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Show BRANSFOHD WEEPS All STAHD- Defendant in $800,000 Will Suit Overcome by Emotion When He Testifies Before Jury WALLACE HUANKKORD.dn-f.-mlant in the $800,000 unit instituted against him by Mm. Susan Brmisfonl Kmery Holmes, liroke down and wept upon tha wlinraa atand at lha continuation con-tinuation of tha hearing before Judge Harold M. Htephena in tha dletrld rourt today. Mra. Holmes seeks to rrrovrr one-half one-half of the estate left by her adopted daughter. Mra. Oraoa Kmery Hrena-ford, Hrena-ford, who waa tha defendant's wife Mra. Holmes rhargea that tha defendant de-fendant used tindun Influence In hav-Inc hav-Inc hia wife make out a will In hla favor. W. W. Ray,' rounsel for tha defense, dlrected'the attention of tha court to tha fart that ftransford waa overcome wltha amotion and asked for an ad-Journmrnt ad-Journmrnt Tha request waa denied, but tha court directed that a different line of questioning ahould be conducted con-ducted until tha wltneaa reg-ulned hia eompoaura. Hranaford broke down while detailing de-tailing tha affection that existed between be-tween him and hla late wife. WIFE SUPPLIES CASH. Continually making an effort to control hla emotion, Hrannford related how he had propoaed marriage to Orace Kmery ajid had been accepted. He told of telling hla fiance that ahe muat wait two or three yeara until he waa flnonclnlly able to marry, hut that aha Inaleted on hia taking $!0i0 of her money and depositing It to hla credit In hla bank. Mlsa Kmery had Juat come Into a large fortune on her eighteenth birthday, and told him that they might aa well be happy with her money. He teatlfted that he tnld hla aunt. Mra. Holmes, that he and (irace were golne1 to he married and that ahe en I.I aha wanted (irace to go abroad wllh her and that they would not get a rent of her I Mra. Holmea') money. Branaford elated that he tnld hla aunt, that aa aoon aa he waa married he would tell hla wife thai ahe waa not hla cntialn. aa ahe had Iteen brought, up to believe, hut that ahe was an adopted daughter of Mra. Holmea Mra. Holmea aaked him not to tell thla, but aa he did not wlah to deceive hia wife any longer, he told her aa aoon aa they got on the train after the ceremony. NEWS IS WELCOME. Hhe told him that the newa hud made her happier than anything ahe had ever heard In her life, he testified The wltneaa tcetlfied Ihnt his wie did not cure to go to aee her mother, nor have her coma to aee them, be. auaa Airs Holmes alwaya hurt her rerllnKS. He related aa a specific instance in-stance how Mra. Holmea came to see Mrs. Biansford and waa arrnwn a clear! which aha had had mnile for her clothes and fitted with gUaa doors Mrs. Holmes merely t wa nice and aeemed uninterested, and as ai result ha found hla wife In tears mon i his return home In the evening ' Ilransford testified that he had no knowledge that a will had l.een niHrle I In hla favor hy Mra. Branaford aliout the time nf their marrlat until told so hy IV w. Iloyd recentTjT- j The witness told under examination of his hiiNinesa transactions from Ihe time of his marriage, when he took , chnrge of his wife a eatute, until her death. |