Show i SUING FOR MILLION S 0 tee the contest begins for the mark hopkins hoplins fortune Fort soi mom wins will or it attorney torney and witnesses calon galore widow hopkins lucky second on the stand under fire sept 23 the second day of the searles will case opened with a big crowd present the examination of mr air searles was continued witness and his wife went to europe november 23 1887 on a wedding tour previous to starting on the wedding tour mrs searles secured the funds about the trip was for eix six months and included witness his wife a ladys maid and rev dr clapp bis his wife and daughter he did not meet dr Sla blad dorany or any spiritualists on that trip he be knew charles bolles who he be believed called himself a harmony harm ony e scholar cholar or christian scientist but he never knew of hia his attending mrs searles either before or after their marriage timothy hopkins ll managed mrs airs searles He arlea affairs fairs up to the time of the partnership after the marriage while in europe E n I 1 the witness wife made over to 11 him in certain deeds at nice the suggestion of a partnership co came from mrs searles the articles of partnership co were here put in mary F searles edward F searles thomas E stillman and thomas hubbard were to ma manago manage all the property of the Searle sand sand pay the income to the parties mr and mrs searles to receive 45 per cent each and stillman and hubbard percent abard each 5 per cent income and if it did not amount to it was to be brought up to that amount by the sale of securities mrs hopkins became acquainted quain ted with w ith stillman and hubbard about a year before her marriage and on october 31 1887 stillman was given a power 0 of f attorney tr nay from mr searles andars and mrs hopkins there was also a general power of attorney from mrs hopkins to stillman and hubbard dated november 8 1687 this was the same date as a that of the marriage with a supplemental certification after marriage th this Is was never revoked to the knowledge of the witness the witness knew of the transfer trana fer of stock standing in ia her name to a firm a few days before her death the witness saw the after attorney noy in new now york five days before and told them her condition was critical did not learn that the transfer bad had been made until after her death could not eay say what the stocks were on their v value lue and did not know how howand and never never knew what the assets of the partnership co were never nover heard the amount stated the witnesses share of the income from the firm was 45 per cent but bo he drew both his and bis his cifes income and at her request used tha the money to taj pay the general household BI expenses benses the witness deposited tho the mone money y to bis his individual account a and ad drew drew checks against it barley then called for the check book the witness continued mrs searles bad had no individual bank account during the time they live lived d together he ile could not give the av average er annual profits of the c part nero but it was between 1000 an and i at tha the afternoon session another lower power of attorney was put in dated J luly 13 1883 from mary 0 searles to thomas F stillman and thomas hubbard this was a general power of attorney and contained a beclar declaration a that as s it was coupled with interest therein it was irrevocable A transfer was put in date june 18 1888 1898 from mary F searles to thomas F stillman of various railroad stocks and bud a note odthe of the pacific improvement go co tor for and chares shares of central pacific stock the aggregate amounting to th thirty arty six millions and this stillman in turn transferred to top F F searles and be he in turn transferred it if together with 1400 shares of washington building association stock in the scrip of the company and 1000 shares of united states bank stock which he be had bad received from his wife in trust to the question to mr searles what did your private estate consist of at the time of your marriage an adjournment was made to tomorrow to morrow morning |