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Show TUB SBAKIjES WILL. leitlnonr of Win. W. Hodge, who Hrrrr up tho Will of (ho ll(ficl. WHAT MR. 8EARIC8 HAS TO DAY. Tho 1'npmlllon of Marriage Cmci froi i lln. Ilopllm, and lit Considered Consid-ered II for Wars. by TelrrrBr-b 14 Hit News I Tin. atari r noHAiir, liiaiirii nii..i la Ihe lolltl I.J Hi Una rUl-ui, Mass, Bert. SI Tim Injuring Injur-ing In Ibe Ktarlra Vt III ciw ortncd In tlm rrobatecourtlbli morning. Win. W. Dodgo testified la drawing up Iho wlllofltn.Hr.rli. It ni read to Iter anl sboslgnrd II, After declaring ltexprecdlier wltbe. Hho wa to all aipearauccnol sound mind. Witness Wit-ness mentioned drawing nuotlirr will and tlm court, on motion, ordered It produced. Incidental lo the injur!, ItwaaaUted tbat riraolby Hoklli Y.011II not bn conceded tho right toaii-I toaii-I rar aa tho adopted son. Ilurlelgh proceeded to crosa-cxamlne th witness, Ida main joint brine Ilia fart that Ilia uams "Timothy llop-kln"a llop-kln"a written In an jrrnt dlf. frirnt Ink In n I lank space Itft for a natne. Dodg tutcd that lilt lull res-lion res-lion wa that ho left th tco until ho gollo Mithueu, aa ho waa not aura whether Hiiro wai middl Initial. Ilo hail Imn Instructed to draw tho will leaving all the prorly to Mr. Hearlcs, aiidliliduly aa a liwjcr rr. Mulrad film to Inter! a tcclloti regarding regard-ing tho omission of tho namo of 'Ilniolhy Hopkins. Ilo cnllt.l tho special attention of Mr, heailes t'i this, and told her ho could modify It If she desired, but she alalefl that It ex-t ex-t rraMd her wlhee, and waa executed. m. M. Tbornlou, another wltiic to tlio Jit, corroborated tho last wltncs. Theiross-examluatlon showed that Iho witness could not read a luglo word. William O.Norrl, a third wllur to Uin will, corroborated the previous wltnoMr a to tlio execution of tho two will. Jlealao witnessed A will (trMr. Hcarlc alnco thadratliof Mra. Ussrle Mr. Ilurlelgh Asked tho executor to rroduce tlm will of Mary i:. H Hesrlr, laud .SnremUr, 1SS7. JuilgaUarmoti ruled that tho executors ahould produce pro-duce the will. Mr. Ilurlelgh elated that tlm raw waa. Tint, thai there wns not a itinlclcnt attoatalloii of the will, aecoud tint tho will mtbj procured ly unluelulluenreand fraud on llm pari of 1-dward W. Hemic and aoire confederates, aud third, that the testa-ttlxwanut testa-ttlxwanut of aound and disposing mliidat thu tlmo the will waa made. Mr. 11 irleliiu then called IMward I'. Kearlra to (he wltnta stand. lu the aflernouti aerslou tho examination examin-ation of Kcatlu waa continued. Ho lint met Mr. Hoi kin In Han 1 rauclaco lu March, 1691, Koine to her homo with a letter of Introduction to Imk over her house. Jl met htr several timet, going QU excursions Into the rouutry, twlco with hereon and her dauxhlir In-law. Ho thou detailed hla acqtialntauce anl visits lo Mra. JInikln.. The Oral proposition of marrlago Uta itii the Iwo came from Mr.lfoi-kln. Mr.lfoi-kln. In .Now Ywk In the fall of 1681. J lo did hot aueutto It for a year, but In Derotnlier, 1SSI, ho enlertalnod tho propiulllon. lie knaw at the time that lira, llnpklna waa born In lS.il, and waa t cut) -one )eara hlaeeulor, lie had never reloutly proponed marriage mar-riage to nnyonr. Uoull not well Iheln knowlnz that Mra. Jlnpklna waa li lady of laigo- ineana. Ilo delayed the I ropolllon of marilage to give her a chance to be euro aho waaaatUrleit,andf alter ho entertained It, delayed the marriage for three year In the anrlng of laid he wint to Florida aa the guet o Mra. Ifopklna In her 1 Urate car. Kite w a aicomi anlrd b MlaaCa, if Harrington. The nltnrai, from USJ to HS7, waa auitrlii(endlng tlio hulluing of Ml, llopklna1 houio at Ureal Jlirrlugton. He had undirttood that luraou, Timothy, In connection with the railroad poopii, niauagod horalfaln Jlehad hieu told by Mra. llonklna that lliuolhy had oljectrd to the marriage, but rherlihtil no III will toward him for It. Tho ngreamont of mairlage waa entered liitolii rlirtemlier, 13T, ou vritmia Iait, touuio he greatly udmlred her. In reply to a ouiatlon, he aald bo tuairled her for all tbat tho had, both lure and money but ahould nevtr liava married her fur money alone. He did not know of the will made on thnilty of thn marriage, .NovumIktS, 1S7. until aflerhirdcalh, but did not tlilnk that It waa Intentionally made Milud hla back. A marriage contract, indent thn name time, waaabolut lihoiiTeylngbyMra. iiopklu to T. I . Htllluuu, iruttee, lor the benefit of 1-dward rloarha, alter the tiurrloji.tlio nun, Ion in Han f-'ranclam; lull roted and unimproved Ian 1 In Hncrainento; nountalu land In Humnilt and Hoda Hrlug, C'al; nduood and timber lanja on the Itoul rnngo, two iiarcola of luarryland: tho Ureal Harrington roierty, an I four lota on Ninth atreet, ' ork. Thla contract wa canceled JunolU, 16M. Tho heatlnijf adjourned till tomorrow. Villi Imprarl, ll.rtl. HniiuiT. Beit. :. An OltAwa, int., peolal aiy rhla attirnoon In Jim Common Letter buyii notlco that he will nnko an lju earliment of J, (.. Haggrrt, Imtmaakr geniral, In ron etlloti with tin. rantiniiiloiior nec-llnn nec-llnn of the ranadlau l'aclllo railway, rboihargo will be that, while a mem-lrof mem-lrof the niliil.tri.Haggerl waa Inter-iled Inter-iled In lhl lonlracl, given by the foveinuient fir the comtruotlon of hat part of the rallany which run "iweon Kimwalln and Kaghi river ltnnit ti iiti,t that llniu a mom-!M.f mom-!M.f lw ,mln Wry, bilug slvon a lortfolloonlylulSbo. |