Re: Jesse Edward James as attorney for Zoe Wilkins.....

Judy, there were conflicting statements from different newspaper stories..Now, this is only based on this newspaper article for what this is worth...Maybe this can answer something for you..
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The Bridgeport Telegram, Bridgeport, Connecticut--Saturday--3/22/1924

"Dr. Wilkins," James told the coroner's jury, feared two men whom she named.They had made demands on her, she told me, and said if she did not comply, they would murder her."


James testified one of the men was Charles Wilkins but refused to name the other, saying he had furnished the name to the police.He said Wilkins was under arrest but the second man was not.


"The attorney said Dr. Wilkins had asked his advice regarding a will she had drawn up a month ago.


"I want you to look over this will,"James quoted Dr. Wilkins as having said, "and tell me if my brother, Charles, can get a penny of my estate, if he murders me."


James said he examined the will and found it legal..
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