| Show A STORY or OF A WILL ax n ilal cr copied from na an exchange in ala D A f few banco am 1 aa that a will waa a t forgery ag bal comas canno of tho the peculiar ruling rating of the pap paper or ou oil which chich it at was writ written clao man who did the ibo ruling riving giving positive that the ibo paper va w N 4 ruled after the into date of tho the will in 11 reminds tho the writer of a some what benvil fir serve in ia churco court on an a contorted contested will told him years since by the late lat ilon hon joba 0 G miller lil illel of this thin city squire willor f n at ibo e ta timo not 0 tho the inan incident dent occurred was waa quite a young rivers prep turing himself for the th practice of law ahta bould pub abo almo of tho the transaction about tho the begu loving of tho the present century 11 in ono one of the eastern counties of virginin trembled amod it a rich planter tho the owner or of A toju able estate and A large number of if clarca ho hall had neither wife nor dor child but had bad sm mi onerous blood relations with whom ho he bod bad for gains boma cause or other 0 til er hut but little inter course years lieford the suction hip bened an aa englishman of fair education and great shrewdness camo came into the neigh as a as a small plantation adjoining that of the planter soon after there grow up tip till nn in inacy between the it 0 tho Lugli ahmon being employed as aa tho the agoot agent of the in most moat of hin bin brio uness bearol after when tho the planter died a will aiu aas as produced which devised tile tho embate slaves mlucy valoy aud and all aji lm bin other effects effect to tho the Engh englishman danian the will was cont contested eted by the rii relate a i and efforts made to prove it n forgery forger so nil the whole neighbor I 1 a od bu be loved it to be although not dot on good tense with hir bin laten re iol fUlce yet tile tho old knab wan proud of his hii namo name nad and of his big nud and expressed an ol of leaving it to ono him coppins coi ipina a mho he lore jhb mine name tho the beat bogat talent of the state was employed and tho the progress of the trial ww win watched with peculiar inter cal flit fl it of ibo cho witnesses to the will but on 0 rise A living linn Us iio swore that lie iio mar it signed anti ami at ab the particular of the planter he bo had bad kept too the matter a secret ibo be other acer a of high stand ing Q v mas is dead d wg ing but a short abort time after the will was wa made to the genuineness of his signature the suit euit against flautist flau this rela relatives end wan tip ftp pealed to a higher court chero after tho the usual laws delaa dola tho the deetion df alon of tho the court abdow a itwara Iti nallen liken to tho the highest court tho the 6 court for tho the correction of and there sit on some question of law it 16 wan vw pent ant lack back to bo be tried it a second time in the court ino in which alich the iho suit aib i wait originally confuse commenced vicel ou on the adny for tho ewt atif of tho the cease the old virginia Virgi nii coult house make crandall tho the Engh nih mi to give their evidence still stronger iu in favor of the iho validity of tho the will A yong lawyer who was engaged ou on the 0 o title 0 of ills contestants after actor the evidence nas through addressed the iho court tho the crowd was so BO deng danao in tho the room Mors in order to me blocked up the cho window vivis dows in front so 9 tho the lacht in tho the court room was from A window md it in ili front of 0 the young lawyer in n address inythe ing tho court end jury lie ha picked flicked up tip tho contented enill to tend rend A portion of it the light fight from tho the window HODO through the taller when suddenly tho the lawyer wasp observed to turn pale and grasp tho the choir chair before him to prevent falling to tho the floor I 1 ac ceril era of bill hi frion friends I 1 los nishca I 1 to a ilia ass A I 1 9 t A but ho he waived waive dehem them off and in a voice plow yet distinct said mid may it plicato tho the court this thin will is ia a forgery I 1 by it to the light you will tb paper lis a water mark i b tbt a late dato it WM mode that oita dat 19 bopre greb t than two yeara later theira tho the dato data of at tho the w will ill and loo 0 o yea after tho the death of ono one of the cho abo i n forgery for cory lui an your honor will MO so by it you yon and the iho I 1 gh the pidge judge took the abo plow the abo water kiark suit pronounced tho the will a forged one enoi while linn drain ft reeve verve being onn onnetta etca a slight notes visa M heard in tho the lobby by tho the I 1 numbing iua liln bla big way the throng but no notice vias taken cf f it A by tile interested aton of course conrao tho the jury re tormad a verdict in n favor of the natural helm tha tak hoidge mgt ordered abo of to ho L but bill bo be had w aall anoon its as tho the aier ii cr mork mark and date dat bo be left the court room mounted his hia liono and left ill taft Gou country ho WM wait indic forg corcory a irge reward was fv fot his apan a ion awn but b be boyr wn wait captured ell his hi tool tile tl Im imster 0 surviving no vil al aho vho liboro a to tho the aligning ii gnu of 0 im false aalf DUS |
