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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF
WILLI.AJ!A.o.CRATTY
AND NOW,August 20,192~,
being adjudged that the fore
ing non-cupative will has beel
ly proved by the oaths of Dr.
S.Sickman and Sarsh Booth i1 is
reLy admitted to pnobate and r-
red to be recorded and Letter ot
ninistration C.T.A.are issue to
W.Hastings who was duly qua
ied and filed an approved boni.
a Executor named in the will nd
t e widow filad their right to d-
m nister.
John Aiken,Register.
WILL BOOK 38,PAGE 373
Roy I.Carson
Attorney-at-Law
Charleroi,Fa.-
...O.HALY co.,....B~AHK••4 ••"'OUATH AV&••~tTT••U".'"
late of ..
Non-cupative
Appltratiou for 'rohatt of Iftll of V./:q..~:I:A..M.A··g~·A~~~i~TRATION·C~T .A•
.......deceased,and ~rant of 1!Jdtrrs ~UiK~
REGISTER'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON COUNTY,(-ss.:
Before the Register of Wills of Washington County,personally
appeared
says that
E.
~lIl.JLIA.M
CHARLEROI
W.HASTINGS
A....O.CRATTY.
who being duly sworn
late resident of
.a citizen of lJ .'.~~..
died at.11:.50 o'clock p.m.,on the..1411 .day of .....July..A.D.1924
leaving an estate of the estimated value of $2500.00
personalty. said real estate being located in
realty,and $...4000.00.
House and Lot situate ...on Center Avenue,N.Char1er..oi,Pa.
testator has not .married and
born since the execution of the will offered for probate.
Petitioner prays that the paper writing filed herewith dated.
.no..
14th.
.children have been
......dayof
July ,1924 .........may be admitted to probate as the last Will andAdministrationC.T.A.
Testament of said decedent,and to grant Letters Tl!9tmelitiiry thereon to
E.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
2011 day of.Aug.A.D.1924.
...OL~.1-Register
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Will Book.Page .
WILL OF
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Deceased
Late of.............N.CHARIE ROI...................--.
Letters Granted AJJgL..?Q 192~.
unto E..t W.L..@.S.~.J:~G.$.
...............................CHARLERO.I .
Filed A.D.192 ..
.......ROY.....I.......CAB.S..y.A'i1.ATJ:1Y_--.
ESTATE ()F
l..'I::'LI .:.C:?TTY.................................................................................................DECEASED.
,'IDOl'!The undersigned ~~-.--.-..-----and heirs
of ::~.~f:..~.r.~)A...•c:.3-:~?;'.IT._.._-.Iate of :.:9.3J'H..__Q~P:..'~_1:J1]Q.J.J..
deceased,hereby renounces JiE.R.---right to administer on 1.13 _ _estate and
respectfully asks that Letters of Administration be issued to ~.~?~~.~.~.r~.r::_.~__ -..-.
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ESTATE OF
WILLIAM A.OaATTY ..DECEASED
The undersigned Charleroi Sa.-y.l:rlg s and'l'r.llSt_c.0IIl;P~ny .named :F.:xe.9utobW ilEa
in nuncupative will of above decedent
ri ..0..0 00 0..0000 ·0 . .0·0 .•....0··.00..late of .N.orth.Charleroi.,
deceased,hereby renounces i tS right to administer on.:tl~.li5......estate
as Executor C.T.A.
and respectfully asks that Letters of AdministratiOIvbe issued to ...JJ:·..W~..~~f).~~Ilg~...~._
Signed in presence of:
C~I;;:NG~:..TRUST COMPAliY
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1st Vice-Pres.
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LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF
WILLIAM A.O.CRATTY.
Everything is for you Ma.ude,everything is for you Ma.ude;
let the Sa.vings and Trust settle the estate.
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T EST I M 0 N Y---------....
Taken at the Offices of Roy I.Carson,Esq.,on
August 20th.1924 to prove the nunoupative will of
William A.o.Cratty.
Testimony taken before John Aiken,Register of
Wills of Washington County,Penneylvania.
DR.A.S.SICKMAN:-SWORN
Examination by John Aiken,Register.
Dr.,you attended William A.o.Cratty,during his illness?
Yes sir.
~ill you just state what his illness was?
Two gunshot wounds,one in each thigh.
Can you giva me the date?
July 14th.
jWhat time?
II About 9 :00 or 9 :15 in the evening.
Where did you attend him?
At my office and at the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital.
Ican you state the date of hi s death.
He died on the same day as the accident.
at time?
About 11:00 or 11:15.
he physically incapacitated at the time he made the will?
Yes.
As to his mental condition at that time,was it good?
He had a good mental condition.
Did you hear him express himself as to making of a will?
Yes sir.
Was that made in your presence?
Yes air.
He was lying in the operating room,Mrs.Cratty came in,they
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Can you state,in your own words,what he did.
IIIspoke to each other by name.She called him Will and he called
her Mom.She made an expression something similar to,"V/hat am I
going to do?"I said to him,I~O you want to say anything elae?"
He said,"Yes."I said,''What is it?"He said,"I want everything
to go to Mom.It She said,"Oh my,what am I going to do?"He said,
"Let the Savings and Trust settle it.1t
Who was present?
I believe his two daughters,Miss Booth and his brother,r.
Cratty,and his wife and Steve Woodward.
Are you sure that Mr.Cratty made these statements with the inten-
tion of disposing of his estate?
I am.
His condition was such,that you had him ordered to the hospital?
Yes sir.
Rather than to his home?
Yes.
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MISS SARAH BOOTH:-SWORN
I Examination by John Aiken,Register.
IMiSS Booth,were you present at the hospital on July 14th,1924,
when William Cratty was a patient there?
Yes sir.
How did you happen to be there?
Dr.Sickman sent for the family to come.I was at the home of
Mrs.Cratty and the girls had preceded her to the hospital and
then later,she and I,accompanied by r.Woodward part of the way
and then Mr.Woodward called a car to take us the rest of the way
and Dr.Sickman took Mrs.Cratty to the operating room.
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Did you go to the operating room?
Yes.
Just to accompany Mrs.Cratty?
Yes.
Did you hear any conversation while in there,between Mr.Cratty
and Mrs.Cratty?
Yes sir.
Just state,in your own words,what it was.
Dr.ickman was with her and I was wi th her,and they recog-
nized each other as Will and Mom and she asked what ahe would do.
Re said,"Everything is for you Maude,everything is for you Ma.ude.'
Was he,in your opinion,physically able to write a will?
He could not have written.
Vlhat was his mental condition in your opinion,was he conscious?
Yes,I know he was conscious.
He knew everything?
Yes.
In your opinion,when he made this statement,did he wiSh every-
thing to go to his wife and did he know that he was disposing of
his estate?
I think he was,because he wanted to see her.
And his reference to the disposing of everything,was his property
and realty.That is what you understood?
Yes.
Did he make any statement as to who was to handle his estate?
He referred to the Savings and Trust.
Do you believe that he made these expressions in the extremity of
his last sickness?
I think he realized that he was not going to live.
When Mr.Cratty used the expressions "Maude"and "},{om ll ,he refer-
red to his wife?
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He called her IlMom lland "Maude",meaning ra.Cratty.
He stated that he wanted the Savings and Trust Company to handle
his estate,what Savings and Trust Company did he refer to?
I think the Charleroi Savings and Trust Company bec~use he
did his business there.
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Testimony Closed.
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