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Show Villa slMiiDUlib uliUilO LAnmiiiLl! Beneficiary Denies Use of Undue Influence in Making Mak-ing of Will. John It. Van Valkenburs, who cair j into public notice because of his sLorit j of flights to such places as the r.ort . pule in a mysterious airship, denied n j peatedly yesterday under cross - exam ina- lion before Judge John F. Tobin of the Third district court that he influenceo ! his mother unduly in the niakin of hei ! wi.l. C) un.se I for Mr. Van Vulkenburs had I pre vi(i:.iy brought out that he was l'oi ! a .short unio a patient in the state inon-' inon-' tal hospital at l'ro'o as a result of tl federal yovernniciU's investigation of h lanciiul sLoi-ius as to his aeronauta achievements. Counsel lor the contestant of the will reii;rreil to this in the eross-examinatic of Charles Henderson, who was associate with Vun Vulkenburg in the airsii; .stories and who was called as a witne: I in tiie probate proceedings with regard to the will. Counsel asi:ed him if 1 I still believed in tiie airsnip and he answered an-swered tnat he did. " He also was committed com-mitted to tbe state mental hospital at tl' lime Van alkenbury was tiieio and wa la i er released. Counsel for the contestant of the will, Mr. Van Vatkenburg's half-sister, calle William McUwan, paying teller of Zion Sa'inga Bank St. Trust company, yester-tlay yester-tlay as a handwriting expert. The wi L-li L-li ess testified that the signature of M rs. l'hnrna J. Van Valkenburg on the wi.l did not annpHp t r him tn hfi xactlv like that on a request signed by her for the appointment of V K. Wells as adrhinit traior of the estate of her deceased son, William W. Van Vaikenburg. The endeavor en-deavor is to support the contention ol counsel for the contestant of the will ths the signature was made by the aged woman wom-an while her hand was guided by thai of her granddaughter. Hearing of the case will be resumed this morning. |