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Show BRADFORD'S BANK BOOK IN COURT Handling of Wife's Money Is Testimony Topic in Will Case. Notwltatandlng the fact that Judge Harold M. tttephens ordered all spec-tutor, spec-tutor, who had crowded Into the courtroom court-room yesterday morning to hear th trial of the Holmrs-Bransford will suit to leave as a result of th epidemic of SpaniKh Influenza which has Invaded the city, large numbera attempted to enter the afternoon ae.aion and wer again refused sdmittance. Th suit has been brought by Mrs. 8usan Bransford Kmery Holmes agninut her nephew, Wallace Branaford, Brana-ford, to recover one-half of tha $800,-000 $800,-000 entitle left by her adopted daugh- ter. Mrs. Grace Brans ford. Mrs. Holmes alleges that undue Influence I was usad by Hranaford to have tho j will made in his favor. Hransford produced his psss book on the National Bank of the Republic to show that he had on deposit at the time of his engagement to Misa Kmery between $700 and $800, which he claimed ho had earned while employed in his father's greenhouses, in addition to a sum received from tho sale of tho greenhouses. The psss book showed a deposit of $3421. Tho witness explained under cross examination that only $421 of tha amnunt-waa his and that ha had ae-rured ae-rured the $5000 from his fiancee prior to their marriage, when Grace Kmery became 18 years of ago and heir to the fortune. Ho. was not asked: to state how he came to deposit the money on his account. ac-count. Branaford admitted that - sfter his marriage to (irace Kmery. he handled (all the accounte at tho bank and drew' I all checks. The account waa In tha name of Wallace Bransford until April, I 1918, when an account waa opened for Grace Bransford as well. He stated that both he and his wife slgnedwllls in favor cf each other. Ho ' I admitted under examination by Judge j . W. H, 1 tick son that he had no property other than that which his wife's mon- ey had purchased. He also admitted ' that he had paid hla personal notes ; ! with $150,000 received from the sale of I Hllver King and other slocks belonging ' to his wife. Court was adjourned until 10 o'clock i Monday morning, when Bransford will again resume his testimony. |