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Show FLIES FORGERY AID Carmody with a paper apparently faded fad-ed and time stained, which read: "Agreement made this 24th day of January, 1SU2, between Cyrenleus C. Townsend and Mary J. Townsend, of the town of Jerusalem, Yates county, N. Y., parties of the first part, and Harriet Eaves, party of the second part. In consideration of , parties of the first part agree to take Charles Eaves, son of Harriet Haves, and give him a good education and at our death he is to have all of our property, providing pro-viding we have no children of our own, and if we do have children then he shall share equal with them. "It is further agreed that Harriet Eaves gives up all claims on her son and will not try to get the boy away. "CYRENIEUS C. TOWNSEND, "MARY JANE TOWNSEND, "HARRIET A. EAVES." The case is now on appeal in the appellate division, which among other questions will have to consider the startling theory proposed by expert Hamilton: That for the first time in history flies helped to forge a document. Interesting Legal Battle Over Will in New York. Attorneys for Heirs Claim Insects Were Used to Give Written Agree-: Agree-: ment Appearance of Age Son Finds Document. I New York. Up in central New York for four years a remarkable law case has been going on, the World Bays. Frank B. Townsend for four years has been trying to prove that he is the legally adopted son of rich old Cyreuioua C. and Mary Jane Town-send. Town-send. One of the most important documents doc-uments In the case is a time-worn, fly-stained fly-stained slip of paper dated January 24, 1SG2. The defense has attacked this on various grounds. That the signature is not genuine. That somebody sweetened the paper to make flies light on it and give it the appearance of age. Townsend. the contestant, Is the son of Harriet Eaves, a widow -with four children, who was taken to the almshouse alms-house forty-nine years ago. The Towusends, who had no children, had the almshouse physician bring one of the Eaves hoys to their home. He was returned in a few days and a brother was substituted. This one they kept, and he, now a man over lifty years of age, is trying to prove that he was kgnlly adopted. In 1905 Mary Jane Townsend died, nnd a month later Cyrenleus followed her. They had had no children and both died without niaKing a will, and a horde of Townsend heirs appeared as claimants. : Frank mude application to the surrogate's sur-rogate's court to be appointed administrator, admin-istrator, as son of the estate. The application was denied, proof being lacking of legal adoption. Immediately Immediate-ly after the Perry-Townsend suit ended end-ed Frank began In earnest to make Inquiries. He sought out old men who had been intimate with Cyrenieus Townsend and from them learned of remarks that his foster father had made. ; The cay following the search Frank appeared before Attorney Thomas |