUhma. Oliver K. Colee, tieneral K. W. Warraa. OUbert Kmley. tred Kappla. Parcy W. ■4*v‘d*, C. Mahan and Albert Winkler. Hi. kagaaune'a Homan ('atoolie Cnnrcb. Axbury avenue, tour eel. Tlurteer.tb and roarlaaalhata, Itev. A. B;Mc loaaey.paator Maaaaa oa tha aaeond and lourth Hundaya at Unloo Tabernacla Bapttal Chnnb, Elrhlh , BwsseSSffiSsMSs John H. Trower, traaanrrr, M. Uarcla, aecra lary. CHURCH SOCIETIES. aatolb oand>, i-r-

SSKfWS-

A. H. BAKER ..Undertaker - and - Embalmer,.. 849 ASBURY AVENUE,

MARK LAKE Undertaker and Embalmer

Mngle, Ordinary. Till. ap|>eal bring. I Cape May Family - made June a. HUM. ml bate a paper a riling

! |m|*r writing lo probate. Her con teat I In Ibe court beloa a a* made ffpon aolc i ground that, at the lime of execution of the paper propounded, deceaaed

, juatlfy the opiulai a nliatatiding tlie fa<

*a capacity

atlou

I lomprl.

I be bypolliellcal ipieatloi

i (■ert Dr. Pickett and comprlaliig »Iaix primed page*, a large part of i : a bicll la take-

of object ioi i "Vile com

Leonard Krauss Co.

Electricians

659 Aabury Avenue. Ocean City, N. J. j Klarlrtral «ork ol^*11 hind* ^romplljjac i Jj* HKARI.KY A AOAMM

liual a

July

evidei

:ta. likrj, and

beptem e taken

■ of capactly in the

uataucea, provided lo t .ud a ive*. I he I’ruv l.n a ife, originally exproeaeil ceaaod In hla niatrilctloiia, trust of f-JU.Oh'. <be iuqgm-

aa to be paid her during her widow ood, a aa rhaligcil i on the auggrallon ofhialkwyr-'" - *■ -

Reading Coal

-r .Kith, IMIS. The

■ ring that |icriod I. coutainea in live ilume* of JBI2 printed pages, which ive been proeuled lo thl* court in e argument of tin* ap|-eal. The tiaider*lion of thl. maaa of prlntetl alter, presenting not only the evl-i-e and the objectbin* of ohiukI. repelllioua argumem of counsel on

taxed my strength

: of in

il patience le lo the c ik 1 can i srSf

I hav

an

conclusion*, allboulaucb

na would unroaaonahly

Ilch had been dee*

hi provide for a fund sunic-lem In « (1.200 annually for tier belielit The will aaa then drafted, read over i and ruualdrrod by decea-ed. and U mrexeeuled In ibe presence of two Kltuesaes, oiie of w hum aaa the pa* of the Methodlat Fbun-h Alter a execution, the attorney a ho had drafted the will became doubtful belher, alnce Ibe deceased bad given legacy of aome coualdereble amoum i Ibe Melbudlal Church, the alatua ol the will might not be allected by

Cause for Alarm!

If the plumbing la not right It certainly J* reason you should be concerned,

provide the sort of plumbing that

protects the. health. Comfortable, Reliable, Excellent, Reasonable,

many point* lu favor of

aud you ought to know

Tln^Galvanlxed Copper, Slate

and Slag

ROOFING

>f the appellant la, that

on November lilb, IMki, when the deceased executed the disputed |«per, be aaa aflllcted w ith neuile deiuopiia of a parainod or delusional character In • - hypothetical question

«m *uch fact* In re-

might be con-

J urt claimed 'Z? :isr

the pastor of the chureh w i allestlng altneas Hi

>pled the whole all! ased executed Die recopled will I ie presence of two aiiuesaes w b ere an|ualmanre* and friends c imesUndiug. Theexeentton was) every way aucb a* la required by law ■ *— ,f lh| , p^pe,

a hen interest a

i* a "victim of motioiledemcmla.” Inan-

lolber expert witncaa de-,

iplulou to be that the deceased was ■‘suffering from aenlle deleotla, associated with the evidence ' disease of the vessel, of hi. braiu,

ud also evidence of dementia.”

Theae ex preaakma of ex |iert opinion may lie considered lo fairly represent

the grounds on which the lack of lea- m tameutary capacity ou the part of the the diacuasiou of matter, w bleb

ROBERT FISHER Ixtofll I v sst 411 cBOURSE BUILDING Eighth St. and Asbury Ave., OCEAN CITY Do you want a Cottage or HotelT Have you anything for rent T Do you wish to buy, or have you anylhlng to aelIT Let me kuew—I’LL DO THE RB3T. CutaloK* on application.

DAVID MUIR, JR., Tin,-State-aniMiaHooflt CORRUGATED IRON WORK, FURNACES AND RANGES, 405 Wesley Avenue, - Ocean City, N. J. Repair* ol every description for all makes of KurnareaandiRangeg. Repairing dune promptly. Smoky chimneys cured or no charge. Shop In rear.

EDWARD STONEHILL (Hweaaaaor lo William H. Htoorhilb BRICKLAYER and PLASTERER All work In mason line prompUy attended to... 800 Brighton Place OCEAN CITY. N: J. ■ ELL. T1I.KI-HOISI 51 OCEAN CITY BAKERY BREAD, FANCY CAKES and PIE5 GEORGE S. BICKEL, Proprietor MB. SlS ASBURY AVENUE. Ocean City. N. J. RUSH ADVERTISING AGENCY ML aafcwry arena. Oc*m City, N. J.

When the Pipes Freeze.,

Send for the plumber at once. -Don’-t tr) - to thaw them out yourself. If you do there will be trouble—lots of it. Of couise you will naturally think ol and : : : : :

SEND FOR US.

You have probably heard of our good work and small bil! And all you have heard is

true—only more so

JOHIV R. GROVJB>® 649 ASBURY AVENUE, :: OCEAN CITY, N. J.

I I-.VI

ie of U

expert »

dectasol continued

ery much

— He bad., — lu the fall of HMI. cbn-ed out ship chandlery business Hi Phila-

delphia. and couaequrnily wa* uot re- [ qutred to go to that city so frequently as before. I n other re»|iecla, as to collecting Interest, enforcing payment’

'ilnd, and makiug

[ llllte

Ubout pausing to consider such modiltcatlon* of these opinion* as were d« -lared under the sires* of ero.vexaunlallon, and the preaentatloo of olbpr facta w bleb might be deemed provAi, ‘ think there might be two olMeVatlon* made thereon. In the first place. . . tout that these opinion* ex|ires* practically two condition, of • • ne, tlie weakening or decay of

ital faculties occasioned by age,

and amounting not lb mere senility, but lo dementia! the other a state of delusion. If, from the evidence, either

.ndtltou la uot satisfactorily the opinion must carry hi

eight.

The facta which I deem to be eatal. Itshed. aud pertinent tc this Inquiry, may he thu* briefly expressed: The deceased at the Un.e of executing the disputed |*per, w hich wasou November loth, I8U0, was about 70 year* of age. At a very early age lie had been leh tatherlesa, and had procured employment upon a courting vessel, and remained for many years in that business, rising from hi* first position to become a captain. He w as evidently of a saving disposition aud endowed wllb business qualities which enabled him to accumulate a large fortune, w hicb, after be left the coasting, business, be employed In various enterprises. He was so successful that he died with estate said to be worth »ajU,0UU. a__. hi* personal property waa Inventoried admlulslr lor ueudlle- llte at

p lo llecember i.lh.

good health, engaged bis dlflereut enterprises, attending .. them habitually aud coutluuously, and Investing bis sccumulstiona with

care aud prudence. '

On that day he was taken sick. A physician who attended btm. who a. an old friend, declares tbathebad _ stroke of paralyrts. From this the deceased, wltliln a few weeks, rallied

o as to he enabled

-nd go about again. Rut hi* physical coudlliou ui.dcruc.il au undlaputable change. He had lost weigh! and walked with Ie* vigor than bef< Rut from tlie time he was able w bich w aa some time in June, 1800, he. resumed hla habit of going to Philadelphia lo attend to bis busineM. He !, the proprietor of a ship chandlery business, managed by a man In w bom he evidently had great couth deuce, yet deceased bad been a ecu* ■ *.he place where that ■rrtea on to examine the methods and provide for the

bout (180,000.

be resumed w beu able to return Philadelphia. He was also, during that lime, the president of a boatne** corporation In which be bad Invested money and which was managed b; his eon-ln-law, the husband of hi only child. During the period betwea

which

>l keep i

lly i

s w ife, lu-.

eluding as indicative thereof, assaults, rudeness In liahils aud speech, contained further statement* to the effect that after the first stroke of paralysis, ieceaMkl charged his w ife with ■•oorrr- • ponding with other men,” and, at lime., charged her with "putting things In hla drink to poison him.” Connected with these alleged facta. Hie hypothetical querts.u Included rtateimjuU of the deceaaed'a conduct a. *u0^>acetitly sincere member of the Met hull 1st Church, constant lu attendance at the church, aud giving freely thereto, aud Indicating to those about him the conduct of a Christian gentleman. Without more detail, I tlifhk It I. obvious that tlie hypothetical question presentsi to these witnesses the case of a man formerly on good terms aUb ht* wife, becoming, after Hie first stroke of iiaralyai*. abusive lo tier and guilty of conduct which wa* not occasioned by any apparent cause; in other words, of a man who, lu hla church and ofllctaJ and business life, was courteous and agreeable, w bile in hla family life he was ■ hypocrite and brute. • The idea of a changed condition of the mind of the do-eased tow ard hla wife is, In my Judgment, the sole j . . can

prop-

elected lir-l president of hla claaa.

w A hi* first visit to hla elma mater since IKW. an I the second In eleven years. He delivered a very approprt-

ef provision.' t aptaln Wheaton" w a. «te add re** lu behalf of the living and to make hla own will and form deceased members of the claaa raceiv»wn judgment upon that subject II , |br congratulation* M mll wbu hla Judgment w as not affected by de-, , ““ ”~ere**“e44oos m •" wuu

luaiona or dementia, It cauuot be .wi , “ fmrU “ |U1 aside becanae It does not accord w ith : ' " • ■

our views of whet lie ought to have .old Fonaedar u r ed. ’‘ruiupliihm-oriXcex^rt wUu—^ S-s«HtoS»,4»d » C.m-,.. called by coulesUnt, which I have-*'?* Hsturday last, lu hi* eevenUath above discussed and found not jurti year, and wa- buried ou Tuesday. He tied by real facta, are, furthermore,o|>- was a couductor rauuiixg Into till* Esl?iS'4S“r-,irs ^ «> - -.»- —— ness and church associate* of flie de * u d »aa well kwowutomany ceaaed, and who express their opm- tlcewu City bualuem people. The le-

tona upon fact.and observation, trail- main* were burled It fled to by them They are op|s»-e.l : ......

likewise to Ibe opluloj of au exp witness, who wa* examined by I pro|<oiieot of Ibe will, and. who •

clare* Dial, in hla wide exiiertence

mental dlreaara, lie has not observe, case of aenlle dementia lu w hich the n person waa Uie subject of |wrmaueni ( filet of opinion, II la not easy to de-: Istide, but It U safe to adopt tire view | „f exnraased by the wltueas last referred j K .

lie declares that a suggested

delusion, my lo polaoulng or attempt! 11 —Flty of Ocean City to \Vm.U. at polaoulng, could not he Inferred Moore, quit claim* lot on southeast

from a single or few statements, w hen , . ,,

the aubie"-t continued H. fartake ol u *'' rau kvenue.

tfl —1 harlea V Wall et ax to Her- : F. Smith, lot on northwest side Flea sure avenue, aoutbwert of

the subjo-t ' -i irndf'-

wife.”

d had

the attending physician, ea that. In hlajudgmeut, dean "Insane aversion to hi.

(*, his conduct seems to have been different from that previously exhibited. He was, beside, after the executlon, eleclol a director of. a local

. ... bank, aud from that lime he cnulluued hwh the lack of tea- Jo altend Its mecllng. and took part in j

'ten which camel

dllgently.

He seems lo have been a devoted lemherofthe church he alteuded, id was liberal lu hi. bwfefaclton he church property wa. encumbered by a mortgage lor (tt.-Vki held by him. The |**lor amt the official board revolved to make au cllurt to raise enough money U> pay oil that eucumi The deceased attended a ig when i hi. project wa* u|«ned church and subscription, lui he project Included tlie Uabillly of those suh<s'riblng ouly lu care

tlie w hole ai

morning meeting, deceased scribed (350. I n tire evening u

sum

sufficient

to hind subscribers, the le au additional sub-

scrlptton of H Vi makiug In all (Mxi a. his coDlribullou. Tire *ub*crlptiou* |>ayable lu one year. .Sumellmr In lire early part of June and about " days before hla death, the official. he church desired to close the trailsaction and take up the outstanding mortgage encumbrance. A deputation of the board went to the attending physician of the deceased, w ho as then suffering under another iroke ul paralysis, at A. it cannot be oubted, was then offi-ldcred lo he ear hi* death The physician wa* a lember of the board, and he accompanied the deputation lo lire heitsideol the sick man. Arrangement* had been made to raise money U|*>n note* of the subscriber, to the fund for paying off the mortgage. The deputation went furnished with a check drawn to Ibe order ol ibe deceaaed, whether for ‘ ,000, which would he lire amount 'ol the mortgage If tire aubrerl|4ioii of Ibe ^ —* was first applied thereto, or . . I, the evidence leaves a little obscure. At all events, a clic k for our or the ollrer amount was then delivered to the deceaaed, aud the morl(age aud bond were receipted by him md given up to the church for cancelation. This did not, however, end .be transaction. Tire deputation had ivMeuUy settled O|>oa a proposition ' re made is the deceased aud selected ipokeamau. lie presented to tbed leased the desire of the church build, at aome future time, a new: atone edifice, and ihelr w lab to create a fund

be devoted to tlial pun

It la not worthy of observation that the evidence reapeeiing the conduct of deceased toward hla w Ife comes almost entirely from her. The deceaaed and she lived together, keeping no servant. W hatever corroboration her story baa, cornea from those w ho were pscaant on feu occasions, and then casually, not did they corroborate the most serious of tire charge* made by the appellant A review of her evidence product*, a strong Impression, not of the uutrutbfuluesa, but of exaggeration Hut assuming Thai tier evidence la to be taken in Ha full foroe, II remains to consider whether It Indicates, as theae experts say, monomania If we assume thal be bad, aud

actual avendoo to hi* « ssume that Ihla aver

ihlbiied afler hi- atroke of paralysis, are we Justified lu drawing Ibe Inference Ihat II was due to a menial disturbance? That the avumion irises w Itbout apparent cause Is uot inkouwn. If, however, au aversion irises because of some cause which lues not lu fact exist, that la. upon orue delusion, some conception of the mlud as lo a person or thlug whleb is fact untrue, but which Is believed be true, then I think the monomi* spoken of may be Indicated aud possibly extend lu dementia Hul to produce that effect, ll seem, to me that the cvldeuce should he sufficieul ■dlcate not mere s|«smudlcal and atonal delualou*. but delusions that persist and fiervade the mlud,and htblled lo the conduct of lire to me, the learned genllemeu been unconsciously deceived tample, lire alleged fact that deceaaed charged hla wife with ourre- * ponding with other men Is not justl lied by any evidence thal I can dls •ver, other than this. Hire stales Ihat xe had u ritteo a letter aud gone out i post It w hlle her husband was ab-

oil from Ibe home;

hen she was relunilug, aud being ild tbat she had ported a letter, she declares tbat he said to her, "there Is leller* lo be mailed unless I mall ra for you. Hondo I know who j are w illing to? You may be : to some man for all 1 know.' a. appear* the cvldeuce, 1 can other Jurtilication of Ibe alleged fact that lie charged hla ”* “*■ —

■(wilding w ith other m

deceaaed >- as asked, by

speaking for the deputation, If he did uot desire to contribute to tl * ' '

with the uuderstaudiug that

tributlou should be used for no other purpose than to^lmlld^ ihe^new what they thought be ought B re. It was replied that ft waa I m to determine. He then turned bis wife and asked her what a . thought be ought to give, and she suggested (5,000 as a proper amount. The representatives of the board aald they thought the church would be satisfied

iwiinued 0> partake ul i prepared hj* ‘ 1 1

a the all<«ed d

My review of the evidence lewd* me I Ibe conclusion tbat the deceased aa pueaeaaed of tostameutary capacy when be executed tire disputed K wr. and that the decree so declat and admitting the paper to pro hale aa hla last w ill and testament wa* proper to be made and must he (indorsed: 8. D. DlFKimo*, Renter. Filed Jenuary 3Rth, IHUV STEAMBOATS AHEAD

• More Ben.at Than i.ocomoMvea, Cltnle Boss Ttllwk. The Iasi meeting of the Clynta A F. ’ 1 as held at the home of Leonard Irear, * nmab. oawio eleven members being present, lire ■- — question debated was, "Resolved, Thai Ibe steamboat la of more value to wauklud ibau locomotive*.'' The speaker* were Kugene Miller and William Fampbell -the latter taking Fred. 'luunpkm't plaoe.i on the affirmative, ud Alvlu Doric aud Ueorge Norcom n the negative. The affirmative side ion by the score of 5 to 4. The judge* -ere p. Fadmau, (i. Hammond and H. Foulds. The question for the next debate i>, Resolved, That Htrerklau was a greater man than Sherman." Tire peakars selected are: Affirmative, P. Fadmau and W. Christian; uegath e, aul tbs (Store i Hammond and T. Hildreth. .r*aUsctoSlo L design waa selected for a haum and a hook for debates waa ordered.

t'aclnlaaag l.stterw. List of unclaimed letters remaining i tire Ocean City Port Office for the eek coding February 11,13J&:

AnaaiMCTon

the deciaration respectlug hla w ife putng thing, lu UJs drink lo poison k 1 —

-n this subject she declare* that i ne occasion he asked her If the ul some poison lo something she

Ivlug him, aud ou other oootsiotL sd auspiciously eyed ibe milk which he was administering to him. But hen It I. considered tbat for long before aud after this alleged conduct the deceased continued to teke, at hla own table, meals w bleb hla wife prepared, lo drink of coffee which she did not drink, and to take, at least at

- medli-lnea directed lo be ad-

ministered, from her bauds, and that this continued until hi*death, 1 do not think It too much to aay that It la uo-

e to declare' thal be hpd

charged her w Ith allemptiug to poison him, and ll 1. erroneous to deduct (herefrom Ibe theory of a delusion of

‘ itilng or attempilng to apiaon. ir was the ueuduct of the de-

ceased, if '* statement be takeu to be trite, Without indication that, however overhearing aud even brutal be waa, be had placed reliance upon her Judgment aud acted upon her suggestions. At the time the church was endeavoring to ralm money Tor the purpose of paying off