Show BRANSFORD TO GIVE EVIDENCE IN OWN BEHALF Mrs l Holmes Holmes' Counsel Finishes Finishes Fin Flu Cross examination in Suit f RELATES VERSION t OF GIFT 0 i Asked Fiancee to Wait Till Tin He Hc Could Earn foney Money for Honeymoon Wallace M. M f. f Bransford defendant In Inthe Inthe Inthe the suit of or Mn Susanna Bransford Holmes Holm to ref er ono half of ot tho c estate tate deeded by her adopted dau daughter Grace Emer Bransford to finished his testimony yesterday yesterday yes yes- es hr a afternoon on cX 11 examination nation b byth by bytho th the tho plaintiffs plaintiff's counsel after occupying I nil an of ot three days in In stiff questioning from front Jud Judge o W W. H H. Dickson of ot counsel for tor Mrs Mrs- Holmes Mr Bransford will wIH bo be held by his own counsel for tor redirect examination thu morning but it Il Is expected his testimony testimony mony at this time will be brief since ho l b be again called when the tho defense begins berIn their arguments argument Another witness for tor Mrs Irs Holmes will willbe willbe be b put on the stand following the re redIrect redirect redirect re- re direct examination of ot Mr 11 Bransford Many Objection CUed Cited At the beginning beginning- of 01 yesterdays yesterday's seSsion session ses su- sion postponement of ot the tho case caso duo to tor the tho epidemic of Influenza was lS discussed r with Ith the final decision that discontinuance I ance of the hearing was unnecessary I the audience had already been I excluded Considerable time yesterday was consumed con con- Burned umed In arguing objections 18 by do- do counsel to questions put b by Judge DIckson to the defendant t h ether eth- eth 1 er r Mrs Bransford expressed an nn opinion to her husband that she thought the I given ghon to Mrs Holmes by the probate court for tor tho the guardianship of 01 her Jer adopted daughter was an unjust amount was wan one of ot the questions ob- ob to Judge Stephens overruled o the objection tion and the tho question was put to Mr Ir Bransford who replied he had hod no recollection recollection rec rec- of ot her saying so Counsel also alo objected to Judge Dickson questioning questioning questioning ques ques- as to whether Mrs Irs Bransford knew that Mrs Irs White sister of ot l Ir Mrs Bran Bransford's tord's father tather A. A B. B Emery Emer- was In circumstances The objection was Kvas as sustained lu Story stor- of Questioned concerning the Bransford Cord previously hR ha had admitted was as given him by hl his fiancee Grace Emery antt anil which was as deposited to his Ills own credit in the bank Bransford asked Ithe if It he be might explain In tn his own way y about the money He was told ho he When hen I 1 first t asked Grace to marry me sue ho said I asked her If It she sho he would wn wait t until I I earned more money and she he said ald she sho would wait walt forever It went along with that understanding for tor some somo time Ume an and one nl night ht she said Why hy cant can't we be married now Why h should I wait around here for tor two or three years and bo be unhappy I 1 have havo all an anthe the money we will ever need Bransford went vent on to explain that the they sot set et tho the wedding date for tor September Septem Septem- ber bel 6 ts that he and his father tather had the eale of the tho greenhouses which his hilt father fa- fa ther owned in progress then and that Grace asked him to take tho the mone money from her account so 80 that the they could go on a a. wedding trip |