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Show GIRL WEEPS WHILE LAWYERS QUIBBLE NEW YORK, April 21. A girl,, whose fiance went forth to fight for his flag four years ago, and from whom no word has come since the ,Wav of a charge on which lie was taken prisoner by the Germans, sat weeping in a Brooklyn court Thursday Thurs-day while Lawyers quibbled over what should constitute legal proof of his death. The girl "was ftfiss Eleanor R Knapp Her suitor was Krnest fhnrl-Lon fhnrl-Lon Mason of the 106th Unit-jd States infantry The cause of her presence In court was a contest brought by Henry K. Mason, the boy's uncle, of, . verbal wish, whispered to a comrade, com-rade, that If ho did not live i.hroupn tho charge, he wished all his esiaiej to go to his fiance. Attorneys for the uncle contended that the. certificate of death Issued by the United .Stales government did not j i on-ttltute proof of the soldier's deatd Attorneys for Miss Knapp r.rguedl that there was no question cf the death. Surrogate Wlngate reserved de. j . Islon |