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Show - - - - -- ' t 1 t . j ; . v . ' , I - .. ' ' V II l2 J. i I -- JL )r lieirc's Tlfc Lived Lc;r Jbn'nc . . - - - ...... - 5) 0 0 0 0 0'g) g) 0 0 0 . 0 Q Q THE "WITNESSES Two Frenchmen. Luclen Mas. and M. Moranne. ' , WHAT THET WILLSWEAR TO-That Charles L Fair died before his wire. . - ..- ; -, . : .:: .. ; :. v'. ; THE POINT OF ISSUEMrs. Oelrich and :Mr.-W.yK.VanderbIlt . 5.- will attempt to have the testimony thrown out . 15. THE STAKE Six million dollarsthe entire fortune ' of Charles L. .Fair. . . ... . ,v . . ... - ( 0 0 ; 0 ' ' I a number of. witnesses also. 'Affidavits have been secured from all these wit-. nesses to the accident.' and if all these I witnesses do. not. come to. this country to testify, the case Is likely to drag interminably. in-terminably. . t . . .... - 1 The contest over the millions of the father of Charles Fair cost $800,0001. - - eiBssBSSMeiaKaessMBsBssssjsasBssBssaassseBslBSMsfeBi ' ' ' NEW YORK, March '80.i-The real . fight for the millions of Charles L. Fair was begun when Judge Greenbaum, Jn J the Supreme court, decided that two t witnesses who were brought to this country, by the heirs of Mrs. -Fair wiU give "their testimony on April 7th at a hearing before ex-Judge Keener. These two witnesses will swear that they were present at the time of .the accident and that they saw Mrs. Fair die several minutes after her husband. K ' Lucien Mas and M. Moranne are the X nams of the two menT They came from I'rance laat week, and are now careful-f careful-f ly guarded by the lawyers "for the Nei-;; Nei-;; eons, . . N m If their testimony is accepted it wiU. mean that, the six millions of the late Charles Fair will be distributed among the heirs of Mrs. Fair. It it is not ac-, ac-, . cepted. it meahe that the wealth of Mrs. William K. VanderbUt, Jr.. and Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs wil be greatly added to.' ' - ' Kvery effort to see the two men on - whom so much rests was thwarted yes-t yes-t terday by the lawyers for the heirs of Mrs. Fair, Beekman and Chandler. They , are guarding the men so closely that probably not three persons in New York M know where they are. : An order has been obtained from Judge Greenbaum directing ex-Judge Keener to take depositions today of the two Frenchmen who have been brought here to tell their story, but this order was amended to allow the defendants defend-ants to be better prepared for the case. Eleven other witnesses who will testify testi-fy that Mrs. Fair survived her husband will also be brought here during the next week and will appear at the hearing. hear-ing. , ' - . For months Frank I." Hyde has been In Paris collecting evidence to support the contention-that Mr. Fair died first There were persistent rumors yesterday yester-day that a compromise had been effected effect-ed by which the heirs were to be paid Z $250,000 in settlement of their claims, but these were quickly proven unfounded. Mrs. Nelson, the mother of Mrs. Fair. " has been very ill at the home of her ' daughter near Montclair, but Is' recov- I ering,' and expects to be present when the hearing begins.. - Edmund. Kelly, representing the Fair . heirs, has also been collecting evidence in France, and will probably bring over |