Deseret Evening News | 1905-12-28 | Page 3 | Contest Over Will Of Mrs. Jennie P. Chase

CONTEST OVER WILL OF MRS JENNIE P CHASE CHASEt t Salem Mass Dec Deo 28 During tho hearing yesterday In the contest over the will of ot Mrs Jennie P Chase Charles O G Chick a lawyer laer of no ton that he had as till counsel for Mrs Chase Cha the In The witness stated that on Nov No 11 1002 he drafted u II will for tor Mrs which left her estate to her brothers and sisters Mrs Chase the tho continued said that her hus husband band had half hair of ot her Income sho hf did not care to do any an moro for him At U the tho time Mrs rp Chase made I luie an nn the witness declared setting forth that Mrs III Chase did not lIt wish Woodruff as she sho culled called her hel hus hUR banda hanel son to Inherit her MI property provert Tho adoption the thEl affidavit continued was secured through the of ot J r Chase ChulI who began the thu subject long Ion II before his marriage to her find 1111 sho Aho wished to make n I record some MmE somewhere where to show that she he did not adopt her husbands son on of her own frei tret will I Mr Ir Chick stated three witnesses saw Mrs Mn Chas sign the will which hn he had hod drawn hut but he could not remember who they were Ir At t this time he said lIall Mrs rs Chase toll told him that her husband had compelled her hel to make a previous preUs will that she ho dill did not lIot wish wl h It to stand For that reason the lawyer lawet Inserted a 1 nil 1111 former wills will made by 11 Mrs Dr Chase the tho husband of ot Jennie P ChasA on the witness stand paid cald that Mrs Chase did not believe In 11 astrology although she visited every fortune tell teller teller er within JO 20 miles of o her home H Jilt wild that after visits visIt Mrs Chase Invariable remarked That stuff Is 14 nil rot Dr Chuse Chust said that he was a II believer In astronomy and ami astrology The contestants conte lire are brothers and sis sill sisters of Mrs Irs Chase who p will 1111 loft J to a II son bon of or Dr Chose e by b a 1 previous whom sh sho had IP I gall adopted