OCR Text |
Show Pierce, that Rebecca Winkoup waa of unsound un-sound mind when she made her will and that undue1 Influence had heed used. Old man Wvnkoup's motive lav behind the fact that the property of Rebecca, 110,000 in secured notes had been left to Brown mire servedly. except two sums or tMO each left to a nephew and a niece in Springville, Utah. 411 the testimony yesterday went to disprove dis-prove the theory of insanity and on the contrary con-trary showed that the deceased was a woman of Mod sound mind and intelligence. The strange part of the story is that when the will was entered for probate it was learned that Rebecca Wyucoup was in fact Rebecca Robertson, having been married to a man whom she had left a good many years before, and from whom she had only been divorced in the December of 1890. When Brown told his story he admitted that he had lived with Rebecca Wynkoup and hml borne her In high regard and esteem. He had taken care of her for twelve years, supported her, and that just before she left for California he had made over to her the estate which the had willed back to him fl0,tHi0of personal property in the shape of notes secured by mortgages. Brown claimed that the money was his own by every light and that he bail only endorsed over to her the notes that wi re given to him. Today J. 11. Harris, a former acquaintance and friend of Mrs. Rebecca Robertson Wj n. koop. Brow n, was put upon the stand, and testified that she was a woman of strong intelligence in-telligence and good memory, A bitter tight is in progress over the little, fortune left by the woman, ami it is understood that the affiant! have affidavits up their sleeves that w ill put a different construction on the will. WYX K01T-IM 1HERTS0N - KTl . The Tanprle that Is living Slowly Id-raveled Id-raveled in the Probata. Court Over a Iail Woman. Judire Hartch took up the Wynkoup contested con-tested will ease yesterday, and it furnished a choice lot of scandal from out of the past. Kebeeea Wynkoup, who had lived in the Seventh ward for the twelve years previous to as Mrs. H. F. Hrow n. In that year her health failed and she went to Los Angeles, where she grew much worse, and died last November, llrown who had figured as her husband so tWg went to California and took charge of the remains w hich lie buried, tin his return to this city he entered Ihe wlH Of Rebecca Wynkoup for prol ate, Sling the usual notice to heirs which was published and went abroad. The response thai this notification brought was n notice of contest from Btttt. nei Wynkoup, the father of the deceased, ii-ho fevered through his attorney, Frank |