| Show HEIRESS S J WAS UNINFLUENCED SAYS WITNESS Justice Frick Friek Avers Coercion Coercion Coercion Coer Coer- cion Was Vas Lacking Nc- Nc vadan Testifies Justice John E E. Prick Frick of or tho the state supreme court testified In tho Holmes Holmes- Bransford n cn p vp yesterday r a that h ht h. had hal signed the last will made b by Mrs Irs Bransford and that during their conversation con con- and the signing I of or the con I will vill he ho had seen no evidence of ot coercion menace or undue Influence Ho lie said that as far tar as I In Ito was waH able ablo to I Iju ju Judge e In tho short time that he talked 1 with her she sho was Intelligent and ca ca- pable I The rest of or the day was devoted d to examining W W. A. A Keddie of or Elko Ehko Nov Nev I president and general Jeneral mana manager cr of or the Williams corporation lion Mr I r H a and nil Wallace Bransford were schoolmates In Plumas county country California He lie said that he had seen Been Grace Bransford when sho was vas a C little girl Irl about 10 years old and that at that time he ho was impressed with the thought thAt thiu she was wag a bright ht healthy active C girl After Arter she sho and Wallace were married the witness and h his wife wiCe and Mr and Mrs Bransford took many hunting trips together and tho the entertained the Bransford family faintly at their home on the tho Gold Creek Cleck ranch In Nevada ada Mr Ked Keddie le testified He lie said that he lie hadnot had hadnot hadnot not known that Grace Bransford suffered suf sur- fored from Crom any heart trouble during during- all nil these hunting trips The witness declared that II he lie once had advised ad tho the to arrange their business affairs so BO that there would bo be no controversy after r either cither wn was dead lie Ito added that h he had hall given JI this tIll advise c to them after he had hall had Rome some disagreeable litigation over o the estate of or his In father When hen asked by hy coun counsel l for Cor h the he plaintiff to give In some Home specific Incident of the this this- agreeable litigation atlon he responded that the tho ho had hall given ghen th the attorneys In Iii the case made the strongest Impression sion slun upon his mind The Tho attorneys R for Cor the tho defense and counsel 1 for the plaintiff had hud several se arguments as to io whether the tho witness Is IsI was being unduly cro cross s Mr Ir Ke was waR under cro examination cross I when whet court adjourned |
