Show LOVE LETTERS WILL BE READ to decide the disposition of an estate of millions chicago jan 9 A to the chicago tribune from clinton ills says ays A worn bunch of love letters lotters from 1 colonel thomas snell the eccentric millionaire who lied died here several months ago ta his grand niece ma ata hell bell snell Ie cN Namara mara are to decide the It imato ds of o of cf the snell ote 4 I 1 all the letters now aro are in the hands of judge IV 0 cochrane aud will he be read oday when the tal baltin tin ing of 0 evidence in the famous case to te begun the letters are said to contain tile the I 1 details of a bizarro bizarre lovo love story the lovo love of a wealthy malthy mail who long ions hud had 11 P passed assed his allotted threescore three score years ind anil ten for ills his niece who then was but 24 years old 1 1 that ills his affection was waa recipe reciprocated located is proved by tho the tenor of the replies replie sr of the latter now mrs mcnamara I 1 i the evidence to be offered Is said to include a long list of chocks and bums of amonoy which col snell rave gave to 1113 niece from time to time rabe cash it if will be declare tl in court amounted al ap proximately to while re allez 1 tato valued at was transfer red to her i the question which the jury W will III bry I 1 called upon to decide is whether these thes acts are an indication of affect affection ibn of 01 the old man for his niece or whether they prove that mrs exer ed cd an evil wrongful and immoral in fluence over him S attorney edward J sweeney senior counsel for richard snell tho 4 living son of the dead millionaire and anda who is endeavoring to break tho the expects to prove that such undue in I 1 fluence was exerted he also expects expect li to prove that the he old man was a mono 0 danlag nan lac duo due chiefly to the h hypnotic int in fluence of the young woman x I 1 S |