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Show - THS DAVIS WILL CASE. Taetarday'e Pror.f.ed!nKa In That Famous Trial Wire I'ndtartliy llittfrra.iut,- Tii ttk, Sept. 2. yestertby's proceedings pro-ceedings in tlie famous Davis will case wei'o of more than ordinary interest. The proponent, John A. Davis, was on the sianil, also A. J. Davis of tins iirst national bank, a nephew of the late A. i J. Davis, i ho tes'ilioil thai tlio signature signa-ture to the a'ieired v. i'lvias genuine. By mutual agreement of conn-el and consent of the court, a practical elicnii-c.il elicnii-c.il lot oi t iie ink in the nlleijed will take place in the presence of the court anil jury. Only one !ei;er in each of I the signatures of tl!.' test in r witnesses, together wit h a portion of l lie scroll !'ne 1 under the alleged similiire, was .siib- ' joeteil to tiie, te-t,. j I no coiiiestaiils, through lueii' c- I ports. Purvey Tollman of 'liicnifo, D:u MX. ( 'arvalho and Daniel T. Ames if Xeu- York, nnd Dr. William. K. .logauof Troy. N. Y.. have been icsti-.'yiug, icsti-.'yiug, claiming I hat too will was writ ten k'.'Ai nis'fosiu ink. which was not known l: ir manufactured until many years subsequent to the. lime the instrument in-strument was executed. They aNo claimed that, the signature of Sconce, tiie only living witness to the will, was wit eu wit Ii iron ink. The tests were conducted by II. L. Tollman for the cuiitcslanis, while i II. K. llcilecs of Boston, late stiperin- : lendotiL oi lots on the Union I'acilic V' st m, vepresi nleil the proponents. ; About au hour u :i-consumed iu making tliete-ts and lakiun i!io Ic-timony of. I bo c)ien - as In t he result . The, le:-L showed einieliis'r, civ nnd to tho satis- j fa. 'linn of the coiilc-lanls tbe correct-i In -s iif i In- evidence given by Hedges, i M vera I dayssinee, lit r t not only the body of the w i'l. but. all the signatures, ; w ore u -fit en u ii Ii logwood ink. which has been in use a period of forty yen rs. ; This! opinion was continued lodav by lite analysis, and the result ha-- e:m-ei ii O'-al ii t u . The court will present the $ M -e lo the jury in a few days and it is f . peeled that tiie result will bo known il.out li e ith instant. |