BEQUEST TO MURDERER

Taranaki Daily News, 21 February 1931, Page 7

BEQUEST TO MURDERER

WILL) OF WOMAN VICTIM

JUDGE FORBIDS PAYMENT UNPRECEDENTED DECISION CANNOT TRY DEAD WOMAN By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. New York, Feb. 19. Court proceedings at Santa Ana (California) in connection with the will of Mrs. Palmer closed with Judge Scovel’s ‘ unprecedented decision that Mrs; Post was a murderer, despite the attorney’s plea to “leave her sleeping peacefully” and the assertion that since Mrs. Post was dead she would be unable to ba declared a murderer for it was impossible for her to be tried. Mrs. Palmer’s will left Mrs. Post £2OO and jewels. The former’s friends contended that the murderer or her estate ■ was unable to-receive the bequest from the victim. The judge upheld the assertion and ruled that “the murder confession is seen in the fact that Mrs. Post committed suicide; it was a prima facie case of murder.” The case recalls a sensation caused in social circles in America when Mrs. Palmer was found shot, apparently by Mrs. Post, who had then committed, suicide. Mrs. Palmer was a wealthy wo man and had befriended Mre. Post.