| Show FORCE PLOT IS REVEALED I Letter of Dead Man As As- Asserts Asserts He Was Tortured Tortured Tortured ed By Captor I ILOS LOS A ANGELES reb Feb 13 Trial of E E B Boston's Easton's federal court suit agaInst the estate estale of oC o hi Ills his former I business te 0 1 I Brant and a number of oC o for Cor Coron foran oron on an accounting ol ln 1 more than 1 cimo mo to an unexpected I climax Thursday nhen hen tho defense deCene a lellow ellow it signed by Brant three scars ears before his ith lh Ie III In 1922 accusing Easton ol ot ha ho haing Ing him held him prisoner and under threats of death forced him hint to sign numerous not notes es and doeu documents ments I The accusation Easton placed In evidence through the ho tea tea- tes testimony of o Da Dald DaId Id Brant son of o tho dead manas man was sas admitted only after heated argument bet een counse I n is r IC I vi ritten In Ink the seven page It alleges that on March larch 28 I 1919 slon In Brant Dram ho ho I a as i then thenIce hen Ice Ice and ond gen gen gen- general general eral manager of or the Title Insurance ance I aneo ance and Trust Tru-t company to accorn- accorn accompany pany party pany him on an automobile trip to look 0 over oer er some property properly This trIp took then lo to an Isolated house here herp the lt continues Easton Easton Easton ton and z p confederate seized Brent Brant boun and pigged lr him hint and then took him to Cuton's gainge gal age here they forced him to sign file p p bearing on Important business deals After Arter a time lime Brants Brant's statement adds I I Mas na taken to the cellar where cellar h re the lun fuin vas nas burning and phen gien piper per and anel pencil and forced to rite ante an agreement to Rive give Ive him hint raton 1 corn com com mission out of the Imperial Val Val- Valley Valley Val Valley ley Irrigation district deal If it It nent ent ent tin ough A MAS AS Enforced signing ng of o other pi 1 pipers pers Is ts described and ond then con con- con continues continues th the writer I I was so sore In every ery joint and muscle I would I h e bought thing at any price position to 10 get out of oC o my cramped 1051 tion with the result tint thit he signed more notes nOles and an n o agreement to pm chase a 0 house lot foi 34 24 U Brants Brant's widow and son IdentIfied d the n writing o as Brants Brant's and told hon hn on the date mentioned In the affidavit II Brant hid Ppe dis m mysteriously and had not returned to his home for three do das davs s When he did return his clothing was nas as torn hi Ills wrists a chafed his mouth bleed bleed- ing In Inand bleedIng and his l appearance sick oleIc and tired Mrs Br nt said adding I Wh When n I 2 asked him where here he be beI hod been he be would not tell me I Later he told her she testified te that It If an an anything thing happened to him a sealed scaled cm elope to be found In A Il certain drawer would a auld c explain e eer er en thing This envelope ac- ac accordIng according according I cordIng to the tho sons son's testimony nas Introduced found to contain the tho affidavit In In- In traduced Thursday |
